Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-04
TALKS ON THRIFT. Domestic Economy Hints

True economy means a wise expenditure for the essentials of life and careful avoidance of all unne ccssary Wrst. Mrs. Woodallen Chapman. If it wasn't for the necessity of eat ing, one could live quite inexpensive ly and easily build up good bank account.
 But we must eat, and at present we must pay good high pricas for our food.
 It is quite possible, however, that We eat too much Miss Annie s. PecK, who has won some fame as noun tain climber, and, by the Same token is no weakling, says:
 Anyone can live on p cents a day. It is the simplest thing in the world. It is appalling .how much the average person wastes on food
 For breakfast I make my own cof-
  of cream. Sometimes I nave rye bread and peanut butter I have no regular lunch. Sometimes l eat a cake of sweet chocolate and OCCASION ally banana.
 For dinner I make an omelet with I.enty of milk or have a bit of spinach or onion. Shredded codfisjh is very nice and occasionally I buy a chop Or marcaroni."
 The advice of Prof. Robert B. Stoltz, of the College of Agriculture, Ohio State University, is:
 "Eat cheese and reduce the cost ot living"
 EconuIy in the substitution of cheese for meat, Professor Stoltz points out goes clear back to a con- parison of the cost of maintaining beef and dairy cattle. Keeping COWS for milking purposes is much less ev- pensive than breeding and feeding beef cattle. A beef animal is of tem- porary value only, while milk-pro- ducing COW is an almost continuous producer for eight or ten years.
 The recent rise in the price of bread in some sections, due to the higher cost of wheat, led scientists of the U. s. Department of Agriculture to suggest "that the ordinary house. hold will find it advantageou Gus to eat more potatoes and less bread" They have computed that on the basis of potatoes at sixty cents a bushel, ten cents worth of potatoes would give the consumer more actual nourish- ment than two one-pound loaves of bread at five cents each.
 O. H. Benson, of that department, says:
 "The American people live largely uopn diet made up something as fol- lows: Meat, coffee, bread, butter, eggs, and supplemented daily by a desc of patent medicines, while out in the back yards and orchards are millions of bushels of healthful vege- tagles and fruits, rotting for want of proper methods of caring for this surplus"
 Buying provisions in quantities is often urged as true economy, although there are many who advocate the pur- chase of package goods" only, claim ing that quality and cleanliness are worth a good deal.
 Many people, however, cannot save by buying in large quantities because their incomes are small or uncertain.
 q have lived through such a period of fina ncial difficulties and know that a special system of marketing is necessary for that housewife," says one wuran writer for the press. "Sne cannot economize by getting discounts on big purchases. Her savings must each come in the little, individual things. This woman must take ad- vantage of the sales advertised daily. The one who practises hand-to-m mouth economy must either be thoroughly posted on the market advertisements or visit them daily and learn first hand what the best values are.
 "In any case personal daily market ing is of the first importance. The telephone might be called the root of all shiftless marketing. Vegetables. meats and fruits should be selected by the housewife herself. The most reliable salesman cannot serve your interests as well as you can yourself .'
 We wonder if most wives realize how much the success of their hus- bands depends upon the practice of sensible economy in the home.