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Show 1 WASTEFULNESS I OF WOMEN I ISAPPALLING K Thote Who Have No Real Aim In K Life Dissipate Money Foolishly. R Pay Exhorbltant Prices and B Live Beyond Means to K, Keep Appearances Hk It Is absolutely imposslblo for any Wr human being to llvo a noutrat llfo K in this world. Ono must cither add B to the prosperity and progress of so- H clety by Iho production of somo use- M ful subBtanco or quality or lessen the Bj valuo of tho production ot others by Hi wastefulness. Tbero will always bo Hj somo wasters, although, fortunately Hi for tho general good, the number Is Hj comparatively small. Tho women H wasters In America occupy tho unique fli position of excelling tho women of HJ overy other nation In extravagance flS and wastefulness. To a largo degree H this wastefulness Is developed by tho Bj amount of leisure time at their dls- K posal. Tho mischief done by idle HJ hands Is never better typified than In Hj tho wastefulness of a certain type of IB American woman. It has assumed Hj such proportions as to affect commcr- flt clal prosperity In somo localities and Bf its provalenco among women of mod- jH! crate means Is more alarming than BJ among thoso of wealth. jH A feature of modern business life H Is tho bonding corporation which for HJ a fixed rate each year, assumes the BJ responsibility for tho trusts commit- Hj ted to a man holding either public HJ ofllco or prlvato employment In which HJ he has tho handling ot other People's Bj money. A generation ago It was cus- HJ tomary for a man to ask his friends Hj to go upon his bond. Now ho goes HJ to onp of these companies and pays Bt It for tho risk It assumes. Beforo Is- HJ suing a bond the company makes a HJ careful Investigation regarding all o' HJ tho conditions of the man's llfo, his reputation, personal habits and his resources, re-sources, lluc tho most Important matter of all Is tho Investigation regarding re-garding the habits of his wiro. A man credited with an .extravagant wife will And It harder to Becuro a bond. Ho may havo to pay a higher rato than other conditions seem to warrant. And this simply becauso tho oxperlenco of nil companies goes to show that tho most frequent causo of defalcation by men supposedly honest Is the extravngant demand on his modcrnto Income by his prodigal wife. Affect Husband's Chances A young man of exceptional business busi-ness capacity and high standing recently re-cently had a position tendered him which required him to glvo bonds of sovcral thousand dollars for security. secur-ity. His application wob rejected by tho bonding company to which ho applied ap-plied and ho lost hla chnnco of success. suc-cess. A mutual friend nBked tho pres-Idont pres-Idont of tho company why the young man's application had been refused. "It was not upon his own account" was tho answer. "I havo no doubt If left to his own Impulses Drown would bo as straight as n man could bo. Hut his wife haa acquired tho habit of entertaining her frtends In tho ten rooms of tho swellest hotels every two or tnreo days nnd, of course dresses to correspond with tho other people who go thero. My wlfo can't afford to wasto my money that way nnd I know his can't, so wo decided not to take tho risk." Women of this wasteful typo affect to believe themselves superior to any form of economy. "I ennnot bollttlo myself by nnggllng about tho cost ot things" said ono womnn of this type. "If I want a thing I order it. It nas to get paid for somehow." They mako tho mlstako of believing that by lavish la-vish oxpendlturo they are asserting their superiority to petty financial details which women accustomed to tho expenditure of money usually deem It proper to assume. livery tradesman knows that tho woman who has been accustomed to mouuj all her life Is tho least likely to u Imposed upon. Tho fact that ricn peoplo usually pay less for tho same kind of goods than poor peoplo buying buy-ing nt the same storo Is accounted for In that tho rich womnn counts tlio cost and tho poorer woman has a false prldo which prevents her from doing so. Tho wastefulness begins with tho ordering of the supplies for tho house and It continues throughout through-out tho whole administration of tne home. waste In the Home in tho consideration cf tho many causes which go to mako up tho in creased cost of living of tho present generation, tho wastefulness of women wom-en is often overlooked. In a western town the course of domestic science for girls in tho high school Include n report upon tho methods of foou preparation ot tho different homes. Each of tuo fifty girls in tho class brought In a report of tho amount of food supplied to her homo for a month, showing what part was utilized util-ized and how, ond tho quantity that was absolutely wasted. Tho results Indicated that In fully hnif of these homcB, quite as much food valuo was thrown Into tho garbage can as would havo BUfflced to supply tho table of a family of the same bIzo a generation ago. Steak was purchased at 30 cents a pound, nnd with each pound went an ounco or two of wasto which tho butcher usually cut off. Tho Buet ho was able to sell for a fair price after tho customer had paid for It onco at a high price. In many families, oven after tho steak had been trimmed by tho butchers, a further fur-ther trimming cut off the end which, whllo perfectly good moat, had not tho tender Juicy, quality, which tho epicurean tasto of tho American family fam-ily now Insists upon. Sometimes not halt of tho bulk weight paid for at an exornitanf prlco really nppeared upon tho table. In most families special spe-cial soup ment was bought whllo tho trimmings of tho steak, which wore really better, wero thrown away. All wnsto fat was thrown away, although frying materials, whothor pure pork lard or somo combination product, were purchased continually. A fresh bead of lettuco was purchased each day and fully half of It was allowed to wilt. Cans of vegetables wero opened, op-ened, about half of their contents UBed for dinner nnd tho baianco was thrown Into tho garbago can. These practices obtained not In tho families of the rich, but In thoBO ot moderato circumstances where tho husband nnd father wafl in many cases having a continuous strugRl0 to mako both ends meet. A llttlo caro upon the part of th0 woman In chnrgo of the homo might havo greatly holped him. Clothing a Dig Factor Clothing Is wnstod In tho samo way. Tho wasteful woman dlsdnlns to wear clothing which has been mended or to allow her children to do so. Kach season sho requires a comploto now outllt whllo Innumorabio garments, many of which rcqulro but a, few stitches to put In good repair, nro thrown away. i many cnsea tllQ chungo of fashion i8 mndo to servo as on excuso for this procedure Clothing Clo-thing In perfect order will bo discarded discard-ed becauso It Is not quite up to tho latest fad In cut or shado. Tho wasto-ful wasto-ful womnn always buys moro than sho needs and usually the moro limited lim-ited her Income the greater ber tendency ten-dency toward tho extremes In trimming trim-ming and stylo. A wealthy womnn frequently will order a suit ot se vcrely plain cut In order that sho may bo ablo to wenr It for two or moro soasons without tho troulm ot choosing something now. Tho waster scorns last year's clothes and Insists upon new things each season oblivious obli-vious of tho fact that her husband's finances forbid useless expenditure. Tho wlfo of a $2500 n year clerk wont Into a fashionable shoo storo at tho beginning of tho season to or dcr hor winter shoes, which sho selected se-lected ns follows: Ono pair of carrl-ngeboots carrl-ngeboots , white satin, fur trimmed, J10; three pairs ot evening slippers, ono of them Imported and gold embroidered, em-broidered, amounting to $2: altogether; altogeth-er; a pair ot high walking boots at $10; a pair ot dressy black shoes at tho same price, making a total of $G2 for her season's shoes. Sovcral pairs of silk stockings to go wltn them brought the bill up still higher and having mndo her selections with nn air of bored Indifference, sho ordered or-dered them charged to her husband and left tho storo. Tho proprietor, who had been watching tho transaction, transac-tion, observed td a frlond: i tho kind of women that makes absconding ab-sconding bank cashiers. Her husband Is a good, hard working man, but ho'll never get ahead becauso be-causo every tlmo ho gets a rnlso In 'salary his wlfo goes out to blow it. He's always paid her bills so far, but It's an oven gamble thnt there'll como a tlmo when ho can't do It." Waste Their Own Lives Tho woman waster Is always a shirk. She shirks overy duty and responsibility re-sponsibility until her own llfo bo-comes bo-comes tho biggest wasto of all. Sho shirks all tho pain and responsibility of child bearing nnd tho duties of managing a homo. In tho bcnrd'ng bouso or hotel whero Bho lives sho Is a brower of discontent among all those sho knows. Not content with merely wasting nil of hor own tlmo and substance, sho continually exerts ex-erts her lnlluenco toward tho extravagance extrav-agance and Idleness upon tho part of other women. Usually sho tries to discover somo form of Boclal diversion diver-sion to servo ns an excuso for her failure In tho things for wnicn n woman wo-man should bo held responsible. Often Of-ten Bho tries to Imnglno herself an Invnlld until, having wasted unlimited unlimit-ed sums of money upon physicians, both lcgltlmnto and qunck, Bho hns so wasted her physical resources that her invalidism Is partially real. All her nmusements and diversions constitute con-stitute additional means tor wasting tho family income. Sho Is a good patron pa-tron of tho afternoon tea room whero women gnthor to regale tnemselves with unwholesomo viands nt oxtor-tlonato oxtor-tlonato prices and to discuss scandals, scan-dals, questionable plays nnd books which the busy, healthy minded womnn wo-mnn has not oven tlmo to think about Ono of tho newer methods by which tho woman waster manages to dispose dis-pose of a considerable portion of the family Income Is by tho patronngo of tho beauty specialists whoso parlors always aro thronged with women of her typo. Tho wnstor Is always vain and Is seldom satisfied with her personal per-sonal appearance. It sho waB horn a brunette sho wants to become a blondo, nnd tho chemical blondes so frequently seen' aro examples of tho success of tho exchange In coloring. If sho Is Blender she desires to put on flosh, and if sho is plentifully Hup-piled Hup-piled with adlposo tissue sho must try to reduco horself to s)Jphllko proportions. pro-portions. Som0 oxcuso always is to bo found for taking treatment which consunio both tlmo and money. Ono of tho worst effects of tho wo-mnn wo-mnn waster Is upon tho tradesmen dependent upon hor for support. Tho grocer Is tho greatest sufferer. Tho waster always runs a monthly bill as largo as tho grocer can bo Inveigh-cd Inveigh-cd Into permitting her to to contract. When Bho nas wasted In othor channels chan-nels tho money which should havo gone to pay for tho family food, sho sooks another grocer, leaving tho old ono unpaid. According to a published publish-ed trado report fully 95 per cent of tho grocers who wont Into bank-It bank-It by tho bills which woman failed to pay. Theeo bills undoubtedly woro hlghor than tho Bamo amount of goodg could havo been purchased olso where for cash, because tho tradesman trades-man has to consider tho risk of un-paid un-paid bills In fixing his prices, in this way, also, tho womnn wastor has u stronger Influence In increasing the cost of living for others na well as heisolf. Salt Lako Toiogram |