Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-22
A WOMANS HAPPY LIFE.
sHE MANAGES TO LIVE IN COM
PARATlVE LUXURY ON $1,000.

Pieture-HeaIthy Summer Outings.
One thousand dollars with economy,
thrift and a wise generosity is abundant
wealth and secures all the needed pleasures
of living. How do know have tried it
and proved it So
During nine years OF married life, begin
ming on an income-of $500, have had all
the necessaries, and many Of the Injuries
of life. ! have now four healthy, strong
and handsome boys, the youngest years
old, We have that Indispensable comfort
of an American household, a cheerful and
intelligent cook. One thousand dollars
covers all the expenses Of our family of
seven and the mot infrequent guest" My
husbands life is insured imam endowment
policy, which is all the provision we have
yet made for the traditional "rainy day"
Our bills are all paid, and we can face the
future bravely and fearlessly.
was myself n college bred girl, and our
friends all shook their heads nine years ago
at our improvident marriage. But it has
proved to he the most genuine prosperity
that could have overtaken us both.
But | must describe our 'modus oper-
andi."
In the first place our home is in one Of
the beautiful country villages where my
husband is employed on salary of 81, 900
year. OF that we pay 300 per annum for
sunny house of eleven rooms, with gar.
den and stable adjoining; $3.50 more goes
for household help; $40 for literary matter;
our coal bill is $50; our kerosene bill with
breakHge on lamps and chimneys, $l5; in
terest on life assurance, S15; church sit
tings and beneyolences, $50; pnsturage for
COW and feed during winter, So; travelling
expenses, $45 Total, 5000, leaving 800 for
table and clothes.
THE BEST is THE CHEAPEST.
In regard TO clothing, we buy only the
very best, which we find to be the wisest
economy. We buy nothing ready made,
make everything that is worn by myself
and the boys And my husbands suits
are custom made. The children are not
only healthy, but we'll dressed cut down
their father s suits for the older boys, spong-
ing and turning them. When | can no
longer remodel my gowns for myself | can
always get kilt or coat out of them for
the younger children. A package of dye
will readily change the color to any new
and desirable shade One year | buy for
myself a black silk, the next II Henrietta
cloth of some fashionable shade and which
1 can renew ut any time by dyeing black.
BY this means | have always two hand
some street costumes.
NV husband gets one new suit n year. for
which he pays $35 His other wearing ap
parel brings his clothing bill up to $50, and
he always makes IA good appearance. | re-
move my street costume the moment
come into the house. always wear soft
fiannes for house dresses-white in sum
mer dull. warm shades in winter. These
nre not expensive and make over beauti
fully for the children.
The shoe, stocking and hat bill for the
boys | find the highest Of all, but $3.50 a
year covers our clothing expenses. might
remark in passing that find it very salts
factory to buy the best grade of balbriggan
hosiery, white or cream, for my husband
and self, and bright colored stockings for
the children. These ! dye II fast black,
and find them stronger and the color
more durable than the most expensive
grades Of black cotton or Isle thread
stockings We have now $3.50 left for table
expenses. 1.-TWO hundred and fifty, dol
lars for the tableY' | hear You eX.
claim. "Why, that is but Il generous
meat nlowancep' Yes, we live on s.
week and live we'll. am sure there is not
more nppetzng table set anywhere.
PLENTY OF UEALGllFUL FOOD.
My children have never been sick for one
day, and their rosy skins and strong white
teeth give evidence of nOurishing food.
We have I'm unvarying rule of meat only
unee a day Our butchers bill never OK
ceeds So per month. We buy the cheaper
pieces of meat and cook them in savory
way excepting our roastS, which are al
WAYS of the best. roast of five pounds
l..,. ,ly.,r 4 I,a
ment IL cut from the bones and made up
into meat pie, croqucttes, or, If rare, we
often slice IL thin fry quickly in butter,
spread on neatly trimmed toast and pour
over all rich gravy made of cream,
Drowned flour ana seasoning. The third
day the bones arc cracked, vegetables add
cd and a rich consomrie is the result. We
use n great many oysters, clans and fish
in their season Our breakfasts are al.
ways of fruit, cereals brown bread or muf-
fins. gems or the like, with honey from our
I,ees. coffee for the adults and plenty Of
good rich milk for the children.
For ten months during the year we have
from our beautiful Aldernry, which we
nave named Butterfly, all the milk we cau
nse. Butterfly gives eighteen quarts Of
milk daily ~ the spring, averaging from
eipht 90 nine IN the winter. We have
fresh eggs the whole year through and
plenty Of spring chickens for table use,
Our garden. which my husband spades up
In the mornings little mt time and to
,yether we plant and keep weeded, yields
mn abundance of suCCulent vegetables, so
that during the summer and early autumn
ave can he really eXtravagant and have five
or six different kinds Of vegetables at the
MONDAY dinner.
Our suppers are fit for n king, though
suitable TO u PEASANTS purse. pudding,
a salad berries or other ripe fruit in
season. canned fruit during winter, with
delicious cream, such rs no milkman ever
supplies; chocolate, cocoa or tea, and cake;
with cream butler and eggs of our own
cake is reduced 10 minimum of expense,
aud in its ever changing forms is always "A
part of our evening meal.
Nv letter is long, but must tell of our
summer outing My husband is the fortu-
nate possessor of II big tent. This we pitch
on different parts of the Jersey coast during
Successive aeasous-not with the "maddng
throng" but oil 10y ourselves ia quiet
nook There we have an ideal summer.
With gun and rod we find the long days all
TOO short, and come back after two months
with II fund of health and happy memories.
During these two months butterfly is
rented out Mt $40 per month. Our vegeta
blcs are sent down twice u week, and there
IL no accumulation of big black debts To
cake from our summers pleasure.
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