The evening world., 1894-06-15
HIS LESSON IN ECONOMY.
MIR. pANGREw OVERLOOKED HIS
OWN FAULTS.
His wife Bided Her Time, and
Finally Caught Him Mapping.

nav Courier Herald
To hear his frequent admonitions on
dome site wastefulness one wouid nave
supposed that Mrs. Pangrew was the
most prodigal of housewives. when IN
realtty she was one who conducted her
housewifery with a wise economy.
Jane" Mr. Pangrew would say,
"it's the little dribbling waste IN the
house that keeps most folks poor. A
woman will let fortune leak out OF
mans pocket, and he never knows
where It's gone, by being wastefui win
the little things. Jane, do be keertui
and savin' in your housework"
Coming into the kitchen one day he
spied a bar of soap lying In basin OF
water, which his wife had accidentally
dropped there minute before. A..
While bathing her hands one OF .ne
little children fell from a chair, anu, &
fastening to its rescue, the soap sne
was using slipped from her hands ana
fell into the water. 1t was while Mrs.
Pangrew was comforting the child thai
Mr.. Pangrew came into the room ana
GOOD gracious, Janer' he anirnatedly
exclaimed, 'see that cake OF soap melt,
in away Int in that water Tha' 90 you
THE. soap dropped into the a water
couldn't stop to take 1t out replied
why couldn't your" he asked abrupt
Iy. "Rosy wouldn't died IN that sec
ond. It's jest such wastefuiness that
keeps us always SO hard up. It's enouStt thSst
wrat he's workin' SO hard fer Is being
wasted by his. wifes keerlessness."
If occasionally a loaf Of bread was
crust, Mr.. Pangrew would reproach his
wife as earnestly as though the loss IN
| volved their financial ruin. When ms
ticIe Wie OF EUH food ra was out he would exciaim
"Well, | never saw things give out as
they do in this house. I'm jest always
@,bnyin 1t didn't use otSep to be wSs so X ReeF my
ful and made things last"
How can 1 make things last?| his
! wife would say. We have large
fam; Md and h'W saw San soms enas 'aSs ree on the
ground the other day that had been
thrown out to the chickens. Talk OF
bein, economicai and feed feeding ehickehs
'it was a little rice that stuck to the
bottom of the kettle In cooking and
wasn't ht t9 eat the @asts SnnGyeS Sny Td food
"well, that's just where the point
lies" persisted her husband. y.i III yS.ai
be any such waste in the food"
| II can't see for the life of me how
you manage to use so much coal In that
Kitchen" he would say. i know l
half rs much"
Many time after heaping such re,
proaches on his wife Mr.; Pangrew would
go to town and spend half dollar for
cigars. But that was not wastefulness,
She had become 80 worn out and dis
tied With with + thst the woa xsrE
a feeling of nausea through her physi-
cal being. the same as comes to some
people ut the recollection OF swallowing
pills or taking castor oil.
One Summer morning this good lady
happened to go ir. he barn AMI found
her husband on the floor, aurround"C ny
what seemed to- be bushels OK old fti-
What are you doins?'. she, asked ;,
"My work harness lis all giving out.
np np TeRhess wlth some @d Of hese a s old Straps o
why, you haven had that harness
very long, have your" she asked; edit,
About five or six years" he replied.
didn't yoa9'e e I she persisted in inauIripg.
ness, 1 paid s25 for it,
said his wife, examining II more close
"Ye-e-s."
since You %f@y have 'T had it, te continued NTH the
"Oh, / don't know-two or three
times, l guess" replied the economical
mo wonder It's wearing out" sal, sale
) good harness would last fifteen years
to m eii oil his sr harness every time It got wet
and oiled 1t every few months any
way"
MSf @ course will, last rspss lGnss'
But l am always 30 busy don't have
4 few days after. glancing out Of th'
band driving out OF the field with n,
harvester. When he drove up sh!
asked: "Have, you been harvesting?
daS fn9w % as ase BBrnRnS BBrns was the Fps
Whsrs .y ere %9S Ss;S !ti +. she ,nqSa,red
|, has been in the field ali Winter, d.
"Yes, 1t has" he replied. II left l
= and intended to bring 1t up and pu
I i under cover, but was so rushed
/. Upon examination; the harvester % r. va va
'2nS nmsuni 1PSSsfS Of SIC had as to be %
Mrs PSnsrews WIS fnr saa
I nagging on the subject OF economy.
!, seems to me the burden of your tall
: since we were married has been In ad
7 monishng me against wastefulness.
n And | have never wasted In tn
whole OF my married life as much a
= you've paid out In repairs upon thi
:. machine, which Is just the result c
: your neglect to take care OF II.
9 THE harness you We're mending tn
n other day Is Just about ruined fror
y rough usage and the want of oiling.
I've been keeping my eyes open
n late, and / believe there's $40 wasted o
:, the farm under your management wher
n there is 81 wasted in the house.
" And I've come 10 this conclusion
&c that the time you've spent guarding m
7 from extravaganza and giving me neet
less lectures had better be spent 1
70 keeping things from going to waste
~ the farm matters under your care.
~ Now, l want to make n treaty wit
y you. dating from this hour. l neve
" want to hear another word on my e,
y travagance while l live. You wi
'e have your hands full II you preveT
m waste in the farm matters that com
~ within your own duties"
> Mr.. Pangrew made not n word of r.
= ply. He had both sense and justlc
J, enough to see the truth in the matte
~ and accepted 1t by keeping the treat
" invlolate.
oi lie Remembered II Well.
"a (From the Chicago Trbune)
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