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Show FAtSE ECONOMY The dictionary defines economy to be a wise management of affairs, domestic do-mestic or otherwise an aoidance uf waste and extravagance, and the using us-ing of money or other resources to the best advantage. According to this definition. It deserves de-serves to be classed among the loftier virtues, and one most worthy of acquirement ac-quirement It does not mean nlg?ard-liness nlg?ard-liness or parsimony or pinching. It dees not mean withholding the hand from expenditure that Is necessary to comfort and well being. It does not meanthe saving of one possession at the expense of another Women who pass hours running from shop to shop in search of a bargain, bar-gain, In the unwise ambition to 6ave a few pennies, thus using up a vast amount of time, good temper and vitality, vi-tality, havo a small understanding oi their pet word Those who buy cheap fabrics and pay as much for their making up as thoy would for the making up of material ma-terial twice their cost and three times their wearing quolltics are of the penny wfse and pound foolish sort. The woman who passed her time watching her servant lest their should be a bit of dripping lost or an ounce too much soap used, or who racks her brain for ways in which to use a few stale crusts of broad, could wisely and economically direct her abilities and energies into broader channels. Those who overwork todpy and take the remainder of the week for recuperation re-cuperation are not economists, but spendthrifts, ond no one Is benefitted but the doctor It is not tho work of the thrifty woman who snont a day darning a pillow slip which should have gone Into the rag bag. Sho said It was a pity to waste tho hem. Women are more given to these extravagant ex-travagant economies than men are. They are slow to learn that the wlsqst economy often means an outgoing that looks like reckless squandering. The parsimony of the overthrifty housewife wil) show Itself In lessened health and vitality; 'the business woman wo-man loses In her returns twice what she savort in postage stamps and pos tal cards, Qne may go without a ribbon for th.e" sake of obtaining a much desired book, but the wearer of many ribbonp' often looks upon the wcll-flljqd bookcase as something too costly for hor attainment. |