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pany of, say, six stockholders. Three of the 

 children are old enough intelligently to discuss 

 the company's affairs. The wife makes a report 

 of the expenditures of the month. She calls 

 attention to the need of a larger dining table, 

 the desirability of increasing the number of fly- 

 screens. She reports what the cost of them will 

 be. She tells where the old table is needed in 

 some other room. She refrains from saying that 

 "Mrs. Smith has such a table as is needed, 

 although the Smiths are no better off than we 

 are." This good housewife reports to the com- 

 pany her plans for paying for these additional 

 comforts. The daughter, Mary, renders her 

 account of personal expenses for the month. 

 These are discussed and plans made for her 

 expenditures for the following month. 



The large, solid boy, John, renders his account. 

 His expenditures for the month consist of one pair 

 denim overalls 50 cents, one straw hat 50 cents. 

 John evidently has a carriage in mind, and if 

 that acre of potatoes "pans out" all right, he 

 will get it in the fall without calling on father 

 for any money. His sister sees the point, and 

 concludes she will make over one of her old sum- 

 mer dresses and defer the purchasing of a new 

 gown. One can tell what is in her mind she is 

 in sympathy with John's scheme and makes this 

 sage remark, "A made-over dress is often like 



