Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

MN A'i many ear 20 ana |.f mas OBJ
late shown some inclination and dis
position TO accept the advice and sug-
geslions. Whatever he has done iD
that direction. however, the price OF
food steadily has advanced. never
rneless
Maybe rents arc -'ttle stiff IN At
lanta, but landlords are not going 10
lower rents 50 long as the demand
for store space in Atlanta is growing
more and more lusistent, and mo-
body wants 10 throw any obstacles
In tho way OF progress I'm the city
particularly that quality Of progress.
indicated in continuously Increasing
real estate values
Many Atlantans are high Uvcrs.
relatively speaking but the average
citizen will deny the Impeachment
yoCifcrOu9ly. when put TO the test
ana no doubt his denial viii be right
teous enough, and his ability to prove
il ample
Maybe freight rates are too high.
/ The Chamber OF Commerce might
. look Into this. maybe.
Maybe a lot Of things OF course
and yet no one maybe thus far
thrown out appears TO suggest a.rcm-
edy guaranteed TO produce material
results
Old High Cost Of Living remains
right on The job. Erinning In mOckcry
and dcrislon, the while Atlanta hens
and haWs over the whercforcness Of
T Old High Costs WHIT
Estimates Are Truthful.
This writer has talked TO many
persons Of late concerning the prob
lem revealed to Atlanta in the recent
more or less disconcerting Govern
ment figures with respect to the high
cost Of living
The Governments estimates are
/ truthful-they were based upon hon
est Investigations scattered all the
way from Maine TO California No
body undertakes To dispute or uues-
tiou them. They concern themselves
with various staples Of life house
I hold necessities that can not be dis
pensed with In the average house
. hold without serious discomfort both
TO health and happiness
Very few people expect or anticI-
pate any considerable reduction IN
the cost Of living because of the
enactment Of the new tariff law. Per
haps that viii save a few dollars here
and there, taking the years outgo as
/ a whole and perhaps II Will save "A
good many II the latter comes true
II VIII be plea SAINT and agreeable
surprise 10 Mr.. and Mrs Atlanta
who are hoping
Not very many households are AZ
urlng next years expense account
upon the new tariff schedules, how
ever. Ask the first ten persons you
meet and see II any one Of them is
taxing the new tariff law seriously
into consideration as possible factor
In relieving perceptibly the present
expense Of living
What then, IL anything, CAN De
done TO bring down the expense Of
living In Atlanta"
Well there is one housekaeper IN
Atlanta who has some notions about
things and her ideas are worth CON
sidering, for they suggest methoi
whereby conditions may be rcmedIgd
in "a measure in Atlanta. II not ire
mendously relieved
Work Of Housekeeper.
This woman, who is the wife Of an
Albanian receiving "a monthly salary
Of $3.50, and the mother of three chill
dren, talks after this fashion:
The questions Of freight rates d.
versiticauon of crops and the like are
things for the business men to set
tie, ] think. and no doubt each has its
specific bearing upon the cost of liv-
Ing. lnasmuch as the men are as
deeply concerned I'm this problem as
the women-the one the bread win
ners and the other the bread-dis
tributors inside the family take il
that they win not shirk the rospon-
sihl.ity OF regulating those things IN
due season
My business is to distribute the
money my husband gives me for
housekeeping purposes intelligently.
economically and with as great re
suits as possibly can manage. Notn-
ing distresses me more than to think
. that ! have frittered away or used to
small purpose SO much as dime Of
the hard earned salary my husband
provides for the home and its up
keep,
We have just SO much income
every month. l know exactly what
house rent is. approximately what
lights and fuel viii cost, what must
go to the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is to have
awarded 10 it-for We spend some
thing that way-and what must 20
into the savings bank for life insur-
auce, taxes and fixed charges Of that
kind.
My husband puts, and rIghtfury.
the responsibility Of shopping ana
marketing on me. | should not ra-
spect him SO much as ! do if he didn't
And then, having put the responsible
lty there, he turns me loose and he
never makes "a holler' II | fail to ee-
/ the maximum Of result from the min
/ lmum of financial effort. That. pg--
haps, is one thing that makes ne
feel so bad when ! know. away down
in my heart that ! haven't done the
+ very best that might be done with NY
. household money.