The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
ECONOMY THAI
DOESN'T SAVE.
Experiment OF a Harlem House.
keeper in Buying at
Wholesale.

when is economy not economy? When
one lives in a Harlem fat and buys produce
wholesale"
This is the answer one youthful house.
keeper unused to city ways has learned
husband never asked the price Of things
when he did the marketing, she decided to
teach him a lessonin economy.
SO one fine day she sailed forth to
Washington Market to put her theories
into practice. The weather being stormy,
she paid is cents to reach her destination,
but tho prodigal display Of fruits and vege-
tables at reasonable prices seemed to war
rant the extra expenditure.
As the family were exceedingly fond Of
grapefruit, the shoppers first purchase
was made at a small booth where this fruit,
the Florida variety, was advertised at
% so a box, forty in a box. As she had been
paying rs cents for two, this seemed to the
housekeeper quite too cheap for words -
so she airily bought a box.
Next she espied some fine looking green
ings. How nice to have a supply of apples
on hand, just az mother used 10 have at
home" she thought. Would the man sell
a bushel2 Oh, no, he couldn't think Of
that. He only made II cents a barrel. any
way. he assured his customer.
The apples were alluring and too cheap
TO resist at 81 rs a barrel, so the woman pom
dered as to where in her FIVE room fat she
could put them. The only available place
she could think Of was beside the gas range
in the kitchen.
Well argued the woman, 1T is right
next the window, which can be kept open.
l guess they'll keep"
So she bou ght the barrel Of apples. Next
came the question Of getting them home.
Oh. that was easy, e~ncouraginGy remarked
that would lake them up Tor IS cents. So
the deal was made.
To be sure, on arrival the expressage was
40 cents, instead of IS. but even this did not
at the time dim the ardor Of the purchaser.
II was only when husband arrived on the
scene that somehow the bottom seemed to
fall out Of everything, and enthusiasm and
prices too a sudden drop.
why, these are California grape fruit, 4"
he exclaimed Immediately.
@Oh, no" replied the young housekeeper,
the man said they were grown in Florida. "
Investigation proved though that the
husband was right. The fruit was pithy
Inc tasteless and nearly spoiled before It
could be eaten.
-Did you a the apples spread out to
brp IL NHVy VClO an EChhAN' hNA dchCd
the husband.
"Oh," came in a meek. subdued voice
from the wholesale fruit buyer.
Dumping the apples out on the floor
IL was found that after the first two layers
the fruit was small, gnarly and worm eaten.
However, with c~ommendable effort the
husband refrained from m
From that moment there began a daily
menu Of apples in the household. Three
times a day they were served in every cor
ceivable style until every one hated the
sight Of them. but didn't like to say so.
Fate prevented a crisis, for it soon became
apparent that the fruit was rapidly be-
ginning to decay because Of its proximity
to the gas stove.
Something had to be done. The man
Of the house appealed TO the family grocer.
who generously agreed to take a bushel
Of the apples at a big discount, for which
every one felt duly thankful. But there
were still many apples that remained, and
II was plainly evident that they must be
canned at once or made into jelly to ave
them.
The latter seemed the best proposition,
so a basket Of ounces at rs cents were
purchased, together with ten pounds of
sugar and jelly glasses, and half a day, with
the gas stove going at full head, was given
over TO making ounce and apple jelly.