The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-02-28

live up to the standard Of liv-
ing which is beyond the means
simply because of what they
may say. We need more indie
pendence. We must establish
a standard Of living, not for
others, but for ourselves. We
must not buy grapefruit when
we ought. to be satisfied with
prunes.
Buying package goods is an
item worth considering. In so
doing you are paying for the
attractive boxes. For instance,
in the matter of oatmeal. You
get about half as much in the
package as in bulk and the lat
ter is just as good. Loaf sugar
costs much more than sugar in
bulk and is not any sweeter.
We must live within our in
comes and plan to save some
thing, if only a dollar a month.
To do this we must have a plan
and adhere to our program.
We must hold our principles
above the opinion of our neigh
bors.
We must distinguish between
needs and wants and thus
eliminate much of our waste.
Many bargain sale'purchases
were quoted to emphasize this
point.
1t is we'll to know as much
as possible of scientific man.
agement of the household and
any woman can study domestic
science at home. She can
learn the value of foods, how
to get more value for the money
\ spent and at the same time
have what we all so much
desire, reasonably frequent
changes in our fare.
Modern Conveniences n the Farm
Home
This was the subject of Miss
Farnsworth's address at the
afternoon meeting. She opened
by saying that it was allied to
the subjects of conservation
and the betterment of rural
fife; that it was really a ques-
ton of conservation of the
time. health, strength and dis
position of the women on the
farms.
The speaker mentioned the
modern advantages of rural
life such as the telephone and
the rural free delivery, both of
which tend to prevent stagnat-
ing and give opportunity for
broadening our views. Refer
ring to the papers and maya
zines that the rural delivery
system brings to the farm home
she asked. How many read
the advertisements? | do, very
carefully, and l find that they
held a great deal to solve the
problems with which we are
dealing"
Farmers give much attention
to having the barns and gran
aries conveniently arranged
and properly equipped but
how much attention is given to
the farm home? In early DAYS
when there was a struggle to
get a start farmers wives neces-
sarily had to get along without
many things and they were
glad to make the sacrifice as
their share in laying the found
alton for a home. But should
this condition continue?
Life on the farm must be
made attractive to the mother
and daughter or they will not
stay there. If the farm girl
sees her mother grow old be-
fore her time she will not want
to follow that kind of a life and
you cannot blame her. She
then told a story of a woman
who had been promised some
reforms in her kitchen but in
the spring her husband needed
a new piece of machinery and
the reform was put off. Later
he bought a motor car and
then the wife organized a strike
among the neighboring women
; who were similarly situated
and held out until they got
what they needed.
Miss Farnsworth said she
had no patience with the wo-
man who was unwilling to do
the work for which she was
made, that of home-making.
She dwelt on the opportunity
for good influences and said
housewifery was a most noble
occupation.
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