Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-09-21
,.cu oR A PASS BOOK.
,r.vs in which to Buy Tor
the kitcheh'

~ in which to Buy for
XIV" the Kitchen.
of the expense and bother of
spl,r business on the credit system,
,pe few tradesmen but welcome a
F,aer who allows his bills to run,
moving that the patronage Will be
, i ~ that way than on a cash basis.
T l III ' order many things that
P1 ndTt need when they have cred
10 ,1 ,l' ;s q curious attractlveness in
l, Emo today what may be paid to-
kov There is an AIRY allurlng IN
ahoI1t the cost OF things bought
1T it, and an Elusive quality about
eU lat is to be our tomorrow, or
VI ',i or next month. One hum
T,IIars TO come is apt to have an
NJ mower % per cent. greater
ei00 already possessed; but, alas
he money materiallzes into hard
/ :; .i1 has but its face value. There is
ttn l cure for the impulsive habit
1ninc at bargains when
L nar and common sense are off
4 or Welding to a taste that is
.anricious than the purse is deep
pn the practice of paying leash
r. ~ set of domestic bills is this slip
INTO bI1vinc more and more, little
,Ie here - cents and there 10cents
here ' 81, so general as in bills for
Inc and for food. Of the two bills
', ,"1 is the worst. When money
! maid down for table supplies it al
Inevitably follows that while adopt
Ln credit system you at the same
grow into the custom of buying by
:. and the purse suffers a double
= Gyocers are but human, and,
dressed by competition, they can
,d expected to select supplies with
mole eve and prudent care for the
If the bill and the quality Of the
los which the buyer will exercise.
hije a housekeeper, from lack of
or strength, may keep a book at the
iris and butchers, she should never
hem run longer than a week, for the
If both her temper and her money.
fine easiest thing in the world to
+ what has been bought, especially
n if has been eaten up. The first
Use when reading the total of a bill
declare it impossible, - outrage
! Then follow q weary jogging of
ory. a nagging of the cook and an
,fnr dispute, from which the house
pr comes out beaten and has to &C
ylcdge under her breath that the
her was right.
arging and ordering are largely re-
sibIe for the pernicious habit of
no last months bills with this
this money. Hardly any self-de-
is too great to be practiced to get
of this tightening chain OF debt.
nv worker is entitled to enjoy the
IS Of his toll; but when, added to
eful purchases, poorer goods, and
wing disputes over items, a person
,massed over bills too big to be paid,
IL the dreary plan of robbing Peter
az Paul begins, and the strain of all
; Of contrivings to tighten the load
5 ones temper, then indeed are the
cr results of the credit system felt
Leir fullest.
lere are many legitimate opportu-
FS 10 take advantage of special sales,
dances to buy articles in bulk which
h help in managing an income. But
|ture earnings are all mortgaged to
h past bills there can be no help
l such sources. The man who runs
bill pays interest on his account
/ hree months. Viewed i'll selfish
leaving out of account those peo-
Rade to suffer innocently from the
flee of paving some other day,
i is everything to gain and nothing
! c, except a bit of pride over de-
OF tastes or appetites, by forsaking
bass book. Why not try it?-Hor-
4 Ba-Gr