The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-12-17
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 wife's 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 old adage, Look to
the pennies and the dollars will take
care of themselves" may we'll thank
his lucky stars that he captured such
a prize, for such women are rare, in.
deed, in these days of thriftless. care
less housewives. Such woman, who
lives up to her belief that "a penny
saved is a penny earned" is indeed
the better half of any man.
After all, the poor husband can only
bring in the family earnings. He can
not make them stretch over all the
household expenses, with little to
spare to bank for rainy days. That
is the wife's 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. If your husband s
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 well be adopted
as motto by the American housewife,
for it 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 model as
compared with others, would be
amazed could she be transported into
the kitchen of French woman. For it
is in the kitchen where the greatest
waste goes on, and it 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 well
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 thu peasants kitchen hang.
ing on hook in the fireplace. This
is the potage pot, or soup pot. and
into it go 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. drippings, the
fat eft in roasting pans. all fat tex
cept mutton or lamb tallow), is thrown
into the fat 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
this 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 leaf from the
note books of our French cousins and
slearn where and how to save.