The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-27
HOW TO SHOP RAPIDLY.
The Best Time and the Best Method to Save
Trouble.

Inc Best lime ana the Best Method to Save
Trouble.
Happy is the woman who has learned to
shop rapidly, says the New York Recorder.
The secret lies in systematic planning,
and this is true whether a woman does her
buying at large city shops, at the numerous
smaller ones in town or at the general store
of a country village.
Phe first thing to avoid is going too fire.
Quently. 1t is remarkable how much les
sened the list of needs become if they are
not supplied upon the moment. So, al
though it is wise to jot down items of var
led wants as they are noticed, yetit will be
wiser to revise the list after some days be-
fore the actual purchases are made.
Choose a day and plan accordingly.
Where there is one servant, or perhaps
none, the days when the laundry work or
much cooking is being done, are bad ones
TO select. Something is sure to go wrong,
and especially so if the housewife leaves
young children behind in the charge of the
maid-of-all-work.
Select an easy day, plan a simple lunch
or dinner, unless your servant is exception
ally skillful and independent, and go in the
morQing.
Do not do half a days work before start
ing, but let the sweeping, busting and sew
ing wait until the housewife returns.
A bright, sunny morning is a cheering
omen for a successful shopping trip, but
even a rainy day is not to be despised. The
shops will be less crowded and the clerks
less hurried, and a woman can make her
purchases Just as easily as when the day is
fair, with the one exception of selecting
cloths in delicate and changing colors.
Having chosen her time, the shopper
must next make out her list. She should
write out each item, however small, and
indicate the amount of goods wanted and
the price she expects to pay. This latter
plan will prevent her spending more money
than the total she had allowed.
When each purchase is made, pencil in
hand, she should cross IL out If she keeps
household accounts she can set down the
actual price against each item, ready to be
copied off in her expense book, and not be
obliged to depend on her memory when she
reaches home If there are cloths, wor-
steds, laces, buttons and the like to be
matched get the samples ready in the purse
or bag, together with the list.
hi shopper can partially, if not wholly,
decide what she wishes to get before leav-
ing home, and nus save herself and those
who wait upon her unnecessary steps and
trouble.
Thus, if it is sheeting she is to buy she
should decide upon its width, quality and
whether it is to be bleached, half bleached
or unbleached, and the same also with pill
lOw-case cotton. If table linen is to be pur-
chased she should write down the width,
quality and color, the size of the napkins,
and if the linen is to be from pattern cloths
or damask by the yard. The same course
is to be followed with ali cloths. The
width is an important factor in the amount
required, and if the width proves less or
more than that allowed the shopper can
lessen or increase her amount of cloth ac-
%cordingly.
In buying iannels it should be noted
whether the flannel needed is TO be all wool,
cotton and wool or silk warp. When stock.
ings are to be bought for children it is pru-
dent to take one that fits as a guide to size,
for it is difficult to remember the varying
sizes of stockings for growing children.
and it is no consolation, when the stockings
are a misft, tc remember that the sales.
woman said those bought were the proper
size for children of certain ages.