The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
THEIR SMALL ECONOMIES,
WOREIN0 0IRLs DISCUSS WAYS or
SAYING MONEY.
Little Expenditures Tint Might bo saved
A Matter ~ L~sponding -Four Dollars
on Ftiyoiitle.-Largs Amount OF 'alou-
i.tion md n VERY small Result Obtained

The gih with n frt brown account book shut ]
M with a sigh. nnd shhpened her pencil crook
edly and mediauyely.
"Td Eko I, know" 81. said, reasonably, where
all my money goes"
The other girl Vas running lavender baby NIB
bon through tho wcak'- lean laundry, and she
waved A streAmer u itin answer
"IIcn IS some II IT," she said, and your new
.,ch,i h,ya Ar. .pne more, and whits skirts In tho
laundry nro some more, md the alcohol Tor me
ehaNnE DISH
"Oh. we'll a." said her roommate, n you Dig down
10 sheer necessities, q course. don't mean that
wonder what becomes Of my chang" | mean
de bulk oicarh week : sLnry--besides the board "
Tho other Eih wnukled up the footing properly
on A corset cover, drew the ribbon through the
double row N beading and through tho waist
and ay she laid II away in n drawer she came to
q conclusion.
# think ,noy," she said. I've been thinking
about Il for some time, too. I've got to do some
think. -Four dollars vanished away last week
after had given up he theatre once too. When
tried 10 remember for what 1t went It all seemed
necessary enough, but nons OF 1t really WAS /
know my money gees that way"
let's keep a stnct account" suggested the
accounlb'pk girl
Tie other girl shook her head.
"\u." shrsaid," that's all very well and business
hh,. butlha remedy comes too late always. When
its spout. is spent"
i know it," repeated the account-book girl.
gl,umIiy, when It's spent, it's spent Ana II
always IS spent What shall We do, then"
Make cut a list OF small economies" said the
other rlrl.
That seemed a sensible thing TO do. Obviously
they could grtG!ong without any number Of things
If ,i.ry made up their minds 10 IT, And II would
be- 80 much easier sN scientifically to deny ones
self small thing, one didn't care very much about
or the sake OF the large things for which one did
care. The pencil was auSTruded for an suspicious
beginning.
what first" asked the girl with the account
book.
We'll. lers take that four dollars | told you
abs al" said the ,ur who suggested IT, ! have
remembered about 1t atlaSt, and | have itemi2c'
the things il went FOR. | dare say you spent
four dollar, ur moro Just like II IN the same time,
| dare say every woman on a salary did the Same
thing. And It's why the average self supporting
woman IL no farther on at the end Of the year
than when lhn year began She has, as a usua!
a thing, 4 lot II good times behind her, and times
which she p1des herself are good extremes
And she usually has n good many more things
than she began the year with, useless and not
Hut she has not saved much money, and that IL
bad. even # she expected to I've married tho next
day Then it is even worse, said the girl, with n
shadow smile that looked either forward or back,
as might be, for If she couldn't save her own
money, She can't save his
still" said the one who wanted to economic.
..,LIl,,- I.y ta,F.l ,tisg.u sllatnlI 81 do try OH
know | ~. And | save and save IN big things,
and still don't get on"
"Now. here is a story Of Dtls things" began
the DOMINATE, searching through a tumblsd drawer
for a bit Of crumpled pasleboard Il figured 1t
On the elevated, she said, unfolding 1t, and here
il the story Of that four dollars all the things it
went fDr, absolutely indispensable and absolutely
unnecessary! Seelf they aren't now choco
late md macaroons, first, 80 cents"
"le-es." said the economist obviously, but
would you recommend taking tAat oil sltogeth r.
Nv ell, I'm telling You about this four dollars
she went on, and | must adm that That was IN
necessary. Next, polishing shoes three tunes,
50 cents Now a bJttle u polish would cnst 30
cents, and last three months This adupuun II
bpotblhckS by women VINO wear thick Suled shoes
is an gilectauGn and an eNtravagancr,' sue COM
for Jane, when she went away, 81, nice, but need.
leSs. Next ~ cents for cleaning four pairs If
white gloves, each If which | wore once IL
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~ ell. on the face Il tho" said the other girl.
but, really, were uluST two chatting dlsu affairs
IdNl N''H' ulr lI !u'l Vs. aiu "ie ~ tNo I't
~ utE, sHUi'E HVI, "r'o.ueS 49, ".at Liutu,
:" n.y. WHn',S, "'"HH ''u' i huI
Inihi liz i~u 10 1. m u " tt - Spe''ai iou'
"IhLee 4,l'Ars and twenty-five C'nls' counted
the slh WIN me pe,!vt s1eIh.H! DHt dgi I go
now you fouIl lraIl nave aS"rp yourself 10 SET
"'3hg M'uiOHt any OF ~
INN s'unLirh. ~ "ANt Goes away WIN your
oMh money! sall ur "ther gltI, sehtehuousIy.
hen mar shampn"lig 90 cents mahl.unng,
op cents anu lufNlNh balh % CenG.hl 81 winch,
win ue eNcttu"h ui lhe, BATH | could have
done Tor myself a. We. at l,rNl | could d9 them
much olt'hrt lhhh Oh" o." mem. he other 20
cents | can l remember SuouG | ulnk II probably
went 10 street piano ,hI.inn and tor papers. but
vixen You Gci board ana downtown luucheons
al noon, ahI az cast TWO Ntftttcar iates a day,
and stamps ara clothes, Is II any wonder that
We heep ehhlLAd'S poor On more hah a decent
Saiatyt ...u.-t, .
y es, hnd SIN Sfl' the gin with the pencil,
SUI | doh I SEE ""N tlirr ~. uN can help such
expenses as THESE We might once ar tNiCe,
but we Noulunt Keep II up, We couldn't And
what's once or lN.'r' ! love 10 feel myself in \
fresh par OF glove makes m" fee, gToomed
nothing else can, AMI clear tn the roots OF my hair.
And ! simply Gu. IN I lNe without my Turkish
bath once IN So. often. And iiIyou are civilized
AZ al you won E,lr up your Neil-rrSpect by nos