The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-10-08
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1885.

and let out at the bung.' We are
wasteful in our kitchens, extrava-
giant in our warGrobes, and careless
of our furniture. Our attempts at
saving when the necessity comes
suddenly upon us are apt 10 be vic
lent and spasmodic, and productive
OF very small results.n
Aunt Abby smiled suddenly. II
remember one instance" sue went
on, in explanation of her amused
expression. "Theu | proclaimed 10
my father, whCse household was the
scene OF my early experiments in
domestic economy, that for the last
three months / bad not spent but
fifty cents day for food, and with
a household of six. 'Well, aud
what have you now in the house in
/ the way of provisions p he inquired
mildly. What bad IL | investi-
gated my closets, and found-well,
an empty -four barrel, an empty
sugar barrel, butter firkIn with
scarcely a pound of butter in it, no
rice, no soap, no starch, 10 potatoes,
10 coffee, no tea. In fact | had
simply gone on exhausting our sup
plies 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. | shall
never forget the mild glance OF in
jury wherewth my patient parent
went over my accounts, which read,
January, February, March, $15
per month April, $65.' Our in-
come was a very small one, and for
some time | had to endure the i'm
patience of tradeSmen who kept
asking 'when | would please settle
that little bill "
"Another Of my mistaken fan
cies," Aunt Abby proceeded, twas
in regard to laundry work. What
is so pretty about house as white
curtains, fine toilet tables with
white muslin drapery, and so OH !
And the muslin costs so little.'
Alas. yes! But when the bill of
one dollar for each window comes
in from sOmU Celestial and All
Wang, or Cbu Wal, or Lang Flu
shakes his long queue and mus
habee him monee," then one begins
to realize what Injuries these pure
white han9ings are.
"AnOther point where economy
is apt to press Sorely is in the enter
ment OF ones friends. One does SO
long to give them something a lit
tie better than the ordinary fare,
some one dainty dish to do them
honor and to show what an accom-
plished hOuse.keeper and cook pre-
sides over the table But when
that dainty dish must be shared by
all at the table, those terrible bills
will show it if tue luxury is often
indulged inn
"But one must entertain ones
friends"
"Indeed one must. But then, if
we reflect that it is their affection
for ourselves, aud not their appre'
citation of our cuisine, that brings
them, we shall feel solicitude about
producing any culinary triumphs
for their delectatiOn."
"But, Aunt Abby" sighed Mrs.
LortOn, "would not lite be very
dreary with only brown stuff dress
es, bare windows, aud diet Ofroast
beet and cottage puddings %
"NO, 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 variety
in the stuff dresses all drapery
does not require semi-annual re-
ireshing IN the laundry; beef and
cottage pudding are but two of the
healthy, nouyishing, aud inexpen-
sive varieties of food our markets
provide"
"But / must 6UiSh my sermon.
1t is getting too long, and only
that my audience is too polite TO
yawn, they would certainly do so.
will simply 'Sum up as old fash
lOned ministers used TO say at the
conclusion of eighty 1T you want
to ecouOmize, think well whether
the thing you propose to do will not,
in addition TO the original expendi-
tnre, bring with it train of expen-
sive consequences. Remember that
nothing is cheap if it is not dura BILE.
Do not fancy that You are ecOno-
mizing if you are simply using up
supplies that must be renewed at
some time. Remember that in liv-
ing beyond your income you harasS
yourself much more than you i'm
press other.
"There, good people, laughed
Aunt Abby, rs she gathered up her
knitting, "yOu have results of n
great many severe lessons that l
Ouce learned in a very severe
school,"
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