Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Dear Mutual Friends

Dear Mutual Friends
C.'s suggestion about kneading. or not
kneading rather, yeast bread, may be a
helpful thought to some heusekeepers
who, lacking strength OF arm. find the
bread making for hearty family no easy
task
have wondered that the bread question
has not been raised before. Some OF you
make hop or potato yeast, some OF you
buy your yeast Who OF you have good
success with Magic yeast? never
dare to make sour milk biscuit. Once
before ! had had much experience in cook
ing, was helping out neighbor ho had
sick in the family. Offering to do
what | could, was told | could make
some sour milk biscuit for dinner.
made them. When it was about time for
them to be done | looked in the oven.
said: Il must go home to dinner"
never could have faced those biscuit at the
dinner table. Never, They were of an
indescribable shade of yellow. Although
that was more than fifteen years ago,
have never had the courage to try sour
milk biscuit again.
The question of home finances is still
open for discussion. 1t is a large and
many sided question. The point is, not
how many dollars shall the wife have to
spend; il is rat her does she know her hus-
band is willing to share with her the
money he has TO spend, whether it be
much or little. II there be mutual conf
dence between the bread-winner and his
helpmeet, they will each have a purse of
their own, but the money in each pocket
book will not be my and thy money.
I'VE" are the firm and 'ours" is the
money.
The business which a man follows has
much to do with the financial arrange
ment. II man is regularly employed as
mechanic or clerk, knowing just what
his income will be each week. why not
let the wife have regular allowan each
week or each month? II she attends TO the
marketing and settles the bills OF course
she must have more money to spend than
W hen the man of the house attends to the
buy ing Men who have much business on
their minds have not the time to order
suppl es for the house Men on farms or
In business for themselves cannot tell so
definitely about their financial incomes,
but when they make a good targain why
can they replenish the pocket books of
their wives with few extra collars?
1t is hard for a woman who before her
marriage earned money herself and spent
it as she pleased, to ask her usband for
every cent she has 10 spend, and worse
yet, give an account of how she has spent
1t " omen class are no more eXtraV-
agant than men. Some of you men may
say, or at least think, that if your wives
had plenty OF money to us they would
fool some of il away. Wait a minute
Can you look your wife square in the eye
and say: My dear, | never fooled away
dollar in my life?
Ia X over business matters together. II
the wife knows the hus band L. in hard
place financially, she will be ready to
economic as he will and do it as heer-
fully. One thing more-respect each
others property rights in the family
Don't allow he children to go to Your
pocket book and take change when tbry
want a little, without first asking for j.,
and if johnnie lays up five or ten I,
twenty five cents don't let Jimmie get
and spend it. Let The childrens rights bt
respected well as those OF the parents.
AUNT MADGE.