The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-01

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the company why the Young man'i
application had been refused. ct wa.
not upon his own account was tn,
answer Il have no doubt if left t.
his own impulses Brown would be-
as straight as a man could be. But
his wife has acquired the habit of en-.
tertaining her friends in the tea rooms
of the SWEETEST hotels every two o,
three days and, of course, dresses tc
correspond with the other people whc
go there. My wife can't afford tc
waste money that way and | know his
can't, so we decided not to take the
risk"
Women of this wasteful type affect
to believe themselves superior to any
form of economy. Il cannot belittle
myself by haggling about the cost OF
things" said one woman of this type
IF | want a thing l order it. 1t has
got to be paid for somehow" They
make the mistake of believing that
by lavish expenditure they are assert
ing their superiority to petty financial
details which women accustomed ia
the expenditure of none usually
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tradesman knows that the woman who
has been accustomed to money all
her life is the least likely to be i'm
posed upon. The fact that rich peo-
pie usually pay less for the same
Kind Of goods han poo people buy
ing at the same store is accounted
for in hat the rich woman counts the
cost n the poorer woman has a
false pride which prevents her from
doing 50. The W~aStefulneSS begins
with the ordering of tie supplies for
the house ana it Continues through
of the whole administration of the
home.
In the consideration of the many
causes which go to make up the in
creased cost of living of the present
generation, the wastefulness of wo-
men is often overlooked. In a west
ern town the curse of domestic
for girls in the high school in
cluded a report upon h methods of
food preparation of the different
homes. Each of the 80 girls in the
class brought in a report of the
amount of food supplied to her home
y q i'iitI oii'SNi MS piI L was
and how, and the quantity
that was absolutely wasted. The re-
suits indicated that in fully half of
these homes, quite as much GOO value
thrown into the garbage can as
would have sufficed to supply the
of a family of the same size a
ago. Steak was purchased
80 cents a pound and with each
pound went an ounce of two of waste
which the butcher usually cut off.
The suet he was able to sell for a fair
after the customer had paid for
it once at a high price. In many
families, wen after the steak had been
trimmed by the butchers, a further
trimming cut off the end which, while
perfectly good meat, had not the ten
der, juicy quality which the epicu-
rean taste of the American family
insists upon. Sometimes not half
of the bulk in weight paid for at an
eXorbitant price really appeared upon
the table. In most families SOU
meat vas bought while the trimmings
Of the steak, which were really bet
ter, were thrown away. All waste
i't N"H thio" away dltIiotSh LILY =
ing materials, whether pure pork lard
or some combination product, were
continually. A fresh head
of lettuce was purchased each day
and fully half of it was allowed to
wilt. Cans of vegetables We're open
about half of their contents used
for dinner and the balance thrown
the garbage can These prac-
obtained not in the families of
the rich, but in those of moderate
circumstances where the husband and
was in many cases having a
continuous struggle TO make both ends
meet.
A little care upon the part of the
in charge of the home might
greatly helped him.
Clothing is wasted in the same way.
The Wasteful woman disdains to wear
clothing which has been mended or
to allow her children to do so. Each
season she requires a complete new
outfit while innumerah1e garments,
many of which require but a few
to put in good repair, are
away, In many cases the
change of fashion is made to serve as
IN excuse for this procedure. Cloth
ing in perfect order will be discarded
because it is not quite up to the lat
est fad in cut OF shade. The waste
ful woman always buys more han
she needs and the extremes in TRIM
ming and style. A wealthy Woman
will order a suit of severe
y plain cut in order that she may be
able to wear it for two seasons with