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Show Woman's Department How to Fight the High Cost of Living More Letters Tell of Various Economies by Ladies Who Read the Woman's Department One Pays Cash for Everything, Learns How to Itemize and Cut Down Separate Accounts Ac-counts in Business-Like Way Family of Five Saves Money on Limited Salary. WHOLE FAMILY MUST CO-OPERATE "Editor Standard Tho high cost of living must bc fought by overy member of the family in hearty cooperation. co-operation. " "The housekeeping costs are tho especial caro of tho housewife, and hers is the heaviest burden. She must personally supervise all buying, purchasing only those things she needs; luxuries and economies aro incompatible "She may buy In quantity, and at sale price, providing her judgment Is good; if she is not a rapablo buer. she should tako a course In buying with some one who is. "Having purchased her goods, she should pay cash. "The preparation of foodstuffs must bo given especial care. Nothing can be wasted or ill cooked, and the highest possible nutritivo value (not filling value) is a most Important poinL "All left-overs must bc utilized, and breads, sauces, pastries and con-dimonts con-dimonts must be made at home. "Tho clothing cost must be kept down to necessities. A few good garments, gar-ments, well cared for,, are far bettor than an extensive wardrobe of flimsy texture. "The houso in general calls for all members co-operation. Lights should bo turned out when not in use. furniture furni-ture must be renovated and refurbished refur-bished as it becomes worn, the house itself must bo carpentered and painted paint-ed on the first hint of disintegration "In summary, to live cheaply means hard work and hard thinking, constant con-stant economy In the littlo as well as the big things Servants aro out of the question, for no servant will have an incentive to save, as do the famlly unlts. il M L " How One Family Lives on $30. "Editor Standard: Prompted by somo of the letters putting so much of the blame on tho wife, I forward my little bundle of facts. "We are a family of five --three healthy children, husband and self We have 'fair' appetites My husband hus-band gives me $80 a month, his entire en-tire salary, and I enjoy making it 'do' Just as much as it possibly can. We have no luxuries. In fact, we spend only what Is absolutely needed need-ed to be respectable. I cannot give an exact figure of my expenditures, as each month brings new wants The children go to school and must look nicely Then there are books and school supplies to be bought from time to time And I hae a 'weakness" 'weak-ness" for reading, so a good book is my one extravagance. "Following 1 give a list of our living liv-ing expenses and I want any one to toll me how they could spend It to better advantage "Bank, $5; rent. $11; coal, gas, average, $3 50; Insurance and lodge, $3; girls music lessons. $2, grocer and butcher. $30, milk bill, ?2.40, husbund's car Tare, $3; total, $G3.-iO "This leaves me $1G.G0 for the tam-ily's tam-ily's clothes, newspapers, and replacing replac-ing broken or worn things In the home It is tho expense or a caro-ful, caro-ful, frucal mother and wlfo 1 do not see how people can write to you suylng the fault lies with the 'poor managers of the house,' the wlfo It Is easy to sny what others should do. I will venture to say those same one? find a ready outlet for their money. MRS E C G " KEEP BRASS FAUCETS BRIGHT "inquiiy of 'V. S Q. relative to keeping brass faucets bright noted" "This housekeeper will find her efforts ef-forts toward having an Immaculate kitchen greatly aided, so far as the faucets are concerned, al least, by polishing them brightly and theu applying ap-plying a heavy coating or collodion, previously warmed The ideal va to do this would be to unscrew the faucet, fau-cet, then dip it; but a camel's hair brush will do nicely otherwise "Perhaps tho rarity of tarnished silver in Jcwolry shops hns been noticed, no-ticed, the collodion bath is the explanation ex-planation of the whole secret. Warm water will quickly remoxe the coating. coat-ing. "HENRY J" RAINPROOFING A CRAVENETTE "In reply to Inquiry of R M ' for a formula for rainproof lng an old cravonette. I will quoto from an author au-thor in the Chicago public library on ralnproofing cloth, viz: Two ounces alum, on ounce sugar of lead, twenU quarts of spring water. Strain off to clear Let tho garment soak fortj -eight hours. Hnng up until drj, then brush well. "A. S W " Keep Itemized Accounts. Read this letter. Tho conditions described In It aro the same that confiont many a housewife "Editor Standard. Uefoie I married mar-ried I had been a bookkeeper for a number of years, so the dotalls of the cost of living hr.d not bothered me greatly. I married a man getting $25 weekly, and then the details of living expenses came upon me in full force ' Rent must be paid, and food, fuel i and clothing must be bought, and I must pay tho prices asked. How to mcot those prices I did not know, but' I resohed that we would keep with-I In tho limits of our Income and savo a littlo each week if possible. j "In splto of our earnest efforts, I however, we came out short of fi.nds at tho end of each week, and ve could not understand where all the money had gone. Then I adiscd tha we put into our home life tho system that a man puts Into his business I advised 'keeping books' to find out where the money went, so that wo might see where to economize. "E G M.' Food and Cookery and the Catering World for October. C Herman Scnn's magazine, has an article on "Oyster Lore" with the following recipe. "Oyster Tlmbales Tako a dozen large sauce oysters, remove their beards and put these with the oystor liquor into a saucepan and boil up with three tablespoons of rich white sauce When well reduced strain Into a basin, add a littlo cream and let cool Stir in two volks of eggs and a cupful of finoly crushed cracknels or milk biscuits (crackers). Dhide the oysters Into quarters and mix with the above. Season to taste with salt, popper, and a pinch of cayenne. Whisk Lhe whites of two eggs to a Btiff froth md Incorporate with the above. Fill tho mixture into several small well buttered plain tlrabale molds and jako them for about half an hour. Jnmold the cakes on a hot dish and serve with or without sauco." Business System In the Home. There are many women like this woman. They are floundering in a sea of ignorance and misunderstanding. They iiavo no practical knowledge of what :an be accomplished b the application applica-tion of a thorough system of econ-3 econ-3 my. They hardly know how to go about t. Tho family lives from hand to nouth In constant dread of tho morrow mor-row They aro trying to live like their neighbors. They got along somehow until they come to a cii-iis cii-iis In cutting down household expenses expen-ses the one thing that tho housewife mist get clearly In hor mind Is that :hcro must be a business system In :ho home The resultB more than relay re-lay the trouble. It Is not aione in the high prices that the high cost of living la to bc !ound, but in the unnecessary ox-)cndlturcs. ox-)cndlturcs. and these enn best bo curtailed cur-tailed by knowing just whore the nonoy goes. Dlscusc Economy With Others. Another thing to bear In mind Is he high cost of living is a good thing to discuss with othcis whenever an opportunity presents Itself Talk of it to every one who will listen. Get their ideas on what economy means. Discussion brings out a valuable lesson les-son In showing up American extravagances extrav-agances and It often points a very good moral HaVe you any theory or practical hint In regard to solving the high cost of living? Has It been published? If not, won't you send it to the Standard? The Standard wishes to publish direct di-rect personal experiences of those who have successfully solved the problem of living wlthiu their Income In-come Your namo will not be published If you do not wish It. oo |