The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-30
Cynthia Grey's


Dear Miss Grey: have been a
reader Of your columns for long
time and like most OF the letters
therein. but must gay that would
like to tell "Eeonomlxer" a thing
or two.
am an empieye In one Of the
big department stores downtown
and am getting fair wage.
arm the bread winner and manager
OF our family, as there hasn't been
man In the family for ~ years.
! never buy anything lust because
u 10 cheap. 1 buy the best there
10. ! would not think OF buying
cheap meats, fruits or vegetables,
hence we are strong and healthy.
In the first place. moved out
far enough so we could raise a
garden | hired man to pillow and
harrow the plot. Then we planted
vegetables. not only for summer.
but for winter as we'll. canned
dozens OF cans Of peas and string
beans. Then ! bought four crates
Of tomatoes and canned those. We
raised enough potatoes. onions,
squash, cabbage. brussels sprouts.
turnlps and carrots to last until
garden time again.
buy the best butter the market
affords In two-lb. rolls; the best
pure leaf lard In lob. pals. buy
apples by the bos--faney. select
ones. buy fancy bacon or bacon
backs In halt pieces IN summer or
whole pieces In WRITER. ! buy short
ribs OF beef or nice boiling piece
once IN a while. a nice steak for a
change. a pork roast or pork chops.
and always chicken fer Sunday.
We always have eggs In the house.
and bacon and eggs make a pretty
good meal 20 begin hard days
work on.
| purchase condensed milk by
the dozen cans. cane sugar by the
saek and Dakota hsrd.wheat flour
enough In the fall TO last all win.
ter. as flour improves with age. l
have huekwheat and graham flour.
and yellow corn meal always In the
house for a change. buy minced
CLANS by tire dozen cans, as We are
fond Of clam ehowoer. and II Ia
bought pears, peaches. straw.
berries. pfunes. srapes, raspber.
ries. tooanberries. and aooseberries
and canned them. Some | made up
In butter. some preserves. some
jeilies and the rest I canned with
plenty OF sugar.
We have no use for cream Of tar.
tar In our house. neither do we
some and substantial. buy lots
Of celery, az we like II on the table
and also In good salads, potato.
shrimp and Waldorf. with home.
made rayonnaise. | buy iots Of
cheese. sseeI-eus coffee and pay 81
for tea.
buy my wood In the summer
time and store Il in the basement.
We DO net attend shows very often.
but take two Of the best daily pa.
pers and read them. buy moth.
Ing foolish. never 90 70 qriils
and seldom eat In a restaurant. az
carry my lunch. ! live . good.
clean life. get absolutely no help
from any ore. keep all Of the
blils paid and never buy anything
cannot pay cash for. and | have
4 nice little bank account.
feed all trsmps. never turn
any ore away without giving him
> square meal. not Iust a hsndous
try 20 live and let live. | buy AZ
the right time and never IN small
quantities.
"Eeonomixer." take q tip from,
me: would Rate TO think you had
any poor little children under your
roof to stint their little bodies and
pralns. There 10 no need Of such
faults. "Eeonomixer." We live In
land Of plenty ardfthere 10 q plenty
for all who will live right.
REAL MANAGER.
o.--ls the second Of midnight .
part Of the preceding or following
eay7 In other words, which 10 cor.
rect. ~ .. m. or ~ a. m, in writing
the hour Of midnight find PEG
pie very much divided In opinion
thereon. CURIOUS.
Midnight or noon Is desig.
mated by NJ. which means merid.
Ian. and that the suns rays strike
the meridian directly. A, NJ. means
ante-merldian. or before the sun
strikes the meridian. and .. m.
post.meridian. or after the sun has
passed over the meridian. Ante
and post are Latin words for be.
fore and after. Midnight has no
time dimension. II being both the
OF the ending OF one day
and the instant OF the starting OF
the following day.
o.-Will you please tell me when
the passion Play" 10 enacted. the
name Of the village, what country,
and also population Of samo7
G. NJ. n.
A.--The Passion Play" is given
In Oberammergau, a village In up
per Bavaria. The population Ia
about 1900. The play will be Civ
en- In 1920.
o-What year. month and day
did the total eclipse Of the sun
fall on7 ! say II was October, 1871;
others say II was In the SOS. Who
10 right. Please answer at your
earliest possible convenience.
8. e. l..
A-Total eclipses have been seen
In the United States In 1906. 1884,
1860. 1869. 1873. 1880. 1889 and 1900.
Eclipses Will be visible in the goth
century in 1918. 1928. 1925. 1915.
1854. 1879, 1884 and 1894.
o.-couId you please tell me
something Of the life OF Margaret
sangster7 have looked In sew.
eral encyclopedias. but have found
nothing. SCHOOL GIRL.
A-Margaret Elizabeth Sangster,
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