Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-02-24
HIS WIFE WAS W WASTEFl'L.

III Mr.. lnSt pnlS fanSreW Thought Er
lal one special mission in life. il WIS
guard Mrs J"ScphuS rangr"w from
hr sin of rNiravagnncr.
To hear his frequent admonilion> on
!omcStic wHStrfulncSS one would have
,uppoScd that Mrs PHnGrrw WAS the
nOSI prodi"il of housewives. when i'll
rality she was one who conducted her
.oll>, wifi iy with Il wise economy.
".IHnr Mr.. pHngrrw would SLY. I'll :
little drihhling waste in the house
hat keeps most folks poor. a woman
ill let Il fortune leak out of Il man =
packet and he never knows where il :
gone. by being wlStciul with the little
,hingS. Jane. d" he krerful and Snvin'
II Your houSrWurk.
Coming into til" Kitchen one day he
pied Il bar of Su:Ip lying in Il basin of
cater. which his Wife had accidentally
.rupprd there IL minute before.
While bathing her hands on" of the
little children fell from Il chair. and
fastening to its rescue th" soap Sh"
vas using Slipped from her hands and
ell into the water. 1t Wa> while Mrs.
'angrcw was comforting the child that
lr. Pangrew came into the room ana
INV the soap.
y exclaimed. ''Src that cake of soap
,lrltin' away in that water. What de-
,'ou mean by such extravaganza:
"rhr soap dropped int" the wat T.
when | ran To pick Rosy up. and |
'ouldnt stop to take it out. replied
hc wife.
why couldn't YOU" he asked.
lbruptly. Rosy wouldn't Il died III
h.,t ,fI n
less that keeps us always so hard up.
Is enough to discourage any man To
inow that what he's workin' SO hard
rr is being wasted by his wifr'S krcr-
.rS>nrSS"
If occasionally II loaf of bread wa>
burned. ncccSSitating the loss of ih"
rust. Mr.. Pangrrw would rrproach
his wife aS earnestly as though the loss
involved their financial ruin. When
lis wifi" would remind him that some
lrticlr of food was out he would cN-
lain:
well. never saw things give "uj
is they do in this house. I'm Jest al
ways a-buyin'. 1t didn't use t" be :,
II my fathers family. My mother WIS
irerful and made things last
How can | make things last" his
wife would say. I'VE have IL larG1
family. and how can they last"
''Wrll, ! saw some rice out on the
ground the other day that had been
brown out to the chickens. Talk ol
,rin' economical and feeding chickens
III rice at ten cents Il pound.
1T was Il littl" rice that stuck to the
bottom of the kettle in cooking anL
wasn't tit to eat" the annoyed wife
rioinGl Il never waste any food
hat is fit to cat"
Well that's jest where the puin,
irs." persisted her husband. IF You
vas krerful in cooking there wouldn't
~ any such waste in the food"
Il cant see to the life of me how
you manage to use 50 much coal in that
iitchen." he wculd say. Il know
"uld do the work there and not us"
nalf as much"
Many IL time after hraping such re-
proachcS on his wife Mr. PangrrW
would go To town and spend half
dollar for cigars But that WAS not
waStcfulncSS. o no.
She had become SO worn out and dis
gusted with it that the very mention
If the word economy" would produce
| feeling of nausea through her phySi-
al being. the same rs comes to some
people ut the recollection of swallow
ing pills or taking castor oil.
One summer morning this good lady
happened to 90 in the barn and found
her husband on the floor surrounded
by what seemed to he bushels of old
harness.
What are You DOING" she asked.
My work harness is all giving out"
he replied, "and I'm trying to patch it
up with some of these old straps.
why. you haven't had that harness
very long, have you:" she inquired
About five or six years" he replied.
You bought il for good harness
didn't y"u!' she persisted in inqlliring
Yes. it was II lirSt-claSS work har.
ness. paid So for it
'Why. sec how dry and cracked it
is said his wife, examining il more
closely. Don't you ever oil it:"
"Yc-,-S."
"HIow many times have You oiled il
since you had il:' continued the in
luiSitive woman.
20. don't know-twn or three
times, | guess" replied the economical
man.
NO wonder it's wearing out srid
his wife. My father used To say that
Il good harness would last fifteen years
# given good care He made il ruln
to oil his harness every time il got wet:
and oiled it every few months any
way"
"Of course harness will last longer
with such care" Mr.. Pangrcw replied
But I'm always so busy | don't have
time to oil mine"