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Show RYpman's Department How to Fight the High Cost of Living 'ft, K.ETTERS FROM READERS INTERESTED IN HIGH COST OF LIVING f WITH SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS RECIPES V ARE SUB MITTED. if" ?TEACH GIRLS HOW TO MANAGE; l Editor Standard: "The high cost C living Is a question of practical economy. It should he practiced In; national, state and city legislation Jand supervision. In order to practice! economy one mu3t l.uow what he is1 doing in order to know what he! Ishbuld do I "Do we get a high degree of of- j Jflclency from our public school sys-3tem? sys-3tem? Can we expect very much from jltcachers who. if put to the test, could not successfully apply their learning to any of the gainful occupations of 'J.hc day9 if teachers were forced to "apply their learning to some position jautsido of tho schoolroom every other vacation, in place of being compelled rto attend some teachers' institute, the iKTcat army of teacherB would oarry back to tho schoolroom a philosophy ,bf life that would bo worth millions I to the students -who will soon hae ;to enter into lifo's activities In earnest earn-est l "Tho girl's 3hould b0 taught the! jbusiness of homo management, the 'iV.iirlllvo value of foods, the cost and! hygienic requirements of food, howj to solect servicable clothing, how to select a house, the amount of rent I that should he paid on a certain In-1 come, and what Is a reasonable dis- jtribhtion In making up the family! budget. They should be taught how, to keep household ""accounts, and be shown the advisability of keeping l them. The question of the high cost of' living is not for the wife alone. The1 husband should give his wife a rca- rsonnble sum of the income for the household expenses. This will enable 'the wife to make plans for an economic eco-nomic distribution As a rulo. tho husband Is not as careful in exercls- ing economy, wnen It comes to expenditures ex-penditures outside of his buslnoss as his wife Is In buying for the home "However, Ave must remember that It is the woman's business to buy for tho home, and she should be taught while in school how to fullv live up to that responsibility when she take9 charge of a homo of her own. D. E. L." |