The Archive · 1938

The Dress Allowance

A subject which the Geneva jurists will no doubt consider is, What should a man give his wife as a dress allowance? One has seen this question written about times without number, but I have never yet seen an answer. Even the all-wise "Aunt Jane's" and "Cousin Edith's" who are prepared, from the safe retreat of an editorial den, to solve every matrix monial problem, shy off from suggesting any precise figure. Seeing t "a woman's work is never done," and that housekeeping and children-minding is really a whole-time job, the question might almost be put the ound: "How much should a man be allowed to keep for himself when handing over his income to his wife?" But few men see it in this light. There answer, of course, because every and wife decide the matter according to their own ideas The approaching marriage of a boy and girl each just 16 years el at Reading has naturally attracted all the attention of the popular press Che Problem of

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