The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-22

by MARGARET Il. SANGSTER
was sitting one day in ferry boat,
and could not avoid hearing the con.
versation Of the women who were my
fellow passengers. One of them was
very beautifully dressed. and her frien,
seemed impressed with the elegance
OF her costume on which she made
admiring comments. particularly prais
ing the richness OF the material and
the excusiveness OF the style.
You don't get style like this said
the first, unless you pay for it, !
. went TO Mime, X, ana her prices
are frightfully high, but | was wiz
ing to meet them, for | had made ths
subject OF dress study, aud was
determined to look as well as any
one in the town see by your eX-
preston that you are wondering how
| managed 1t on Edwards salary. !.
did 1t by economy. | never go beyon
my means. | make IL "A rule to save
on my table. Edward and the chill
dren get along quite well on cheap
cuts of meat and on Goldfish and pota-
toes, as they would on beef steak and
chops such as You have on your table
all the while"
The other woman shook her head
John would never allow saving on tho
table, lie insists that the children
must be nourished with the best food
and that he would rather pay the
butcher than the doctor.
The boat bumped against the dock,
and as our custom Is in this hurryinS
country. we all rushed together to
make the landing with what speed we
might, and to start on our several
ways. OF my neighbors in the cabin
] saw no more but | had my private
conclusions about a wife and mother
whose vanity was so pronounced that
for the sake of personal adornmenr,
rich garments, and costly finery, she
deliberately abridged the supplies OF
her table. ] had a vision of her hus-
band somewhat scantily fed and OF
her children aenemic and pallid, in or
der that she might hold her own wita
the wives of weather. men than Ed
ward. ] had great respect for john
of the sturdier tiber, and for his sea
sible wife. 1t is misnamed economy
that puts the emphasis Of liyiEg or
dress and spends SO much for clothine |
that neither body nor brain can be
with a diet that makes goo1
red blood, and maintains physca'
strength at the highest point of excel
lencc.
| do not think that many American
women make this gorgeous blunder
The alphabet OF frugaii.y is so litt'e
understood by most of rs that we ex
able, the same rate of layishness run
ming straight through ell our daily
,onduct and through the ordering OF
,ur homes. Everyone has heard tn
ut repeated observation that fam
ly in France can live comfortably on
What in an American kitchen is habit
tally thrown away. Undoubtedly there
s some truth in this; many women
having haA no preliminary training H.
aking care OF left-overs and of odds
md ends, and others having not IN.
aintest idea Of what and how to buy
course in marketing should be
'art of every young .woman,s education
nd = course in catering would do few
,irIs any harm.
The ordinary cook and housemaid
uryey with scorn The mistress who
eeps tally of the sugar, butter ana
ggs that are used in the kitchen, AMI
egards with dislayor the thrifty habi
4 keeping on tho back of the range
hat pot-au ieu. into which ever
ousekeeper In France puts the scrap
nd bits that combine TO make a ssvors
CUP
A good table is one on which a.
very meal appelizing and nourishint
bod is placed in Sufficient variety lc
ompt the palate and build up the
imily from the baby to the grand
lther, in health and yigor. We hea,
great deal in these days about foon
and IL is safe TO say that /,
eople who depend largely on canned
pods and prepared foods should bu,