Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-11
SAVING THAT COUNTS
SMALL ECONOMIES CUT DOWN
HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES.
Housewives Part Is to Make Small In
come Go as Far as Possible, and
Thought in That Direction
Is Well Expended.

1t is the small economies that make
big savings possible, and the house
wife who scorns the pennies will never
possess many dollars. Nowadays big
salaries are not so common as we
should like to have them and the aver
age man must struggle along as best
he can on just a living wage In these
hard times it is the wifes part to
make the small income go just as far
as she can, and only by strict atten-
ton to the trifles as well as to big
expenses, can she put by any money
at all.
The man whose wife has been
brought up on the Cd adage, Look to
the pennies and the dollars will take
care OF themselves may well thank
his lucky stars that he captured such
prize, for such women are rare, in
deed, in these days OF thriftless, care
less housewives. Such a woman, who
lives up to her belief that "a penny
saved is a penny earned" is indeed
the better half of any man
bring in the family earnings. He can
not make them stretch over all the
household expenses. with a little to
spare TO bank for rainy days. That
is the wfes share in the partnership,
and often It is the hardest.
Housewives. yours is the part to
save here and pinch there, that the
weekly stipend may be enough to pro-
vide for your needs. II your husbands
salary seems all too little, look about
you to see where you can lower ex-
penses. Since the salary cannot be
enlarged. the household expenditure
must be minimized.
Waste not. want not is another
proverb which might we'll be adopted
as a motto by the American housewife,
for 1t is well known that in no other
country in the world is there so much
waste in the household as in America.
Even our thriftiest housewife, one
who would be considered a model as
compared with others, would be
amazed could she be transported into
the kitchen OF a French woman For it
is in the kitchen where the greatest
waste goes on, and II is there where
the French housewife displays the
most thrift
Our model housekeeper would be
considered extravagant by the average
peasant woman OF France or Germany.
In these countries the women utilize
every bit OF food that comes into the
house In the poorest homes as we'll
as in the homes of those who have
comfortable means there is always to
be found huge pot on the back Of the
stove or in the peasants kitchen hang
ing - a hook in the fireplace This
is the potage. pot, or soup pot. and
INTO it 90 all the scraps which are
left Over-meat. vegetables, bones,
everything.
Another pot, kept near at hand. is
for fats. When the soup is SKINNED,
the fat is thrown into the other pot.
Bits Of fat from meat drippngs, the
fat left in roasting pans. all fat tex
cept mutton or lamb tallow1, is thrown
into the tat pot. where it is melted
down made into clarified fat. and used
in place OF lard No French woman
would think of buying lard, in fact, she
would be rather Mortified at the idea.
for the homemade. clarified fat is CON
sidered and is far superior to the lard
sold in the shops
The casserole dish. too, comes from
thSs land OF provident housewives.
When there is the will to save, the
way usually is found, and the casserole
is one OF the results We American
women should take a Leaf from tho
note books of our French cousins and
learn where and how to save