The evening world. Newspaper, November 10, 1911, Page 23

rn BUDGET SYSTEM -FOR HOUSEWIVES OVORGE REMEDY Money Matters Cause Marital Discord That Is Avoidable, Clubwoman Says. HUSBANDS TO BLAME. They Are Responsible for ” Wives’ Lack of Thriftiness, Mrs. De Rivera Thinks, SAMPLE BUDGET KOR NEW YORK HOUSE WIVES. Monthly income @y Marguerite Mooers Marshall. A mew way of solving the high cost pf living problem has been offered by Dr. Benjamin R. Andrews, Professor of Economics at Teachers’ College. He calls it the Household Budget Sys- tem, At the beginning of the month, he suggests that each nousewife ap- portion her known income to cover all necessary expenditures, and then keep strictly within her LUmtt. Here is the @&stribution which he recommends as most eatisfactory: One-fourth for food, one-fifth for rent, 16 per cent. for operating household ex- penses, 15 per cent. for clothes and one- fourth for the higher needs—amusement, | gducation, travel and Yesterday I showed thi Mrs, Belle de Riv Yelubwoman, who has made a spectal Study of household economics, “The general pian !s excellent,” she feclared. “Of course every income goes further if tt 1s handled in a systematic, logical fashion. But I a! eldedly with the percentag Andrews advised. “Suppose we take a family with an income of $0 a week, $20 a month. That js the usual salary of bank employe mechanics of the higher grade and in t many men who consider themselves well off as the average.’ Suppose » family consists of the «i two children. pay more than ne—$0—for rent P“fhey must o pnesfifth of the {f they have any fort. I venture to say that the pot find a suitable apartment } York for lees than # Yee that would make start on Dr. Andrews's schedule THINKS WIFE SHOULD FEED FAMILY ON $1 A DAY. “If a wo! is careful and knows how to manage she can feed a family ef this size on $1 a day, or, say, $40 for the month. Her meat bill will av » nts a day, but she can ma larly If her hus gas that ination w other $5 monthl, “A woman wit husband {s earn certainly b of course, t for some wn pking and ‘age an- probably a children whose week should ant, unless © economize But if very ci confined, and too | much enjoyment out of penses of the jiu than those of his wife to cove: clothes al- take #0 a month, % & wee these demands, Tis wife jowance ought not to month, and the children, at least when they are little, can yet on h between them, the res $40 for amusements, eduen travel, emergencies and savings. It should all to the bank account and then from as need requires. While children are young they can be sent to public school and the money sai gan be put aside for higner education fater. Of cour there will b an sional doctors theatres and ¢ pre Wives adopt sntous system of ut why do not Ach a simple ant pookkeoping?" I asked. “It js not the fault of the wife, in nine cases cut he family income {s 5 Mrs. de Rivera dec! It is the husband who {#8 most o holds the pay s wife must take whatever {s doled out to her and be thankful for tt. LAMES THE MEN FOR LACK OF THRIFTINESS IN WIVES. “How many men earning $0 a week would be willing to mit thelr personal expenses to $5, less than $1 a day? with no larger salary, spend 50 dents or 75 cents a day on cigars alone, {o say nothing of what they pay for junch, carfare and drinks. ‘These very men accuse thelr wives of extravagance n the latter indulge in a new hat occasional box of wendy, “No family in average circumstances ought to run up bills, It {9 a psycho- logical fact that one ts sure to spend more When one is not compelled to put the money.” ‘ou think every man should s weekly pay envelope to asked. sely that, but he should a common fund," replied era. ‘He and his wife to- | Filled With exceed $15 @| h $10 a! ° sum of | y ought to take lit- BLAMES HUSBANDS FOR WIVES’ LACK, esc. TOGE DENTS “BOY BURGLAR AS 0ST GRANOSON Strange Relationship and Boy Is Freed. ‘ “| GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 10.—Thomas “4G. Louder, Riverside Town Justice, ‘identified his grandson to-day in the Portchester police station as the lad was about to be taken to White Plains to awalt extradition to Greenvich on a charge of burglary. Marry Louder, nine- teen years old, had not been seen by his grandfather since Harry was an infant. He was {identified by a scar on $ his head where a cup of boiling coffee had been spilled when he was a child. | With two other young men Harry was arrested yesterday for breaking into a house at Pemberwick. Mr. Louder, | seeing the name in a printed account of the arrest, went to Portchester and asked Sergeant McCullough to let him} see Hai ing his hand on the young s head he pushed back the hair and saw the scar. Then, embracing | fi him, Mr, Louder told who he was. Harry | wept and promised to make his home with his grandfather ff he were rele: Mr, Louder said: his son had « West and died and Harry's mother hi remarried. It was learned that & w _MRS. DE RIVERA, ~“ [gether should draw up a budget at the | be a ased on his peginning of each month, based on Nis tives in Mamaroneck and that the belleve the money question is re-{has been shifting for himself rather sponsible for more y|than have a stepfather's care. other one thing, It will n age er=ts sow rag juntil husband and wife realize that] Talk OF CENTRAL MERGER. |theirs 1s @ real business partnership. | Most women are competent to be full sone Heads of System Won't Discuns | Hf of Consolidat partners a8 soon as they are given the | chance.” seis aii FIRE NEAR BIG SCHOOL. Papile Not Alarmed While House Burns Across Street. Ramo: CHICAGO, Nov. 10—Rumors of a mer- | ger of all the New York Central lines under one general financial and operat- ing management attended the visit to! Chicago yesterday of William C. Brown, | A fire started in the apartment of] William IK. Vanderbilt jr., Harold] |Solomon Lichtenstein, at No, 40 West} Vanderbilt, W. H. Newman, Marvin | {One Hundred and Sixteenth street to-| Hughitt, H. B. Ledyard, C. F, Daly and |day. Mr. Lichtenstein was downtown | 0. 1. Schaff. | None of the visitors would discuss the report, though they said it had been heard before by them. They said thei chief object was to visit the lines opor- |i ated under the control of the New York | Central, but to what end they declined | i Jat business, his wife was out shopping {and their three youngsters were at their ons in Public school No, 181, which Is the whole block ac the street, The school, which is one of the large In the city, was not in th turbed by the fire. ji to cay. ‘janitor was standing e front steps when the engines came galloping up tel Tax Ingaton Estate $245,000, street. He ran up four flights of stairg|, ALBANY, Nov. 10.—State Comptrol- and told the principal, Cecil A. Kidd, |!er Sohmer has received @ check for who at once sent Word to all teachers $245,000 as part payment of the trans- to keep their classes in hand. fer inheritance tax on the estate of The firemen kept the flames from! Johnston Livingston, who died recent- spreading out of the Liohtenstein ly in New York. The tax indicates apartment, but the loss there was es-| that the value of the estate will total timated at about $1.5 several million dollars. —————— | Store, Window, Doorway | Hundreds of Styles of Standish Worsted Suitings and Coatings THE $50 and $60 KIND | i Buy the Entire Line From New York's# Largest Commission House | ' 1am a tailor and do not wish to hurt any man or men connected with the tailoring or woollen trade, but under the conditions of hard competition today a man must be out of the ordinary. He must give his life to his business or profession, | have given my life study to my business, I know woollens and when you see me advertise Stand- ish worsteds to-day it is because 1 know them to be the i I know them to be made of as fine is possible to produce, and they are well worth the prices, $3.25 to $4.00 per yard, that they cost, and I do not detract one particle from the statement that they are worth $50 and $60 per suit. 1am not in the $50 business, and the concern that bought these goods this season from the manufacturers had a quiet season on these woollens. They consider this their best line. They kuew my position. They knew if they took a great loss, | was there with the money, Tam Australian yarn MITCHELL FROM BOSTON. THE EVENING WORLD, Not a Candidate, bi HARTFORD, Conn., Nov, 10.—Replying to numerous Inquiries from prominent people take: boom of Gov. Simeon KE. Baldwin and| He would like to further it, to-day made it known that he will not push his candidacy, but he will not do-| \ cline a place on the next Democratic | 4 national tick Vice-President. In this connection It is known that he will not actively engage In any carn- paign for a renomination as Governor, f V 8 but If chose with the I told them that 1 would have to sell them for $12.75, and if they could sell rae so that this and I to make a profit of 5% on eac! I have the goods, and on each sample shown me is ihe original Standish tag. suit if y woollens the other fellows sell and do volume enough to enable me to do business on Standish Woollens. carried you to the quality of these woollens or not, but I do know that when I tell you I am selling compa: ee eT Ce TS oe RIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, CRITIC MELTZER FREED OF CHARGE OF ASSAULT. | | Philadelphia Special Officer Had Accused Him—Musical Celeb- | tities in Court. PHILADBLPHIA, Nov 10.Ch: 8 York musical ae re ft aE 1911, and struck him Meltzer dente: Amon him w the famous 0 stein, producer and stager of Would Go On fonal Ticket. throughout the country who have Presidential nm cogniaance of the he f the Governor $15 enthusl- | My when the Judge pro: cision, Mr. Meltzer c: will prosecute his fight It. he vigor that character’ t fall, when the Theod »: lent was an important & aker, He Glenn, who | led him “a swine’ | 6th Ave., near 3ist St. Broadway -22d St. Start To-Morrow Right A good start is half the race. If you suffer from breakfast table peevishness you commence all wrong. A world of meaning is contained in this phrase and if the trouble comes from an impaired digestion or a “‘bad night,” you will find a world of relief BY TAKING EECHAMS PILLS It’s a waste of time and money to sit down to a meal with a disordered stomach or liver. Good food will actually do you harm z your organs are not in a condition to properly take care of it. Beecham’s Pills never fail to create a healthy appetite and promptly givestrength and energy to the digestive organs. Don’t lie awake tossing and turning in mental and physical torment— it is better not to go to bed at all—but best to take a dose of Beecham’s Pills before retiring. They are absolutely harmless and will make your work easier—your leisure papper and your rest more profitable. A course of Beecham’s Pills cannot fail to help you. Get a box today—start the treatment TO-NIGHT At all druggists, in boxes, 10c., 25¢, Directions of special value to women are with every box, value of diamonds in wors from top to bottom with all the ne Gation shad meant w pie would be possil h suit 1 would buy. colorings, browns, blues and the which are easily he ready mad ntin the up, advertise $2 a low price tailor. 1 wouldn't make you a $65.00 ‘ou wanted me to, and the day is coming when it will be either my prices or $65.00, and the ready-to-wear § houses get the rest of the trade. This style is ave two, others three, four, five If every man could afford $65 I would not be needed, but to the young ich breast and pro- aud to my old customers | would there are a lot of men who cannot afford or would not but to the great majority of young men a suggest getting one or two of spend this price, and it is to you I appeal. 1 sell you the up today wishing to look sen. t for you, whether you need them like, 1 end that the tailor is absolute 5% I don’t know as to whether I have basis. ind back, r you a Mite r than taase Enc!’ tive ist on cave shoulder, cut a little wide OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL © the Tailor CED MATA ISOLA NET AE $18 SUITS ved his’ My Own Make—Saves $3. VINCENT , that my windows are loaded goods where you can see rent c se which are ind up, as ihe hort neck ol Con- rod Oe cerca me eee me ow 1431 Broadway ——My OINLY New York Store. r. 12ed St mings) 1195 By Just Overcoats AVE you bought your Winter Over- coat? If you have Here’s why: *? Hart, Schaffner : & Marx have made for us especially some special-value « overcoats at $18 —browns, grays and gray-blues, as well as oxfords and blacks; self-collar or velvet collar— your choice at $18 is practically unlimited. As you go up in price the tabrics get better—until you get to Overcoats of Carr’s Melton—lined with heavy silk, priced special at $50, Ours is a collection of Overcoats worth seeing—fact is you owe it to your pocketbook to look at them before you decide where to buy. , Suits $18 to $50. Overcoats $15 ta | Sunday World Wants Work Copyright Nas: scbs.tuer & Mare $50 and $60 Suitings and Coatings 0 TO ORDER and to the tall young man I would advise a full fength coat. To the athletically & mg man | do not cone ssler it fair to take away your shoulders in order to imle aie a mollycoddle, to me with the understanding ‘ss brand new, perfect ire some odd hundred indle these gonds T will doorway under the light of the or long eptical can see and handle without effets, ee Corner s 40th St allt not, you’relucky. . Monday Morning Wonders