Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-10
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.


u is the small economies that make
big savings possible, and the house
wife who scorns the pennies will never
POSSESS many dollars, Nowadays big
5alaries 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 . living wage. In these
hard tines it is the wifes part to
nave the sail income so Just as far
e. she eau. and only by strict atten.
,on to tae tr.les as wcll as 70 big
expo IS, cen $40 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 iucEy 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.
After ALL the poor husband can only
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 wife's share in the partnership,
and often it is the hardest
Iiouscr-!y-es, ycurs ts the part 70
r0ve mere ana pinch there, that the
weekly stipend may be enough to pro-
vide for your needs. If your husbands
salary seems all too little, look about
you to see where you can lower ex-
-cnses. Since the salary cannot be
enlarged, the household expenditure
must be minimized.
Waste not wan. not" is another
7~overb which might well be adopted
3 a motto by tie American housewife,
= ii is well known that in no other
ountry IN the world is there so much
vac in the household as in America.
Even our thriftiest housewife, one
20 would be considered a model as
orpared with others. would be
..-azed could she be transported into
he Kitchen of a French woman. For 1t
: IL the Kitchen where the greatest
vaste gees on. and it is there where
"a French housewife displays the
lost thrift.
Our model housekeeper would be
onsidered extravagant by the average
Jeasant woman of France or Germany.
! these countries the women utilize
cry bit of food that comes into the
louse In the poorest homes as well
- IN the homes of those who have
comfortable means, there is always to
)e found huge pot on the back of the
.tove, or in the peasants kitchen hang
ng on hook in the fireplace. This
) the potage pot, or soup pot, and
nto il go all the scraps which are
eft over-meat, vegetables, bones,
everything
Another pot, kept near at hand, Is
'or fats. When the soup is SKINNED,
the fat thrown into the other pot. |
Bits of tat from meat, drippings, the |
fat left 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 a leaf from the
note hooks of our French cousins and