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Show Woman's Paee S? s r How to Fight the High Cost of Living ' ft False SUndards of Living Burden the Poor Man Huge Crop of High Living Standards Growing in America Children Not U Taught Value of Money or Economy in Using It Mrs. L. G D. r ij Gl"t:J Rc-ult3 of Investigation in Chicago Silk Petticoat Fr:me of Mind Cause of Losing Battle Women Should be Sincere and , (i Well Informed Rocipes. erj . FALSE STANDARDS OF LIFE 9 Cureful Investigation taan brought M to i;- the i'jn K-tion thai Hie flrafC M parnlrin poor m.-ui Is , onlj one of tlj us who lias a right lo complain Fur 7 him In his hare home and ith tii y I growing famil about him. prln- tn j Indred cniolly high. Our false stand- ajj ards of life make his burdi.Mi Kramer 111 'e ;ir,' growing a huge t-rop of thiM- t.'i'-.- si.M.dardi in Lmerica, and 1 the present hlKh cost or living is a forerunner of the harvest to come. W are not teaching our rhildn-'i in IX Bare, to think, or to plan a i ourBi irif action, even the simplest The following examples are to of I mnny t t- mad.- v.-!th school chll-1 chll-1 dren. While in f'hicngo I mad 1 I attempt to find o u b t parent i ere I I teaching a lorn: il ; nes The con-Ij con-Ij dltionfi are deplorable. I asked .119 children, all under 12. thl queftlon "If yon were given h nlokel. what would you do with It?" Sixty-threr- per cent said they would spend It. U per cent would kiw it to parents. 27 per cent would save It, 1 per cent gave Impertinent answers To the question. 'What would you W do If given a dollar '' the percentage was almost reversed Snveniv-one per cent would sa ii 13 per oenf I would le it to another I .'. per cent I would spend It, 1 per cent gave Impertinent Im-pertinent ans'A . r ! The lesHon Is obvious The cbJldreD had missed the secrel ol saving ab- aolutely How fi v. . ver have a dollar In hand, but how few do not have occasional nickels! To thirty-one girls aeraglng 17 ears this question was put: "Suppose "Sup-pose you need a petticoat and are al-1 lowed J2 with which to purchase it. I What would you do?" It was clearly stated that no names would be re-quired re-quired .and the answers were, typed before handed to the critic teacher. , Four answers were silly and imperii- 1 nent. Three girls thought the sum was Insufficient Nine Kirls would buy messallne skirts, but nearly all I hinted that it was a little cheap. Six I girls thought they could get a good : skirt for about 52. Two were sure of, getting good black sateen skirls for $1.50, and seven girls suggested getting get-ting various kinds of material and making the garment (or themselves, I four of these seven mentioned eav-I eav-I Ing a part of the sum. Now these figures prove, in one Instance at least, my triple accusa- tion The children do not understand or care anything about saving Only six of the girls, or 20 per cent, even ! thought of saving, and then had no definite Idea of what should be saved I In this particular case. As to thlnk-i thlnk-i lug. it speaks poorly for our times that an Intelligent answer to such a i question cannot be obtained from ev-I ev-I ery one of a class of high school ' girls As to planning a course of ac-! ac-! tlon not one kuew exactly what she I should do Now if these girls were sensibly taught at home and no false stand-i stand-i ards upheld abroad every answer would have approximated this: "Four yards gingham. 50 cents; button and No. 50 white thread. 5 cents; total cost. 55 cents, with a balance of $1.46 for my bank account. 1 will make the garment myself." Such B garment would exceed in j value any mentioned by any one of the girls, and would have the highly desirable quuiity of being easily, launderi d I have made somo nMir tests alon", thlfl line aud find that children are universally untaught concerning it-Parents it-Parents wish to spare thorn anxiety and care, i suppose, but they are making a mistake thai the school", cannot remedy So long as It is impossible to de-term'no de-term'no by observation if a bevy of girls on the street are returning from high school or dress rehearsal, and 10 long as we are contented to fos-ter fos-ter this silk petticoat irame of mind, then Just so long may we expect to fighi a loslug battle with the high cost of living." L C! D. SINCERITY (Copyright 1913, By Lillian Russe'l) Tho only way to prove your sincerity sin-cerity Is by actions, you may profess j deep and profound friendship for a I person, and you may mean every word of It. and when It comes to a point of proving it, utterly fail by hesitation. There should bo no -".onslderatlon. , no hesitation, in true sincerity Foreigners consider American wo-I wo-I men insincere They say they find few women who go below the surface of thing! in thought, and thai few American women are able to discuss tho pocial or political affairs of their I own country Intelligently. This is a hard rap at us. and we I should prove the lie to the statement Il is sincerity alone which proves knowledge. The trouble is accounted account-ed for by Ihe unfortunate fact that some women do not take the trouble to go to the bottom of things. 1 mean l In learning. A great many women do I not even care to learn, and plead Ignorance upon vital subject, such as the suffrage queatfoa and the Inaugural In-augural sp h of the nett- president How can v. omen think or Sincere! upon such nuentlnnp with-oul with-oul earning thoroughly the subjects? That Is what th forHfn,Prc mean when they say Americans are not ' sincere. In all other countries politics and BOCial affairs are part of the educa-tloti educa-tloti nf both men and women They are well Informed upon all such suh'- Jectl and furthermore tbey have I sacred Interest in their own country and its government; they speak from knowledge, while American women! speak from hearsay. It should be the duty of every woman wom-an to read the papers either morning or evening, just to keep in touch with the true state of affairs so Hint .-he eu speak sincerely upon things of moment. Whnt is the use of beauty without some intelligence? Remember There can be no sin-J cerlty without knowledge, other what is there to be sincere about 0 RECIPES. Frizzled Beef Have the beef cut thin, melt a lump of butter the size' of an egg In your frying pan. lay1 In the beef, and cook until it Is crisp. This Is about as good as boiled I bam cooked in the same way. and is very appetizing If you do not Ilk. II quite salt lay It In warm water : for half an hour, take It out anj dry It well before cooking Frizzled Beef With Egg Cut the beet Into .strips, put a table poonful of butter in the frying pan, lay in the beef and cook It until It begins to crisp. Have ready as many eggs as you need for the number of persons per-sons to be fed a cupful or beef will , season from four to six eggs beat them just enough to mix the whites and yolks; stir them in with Ihe 1 beef pepper to taste, and cook until I the eggs are set. Dandelion Salad Select the tender-leaves, tender-leaves, wash thoroughly, drain, then ifiy on ice to crisp Put into a I salad -DoWl, dress with salt pepper, ; oil and lemon-Juice or vinegar, and garnish With a couple of hard-boiled I eggs cut In quarters Dandelion and Sorrel Greens Wash thoroughly but keep separate, as the dandelion needs longer cooking ihun th- sorrel. Put the dandelion first into s saucepan of boiling water stev. until tender add Ihe sorrel and simmer sim-mer until the liquor disappears and I the leaves are tender. Drain, press- ing out all moisture Beat with a wooden spoon, season liberally with butter, salt and pepper, and 6erve hot with a garnish of hard-boiled egg or fried bread points. Dandelion and Cress Salad Take equal parls young dandelion leaves and watercress, wash, chill and serve with dressing. To Cultivate Dandelions for Salad In England, where the dandelion Is comparatively uncommon, It Is raised carefully in gardens as a pot-herb and si lad-plant To grow successive crops of dandelions through the Sum-mer, Sum-mer, the plants are not allowed to I bloom so that the roots continue Bending up successive rounds of leaves until frost. Market gardeners are now following follow-ing the example of the English, and dandelions are grown through a deptb of sandy soil or under earthen pors This mekes the leaves dc- i light fully whilo. crisp and tender, and incidentally, less bitter |