Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-02

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1heexsOrtstions % esrts:i expenses 10 tnere
hard times are very abundant The nessD.-
Pers are but repeating What everybody L. ssy-
reduced. our people are and hsve been nvine
too last for these TINES. One OF the legacies "A
TIE var u this extIsvsgant use or money.
Ire rich bave hardy been more reckless in
their expenditures, relatively, than tue poor
tier expansion has not been greater. When
sold went ~, all yslues advanced With A. Tue
nechSnie received high wages. All salaries
advanced, though not cSraifv Iuve1fmenss
paid ls-Ee dividends. Sleculafions prornlsed
isfge rrorts. Trscesmsn were no longer Sat
tsned with. nor limited - the old time Der cent
kge Of Irofts on goods. WITH rsoney - ahunc-
snt, every tOdy was sb'e @ live 10 more expen-
slye style, ct ecislly while everything PROMISED
nnofessiug prosperity. And everybody found 10
wonderfully essy O. scopt \ more expensive
mo0e OF living. Now, with the Revision al
80 ~ nearly q. feel tue necessity tor ecOno-
my and = r. turn % the frugality OF the psst
But while the necessity h. 90 readily sc-
kncwleoged, tt is found o. be far more dlffcult
40 tsnuce eNprn-es than 70 was 70 expand. ft
l. rot 90 very difficult, perhaps, 60 reduce en-
penses IN the matter OF dress 10 make the Old
oy'rcoSt DO srother Winter; % foreyo that set
Of fur, or that "lOve % a bonnet" aud We
imagine that reduction begins here seo.t
a. soon - anywhere To give up Newport or
saratoga for the season, IL not altogether an
impossihlty. But 60 reduce the current eN-
ptns-e Of a household, - as 70 live on half nav
70 put everything on peace footing. 40 Ca
sttat-'s hy 10 mesns an easy task. TOreiues
we nnllher Or rervantg-yerY naturally the drst
thought In curtsilirg EXPENSES - change
TIE style OF living In tue household. L,eSs uum-
befs IN the kitchen implies less variety on the
few COURSES. To reduce the number OF servants
and change the style OF living Implies change
OF residence-the large AID fashionable house
cauno. be Kept MP with less. And then the
wages Of one OF two servants j. a minor ten
compared with the cost OF fuel aud other At
oeteras 81 an establishment Locality Implies
certain style OF living. The Boston Globe .Ays
u y not the thing on Beacon street for a .er-
want giri 90 wash wind0ws-thst means a ms,
servant. ON Columbus syenue gtrls -.p A -,
work.
a smaller house implies the sale OF a portion
q the furniture, AZ, indeed. Is does not nessSsi-
tSte sc entire change There y no stable vita
'he smaller house, And 50 the horse and car
fiage 60 snd John, the driver, a man OF ali
work, goes too, sud 20 through the chapter.
But these changes are not al. nor the most
linlortAnt, 10 very many people. Changes In
style ot living are attended with changes OF a.
sociatons yerN generally. Your old set lived
IN mpch the same style that you kept, znd you
as"OCisted together hecauss yOu felt ~ home in
q IT social grade, With altered circumstances
you crop out from that circle, not because old
frieros have "cnt' you, but because 60 enter IS
II constantly 20 hsNe suggested the change In
your cOndItiOn-you are no longer At bome
there. Frank and Clara thought h ali right 10
SrceIt sn Invitation 10 ride with Tom and
Maud, or even place in the box NJ the oners
reciprOcate.
These grsdstions may not seem so marked in
the lower ranks Of society, hut they sre just as
marked. IL IL H. not a question OF keeping a
coach and coachman, 10 is-and the question AZ
quite ~ ImpOrtant-of keeping a piano and =
house girl. IL may not be = matter OF a great
house and a conservatory, but raanv \ house
Keeper feels that her rank in society depends
on keeping q furnace fire 20 as TO have the par
lOr always warmed and lighted I'm the evening
70 entertain visitors. And many a family Ind
u easier 20 dispense with the Injuries OF the
table and 20 be economical ~ 20 the necessarIes
than 70 give mp these things which are the in
sigma OF rank In society.
The difficulty IL not al with the old folks
The children have grown Mp during these wears
or expansion, ard their habits of Lire aud their
associations have been formed according 20 the
grade OF society In which they have lived. To
them u If not going hack, hut going down. Bot
with all these Off Culties II II only too evident
That contraction is an sbsOlute necessity in a
large majority OF our American families. We
make no doubt that in many cases IL will also
be for the real advantage Of the families. re-
cutting IN better habits of thought and life,
and In more sensible pursuits. II only every
body would Acknowledge the necessities of the
case, and agree 70 reduce expenses together,
what \ relief would be experienced How
nicely we would all keep in our own set and
everything would be lovely. But 40 won't be
so. Everybody viii try to conceal concerning
themselves what every body knows and cOufeSses
in general, until compelled one 10y one % drop
out OF line, and accept the fatal retrenchmenJ.-
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