| Show o 7 7 Z 1 i I The e Housekeeper ot se ee er amt and t i 1 Those Good Old Days Days' 1 I M BY nY SOPHIE IRE IRENE E I LOEB 1 J Jt t i t I 1 33 13 b by The hc Press Co I I a n meeting of or the the- National A AFTEU Housewives Housewives' league leaf not long ago 00 when the egg cg question had been bec discussed one one of or the women remarked l. a it bother It all is If It we could but Lut KO go o lack back to the tho good old days when cue cne could go right out to the coop and get tret et eg eggs s and have c potatoes and other produce tucked away for tor the whole winter without having ha continually to bu buy and think about prices of ot things I how delightful It would he bel hel But Dut this woman oman had really spoken to make talk Sh She happens to live ina Ina in ina a nice little apartment with all 01 modern modern mod mod- 1 ern conveniences which In truth Implies Im Implies Implies Im- Im plies more than she had stopped cl tf to think I J wonder how she would feel teel If H by some miracle those good old da days s could come back If Jr on a 11 very cr col cold morning she were to go out to the tho coop and find that the weather had made mistress hen disinclined to la lay end and there were no eggs to bo ho found that she she- could not have them at ANY AY cost Instead 1 of being able to purchase 2 them at the nearest grocery grocer Or Ir a tilting biting frost hn had nipped d tho time pC and tho the other pro produce ucc that had tad been beon tucked away awa- for tor the winter If she had to go to the well to CAll CAll- I ny Y water Instead of ot having It come both hot and cold right out of or the faucet faucet fau fau- at nt her hand in her own snug e apartment on tho the tenth floor Or ft rr R company campan came carne unexpectedly and s sf SAO o should want ant a special delicacy lse a box of oC strawberries Indeed h t she he long In vain for Cor them thEIn In those i 1 I. I O old da days f whereas now sho 1 has but to go o to the tile telephone f fOr Or would n she have had In those tholO good od e oM old ld days right In tho the midst of ot winter nice fresh string bean beam fresh tomatoes tom and a n. crisp toad head 1 of or Itt lettuce cc for fot 5 li cents It is la not for lot tiu A chronic nic complainer to reflect u a bit pit an and accordingly to appreciate tb toA present present- day daS goods the gods provide I I While hUo we wc Q are contI Dually cof fe the tho v high 1 cost coat of 11 ih tag and REGRET TI TING G the tho cost of or 1 l' l r ing tring It high thoro there Jb ih something to to be bo 8 ft in commendation of ur the l that Is 18 m made de daily for tho the benefit C tho the housewife What with theof the new inventions in the way of or cooling cooking tonsils and household accessories th r rit a are ranch much noh easier tins and much hotter batter t it tjan An in In those good Old od Ay days days For iJ meet the requirements i o oL the MODE human with hl his wl- wl ous expectations Jons and DE DEMANDS lANDS In vi view ow t ft n all this it is 18 up to that than same sell r l' to HELP HEU the good gooel 7 vork seark aloe alan on t and stimulate an st In the die and the lowering ot or prices of ot Commodities So tha i tho up to system or of DIRECT DI Dh- il rf U 47 A Ot n of ot producer to consumer er mat mn de A elms In proportion to the other oth r C VJ t CES that might have tn in J good old days been I It would ula 1 ho 0 no unwise n l ej poUr policy for tot EVERY housewife no m tt r. r how now hOWl humble her surroundings to un un un-J I t and help Att After r all aU the good new now day dBY S IB is here I n a Jd d new methods must take the o of old oM ono ona Every housekeeper might well ell el regard It as not only her plc pleasure sur j hut lint her DUTY to come to the aid of ot thoi th National Housewives Housewives' league which i is bending every overy effort to fill flU the NEEDS 1 of the housewife at tho the LOWEST post cost i And how horr can she of ot limited means mean t do this Just keep in touch with why wh t Is beIn being dono done in the line Une of or effort et by these th women and back them up as a It Ft were wen by patronizing grocers and uHl producers who are ALIVE ALIVo to the Interest Interest In In- In terest of ot the housewife In the now an aril and o Hl way that Is being worked out on economic lines Those good Soo old days das ma may have have- 0 filled the want of or the time woman of yes yop- a But toda today we are enough h not only to think of tho the woman woman wom Worn I an of NOW OV but to build toward the strength of the woman of tomorrow |