Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-23
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.
Tho Prevailing Fault Among American
nj All Grades Is Lxtfuynnauee.

Tho Prevailing Fault Among Americans
Of All Grades IL Lstrasaganoe.
N the question were asked what one
quality In q woman most cOnduccs tn a
happy home | should say frugality aud
economy, and II what quality la u man
most conduces TO home happiness should
rcpcat-eoonomy and frugnlity. The great
American crime * want uf rational econ
omy. Tho woman wastes IN the pnrl0r
aud kitchen. The man wastes everywhere.
There Il no class that Il careful OF ouigocs.
No one man or woman In ono hundred
keeps an account Of personal expenses. II
our schools. instead u tho rule of three,
would teach the children the simplest clc-
ments of plain bookkeeping, mathematics
would h- Of some value The farmer who
once puts down In flgurcs his expenditures
and his income and honestly writes down
his losses by had managcmcnt-c careless
ncss-will he on the road TO amendment
Livery housokeeper should have slate
hanging In the kitchen. on which to iOt
down daily expenses. and q pocket account
book to sec how quickly sl0o slips away.
when statistics prove that average life
n provided with far more comforts thap
fifty years ago, and look about ut the
amount now expanded In a year compared
WIN NiAhb A0tHl'tAf heoa'sAt a NNAANN
how much II will take to satisfy the wants
o. n family mfg years hence. There Ia not
a quostion but half OF our boys and girls
are harmed by too free use OF money aud
the other half by being jealous and dlssat-
ished.
Where will be the end Of indulgcneuf
Tho antidote Ia twofold. We must educate
them TO restrain their desires and very
early To earn In proportion TO their eNpeu.
dituroA livery child should DO brought
up 10 feel n responsibility for the house
hold. sec girls daily that arc sturdy pro
pairing for misery. Heaven help q man
who isinyelgled into marrying such wo.
man. She has and can have no idea ~
earning or saving She only considers a
husband AZ purveyor aud proyidcr Ito
IN turn loses his highest gim In life. Honlo
u hopeless idea never 20 10 gratiiied.
lllS ideals drop down. He becomes club.
man " rich, n soured man II poor. This
one Thought ought to be uppernost In
trainlng-to mako our young people help.
full, and the girls to comprehend tho duty
Of being heipmatss.
but about necessity II Il truo that most
Of those who are supposed 10 10 above tho
necessity al kitchen work really aro sol
know the inside truth about many. fami.
lies, and the slave. In the majority Of
cases. Is the husband. lie has no leisure
in life from money making We women
arc creating a detestablc class Of men
money makers. On moderate income
they know that their family IL not cunstl.
tuted to be happy. The outgoes are from
one.fourth to threcfourths for things that
could he spared without suffering.
Their IL nothing no honorable as toll, and
this .Eif hauI m inft "A I..
made to feel. The work of tho world
should boeyenty distributed as privilege
aud a JOY. AZ for mental work, II IL gener-
ally such by inference; II "a that which
shows skill Why should 30 mnny thou.
sands Of our women consider cooking and
cleaning a. out VI their proyineei A
Woman that docs not need 10 sweep floor
should nevertheless DO IL, and do Il we'll
Into Vasaar and into our common schools
must so tho incubation Of nobler spirit.
IL makes very litsle difference whether ID
be In u rich home or poor one, but com.
planning spirit and wNteiul ono spoils
all comfort, Some one has said that one
half of tho production Of tho United States
gets wasted He laid special stress on the
bad habits OF those who cultivate the soil
and handle crops, My special trouble IL
with those OF us who waste In the house
hold. am not urging pcnurlousncss, hut
economy there II no escape from. Our
young couples should be trained formally
TO study Of ways and means. II Is Ia.
sanity To start out Ia life ahead Of income,
or even flush with It. / wish all younn
married couples wsrc compelled by law 10
20 TO school Of domestic economy for one
year after marr!ago,-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.