Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-11-08
. WHAT THE FRENCH
: MAID TOLD MARJORY


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run so high, Marie" complained Mar.
jorie. why can't l keep them down."
Perhaps you don't watch things
closely enough suggested Marie. You
should not run a bin if you can possibly
pay cash and YOU will be surprised in
the difference it makes in the amount
that you will buy. Don let the gro
Ger call moro than three times a week,
twice is better in a small family, and
your memory is good.
Don use charcoal for fuel; any gro
Ger will tell YOU that the housewife who
buys charcoal every day is the one
who has large bills. Don't buy an yeast
cake unless YOU intend to use it inn
mediately. Determine by experience
whether You can do without an ice box
before purchasing one. l know a Wom-
an who for two years has used no ice,
having learned 10y careful thought that
she can use the cellar. keeping close
watch of all provisions and meat and
purchasing only In such quantities as
she can use up quickly without spoil
ing.
Don't let the merchant do your or
dering for you; YOU know better tina
he what your needs are and the size
of your pockethook. Don't allow flat
terry to rob the contents of YOU purse
by prevailing upon YOU to buy more
than YOU actually need. Have meat but
once Il day, buying only the cheaper
cuts-pot roasts, beef. chopped meat,
ETC., and occasionally sausage and
c~ornhcef: seldom steak or lamb.
Don't buy bakers bread or any OF
the ready cooked cereals, although YOU
can have cereals and toast every morn
Ing for breakfast. Four dollars q week
should buy all that is necessary for two
in n family.
There are many people liaat expect
children TO be naughty when the re-
straining Influence of the parents is
removed. But what is the matter with
those children who are just as good
when the eats away as they are at
other times? You might think there is
something uncanny about such. chill
dren: but, really, they are quite nor
ma and full OF fun. i know them my
self and can say that they have the
same instincts for play. and. mischief
as other children, yet there is Il differ
The. difference is In the attitude OF
the parents, especially of the mother.
toward the play of the children. The
mother has learned to suppress her own
one of the children starts to do some
thing that is not on her program. The
children have the impulse to do 1000
things that seem foolish to you and me.
but most of them are quite harmless
and need not be stopped unless the
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Although some of my younger read
ers are not the possessors of pure
white hair. ! think maybe they will be
Interested in telling friends or rela-
tives how Hortense advises on the sub
ject Of a shampoo for those who do
possess it.
Perfectly white hair is always very
beautiful. especially if it still grows
thick about the brow and temples. The
best shampoo is the white of an egg
beaten into a pint Of soft. cool water.
Wet the head and hair first with
cold water. Rub i'm the egg, which
will make a soft lather. and finish ex-
actly as for any other shampoo except
IN the last rinsing water which should
be cold. q few drops of best Indigo
not the ordinary washing blueing. but
Indigo that can only be had at III
druggists should be added; barely
enough to slightly tinge the water.
This acts exactly as aocs hlueing on
white goods-leaves the hair a pure
white, not In the least tiTged with
yellow.