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Show PARTNERSHIP BY MRS. McCLURE. ffiffii MAN and woman who consti-Av, consti-Av, lute in themselves a little ways tffl and means committee, who regard re-gard their relation to each other oth-er in the light of a loving partnership and who would no more infringe or pose upon that partnership thanthey would upon a business co-operation, are putting their marriage upon a basis so firm that no storm, no mattei how cyclonic, will ever be able to shako it. "But how shall I attack the subject?" sub-ject?" a distressed girl cries, who is afraid her sweetheart will be disillusioned. disillu-sioned. "I never get an opportunity to talk about monetary affairs with Dick. I suppose he makes enough to support me, otherwise he wouldn't want to marry mo, and if he loves me, as he certainly does, beyond the por-adventure por-adventure of a doubt, he will surely not let mo bo without money." He won't perhaps, if he remembers but men are forgetful by nature. They have no idea of just what it costs to run a house unless they are taught, and the beginning, when all things are rosy and bright, is the best and only time to do the teaching. All men like to see their wives looking look-ing well, but how many of them realize real-ize what It costs for a woman to achieve satisfactory, sartorial results? Most young brides start their wedded life with an ample trousseau, the consequence con-sequence being that when this ward robe is ready for the rag-bag tho woman wo-man finds that no provision has been made for them to come out of the family fam-ily inenmp. Clothes?" Mr. Newly-Wed, who is st 1 madly enamored of his spouse, im a? vacantly' "why, In heaven's name, do you need new clothes' You always look better than any other woman, wo-man, and you are looking positively beautiful at this minute." ut,Iuvejy . And the sensitive bride, who knows in her heart that she is beginning to look decidedly "last yearish " win swallow the compliment, and wonder how she is going to open the subject again without too much annoyance to realize the error of her courage and ItarL d0n differen"y at the There's an old French proverb which says "It's only the first step that counts." And in the matter 0f an ante-nuptial agreement regain finances it Is only tho first stop that counts. All men deep down fa theft hearts admire tho good business woman, wo-man, the one who has a levol head on her shoulders. The girl who tactftX suggests to her fiance, when he is a receptive, acquiescent mood, that ho should initiate her into the secret of his financial affairs, and that they should discuss together the amount to be spent on this and the amount to be paid out for that, avIII find 10 chances to one that he will fall in with her plan Immediately and admire her for her "3punk" in the bargain. A good arrangement is to make provision pro-vision for all the household necessities necessi-ties at first and then divide the remainder re-mainder equally between husband and wife. Of course, after the bills for rent, food, light, heat, servant's hire and doctor's bills have been summed up, there may only be a small bit left. But, such as It is, it should bo divided divid-ed equally, for, though a man who goes, forth into the business world every ev-ery day may need more pocket money than the wife at home, yet the latter's clothes, no matter how unpretentious they are, will certainly cost more than his. And what a world of nagging and worry would be avoided if every couple cou-ple would but start their married life on a common-sense financial basis! A little talk in the beginning will savo much talk afterwards. The married mar-ried woman who has no stated allowance allow-ance will find that the money question ques-tion faces her at all times and on all sides. She cannot get away from it She will never know just where she is "at." Slio cannot run her menage with any attempt at system, becauso of her uncertainty, and sooner or later her husband Is bound to reproach her with tho remark that she never sees him without "talking about money." .utunuunuu.un . |