Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-24
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twelve years this sum allowed me
to keep maid at $3.50 a week,
who did our washing, ironing,
cleaning, and larger part OF the
cooking. For ten years country
girls, who boosted of good high
school education, were available,
and though they did insist on the
privilege of ''cating with the FAM
lily, p" except when guests were pres
cnt, their neat habits and careful
speech and affcctionate regard made
them especially valuable with the
children.
But about six years ago found
my good servant was offered SO. so
: to work elsewhere. | could not af-
ford to pay that price, so was forced
to plan my work to do without a
regular maid. At first the laundry
work was put out at SIP week.
can no longer get my laundry
work done for this sum, and for a
while l tried FLAT work" and
''rough-dry - laundry work. Ma
! chine work is hard on underwear,
so at last settled ON sending only
the men folks linen and the flat
work, - reserving, also, the finer
table linen, handkerchiefs, and neg
ligee shirts for personal attention.
With set tubs, hot and cold water,
and daughter who has several
morning hours from college, wash
ing seems no hardship. Our laun-
dry bill for the past two weeks has
been $1.0S. A neighbor, with fam
lily of the same size as ours, has a
weekly bill ranging from SO TO 50.
Needless to say they have good
income outside the salary.
Food is noticeably higher than it
was ten years ago. Our milk is
just 81 a week still, but we have
less in quantity. We do like rib
roasts porterhouse steaks, and lamb
and have them, too. But cod
fish balls, dried beef gravy, baked
beans, eggs, and similar dishes help
out. Fruit in abundance is always
in the house. Once year my hus-
band orders from large grocery
$25 worth OF goods. This includes
the years. supply of sugar, spices,
baking powder, salmon, and the few
canned vegetables one needs for
emergencies. This helps out my
$40 allowance amazingly. have
always kept a few hens. Six pull
lets haye laid for us $50 eggs be-
tween January l and June this
year. Although very closely con-
fined, they keep busy and well,
using up all kitchen srcaps, and
are fed but pint of grain day.
We have little pie or cake OF
pudding, but buy the very best
flour and make good bread. Plain
cooking, fruit, nuts, salads, and {
variety of grain foods make up oui
routine meals. We have a great
deal of ''happen-in company, a:
all men in college work must nee
essarily have, but even with more
formal dinner parties the fooC
served is wholesome and appetizing
if plain.
never run bill. 1t is often in
:, convenient to pay for each articl,
,, at the time of the purchase, but
vas brought up this way.
Out of my $40 comes all under
clothing for myself and the child
! rem, and much of the outer appare
? for my daughter and myself
!, Though we make our dresses ant
:. build our hats, we do not feel tina
!, we look queer.
n The daughters lingerie hat thi
G season was patterned closely afte
O one priced $l4. so in smart mil
= linery store.
II Items. Frame, 10 cents stamps
E linen, AS cents; cotton for work
4 ing, cents; lace insertion,
n cents; tullc facing, so cents; tat
n feta ribbon, remnant, SIS cents
roses for pandeau, 25 cents; tots
cost of hat, S2.01.
This illustrate our usual econo
mics.
= But never hesitate to ask for a
n occasional $40. Always, during tn
January sales, plan to renew som
of the household linen, investin
$ an extra $40 in this way. Fou
:, handsome table sets, of varyin
2 size, have been purchased out {
town and brought me at differer
s. times by the head of the house. M
n husband has no expensive habits
n dress. He uses neither liquor ne
tobacco. He pays dentists and do,
i tors bills, subscriptions to sewers
a papers and magazines, gas, fue