The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-06-05
ON BUSINESS BASIS
WISDOM o. kEGPiNo kiTch0N
ACCOUNT SOCK.
VIVA Abssivts kns~ssa0s q Rvsa,ao
Gxpsnsss Eeeoemy 10 Ms6s Gsey
-Atrsd HsIp Always Prone
- gKtravaaanes.

1ne mead OF ene h0uSohoI0 000o
times concludes that II costa too nucA
to live. and wheA he makes this dec1r
sion nothing commands his respect
like an account book wherein bol
ances are made without accommodating
''sundries." In fact going to market
and keeping household accounts ars
the hossekeepsr's weapons Of self-ds-
tense against the charge OF sxtravs-
ganos, writes Alice e. Whitaker.
1t y comparatively easy to account
for rent, fuel. Light and wages. and
even the larger bills for clothing can
- fairly well itsmissd from receiptsd
bills and msmo7. Therefore the
most commoa point Of attack 10 the
food supply. The mistress Of the
household may Insist that nothing u
WASTED anl that the family would not
b sasdsAsd with cheaper food. but un-
lsss she can keep aA account book she
has nothing to prove that she could
not have spent less for food material.
A housekeeper freausntly says to
herself: 1T seems to me that vs are
buying butter every other day." or
TN sure that vs are ssins . dossn
sEgs . day" II she has An account
book she can prove the truth os her
susmises Of Otherwise. One house
keeper annoyed as the recurring calls
for coffee and butter for her family
st three sst down to her account book
and n dve minutes found that six
pounds Of coffee and ten pounds OF
butter had been used during the pre-.
vious month. She Immediately cut
two pounds from the future coffee sup
ply aad cautioned against extrava,
Ganos In butter.
Another way ef saving 10 buying IN
small amounts. Our grandmother
setolle6 the plaa of buying IN . whole
sale wAy because wholesale prices are
iess than RETAIL but our srandmo<hsrs
bad . constant oversight over the uss
Of bo<h groceries and provisions, and
this 10 now frequently impossible. In
most Kitchens to-day everything that
10 brought in viii be cooked BY the
servants At one time and the surplus
thrown sway. Therefore II . pound
Of 3ocent steak 10 enough Il 10 waste
ful to buy ~ pound. or . quart Of
oysters when . pint will be sunicieut,
under the delusioo that the left overs
will b used to advantage.
1t 10 wise to dispense with the order
clerk At the door, and especially with
liberty given TO servants to order as
they please. Often from ignorance,
and Is often from mere lack Of in.
tsrest, they order needless things. Go
% the grocery stores and markets,
sse what you can buy, and how much
II costa This means little effort,
but Il soon becomes q habit and
pleasure. Many housekeepers will
testify that It is not so hard to think
what to buy when In the presence OF
the various good things, some Of which
on that particular morning can be
bought at an advantage.
1t is not unlikely that there will be
. premeditated block to this system
Of looking closely after the table sup
plies. and in the middle of the after.
noon the cook may announce that she
has no baking powder or that she
must have some more eggs. Then ID
the time to be firm and to change the
menu, or, If anything be imperative,
to go for 1t yourself. After time II
will be understood that there 10 to b
NO more reckless and tndiscriminsts
ORder1ng.