The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
HIGH COST OF LIVING IN 1881.
7 ToCSEWINES of the '3Us in the
last century had to face the prob
= lem nf liph 1nst Of li,.in., Ton

IT housewives of the sos in the
last century had to face the prob
lem OF high cost Of living too.
,, From record Of 1881 the following bits
| OF advice have been gathered. The adj
/ vice was practical enough at the time,
but some OF 1t seems amusing now.
Where grain is raised it is wise to
instruct children to make and braid
their own bonnets from straw and to
also make their brothers hats
Where geese or turkeys are kept
feather fans are made very handsomely
by the younger members Of family
Instead of buying fan. Children can
also be taught to knit garters, sus-
pendcrs, stockings or else to make
patchwork and mats for the table or
floor; they can also weed the garden or
pick cranbcrrss from the meadow, to be
carried Ia the market later on
ATTEND To- the mendug in the house
once n week; n"N'r put out sewing IL
possible L. ii" II ut homo. Buy woollen
yarn in puautit! from some one in the
country whom you can trust The
thread stores make u profit on It.
| After dinner sweep crumbs into n
and If You hay" been sewing pick up
shrcds 10y hand, "a carpet is So kep,
! neat, for "A broom wears it very much.
After old coats, pantaloons, &c, have
been cut up Tor boys and are no longer
capable of being converted into gar
| ncnts, cut them into strips and employ
the leisure moments of children and do
mestics in sewing and braiding them for
door mats
| preserve the backs of old letters TO
writ" upon. II YOU have children who
are learning t. write buy coarse white
paper by the quantity, Keep it locked
| up, ready for making ii into copy books
| Always Keep castois for the table
covered with hloitng paper and green
! flannel.
! BARLEY straw j. best for beds: drv
corn husks, slit into shrods, are better
than straw, and beds are better for be-
Ing boxed at the side. the same as up-
holstcrers prcrar" ticks for feathers.
"ln the city 1t is better to exchange
ashes and rreas" tor soap, but in the
country 1t is economy to make ones
own soap.
"Economical people viii seldom use
preserves except for sickness. They are
/ unhealthy, expansive, useless Ia all
those who ar" well. Rarhcrrics me
served IN m"lasses are very good for
| NbIliiubH uH'. II u rev are to be laid
ASIDE for sickness preserve them in
| sugar.
| where thcr" Is q large family or
wockmen To- feed and coffee is very dear
| 1t may he worth while To use baked
grain ~ dried bread as substitutes. but
the best economy is to SO without.
| do not make children crossryed 10y
haNIn hair hanging about their fore
| "A IN IA. hoy Ia.
| III II he practicable ask friend In
the country to procur. Tor YOU "A uuan-
tity of lard, butter and eggs when they
ar" the cheapest, to be put aside for
winter usc You will get them better
and cheaper than in the city market,
and by all means secure your winters
stock
"Har" all bits Of Vegetables and meat
collected after dinner and minced before
being set awat. Then they are ready
to make savory mlnccmcat for supper
or breakfast.
! when tortoise shell combs Main,
are defac-d their polish may he renewed
by rubbing them with p,ilvcriz.d rotten
stone and oil, The rotten stone shou,J
be siftcd through muslin and rubbed on
by hand. Jewellers polish them Nv rub
binG with dry rouge powder, but sir,od
muSnesn does as wVi!---aud If ladies
had rouge powder perhaps they wound
by mistake put 1t upon their checks I'm.