Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-06-12
ExTRAVAGANT WOMEN

l do my own shopping because /
get one hundred cents worth for
every dollar If more people cid that
there would be less talk of hard
times and the high cost of living
Mrs Hetty Green
"a lack of knowledge of the value
of money on the part of the women
is the most powerful enemy to do
nestle happiness that exists de-
clared Judge Arthur Lacy Of the Do
nestle Relations Court in Detroit
recently when he made public figures
showing that 26 per cent of the
cases that come before his court are
due to extravaganza on the part of
wives and that in another 40 per
cent of the cases in which faults
of both man and wife are RESPONSE
BILE, extravaganza of the wife is the
principal trouble.
We are proud of the American
woman, her intelligence, her charm
and her achievements, but it must
be admitted that in too many in
stances she is far from careful
saver Or wise spender
In most cases, probably, this is
due to faulty training in early life
as to the value of money and the
Importance of spending it wisely
and saving a portion of income sys-
tematically.
1t is not entirely a love Of ease
and luxury that lays our women
open to the charge of extravaganza,
although that is an important factor
in the case. Perhaps more fire.
quent cause is inefficiency in the
business side of housekeeping.
Mrs. Julian Heath, President of
1.-THE National Housewives League, en-
dorses this declaration of one house
keeper:
81 believe that my husband could
run our home better than | if he
were compelled to do it, because he
would run it as he runs his bust
ness"
Charge accounts at the stores, or
dering goods over the telephone and
free delivery Of even the smallest
packages are all fruitful causes of
extravaganza and higher cost of liv-
. ing.
Alfred D. Woodruff of the New
York City Bureau of Food Supply
gives a startling account of what hap
pens when the grocer charges it. "
I"We have found" says Mr.. Wood
ruff, that only about 80 per cent
pay their bills promptly in thirty
days; % per cent take from one to
three months to pay; 40 per cent
never pay in full, and per cent
never pay at ALL" With such draw
backs to the credit system, it is
not astonishing that grOcers go bank
rupt in spite of high nominal prof
it's. Mr. Woodruff thinks that if wom-
en- will pay as much attention to do
nestle economy as to dress, bridge
parties and tango teas" if they will
pay cash, buy in large quantities and
test short weights, mot less than
25 per cent might be deducted from
the gross profits" with correspond
ing benefit to the consumer and his
savings bank account.
This matter of common sense thrift
does not apply only to the city house
keeper. 1t is of Importance to the
farmers wife as well. AS James j.
Hill put in a speech to agriculture
lists:
when I am talking to the farmer
l remember that the farmers wife
is one-half of the family, and she is
: the bigger half, too. The farmers
success or failure, his going up or
down in his scale of accomplish
ment, depends upon her.
: ga helpful, thrifty wife, who is con
serving his capital, his health, his
earning ability, not to mention the
pocket book, closing the avenues Of
waste, will make him succeed. He
can't help succeeding, while with a
wasteful, careless wife, he might as
we'll give up.
"These are facts. Make the test
take two men, enc with the right
; kind of a wife and one who has the
Wasteful careless, kind, and see how
real it is in the actual progress of
that family"
7 T. D. MacGREGOR.