The evening world., 1913-01-31
TOO Many Wives Buy En-
traOagant Clothes and
Spend Days Wandering
Through Shops or Win
dow . Shoppins," Says
Mrs. Austin Norman
Palmer.
Mayguerife bEO0ers Marstali.

Marguerite Af0oers MGrshaii. |
"Ivs not the cost Of living, but
the cost OF foonshasss thstS
grayinS the hair Of he modern
husband ana father. TO my mind
the most pathetic Agurs In our
life to-day 10 The middle GLASS
wags.sarnsr, the mAn VINO On .
small salary 10 striving 10 enable
his wife and daughters to Keep
up appsarancss.' Needless fsuain-
Inc folly 10 the real problem Of
home economies"
When Mrs. Austin Nelson Palmer
treated the Political study Club to the
foregoing observations there were no
men present. II they had been am
sure they would have cheersd her to
the echo, and agreed, for once. that
some good may come out OF woman's
club. And TO procure for Mrs. Palmer
the wider audience which her remarks
merited, I asked her TO explain q bit
more fully her interesting theory Of the
high cost OF living.
HIGH COST OF fooLishNEss 10
the TROUBLE.
mean JUST eAdCtIy WHut onsus
she reiterated. "Its the high cost OF
fooiishness that's the horrible cut worm
working at the root Of the modern home.
Too many irresponsible wives buy ex-
travasant and snowy clothes and spend
long days wandering through the shops
or Shopping"
What's that" I asked. delighted
with the 'piquant phrase.
"Ths wtndow-shoppsr - the
woman VINO. having spent every
penny she can beg or borrow, takes
Il out for the rest OF the month In
LOOKING. zou can AAd plenty Of her
IN fifth or Sixth avenue. She may
be detected by her asaAdsr1Ag
gait, her tranes-liks expression and
the shine On the end Of her nose.
That has been polished b. the
various plass-glass Windows 70
which she has temporarily a.
axsd II while casing ysssninGly at
the goods displayed on The other
side"
But since she doesn't really spend
any money! | was beginning.
Mrs. Palmer smiled and shook her
hnely coifYured dark head.
WASTE OF PRECIOUS TIME 10
IMPORTANT.
THE high cost OF fooiishness IL not
measured merely In money" she ex-
planned. Think OF the hours and hours
Of precious time wasted by the window
shopper. Her home goes to rack and
ruin Tor lack OF proper care ana &c
does her husbands digestion. For she
10 the sworn patron OF the delicatessen
snop. and cold meat for dinner and cold
huns for breakfas, make I'D her regular
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,N ',, '''i $50, IT, hn,.ar,,S.
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may mo- leaN , ~, V 49, NJ nvs
sueh spsn n' .n... ,,o,,t
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OF ma ",, 81. ,.,o,,,a s,"w n.
sha Smvs cookeS turkey al $50 4 pound
anu o'"'' '""'e' ~
..,rS . .rss, ds., os unnecsssar,
a,n,,nar, o,nnac,ea with the enter Ain
,nn dnns nv neople IN moderate cIrcum
.,s,cc. and here. too. the wife 4
s,nonsible since she plans II. Whs:
are our old. simple traditions Of hospl
t.i,,v, whv 40 we NOT group our guest
around our hearth Nres, uteTaly MAN
Ing them at home? Tho wife Of tn
man with the small income ought no
10 insist on several restaurant dinner
every month for entertaining friends
For half me money spen, u na a.
charm"s n. on,,,.s - ,voulS mean wor
rnsu. ,.,ess hut .nrsiv it's a mar
LOT he nvS''
VI .r n,a h.vsver aoubt,ess form tn
..,o, ,,sn, 40 co.,iv foolishness in tn
t,,Sno. 90 ,be Scw York family, Their
.vinv that the best IL AWAY
nh.anast in the end. That depends a
tnrether on what ono means by best
~ 4. more economical, for instance.
h,,v woshable underwear made OF goo
cioYh and nrmIy rewn But the rssil
synensive underwear 10 certainly nj
Economical, because its very hnsnsi
md daintiness make Il fragile gAth(
than durable,
.rY< A not economical 70 ~ .
aostiy suit OF thorougAly good
maAsr4si and ont when oAAAg1u6
I..hion Eoroas a woman 70 throw
4 .way 6efo9e n II half worn out
n A inter foolishnsss for ne wife
~ ths mail ssiax1sd man 20 tn
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