Show FINE ART OF BUYING j t fI fOR THE y Student Tells Tells How to In Circumvent the r Wily f 1 By HAZEL W WATSON l Women as a usual thing spend ter k such small sums of money at a time 4 in buying supplies for the home that R they are apt to lose sight of the size of the total amount expended in a year Not realizing its importance they stop and study more carefully and intelligently in investing In any other way than for household supplies It is always the little things that make the big ones and one who wishes to practice economy will buy when the markets offer the best in- in r ti a And again there are times of real bargains when a person will save nearly half by availing himself of them and getting the yearly supply of things which may safely be t stored Of course in these sales if it the articles to be purchased are things that might go out of style one would not economize in buying It is best to buy supplies in large quantities but first the housewife must consider three things 1 Has she room for storage 2 Has she ready money for the purchase 3 T The e perishable nature of the article When a family finds it necessary to buy all its its- supplies in small quantities quantities quantities ties Such as a a. fraction of ton of coal or a few pounds of flour it pays almo almost t twice as much as when it buys in large quantities In some things it pays to buy in small ties But first we must change the customs in our markets by creating a demand which the market men will meet for supplies sold eold in in small quantities to small families For example why is it that if we have an invalid in the home for whom r we want a bit of chicken we have to buy a whole chicken and waste what is not eaten It is a habit of not buy- buy buying sing s- s 2 ing just what we need but we buy that which gives ves the market men the J least trouble and the least risk Of course there is no risk for the market men because there will be some who desire the best and some who desire J I the cheapest according to their means There is no economy in buying a large supply of perishable supplies 4 i at a a. great reduction Vegetables are much cheaper by buying them by the t i bushel or barrel but most of them ii spoil quickly Buying in season is t- t also another great way of i Y t lug ing For example buying summer 1 L 1 Continued on r Fine Art of Buying for Household Continued from Page 1 vegetables in the winter time time they they are always very high priced And also with coal coal it it is always best to buy coal in the summer time when it is cheapest on account of the annual annual an an- nual coal bill being so great Supplies may be classed into three divisions division 1 Furnishings or utensils which are subject to wear and co consequently con consequently con con- must be replaced from time tune to time time such such as furniture carpets kitchen laundry laundry laundry laun laun- dry and dining room furnishings 2 Such supplies as are consumed in one way or another and must be re replaced re re- placed such placed such as fuel food soap and the like 3 Such miscellaneous supplies as newspapers magazines plants flowers etc In buying utensils the maxim I The best bestis is th the cheapest J s an excellent excellent excellent ex ex- thing to bear in mind and nd tron e emphasis p asis has frequently been strong placed place upon the the e f fact ct t that at The best for tor the purpose is Always wu t the e cheap cheap- h p est eel A medium priced inmany in inmany inmany many real wor worth h mend it to one practising olo gloge e my In such purchases as J bed or table linen nEn tow toweling ing etc the med ium is generally the best The difference difference difference differ differ- ence in the high priced grade may be found in th the hand work I I Continued in next issue |