Middletown transcript., 1895-05-04

nts lHGo tHe OCner most admirably,
the latter being a rare incentive tc-
ward the former. You see, when the
money goes helter skelter and you
find the family purse depleted, you
are bound to declare that you have
either lost some or good1y amount
has been picked from your pocket.
This is seldom the case, as you will
discover directly you get into the hab-
it of jotting down the outgoes, even
from the immaterial purchase of q
glass of soda.
1t is the five-cent items that run off
with the money. Of course you can
remember about the five dollar bill
that you spent, but when the little no.
account dimes and nickels are al
lowed to go by the board the first
thing you know there is a great
hole in the income and you wonder
how in the world it ever came about.
Old housekeepers as well as young
ones can profit by this advice. An
other idea that has produced a good
ly bank account for q certain wise
young housekeeper is to determine
on saving something each week if it
is ONLY dollar. This can be done if
determination is only brought to bear
upon it. Never spend more than a
fourth of your income for house rent
if you would show wisdom and pave
the way toward future prosperity.
The time to save is when you are
young. Like all other habits it can
not be broken or acquired in old age,
and when once you begin the snow
balls roll up so swiftly that you real
ize fully that penny saved is equal
to two earned.
As "housecleaning time' ap-
proaches, the careful housewife looks
critically at her floor coverings. The
one in the dining-room, she thinks, |
can be made to last another season by
putting the best parts around the
edge, and covering the centre with a
drugget. Or, for variety, border
Of mating may be laid, and the best
Of the carpet made into a square for
The middle of the room.
That ingram in the sitting-room
ooks pretty we'll now, but a vigorous
will turn the thin places into
holes. and leave very little worth
using. Enough for hall, or small
bedroom, may perhaps be saved from
'he wreck, and pieces too small for
my other use will do for mats, or to
cover hassocks.
But try as one will to utilize the old,
;he day is sure to come when new
must be bought, and then good judg-
nent comes in play. A dark red car
bet gives q warm, rich tone to a room,
'ut will show every speck of dust,
md need constant sweeping. Very
light carpets look glaring, except in
lark rooms. Large figures are only
uitable in apartments of extraordi-
lary size, and are eanything but econo-
nical in cutting over. Small figures,
leither very dark nor very light, are
'est for "all round" purposes.
A bordered carpet should never be
sed on a room that is narrow in
roportion to it's width-it gives it too
luch the effect of a hall-but it i'm
roves square room. .
Remember that the carpet is only
ack ground to the furniture, and
void all high colors or obtrusive
esigns.
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A newspaper is one of the best
lings in the world to keep the stove
'oking bright. Blacken it well once
week, and then rub after each meal
18th some newspapers. Instead of
ashing the teakettle with dab of a
one too clean dishrag, bunch up
age of an old paper and rub the
offee pot and teakettle with it while
ley are warm, and they will shine
ke new. Newspapers are an impor-
Mt item in household economics. and
ow that housecleaning time is here,