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

interested as this problem of living
within the family income
As the matter stands, they not only
are up against it" to the limit every
month but constantly are in dread
that conditions may grow to be even
worse.
And Mr. and Mrs Atlanta are not
pesslml sts-tar be pessimsm and
such from theml
They believe in their home town
they have been swearing bv. and not
at, this fair city for years, and they
propose to proceed right along that
optimistic and primrosed path in the
future.
1t is only that they are able to see
the point when Atlanta is unfavora
bly, held up in comparison with other
cities. And 1t ever has been their
ability to meet outside criticism fair
ly and manfully, to recognize unto
ward conditions and to remedy them
enthusiastically, that has made At
lanta the great and wonderful CITY
II is.
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 tgures with respect to the high
cost Of living.
The Government estimates are
truthful-they were based upon hon
est investigations scattered ali the
way from Maine to California No
body undertakes to dispute or oues-
ton them. They concern themselves
with various staples Of life-house-
mold necessities that can not be dis
pensed with in the average house
mold without serious discomfort both
to health and happiness.
Not very many households are AZ
uring next years expense account
upon the new tariff schedules. how
ever. ASK the first ten persons Won
meet and see if any one of them Is
taxing the new tariff law seriously
INTO consideration as a possible factor
IN relieving perceptibly the present
expense of living.
What, then, if anything. CAN be
done to bring down the expense ~
living in Atlanta?
Wei, there is one housekeeper in
Atlanta who has some notions about
things and her ideas are worth CON
sidering, for they suggest A me+bod
whereby conditions may be remedied
in measure in Atlanta, if not ire
mendously relieved.
WORK or HouSekeeper
This woman, who is the wife of IN
Albanian receiving monthly salary
of $3.50, and the mother of three chill
dren, talks after this fashion:
The questions of freight rates 5i-
versification Of crops and the like are
things for the business men to SET
tie, l think, and no doubt each has it's
SPECIFIC bearing upon the cost of liy-
ing. Inasmuch as the men are as
deeply concerned in this problem as
the Women-the one the bread vim
ners and the other the bread-dis-
tributors inside the family take IL
that they will not shirk the rospon-
sibility Of regulating those things in
due season.
My business is to distribute the
money my husband gives me for
housekeeping purposes intelligentIy.
economically and with as great re-
suits as l possibly can manage. Notn-
ing distresses me more than to think
that I have frittered away or used 10
small purpose so much as a dime OF
the hard earned salary my husband
provides for the home and its up
keep.
MY husband puts, and rightfullv.
the responsibility of shopping and
marketing on me. l should not -
speCt him so much as l do if he didn't.
And then, having put the responsible
tty there, he turns me loose and he