The Washington times., 1914-10-12
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Matrim0nY
No. 81
ECONOMY AND LOCALITY.
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No. 81.
ECONOMY AND LOCALITY.
TOW many times Mary apd
discussed economy, how many
times we auarreied about it.
and how many times il worried
me could certainly not be counted upon
ones fingers and toes. Theoretically,
at least VIC did a great deal of econ
omizing-pr we did none at all
For the life of me could not figure
out why il cost so much more to live in
this new apartment of ours that it had
in the old-oetside, of course, the Si5
difference in rent-but even our table
expenses seemed higher,
When | checked over the bills al the
end Of the first month was absolutely
appalled,.
why do you want TO look over those
old bills, anyway, Peter asked Mary.
They only make you grouchy. And
you've never once insisted upon going
over them before. why now"
We've never before Iiveu SO eXtrava-
gantly,' | retorted. This living in a
fashionable locality has had a mysteri-
oUs eifecI. upon all our bills. For one
Thing, the grecers bill is a great deal
higher than il opght to be- and there is
in addition deiicatessen bin tnat would
stagger n millionaire. Does the air in
IN q 6llIe section or the town MAKE
10th any hungTier?'
Don't be shy said my wife
l poured industriousIy over the bills
on INV desk again
We drink more tea than the King OF
china. | SAID puzzled. Here's a tea and
tea and tea and more tea. And it's %
cents more than YOU used 20 pay for il.
The others tea. by the way, was always
pretty good IN fact, 1 haven't noticed
any particular Improvement in flavor,
''Of course you woJ1ldn t said Mary.
You re getting exactly the same tea
SeuG We always had.
What DO you do ! inquired puzzled
make yourself cup OF expensive tea
and econofnize on the ches per for me
Great Stuff! Man being by, far less ex-
1uisitely strung Of The two sexes, etc. /"
/ meant TO be funny Mary flashed an
angry answer
Its merely because ! have some peo-
pie here to tea occs sionaHy," she said
and you can't give them cheap tea
Mothers brought some of her friends
"yer once in while TO see the apart
ment, and you can't expect people to
call in the afternoon and then go away
without anything al all. They expect
YOU TO give them cup Of tea at least
And l pay for entertaining mothers s
friends said 1. nettled. Excellent
Just when I'm so keen upon economic
ing. too
Mary burst into tears
oh. Peter" she said Il wish YOU
put up those bills. You're been cranky
ever since you found them"
l ignored Mary's fearful bid for i'm
munity.
The butchers bill is a great deal
higher" ] said DO mothers friends
eat chops and steaks when they come to
see the ttat"
Oh. ] know well enough / was sar-
csxuc, but I was genuinely worried. In
stead of saving the ifteen additional
dollars OF the rent We were spending
more than we ever had before I saw
myself sliding into the financial state OF
MicsWber.
DO Won know. Peter" said Mary.
suddenly the butchers do honestly
have two prices for different sections of
The town Mrs. ColVin sa IS So She
went down TO the butcher shop in per
son. and she said she knew very well
that some of the people in there couldn I
arcri TO pay the prices she paid And
! notice a difference too
4 may very wen be. 4 fashiona Die
address surely has a psychological ef-
feet upon q tradesman.
II guess III have to have one
afternoon at home every week" Mary
SEs saying. Then everybody who's $
likely to come win come the same day
''W ould it cost any less 7 wondered.
TO feed them all on one day instead Of
seven: Mary refused TO answer.
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