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Show I Woman's Page How to fight the High Cost of Living SjJ , j HINTS-RECIPES - ETIQUETTE FOR YOUNG GIRLS K"'"Tll-A1- i HE CUTS EXPENSES, Our famii is no longer troubled by fhe bieh cost of Ihing In other words, I we have turned over a new leaf Let me illustrate 1 a in earning $1500 a year Wo ha6 three children, now preits well grown Besides my salary income l own ;i I house which 1 1 c-1 k me .S i I rent a munlh Previous to our campaign on the high 4 ' cost of living we were absolutely in distress Wo could not possibly make both ends meet. We were worried I lr despair. Put when 1 sat down and d(M calmly thought t over I thought I saw -H a solution We would certainly have 0t Hi to tut down expenses, and rut down expenses we did I starter! in with ! rjl , . my own unnecessary exienseB -.fci In past iear I bad been woarinp 1 ( a path to the tonsorial parlors of the, y J ! neighborhood. In fact It actually! jj? cost ne $G:i n ear. 1 boiiRht a shav- lng set for $2 To and now patronize mJ the b.-'ber 10 the extent of only $H a fajj year My smokint;, too, had to be cut I down. It amounted to $46 a year, 1 1 have cut the habit altogether 1 have iylJ a'so cnan"(' m lunching place. It "J used to bp an expensive cafe costing me 5? cents a day I now dine at a restaurant where T can get plent; o( m good, substantial food for 20 cents My wife no longer trades at the" 14 J come.- grocer-, iind niarket, where all food is advancp.i a good deal over the , J wholesale price 1 buy by the quantity quan-tity at wholesale markets, my gro-tSjY gro-tSjY cerles, fruits, egetables, etc, while ttj I buv mefit. by 1 he quarter In winter 1 6k and use but little in summer. I do not bin my coal Just the min-Wm min-Wm ute I need it I have plenty 01 unlit; un-lit; uBel space in my woodshed, and I buy fc'l the coal In the summer time, when W the ptice Is not so high. Whenever 1 BKl need a load of wood 1 can get it at Mil $1.50 jn The laundry, too. hjs lost much of lJ our trade Formerly it used to cost W us $ : a week Now u costs us on n average if. cents per week; as we U J send onlv collar? and de-Menu crmds j3 there the bulk of the work being done Rt home V Following Is an Itemized account of what it used to cost ub to live and 3 fthat it costs us now J Then Now I 6havlnc. smoking, etc....$ 110 $ 10 II Food 650 4b(i f Fuel, lights, etc 80 43 J nothing for family 210 138 if Totals .$121 5 1616 If you will notice, I used to spend , Its almost niv entire iirome; now I only IV spend about half My bank account now amounts to $R.r.ri 20, although we -I! began 6avinsr only about two vears ago. W'e certalnlj made a success I BK of our campaign on tbe blh cost of J living "HUBBY." f ETIQUETTE FOR S THE YOUNG GIRLS i- Thp girl makes a habit of turning II around to look behind her in the K street Is In great danger of being I m taken by strangers as a flirt, and m probably to ber own deep embarrass-R embarrass-R ment at times Then too the turn-I turn-I around look-behind girls are often' called hayseeds, and. since the thing! M is not done by proper folk. 3ometlmes a policeman fixes them with a cold 't Inquiring eye The girl who doesn't giticlously thank the messenger boy, or the day laborer, or the sweatshop worker who Kives herii6 seat In a street car de-servos de-servos to stand op In all public vehicles ve-hicles for the rest of ber days In m neglect of this Important duty she 1 also shows her greenness in things polite, aDd so when she slta down It Is to be hoped that the gentleman himself will emit a disgusted "Thanh 5 you!" The girl who Is ungracious to the K helpers in stores deserves to be taken In hand by the floorwalker, did shop 9. etiquette but permit the thing. Are not these poor neopk, who stand on their feet from mornln- untl' night, a'so human, anu so endowed with I feelings that may be bltterlv wounded! wound-ed! Resides, how does the- rude girl know but that she ma; herself be a saleslady or cashier some day, and so a target fUr other maiden rudeness? lie plentiful with the if -y ou-pleaBes and thank - oiis, then, it only for the Bake of your own possible future. 1 ho girl who is propcrh coached m matters polite does all of these smaller things-Takes things-Takes otf her hat at he theater. Removes her glove to shake hands with elderly persons. Offers her chair anywhere and everywhere ev-erywhere to old ladles and gentlemen. Is invariably courteous to servants Prefers to walk out v. Ith a girl friend than in go alone. N. ver reads tbe crimes in the newspapers news-papers Never speaks with her mouth lull at table Never uses slang or other unbeau-tlful unbeau-tlful words of any sort. - "Mama." RECIPES. Macaroni M llanalse Cook half a ; pound of macaroni In boiling suited 1 water to cover It well When tender drain well and coer uith cold water lor ten minutes. Took together for about fifteen minutes a can of tomatoes, toma-toes, one cup of water, a clove, bay leaf, parsley, one fourth teaspoon of I extract of beef, salt and pepper (Strain and thicken with a tablespoon I of butter and one of flour blended together to-gether Drain the macaroni again and mix with the Banco adding a green peppei which has been parboiled par-boiled and chopped You raary also add some tongue, minced. Put all In a baking dish cover with grated cheese or buttered cracker crumbs, and bake untl! brown Corn Meal Muffins Mix one cup of coin meal, two cups of Hour, three ! tablespoons of sugar, one teaspoon of salt, and one and one half teaspoons I of baking powder Run Into the mixture mix-ture two tablespoons of pure leaf lard, then add one ocg with watei ! enough to make a stiff hatter. Beat well and put Into muffin tins v. .11 greased with pure leaf lard Bake twenty fi e minutes In moderate o en Italian Qoujbssh on Toast One small onion sliced thin, two sbces of Bacon In cubes, one can of toncrue, one half can of tomatoes, one half clovo o! garlic crushed, one hair' teaspoon tea-spoon of extract of beef dissolved in hot water one half teacup of milk or cream, one tablespoon of corn starch, salt and pepper Fry the onion and bacon very slowlv until brown, add j tomatoes, tongue and seasoning Cool; fifteen minutes and pour in the mill; In which the corn starch has been ; dissolved, Tet boll once and serve very hot on thinly buttered toast.! (larnish with parsley Baked Hani in Cldr-r In case a ham la a stlfr batter of flour and water wa-ter an 1 place In a baking pan. Sprinkle Sprin-kle w'th a half teaspoon each of pepper, pep-per, allspice, and cloves and one fourth teaspoon of mace. Pour over! the ham three pints of cider and add 1 one half tablespoon of onion chopped fine one sprig of paisley, one stalk of celery and one la leaf Bake in n hot oven three hours, hasting every fifteen minutes Then remove the crust and skin, and brush ovr with beaten egg and chopned parsley Bake one hour longer Serve with sauce made by adding flour to th liquor in ' the pan 1 R II E " LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING We are s young married couple, on ly living in a roomlug house, .ml were taking our meals In restaurants and cafes, thereby feeling the high cost of living, until we decided upon a cheaper and more wholesome whv of living One meal in a restaurant for the two of us seldom cost us leas' than 75 cents, and when one eats tv,. or three meals a day It can be readily read-ily seen what our food bill would amount to. So we decided upon this plan, and haw carried it out with BUOCess. Wre already possessed a small gas plate, which we attached to the gas Jet and agreed to pay the MINNESOTA GIRL VISITOR IN THE EAST; CALLS ON HELEN TAtfT AT WHITE HOUSE) I SSSSSSSg lHS' f JtUa Uabcl V lcnt landlady for what gas we used In cooking which amounted to a few cents, as we bought canned goods, Which only required a few minutes to warm, and they were ready to be served Wo bought a loaf of bread and a pound of butter, which would last us for three dayi We kept fruit and caUo and sweet milk in our room all the time, and really had a good wholesome meal, thereby cutting the high cost or our food bill, and enjov ed our little home meal far more than we hail our meal In restaurants G. F PRACTICAL HINTS. If you live In the soft-coal regions doubtless you are annoyed with soot To cleanse it from the face, taking every particle of dust or soot, use after af-ter washing a preparation made of four ounces almond oil and four ounc es of orange-flower water. Rub thoroughly thor-oughly Into the pores and wipe off the mixture with a clean towel or cotton cloth You will be surprised at the accumulation of grime It takeR from the face and bandit If a woman will stand up straight while she is sweeping it Is the very best possible way of expanding her chest But stooping over the broom Is bad; the chest is contracted and the work made harder. To sweep vig orously with head up and arms moving mov-ing freely helps to give the shoulders a beautiful ere tness and also pulls off superflous flesh Especially her. the arm is too fat directly below the shoulder this work helps It takes off the extra flesh and rounds the arms splendidly For this it Is almost as good as using the washboard and that is proerbial for improving the arms Beauty sleep, to fulfill its name, must be taken under certain marked conditions or its falls to accomplish its purpose. For Instance, ventilation and proper temperaturo form a most Important part in the treatment for there should be a free circulation of air and no draft. To secure fresh air it Is better that the windows ebaJl be open at tbe top than at the bottom, bot-tom, for the former way makes it possible for impurities to escape from the room. By all means the most hy gienic way for fixing a window for the niRht is to open it at both the top and bottom, so that pure, cold air may be entering constantly to take the pltu'e of the warm, impure atmos phere which is leaving Sixty degrees Is an excellent temperature for the sleeping room and to regulate the air to this mark keep a small thermomc-l tcr above the bed and watch It so j that the air may not be overheated nn |