The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-11-03
THE YOUNG HOuSEKEEPER.
Sage Counsel for Those just Setting Gu
I'm Married Life.

sage Counsel for Those just Setting Out
in Married Life.
No class in any community needs
help more than the army of young
~housckeepers who are trying their best
to make a limited income cover the
thousand and one expenses of daily
life. They blame themselves because
a dollar does not hold more than one
hundred cents, and anxiously plan how
they may meet necessary expenses and
also put something by for a rainy
day" When first married the husband
may have set aside whatever sum could
be afforded for living expenses. At
first this seemed more than sufficient.
The housewife had been able to lay
aside n little occasionally, and she had
not felt that horrible helplessness
which the lack of ready money brings
But after two years everything is
changed. The demands of n week
encroach upon the next, and the saving
of even a penny is impossible.
One source of the trouble Is gener-
ally overlooked, especially by the hus-
band, and that is that while the al.
lowancc made to the wife remains sta
tionary, the demands upon it are con-
stantly on the increase. The sum hat
proved abundant for the first two
years of housekeeping proves INSULT
cient for the third or fourth. During
the first year little, if any, new cloth
ing was required; for some time the
trousseau acted as a basis from which
at small expense gowns, hats and
| cloaks might be evolved. At that time,
also, the furniture and kitchen uten-
sis being new, repairs and additions
amounted to q very small sum. Often,
too, there comes a little stranger to the
home, n~ecessitating larger bills. The
allowance remaining the same the
wants of three must now be met by 1t.
The husband does not always realize
that while he works no harder compar-
atively one year than another, each
year Of married life brings to the wife
new experiences and increasing duties.
He should be thoughtful enough to in
crease the household allowance &C.
cordingly. When an additional dollar
can not be afforded l would say to the
wife: Cease to reproach yourself fol-
your inability to perform impossibili'
ties. Do not worry so much about that
rainy day. as to allow 1t to darken
your domestic calendar. Anxiety and
sleepless nights will surely hasten iti
coming. II you are unable to increase
your bank account and at the same
time provide nutritious food for your
family, let the bank account go. There
Is no economy in semi-starvation. YOU
children are investments. Their sturdy
limbs and rosy cheeks promise a better
provision for the future than the sav
ings bank. Money spent on them II
the right and proper way will yielt
good interest. Avoid experiments II
your housekeeping. Give a wide bertf
to beguiling advice in regard to thu
home manufacture of furniture. About
one woman in a thousand has mechan
ical skill enough to make an article o'
furniture worth having.
There are many receipts which OF
the surface appear economical, but ex
perience proves them to be either un
palatable or requiring SO many acces
series as to equal, If not exceed, in thu
end the cost of q good steak Oh roast
American husbands will not live upor
made dishes. So If you value YOU
own peace and your husbands goOt
will you will not read too much abou'
the saving grace Of sauces and season
ings.
Knowing how, when and where +
buy are three secrets of thrift. A ser
want, however tried and trusted, SHOULD
not be allowed to make household pur
chase. The housewife should deal di
rectly with the tradesmen IL shs
wishes to receive the full value of hel
money.
Some authorities advocate buyins
everything in bulk. This is not posi-
BILE, however, in the ordinary house
hold, it, as a rule, having no suitabl,
place for storing large supplies.
Coal, kindling wood, -four and soa]
should, IL possible, be purchased II
bulk, while coffee, tea and sugar II
quantities ranging from five to -four
teen pounds will strike a happy medi
um between the ruinous hand-to-moutl
methods of supply and the evils of stor
age. It Is astonishing how prices var,
within the radius of a few blocks. Be
coming welded to one shop is q disad
vantage, as in one block you may fin,
things of the same quality selling TO
less than in another. Consultatio
with a reputable coal dealer and laying
in the winters supply in March, Apri
Or August, will lessen the years ex
pensea-Ladies' Home Journal.