, 1877-02-16

ing economy. Nothing, however, Is
easier than to talk glibly on this sub
jeci, and q great many people think
they are really economical when
they are only specifically so. They
are sparing in the wrong place, and
then waste in one direction more
than offsets their saving in the other.
They are, in some respects, like the
economical" old lady who, having
only one bundle of wood, made up
her mind that she would make it last
the whole month. Wishing to have
just enough fire to make her pot
boil, she broke up one stick; after
considerable expenditure of paper
and matches she lighted it; it blazed
up, burned out, but the pot did not
boil. Sad at heart, she tried another
stick, with the same result; still the
pot did not boil. So this old lady
who wished to be economical went
on until she burned up her whole
bundle of wood, a stick at time,
and still her pot did not boil. Had
she taken two sticks she might have
made FIRE that would have accom-
plished her purpose; but she was too
economical for that. Some peo-
pie who advertise are not unlike this
old lady. They want to bring their
business before the community, but
they want to be too economical about
it. They put in a " "square" of mat.
ter in their local paper, and wonder
it does not make their business brisk.
They try another little venture in a
paper which will put in a small ad-
vertisement cheap" Still no effect.
So they 90 on frittering away their
money to as little purpose as the old
woman burned her sticks, whenif
they had put in an advertisement of
such size as to attract attention in
their county paper, and followed it
up BY others, they would soon have
got their money back g made the not
boil and kept it boiling. Some peo-
pie try to practice economy BY buy
ing cheap" things cheap clothing,
cheap furniture, etcl These people
are often terribly fooled. The man
who prctices the truest ECONOMY is
he who is willing to give fair price
for a good article, and good wages
for good work. He who is always
/" beating down" his workmeu is very
apt to get beat himself in the long
run. Hard bargains are not always
the most profitable for him who
drives them. There are people who
practice economy by stinting them
selves and families in the way Of
amusements. The money aPent on
an excursion often saves a doctors
bill, aud an evening at good enter
tainment affords relaxation to the
mind, and more work will be done
next day. The best plan is to be
liberal, and you win, if you are a man
of ordinary intelligence, be able to
secure liberal treatment in exchange
Economy-true economy, is simply
the exercise of care that nothing of
use goes to waste. Our people NAV
well take lesson from the frugal
French in the matter of living. The
Partisan, who gets as much for his
money as any body in the world, is
yet studious Of saving. He buys his
ice BY the sou, counts his Jumps of
sugar, keeps his candles ends, and
yet will give you in his splendid
"salou" the cream Of epicurean lux.
ury. From the things which an
American cook would treat as refuse
the Frenchman will prepare a deIic-
Ious soup, and instead Of crowdin0
his guests plate with a wasteful pro.
fusion, be win have the courses small
but select. Thus debt and dyspep-
sla are both left behind. We have
need TO study the household econo-
mics as they are practised in Eng.
land and on the continent. The les