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Show WAY8 TO 8AVE IN THE HOME Chairman Marvin Hughltt of tho Northwestern railway system said to his auditor on0 day: "You have a young man namod Cunningham In your division, liavo you not?" "Yes sir." "Well, koop your oyo on him." "Why? He's ono of my best mon." "Well, ho ought to be; I saw him depositing money In a savings bank the day boforo Christmas." If you are thinking of making 1915 a year of thrift, conBldor thoso five suggestions: 1. I Pay Cash. As a general rulo, you can Bet hotter prices by buying for cash because you aro not paying for tho bad dobts ot thoso who buy on credit and fall to pay tholr bills. Unrestricted credit always leads to oxtravaganeo. A crodlt account is not to bo oncourngod In nny family where nny momber Is unablo to resist re-sist tho temptntlon to buy anything that captures his faucy. 2. Buy In Quantities. The plan of making one's collar a storago plant does not nprtly to vegetables alono. April eggs can bo laid down by methods well understood by good housekeepers. So can June buttor. As for apples, thoro should boa barrel bar-rel of sound ones In ovory houso this winter, as they are cheaper than usi-al.. usi-al.. A Bellofontalno, Ohio, man, who has boon in tho grocery business for a long time, nttrlbutos tho prosont high cost of living almost wholly to tho hand to mouth manner In which peoplo do their buying nowadays and tho rago.for purchasing everything In packages Instead of In bulk. Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly tliero Is considerable truth In this contention. 3. Economy In Food. Dr. William Brady says that tho cheapest foods aro generally tho most nutritious and digestible Tho waste ot food In tho average. American homo Is appalling. Wo squnndor monoy on fancy urtl clou of low nutrltlvo valuo, and wo uso llttlo or no judgmont in preparing prepar-ing what wo cat with a view to obtaining ob-taining nil tho energy thoro 1b in It. Meat Is tho eostllest Btaplo artlclo of food and most peoplo cat too much of It. Fish is cheaper and Just- as nourishing nnd digestible Other comparatively cheap and good artl cles ot food, neglected In somo quarters, quar-ters, Include cheese, oloomargarlno, boans, rice, oatmeal, macaroni, bana nas, peanuts, peas, brown sugar, corn meal, cabbage, onions and potatoes. If you aro Interested In food values wrlto tho United States department of ngrlculturo at Washington for Farmers Bulletin Nob. 93, 121, 142 and 332. 4. System. A housekeeper says: "I have found It wlso to plan my meals for a week nhead, planning each meal with roforonco to tho others. oth-ers. I always do this planning bo foro Friday or Saturday marketing, so that any staple I need may bo bought at that time. By this arrangement ar-rangement I can uso tho left overs much hotter and havo a much more satisfactory tablo. And I havo also found since I began planning my meals for a week at a tlmo thoro has been a noticeable change for the better bet-ter In my bills." G. Buying Direct. With a vlow to facilitating tho early Introduction of his farm to tablo plan ot reducing the cost of living by making uso ot tho parcel post to bring farmer and city consumer together, Fostmastor General Burleson has Issued a statement state-ment sotting forth tho results ot experiments ex-periments in ten cities specially designated des-ignated last March for trial ot tho direct oxchango between farm pro ducers and city consumers. Tho re-port re-port says that results Bhow that tho now service Is welcomed by tho pub lie and that It has como to stay. Improvements Im-provements bolng mado and numerous numer-ous Inventions of now containers bolng bo-lng put upon tho market guarantoo rapid growth of tho plan. T. D. MncQregor. |