Douglas Daily Dispatch

The time has arrived according to leaders in the economic fields when colleges and secondary school curriculums should include supplementary instruction to train girls to spend money as well as to earn it, as the institutions for years have been replete with courses training men and women to be just a little more efficient than some other person in the same line of work in order to earn more money.

Statistics show that the female sex spends about 95 per cent of all the money that is spent for living expenses in this country, and little attention is paid in the education of women for their main purpose in life, spending money earned by the men economically.

Home economics departments of high schools and colleges are fast meeting the demands. In the foods and cookery department instruction is given in the method of selection and preparation of foods, but even more training is given the girl in the textile department.

Recent surveys show that women who do their own sewing have more difficulty with altering patterns and fitting garments than with any other part of garment construction. The time that is wasted in attempted to solve these problems has economic loss. There is economic loss also if full return is not obtained from the materials used. This indicates the increased importance of the need for training to spend as the woman must know materials, texture, serviceability, style, suitability to type and occasion, proper colors and combinations and proper fitting.