Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28
At the End Of the Rainbow.
TRUE ECONOMY.
By WALT MASON.
By WALT MASON.

I'm gSIlg to turn over new leaf on
New Xear day." announced Mrs. James
wo><hy. You have been clamorlng fof
| economy so long that I've made up my
mind to show what 1 can do next year.
Pm glad to hear you lift up your voice
and speak in this WISE" replied James
worthy. Il only hope that when once
YOU begin to economic you'll hold her
nozzle ag'in the bank till the last galoots
ashore You'll be surprised to find that
| saving money is just as fascinating as
| blowing it, when once you have your
| hand in and the more you economic the
more possibilities for economy will you
see Every day the scalding tears of sor-
row trickle down my pallid cheeks. Mrs.
Jamesworthy. when I note your bad man.
agement Yesterday We had the. Too
goods here at dinner and you dished mp
sumptuous repast. I expect to be
lifted off my feet when the grocer's bill
comes in on the first of the month, for
those viands cost lot.
Now, 1 contend that you might have
had just as good a dinner for One-half or
perhaps two-thirds the price had you used
good management You had in the center
of the table a big dish piled with Spanish
grapes Why Spanish grapes. Mrs James
worthy? Why purchase the pauper grapes
of Europe when you can get the native
product for one-half or one-thlrd the
money? Our California or New York
grapes are just as good as the imported,
and when we buy them we contribute to
the welfare of our own country, with its
Justly celebrated palladiums and bull
warks Merely as a matter of patriotism
we should purchase homemade grapes
and especially so when We save money
by doing it, BY watching such points as
these we gradually accumulate an opulent
roll and take UP our residence in easy
street.
You also had on the table a large bot
tie of olives. and the price of that bottle
will knock my hat off when the bill comes
in The bottle was gorgeously decorated
with Autographed posters, and there was
a lot of gold foil over the cork. and every
stratagem had been resorted to to make
that package attractive. But the olives
themselves Mrs. Jamesworthy. were no
better than the ones you can buy at the
grocery out of key. You can buy about
a gallon of the key olives for the money
that will buy such bottle as l REFER 70,
and / wish to call your attention to the
fact that we eat the olives. and not the
bottle in which they are contained, or the
gold foil over the cork
when once you take up the matter OF
retrenchment seriously these Things VIII
occur to you, and every day you Will see
new opportunities for sailing down the
scads and eventually l may cease shud-
dering whenever 1 hear the poor farm
mentioned or see 1t referred to IN print:
II have no doubt you are right. said
Mrs. Jamesworthy. land | am going to
do my best. / have determined to save at
least s. month to begin with, and, as
you say, I may do better after while.
THAT is inevitable Mrs. JamesWorthy.
and it warns me up clear from my shoe
pegs to my roof to hear you talk in such
safe and sane manner. You may be
sure that I'll give you all possible as
sistance and encouragement. Saving
money will soon become a fad with you.
when once you give the scheme trial.
In days to come. when you are carrying
your reticule full of Doodle to the build
ing and loan association. you'll wonder
that you ever found pleasure in throwing
coin at the birds"
II am quite enthusiastic over 1t my
SELF" declared Mrs. Jamesworthy. and
1 am making my plans for the future. If
1 save S. month. that will be $50 In a
year. and when I have SO much on hand
I'll feel that we can afford a set Of libra
ry furniture like the Peckinpaughs. Their
set cost only $500. and it's the envy
of the neighborhood.'
You are a hopeless case. Mrs. James
worthy" shouted her husband, land am