The Greeley tribune., 1910-07-14
SOUND ADVICE HANDED OIrr
BY PROF. MARY T.. RAUSCu
(From Saturdays DaiIyt

pcHDco' ~ vic VI u man VINO earns
$4,000 year will in proportion to
her income spend less for food than
the wire OF laborer whose income
ts 5000 year, One of the reasons
being that the laboring classes eat
more than families whose income
reaches the thousand. The average
family OF iour can save nothing on
an income under $500 year and to
save on $500 year they will have
bread and butter to eat, a roof over
their heads and Just enough clothes |
to wear and that is all Inyestiga- |
ton show that families when the in |
come Is $4,000 or more are spend |
ing 1910 and Si a person for living /
when ten years ago the average was |
$3.50 a person"
These are some OF the views eX-
pressed BY Prof Mary Il. Rausch. |
head OF the home economic depart |
ment of the state Agricultural coll
lege. in lecture before the chau-
tauqua.
"Some people blame the house
wives for the increased cost in liv-
ing" said Miss Rausch "rhe house
wives a-e beiAg blamed altogether
too much for things. Certainly the
vagance but the increase in the cost
of living cannot be laid at the door
of the housewife. The tariff, general
economic conditions, the increase in
the price Of gold and | am inclined
to think the labor unions, have much
to do with it, The man who was
earning 81 day ten years ago is
new earning S4 a day. That means
t.n y VIFl l., 1
pay more for our material, etc. OF
course the laborer has more to spend
but l think, if we go to the bottom
of the question, we will find that his
increase in wages, brought him by
the labor unions, is partly response
BILE for the high cost of living
THE housewives deserve consid-
cradle less criticism and all the
praise possible for their efforts in
meeting conditions This year had
1900 housewives taking courses in
home economy In the past year we
have made investigation among
families and have found that the
greater the income of the family the
less is spent for the table. A man
who is making $4,000 a year will
spend less in proportion to his in
come for his food than the man max
ing $1,000 a year.
THE wife OF a man who is making
$4,000 a year will spend less in pro-
portion to her income for table ex-
penses than the wife of a laborer
earning $500 a year. The reasons
for this are many. A laborer's fam
| lily eats more, The mother does not
know how to buy the food that is
nourishing and the same time cheap.
She wastes money buying food that
| has no strength. The wife of the
man earning $4,000 year will learn
how to buy the best. the cheapest
| and most nourishing food. Such a
woman can afford to take course
in home economies. can afford maga
zines On the subject and has thu
leisureSy.me to study them. In mos
| cases, too, she is better educated
than the laborer's wife.
Our Investigation has also found
that family of four. made up OF
husband. wife and two children, car
save absolutely nothing on an in,
come of $500 a year and can barely
make ends meet. Nor can they save
anything on an income of $500
year Not until the income reaches
| $500 a year is there an opportunity
to save, then all they will have are
! bread and butter roof over thelr
heads md just enough clothes to
| wear and the mother will have to
| mend, darn and economic to keep
! down expenses, Nor can the average
school teacher, who has no home
where She can spend the summer
without paying board and who does
not work during vacation save under
an income of $500 a year And on
| $500 a year she has hard time saw
| ing. is She buys theatre tickets now
| and then, buys books that are neces'
sary for her to read and indulges 1T
| little pleasures,
| The question is often asked il the
| twentieth century homemaker with
all the wonderful advantages that
| invention has surrounded her with Is
more comfortable than the New Eng
| land housekeeper of our grand
| mothers day. Certainly she is
| What would she think If she had te
| sew everything by hand as did the
woman who lived in the time wher
there was no sewing machine. SAM
| tary conditions and modern inVen'
! tions OF every kind have made tins
| age vastly more comfortable thar
! our grandmother's. Whether we are
| happier than our grandmothers is
question hard to decide. Sometimes
I think we are happier and at Other
| times think we are less happy
II have been addressing a number
| of teachers' Institutes and every,
where ! 20 have been urging schoo
teachers to persuade the girls in the
grades md high schools to wear
gingham dresses. | urge this for the
sake of he girl. Certainly 1t VIII DC
better for the girl in her future me
If she wears only what is simple and
| in good taste There is nothing pref.
tier than gingham dress, tasty and
| well made. And how much better a
school girl will look in sinshan
dress than more expensive dress
covered with trimmings.
It was an appreciative crowd whlcn
hoard Crepley's excelleut CONNER