Show HOUSE HOUSEWIVES WIVES SHOULD 4 Y PROPORTION INCOME j r Student Makes Interesting Mathematical 5 h Demonstrations l' l Continued from last issue By MELLA t f fHi Hi Higher her life is the least developed in our homes It means the demand of int intellectual nature One may prefer prefer pre pre- c fer amusements travel another or charity literature or education The latter is the most preferable Among other 1 forms one may have life insurance anco ance investing in banks railroads loans or real estate but in investing f should these Get one not attempt rich quick investments such as copper cop cop- 4 1 per and gold mines when no inquiry has been made mada These should be ii avoided voided as dangerous ground to g tread upon Women are generally as round found to crave these investments i more than men because of their ignorance ig- ig g- g f norance of business principles 4 The following is an ideal budget t of of the expend expenditure ture of a household Two adults and two or three children chil chit t dren equals four adults P Family income to percentage per per- for food 20 operating in fog ing expenses fuel wages repairs i etc 15 clothing 15 higher life I a charity travel education s savings vin s j insurance 25 Family income 2000 2000 to 1000 percentage percentage per per- for food 20 operating operating operating ing expenses ses fuel wages repairs f t etc 15 clothing 20 higher life charity travel education savings insurance 20 Family income 1000 to percenta percentage percentage per per- centa e for food 20 operating operating operating ing expenses fuel wages wages repairs r. r etc eta 10 15 higher life charity travel education savings insurance 25 25 Family income to percentage percentage per per- for food 15 operating operating ing fog expenses fuel wages re repairs airs etc 10 clothing 10 higher life charity travel education savings insurance 20 Fa Family mil income under percentage percentage percentage per per- for food 60 rent 15 op operating operating rat ing expenses expense fuel w wa es etc 6 5 u n a insurances 10 e housekeeper should exactly proportion the out go and income of the home The housewife when told this generally says she hasn't time but a woman who has system in her household her work will have time And again what pleasure and recreation it would be for the Y housekeeper each night to figure out outher outher her expenditures for that day Accounts may be kept by several methods two of these being the card i. i and envelope and journal methods In having the card and envelope style one has money allowed for tor that certain tain tarn thing either food clothing rent rent or higher life in which to write in income income income in- in I come and out outgo o. o The only objection to this method methol is that one has strong t desires to encroach on another T J 1 Continued on i- i Jj Hous Housewives wives Proportion Income Continued from Crom Page 1 ope and perhaps one may not have money on hand all aU the time The journal method is much more inure prefer prefer- able The is an illustration Date Articled Reed Recd Paid Jan 1 Cash on hand Jan 8 Groceries spices Jan 9 Flower 05 Jan 9 Cash on hand 05 E Eggs gs Potatoes Beet Beef 50 Cash on hand 12 The things for one week may be bei i imore more than for another thus we have I I Isome some left eft over each week this should I Igo go 50 to the next week and at the end end of the month the left over should go goon goon I Ion on the saving journal This illustration illustration tion is just to give an idea dea Of course they should be kept more accurate Let us learn to keep our home on like business methods It ma may be hard bard at first but bub a good goed habit is easily easily easily ily formed If we kept household accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts how much better service we would get from our merchants We must remember our forefathers produced produced produced pro pro- and man did all the spending but now woman consumes and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore she does the spending She must learn how to spend wisely and to accomplish this she must have strict economy in her household and again this lies with the division of in in- come |