The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-09-25

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small results"
Aunt Abby smiled suddenly. 81
remember one instance she went
on, in explanation of her amused
expression, "when | proclaimed to
my father, whose household was
the scene of my early experiments
in domestic economy, that fol- the
last three months had not spent
but fifty cents day for food, and
with household of six. We'll,
and what have you -n5w in the
house in the way of proyisionsY
he inquired, mildly. What had 1?
[ investigated my closets, and
found well, an empty flour barrel,
IN empty sugar barrel, a butter fir
kin with scarcely pound of but
ter in it, no coffee, no tea. In fact
| had simply gone on exhausting
our supplies until everything had
to be bought at once. My fifty
cents per day had simply paid for
milk, meat, vegetables, and such
things as must be purchased day
by day. I shall never forget the
mild glance of injury wherewith
my patient parent went over my
accounts, which read, January
February, March, SIS per month; ,
April, 500 Our income was a
very small one, and for some time
/ had to endure the Impotence of
tradesmen who kept asking when
/ would please settle that little
billy
Another of my mistaken fan
cles,' Aunt Abby proceeded, "was
in regard to laundry work. What
is SO pretty about house as
white curtains, fine toilet tables
with white muslin drapery, and so
on? And the muslin costs SO
little Alas, yes! But when the
bill of one dollar for each window
comes in from some CelaEtial, aud
All Wang, or Chu Wal, ort Lang Flu
shakes his long queue And mus
habee him monee, then one
begins to realize what Injuries
these pure white hangings are.
Another point where economy
is apt to press sorely is in the en-
tertainment of ones friends. One
does so long to give them some
thing a little better than the
ordinary fare, some one dainty
dish to do them honor and to
show what an accomplished house
keeper and cook presides over the
table! But when that dainty dish
must be shared by all at the table,
those terrible bills will show it is
the luxury so often INDUCED in"
"But one must entertain one &
friends"
Indeed one must. But then if
we reflect that it is their affection
for ourselves, and not their appre-
citation of our cuisine, that brings
them we shall feel solicitude about
producing any culinary triumphs
for their DELEGATIONS
"But, Aunt Abby sighed Mrs.
Lorton, would not life be very
dreary with only brown stuff dress
es, bare windows, and diet of roast
beef and cottage puddings?'
mo, l think not. Luxuries
cease to be pleasures when they
bring care and worry as to how
they are to be paid for with them.
Besides, there can be a great deal
of vsazsay in the stuff dresses; all
drapery does not require semi
annual refreshing in the laundry;
beef and cottage pudding are but
two of the healthy, nourishing,
and inexpensive varieties of food
our markets provide.
"But l must finish my sermon.
1t is getting to long, and only that
my audience is too polite to yawn,
they would certainly do so. /
will simply sum up as old
fashioned ministers used to say
at the conclusion of eighty If
YOU want to economic, think well
whether the things you propose to
do will not, in addition to the
original expenditure, bring with it
a train of expensive consequences.
Remember that nothing is cheap
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