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Show LIVING CHEAPLY. People who are not addicted to saving sav-ing are not interested in how cheaply they can live , Man is described by Bonamy Price i"as the . only animal with progressive wants." Still, the mathematics of Edward Atkinson explained ex-plained to the New England Woman's club of Boston will prove Interesting to all whether theirfhabits are spendthrift or miserly. ' He"Btated"that it was not only impossible but practical to live comfortably in a great city on an income in-come of $200 a year. With this sum a person could obtain ample food, light, fuel, clothing,, a daily paper and the use of furnished roqms. He could also indulge in some luxuries, attend a first-class first-class place of amusement occasionally, and save a little money "for a rainy day." He stated that the suit of clothes he 'wore cost him but $8.50, and he had been complimented on their fit and tasteful appearance. He exhibited a cheap and .novel cooking apparatus, the heat for 'which was furnished by an ordinary kerosene lamp.' He stated that he had boiled an eighteen-pound ham in it with only 1 cent's worth of oil." . ' Mr. - Atkinson's theory is probably that by ingenuity and brains we can compete with the Chinese. Catholic Citizen, Milwaukee. |