The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-07
The High Cost III Living.

E&1&i% 9F##LES% lh&Ls few EEaF4 DtItt ~ the
| timely ami impprlanl topics l!aG been
l#thc5 high COST nf living. Food4tuff:i
( have been increasing hi cost with Il
raBdi1E that has mldc rcadjustrnCnt
tne@cs"Ary IL rnany lines. and only as
wages have kept pace " ati The increase
/ An other tlilngS have ND been able To
keep Our financial Ships pit tie rocks.
War conditions haze not helped llin
matter for in spite of Gnr great pros
nerity the cost Of living sMll mounts
As individuals We arc III Il large
measure helpless to remedy Tile dtffi-
Guilty for the causes arc economic ana
hcr0nd our control bur we can 10
ills. We cannot NIL III teachers or do
nestle science, bltt WE can All pruGtire
the art of good living w cannot
change ING price of hccfstcak Aut wc
can make better use Of dir porter
houses Mic can do some SOLID think
Ing and apply thrift principles "a our
Kitchens and dining rooms and offset
I'm Eery laTE" measure the added
strain ~ High prices.
| The trouble with many 1lomcliecpers
lis they take tile taRy EaF and stay In
q rut. They do not Study their jobs
and like every one else who does
Eth0ugftlcss work. ID tho work poorly
| For ipst1nce,@in large boarding house
ns in MI such establishments, one Of
| the principal items Or food is steaks
and chops Their cost is high and
the waste IL large. The landlatlr com
plains that she cannot make a living
TtUt she doesn't know how Many pf
tho guests are fond ct iishfn various
forms. VET tilc menu seldom includes
fish, and fish is cheap. on q single
tsI4. n
dollars and please her guests immense
~ she might often substitute stew
Tor 4 steak. and accomplish the same
results She miEht#Usc cheaper cuts
0f meat made lip Into appeti2ing forms.
Ellt she sticks e. her chops ann -=tealts
and Erumbles at3stllr hig Kin cost Cr run
ming Il Boarding house. tt's thP high
cost N ignorance that she ought to-
blame.
we haVe#been charged times without
humber Of Being d nation of MASTERS,
This waste takes the form nj house
hold inetIiciency more generally than
any other form.
Nfpre homes are wrecked from a.
financial point az view from the waste
Of the kitchen, than any other cause.
1t. as Doct0r#SEtley# estimates. #nne-third
Of our food is wasted thrift in food
might be very effective remedy for
some OF orr present duy domestic
problems. With meats costing thirty
cents q pound. and half bone and fat
eggs ut five cents each butter fifty
cents a pound and other things mi
proportion we must do some read
justtng il We would keep pace with the
procession You cannot Increase your
income half as easy as You can make
tt go farther You need not do without
.porferhouse. hit you can make it go a
long way. Learn the secret OF French
thrift and find the secret Or little
economies in food values.
Your youngsters Will rclish 4 dish OIL
home baked beans as much as All
choice tenderloin. They Will GROW
fat On spaghetti They Will have fever
stomach disorders ON bread and mo-
losses than On candy and soda and
lobster. salads. lis tic appetite that
.countsnot what satisfies id 60 easy
on the butter and take only as much
as YOU can use Examine your garh
are can 5toasee your Ugh cost #of2liv-
ing IS not due to# the high cost Of thrift
lessness. live better for many HIS and
#thc high cost tf liNin yea, even the
5costof living. high can be considerably
reduced ny applyinE thrift 10 the little
things about tho house.