Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-03

her from. the cold, and n plain chea,
! felt hat. much Knocked at by the Amer,
can girls. Sarinn scorned the mental
scope of these girls; scorned to spend
| for dress. money with which she Co,il1
learn to read 'Othello' and king Lear.
in the original; and scorned to spend
! In giggling the lunch hour In Which she
/. Secretary American Association for
last tldings of the struggle of Russia, .
Wanted II want to say something
His Wife towonlcn that may raise /,
To Cook. rumpus. However. think
lam right, SO here goes:
, "The other day IA man walked into n
. social settlement in New York citp
and asked whether his wife might go
there and learnto cook. He said that
his salary was $50 a month and thai
wife bought practically all the .l,,d
for the two of them.--cookcd ia
rcadysto eat-was $50 n month. He eald
that he really did not get enough Ia
cat, and that he could not afford such
an outlay for food as $50 month. Thu
idea was beginning to dawn on him
that II his Wife would only learn 10
cook. they might have better food
more food. and cheaper food.
Nov understand that the cxpendi.
ture for food by this couple is ridcu-
lousy high In proportion to their In
come. And. moreover. am reliably In.
formed that in our cities, but not In
the small towns, our women nre buy.
ing more and more cooked foods nj
delcatessen and bake shops, and doino
less and less cooking. thus eating up
portion OF the family income which
they ought to conserve. Moreover. the.
are raising UP q crop OF daughter,
who know nothing OF household econ.
omy as 1t Is exhibited In cooking This
Is an enormously important point Ia
consider In connection with tho Oft
repeated assertion that extravaganza,
is one OF the chief causes OF our
present trouble. Women can work
wonders In n household If they applv
their minds to the Interesting and
vastly important task OF economzinr
Thousands of women are veritabln
magicians In extending the capacity of
dollar. With the prices of food so
high. not a woman ought to desert tho
opportunities which the home offers
for the conservation of family re-
source.
What have the women to say nbou,
this ?"-AmerIcan Magazine.
Republic The Portuguese Republic.
HIS Come has doubtless come 10
To Stay. stay There will be no for
eign intervention to re-
store tne WOTlNleSS monarchy. The
world has moved since embattlcd Ell.
rope imposed the Bourbons on France
after the overthrow of Napoleon. The
British people would not permit any
interference In Portuguese affairs be-
yond what may beSrequisite to assure
the payment of the Portuguese national
debt, Franco would not permit Spain
to make war on the latest Latin repub-
lie. and no other country has any di-
rect concern in Portuguese affairs. 1t
4 is to be hoped that the new regime
will be prepared before long to effect
much needed improvements In the ad-
ministration of the Portuguese colonies
In Africa. which still pnrtake of the
Dark Ages In their treatment of tho
natives and their intolerance of modern
progress Meantime. the American
people hall tho advent OF another star
in liberty's constellation, and hope
and believe that it will shine on forever,
Henry Mann In the Christmas Co.
lumbian.