The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-17

tons % elegant literature as a pastH1e.
a-5 this particular paper had published
,s-e-z Of ny pro1ucci1ns- TIE reportoFfa4
salary was 81 a week. This for a grzen
-sn learned vas liberal ! was lucky
trst fl wasn't 80. 7 would have accepted
Is. Looking fox JOB in January IS not
pleasant.
u don't know how Llavinia learned that
rbe excessive "a ting OF steaks, roasts and
o-ors Is apt 30 bring on govt We ha1
70 govt in our family. We varief our
5l-- too extensively with such DELICIOUS
and healthtul things As trlpe. Ever, sau-
age corned beef. salt fish beef and NUT
ION Stew II IS also not generally known
rat for. an cccz ztousi roast no other part
- RE beef has ne beety and fascinating
favor o. the back OF the Tlmp. These are
only a few samples Of the discoveries We
made in all sorts 81 directions l may
add however. that It's a fine custom FOR
r0s,ny people ABOUT 10 Be married to lay
In extensive trousseaux- They often need
them la.er Eugerla Margaret grew apace-
She was verT healthy child. Perhaps
she felt II incumbent on herself to Be 50.
I.avinia didn't send at home cards 70
oar friends tnis year. she said she was
afraid they would Try TO borrow money
Here is the years expense account; Fb1t.
$50: servant. sl55; butcher. SIS; grocer,
S155. gas 81: LavIniss clothes, $50; my
clothes, s3o: ice and milk. 81; doctor so;
I.fa insurance. 800 lncideutals. $50. Total,
81 %
MY income was $50 month for two
months, one month Of independence, and
r.re months at IS a week Grand total
s. 2s4.s7. Garry 10 Vassar sinking fund.
81 cents"
"Of course your luck had to change
sooner or later" said the young man who
spent his evenings in Paradise, Wiping his
forehead
"Of course assented the genial philos-
opher. 1t changed az the end Of that
year. There was one OF those mysterious
sSismic commissions in the Office Of the
newspaper I worked for, and when the
wreckage was removed I found myself
among the missing
The genial philosopher paused for few
moments. and seemed lost in a not IN
pleasant retrospection In the previous
three years" he went on after little.
Il had been acquiring some more or less
definite ideas on this subject OF getting
married on $500 year. but the question
was settled definitely that very night.
For when got home and tod Lavinia the
news she looked ire squarely in the eye.
There were unbroken batsalions in La
vinias eyes. and in that moment Itknew
forever that the thing could be Done.
There were. however trivial details to be
arranged. The apartment house In which
We lived had several vacant fats that
uent houses stretching endlessly on either
side OF US. l went to my lando. sad
old him that. owing to business reverses
I must move into cheaper fat-unless--.
We made O private deal at so month
When our maids month was UP We parted
with her, much to our regret, for she
took along the liberal education that La
vinia had given her. Lavinia did her own
marketing at the butcher shop and & ocery
store. For a family that is trying TO live
within an income, or rather, without nm
income, this Is much more economical
method than having orders called for. We
became inflated into undreamed-of mys-
teries. We acquired Information con-
corning such things as the wonderful
nutritious qualities OF that attractive ar
ucle Of food, beans. invented by those
ingenious Orientals. the Bostonese; the
making OF a beef stew into a serial story
by the Judicious addition, from day to
day, Of potatoes and dumplingsi the lux