The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03
WOMAN and HER
MODE OF SHOPPING
How Many Savings Are Effected
by Watching the Little
Wastes that Occur.
TROUBLE IN THE KITCHEN
Every H~ousekeeper Who Would Pu,
Money in Her Purse Should at
Once Supply Herself With
a Pair of Scales.

How often one finds q family Of four
1r five living on the same amount that,
1t takes to keep two under exactly the
same circumstances.
Il can't see how that woman can afg'
ford so many new clothes; 1 can't have
half that number, and my husband'l
salary is as large as her husbands,
know" is a complaint made more thar
once during a day. And always there
Is the same reason at the bottom of It,
A woman says Il just can't COMO
miZe, no matter how hard I try. The
more l try to save the more I seem to
spend" There is just one of two ex.
plantations for such a statement-eithel
the woman has a mistaken idea OF
economy, impractical and misapplied,
Or she really does not make as much Of
an effort as she seems to think.
Almost all of the trouble in expensive
living can be located in the Kitchen.
1t is there where waste comes in and
where 5 and 10-cent pieces are spent
without forethought soon mount into
the dollars that add so materially to
the expense account at the end of the
month.
1t is not In the kitchen of the
most to be found. but in the homes of
those whose means arc moderate.
Use Care in Buying.
Careful buying is the secret of it all,
ana rich women as a rule are by far
the closest when it comes to figuring
down to a few cents. Their Kitchens
are never without scales, and every
thing that comes into the house in the
way Of provisions is carefully weighed
TO see that grocers are not giving short
measures. 1t is something that not one
woman out of fifty ever thinks of, but
there are many rocers supposed to be,
| ran11tqh1a who .orn o0-f{~,,,11-y ~,~-,;o-l
rich in just this way. A half ounce,
short on every pound of butter is
scarcely ever noticed by the housewife,
but when that amount is left off of
every order that goes out during the
day it nets considerable profit for the
dealer and even counts up in the course
of a year against those who have the.
bills to foot.
Every woman who really wants to
cut down her housekeeping expenses
should supply herself with a pair Of
scales and weigh everything she buys.
1t may seem small, but it is only fair
to herself, and she is perfectly Justified
in doing it.
Another place where the %extrava-,
CANT h~ousekeeper can save is in her or
idea of prices, how they may vary, or
what is a reasonable amount to pay
Tor the little delicacies that are so
temptingly piled up in market stalls.
Telephones are responsible for half
the trouble. Women find 1t so much
easier to step to the phone and give an
order than to run to the corner grocery
or take a trip downtown for the sup
plies for dinner, but the extra lime and
trouble is worth the price, and many
a woman would be able to buy the new
gown that she has to do without if she
fully appreciated his fact r
Children to Market.
Children are sent to market to buy,
and there are not many cases where
they are not imposed upon. 1t is so
much easier to short measure them or
70 put OH a poorer quality on them
than ." observing mothers who are
careful to do their own selecting.
Blu the greatest mistake of all is
made by the woman who runs bills and
does her ordering without ever even
asking the price. She sees strawber-
ries in the market and thinks how good
a shortcake would taste at that time OF
year, so she has several boxes of them
to the fact that they may be enor-,
mously high priced. OF course if She,
were to hear it she would probably be-
staggered and countermand the order.
put unless she does that is the least OF
her troubles. anyway until the bin
ZONES III at the end of the month. and
She tearfully goes over it in a vain
attempt to understand how it could
possibly be so large.
The thrifty housewife who keens
down expenses and at the same time
sets a table that is in every way az
good as that of her friends who indulge
IN all the Injuries. must use her brain
to help out her pocketbook. She must
try to lay aside a specified amount each
week for provisions and then aim to
stay within its bounds. She must do
her own ordering and see that she is
given what she buys. She must invest
in luXuries judiciously and sparinrlv
only when she can make up in some
other way for the extra expense, and
above all she must see that there is no
waste OF left overs in the kitchen. They
may provide excellent meals for chick
ems, but do not help when it comes to
staying within the amount set aside for
living expenses.
MARIE cOREI,I an urn