Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-20
A Story of the Moment
By walt Mason.

The credit business IL responsible
FOR the high cost Of living" declared
the grocer III people always paid
cash for what they buy. they'd set |
along without the superfiuous things
but when they order by telephone, and
have everything charged. they order
everything they can think Of ana
then when they get the bills on the
first Of the month they begin TO
sweat blood and talk OF the high cost
OF living, and gay that wen have 70
have change In the administration"
II have heard that sori Of tommy
rot BEFORE" remarked the colonel.
n have also seen Il printed In the
newspapers and magazines. under
such headings aa WHITTIER Are We
Drifting and Time 10 Call a Halt
But Il isn't So The normal man
who pays his debts always looks for
/ ward to the first Of tho month In fear
and trembling. knowing from expert
ence that his bill will be out OF all
proportion 20 the stuff he bought. 80
/ he does his best 90 keep down ex-
] penses. II " when he Ia chasing
around from store 10 store with his
pockets fun Of money that he forgcts
all ideas Of economy and buys every
thing he secs. lie likes To produce
his roll In public and try TO create
the impression that he Is John ID.
Carnegie in disguise. that he has a
roublc orchard back OF his house, ev-
cry tree being loaded with the long
green until the branches have TO be
propped up.
tsF n
explanations OF the hish cost of living
hut the true one hasn't been advanc-
ed The whole trouble ~ due 10 tho
fact that women don't know how 20
cook. The fact that women no lon
ger take an Interest ~ cookery s. the
true peril now onnfronting this re-
public. The women want 90 be states
ladies and doctors and dentists and
they point the finger OF scorn az thr
cookstove This great domestic en-
CINE Is lea 90 tie care Of hirellngs
, who don't care what sort Of gruh
they dish up.
Some fine day walk down an al
10y IA the residence district and exc
anime tho garbage cans as you ~
, along. and the high cost of living viii
no longer be- a mystery 20 you. You
will find big Joints Of meat, and slab,
, Of pie ana potatoes, and an sn}ts ol
vlnnds why are they thrown Int,
the garbage cans9 Because they are
30 badly cooked that no man can cal
them ana live 60 tell the tale. Tn
less you visit around among YOU
lnelehhors 90 some extent you'n novel
realize how much ahominahle cook
ing there ls Ia this country.
"The other evening. my wife be
ing away from home, my nelghhol
Tlnkeimon invited me over to MI
thouse for supper suppose it'
, treason 60 criflciso q supper eaten un
der such conditions, but truth
mighty and must prevail We sn
|. down 10 the gronnlng board. and Mrs
Tinkelman. who ~ an enthusiasts
|. suffraglst, talked a streak. explainlnl
the true lnwardness of the greo
Il movement. Meanwhile the grub wa
heing passed around. and cverythin
was spoiled There was corn pom
a for one thing. / am abnormaily fon
Of corn pone when II r. properi
|. compounded ana vltrifiod, hut N
sample ] had there was as hard a
Ri~vestone and tasted like an Cpl
q tnph,
~rlnkleman BIZ off mouthpiec
q and broke a tooth. and called "a
hired girl. and when she came fror
the Kitchen he told her 40 take tina
p corn none "a the alley. As soon 4
she got back from that errnnd n
told her % take the fried POTATOES {
40 the same place. IIe Just kept ghl
girl busy trotting 70 the alley Wit