From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:
Even Grandfather is angry at me and wants to punish me today, just because I didn’t want to use any of the money I earned to buy Tante Esther some flowers. This afternoon he took me to call on her. I had a dollar and ten cents and he said that now I must learn what money is for, it is to make people happy with and I must take fifty cents and buy Tante Esther some roses. I said that I thought Tante Esther was happy enough without any roses and besides she isn’t sick in bed. Grandfather got awfully angry and he took fifty cents out of his own pocket and when we passed a flower shop, he dragged me in and made me tell the man myself that I wanted twelve pink roses. I did get the roses but I didn’t tell Tante Esther anything and Grandfather is still angry.