The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-25
Blakie's Bargain
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An Example Of the Way a Woman
Could Save Money
in EGGS
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How much are those eggs9
Twelve and a haIf cents
Blake gasped. He had stepped into
a grocery in a little town OF eastern
Texas, about a hundred miles north OF
Houston. This happened in January,
and the morning was so warm and
summary that 10 Blake. fresh from the
iCebound north. where eggs were sell
ing at 40 cents a dozen, the situation
was covered with glamour. As ne gazed
at the beautiful, glistenfng. clean eggs
spread out before him he reflected that
there wasn't such thing as a cold
storage warehouse anywhere within
reach Of that market-and the~thOught
went to his head.
Say" he exclaimed with a sudden
inspiration, what would it cost me to
ship case homer"
.'Two-ffty a hundred" the grocer
told him, and the next five minutes
were spent in weighing eggs and fig-
uTing.
AT $3.50 a hundred pounds" an
nOuneed Blaikie. then, "a case Of thirty
dozen eggs can be expressed for about
$l25- At u 1-2 cents a dozen the eggs
themselves viii come 20 S3.75. That's
s. altogether. Thirty dozen eggs at 40
cents-the price were paying up north
for sO-calIed fresh eggs-wouId come
to So, and Ike as not they would be
cold storage articles at that. I'll do
it"
Ten days later, his business trip. end
ed. Blake walked into his own home.
7 suppose the eggs have Gomez" was
one OF his first questions. But they
hadn't, and, to Blaikie's disappoint-
ment. when he told his story his wife
refused to show any enthusiasm over
the housewifeiy zeal he had displayed
in Texas. The same thing has hap
pened to Biaikie before. In fact he
never yet made q benevolent effort to
help Mrs Blake keep house without
getting a discouraging backset. But he
always forgives and forgets-only to
have her attitude Of reserve in the mat
ter Ell him anew with grieved surprise.
1T would be rather expensive for me
to take a trip TO Texas every time We
needed eggs" was her chief comment
on the egg purchase.
Nov my dear protested Blake.
please be reasonable. I'm not finding
fault with your method of buying pro-
visions, but this is just a little object
| lesson. It's an example of the way
woman could save money for her nus
band by keeping on the lookout for
chances"
Every night after that-untn he was
ashamed to Go IL again-Blaikie asked
/ If the eggs had come. He asked seven
times, and meanwhile wrote a letter to
the Texas grocer
Then. when two days had passed
without the inquiry, Mrs Blaikie said
casually one evening at dinner, ooh,
those eggs came today"
BIaikie was attentive at once
The expressman made Mary take
them all out and count them before he
left" she continued in even tones
The case was, nine dozen short and Of
the rest, fifty-seven were broken Mary
had to burn UP al the little pastebOard
racks and wash all the eggs that
weren't smashed. It took nearly half
the day And the express charges were
S2-75."
Blake didn't say much at first. While
dessert was being brought in he slipped
an envelope out Of his pocket and made
some figures on it. Sixteen dozen and
/ three eggs had been saved from the
wreck That fact, with the added ex-
press charges. raised the price OF the
Texas eggs TO about 40 cents dozen.
"H'mI' he remarked to himself But
| his brow cleared as he took the first
taste of his faTorite floating island.
Well my dear" he said cheeTfuliy-
THESE eS8S CoiilS o iie-iC 50
we're going to get cur money back IN
enjoyment When before have we had
an egg that would furnish up a dish
like that? You can notice the difference
in minute"
oh" And Mrs. Blaikie showed him
the first springlike smile she had worn
since his return from Texas. This
custard is made of some eggs 1 bought
a the grocery yesterday. The price
dropped last week, you know, and the
strictly fresh are only 50 cents now
But I'm sorry I have any on hand
nice as they are-because, OF course
your object lesson eggs are nearly three
! weeks older than they were when you
I bought them and they really ought 10
be used as soon as possible