Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-12-15
HOW TO LIVE CHEAP AND HIST
AS WELL.

The Lynchburg News says cdito
rally, that it il useless to look to the
Federal Government, ms to II sort of
parent, to roducu tho cost of the no
cessaries of life, that when the great
war IL over normal condition will
return, but that each housewife can
II she will, reduce materially the
cost of living, and particularly, if the
housckcepcrs will get together, as
they are doing in the large cities,
that they can put it over on the spcc.
tacular eXtortioncrs and cXploitcrs of
eaLables, etc. The Roanoke Times
says that it is up to the women.
Ihere are number of ways and
means OF reducing the grocery and
other bills. Eliminate wastage Vast
age IS sin no matter how rich we may
be. For instance, take the one thing
OF eEt" Forty cents II dozen or cv-
en- thirty cents, is much more than
they are worth. Don't buy them. If
therc wasn't an egg in the United
states everybody would get on just
us woii. Tho price OF " dozen eggs
put Into meat and several other com
moditics, would go twice or three
Times Times as far as the. eggs will go.
Eggs are worth all they will bring"
No, they are not. They are worth
just so much i'm nutrition and value
as food. This is not advocating n
boycott. 1t is advocating economy.
Farmers can make money on cGgs at
70 cents dozen, "and would take
inns price readily, says good egg
man, II they couldn't get more.
And, there is butter. II Is entirely
possible to use less butter at meals.
says the Lynchburg News Substi
tute something else in it's place. With
gravy, syrup, preserves, etc, to
spread on n biscuit butter is not
needed, and its use under the cir
cumstanccs is pure extravaganza.
The quantity used can be reduced
by at least half anyway We cat
loo much meat-reduce the quantity.
FRUITS, home made preserves, oat
meal, etc, not overlooking rice, are
all as nutritious as meat, and much
more healthful. Leaving out the
question of cost entirely, it is the
duty OF every man and woman to be
economical, particularly these days
when so many thousands of pcople
are starving.
Left Overs-Cats and Dogs.
Some ono has estimated that
enough scraps, left over pieces from
the tables and fed TO the worthless
eats and dogs, or thrown out the
back window, in the homes of this
town and county, to support a dozen
imll!es Why, in this town alone
there are not less than rs dogs and
twice as many cats-all of them sun
ported from the kitchen tables, all
TINS is absolute waste, pure and SIM
pie, and could be and should be climi
mated.
Take the single commodity, coal. a
household necessity that cannot be
dispensed with. At the most, and un-
der best conditions. only about 25
per cent of the coal we buy is prof.
tably consumed. In the ordinary crate
and furnace not 25 per cent is used.
me rest goes in gasscs, cindcrs, and
nall burned coal-cokc. Look at the
ash piles. They are half coal and
coke. a good suggestion comes from
authentic sources-"dont burn more
coal than is needed and sift the ash
es."
| And so, on down the line, there are
many little leaks which may be and
should be-. stopped. Tazewell people
are VIGOROUSLY eXtravagant. They
have no right to be, even if they are
rich, and can afford to be. We don't
believe in, advocate. nor practice Mig
ardliness, but we do believe in rea-
sonablc, sensible system of economies
and it behooves us all. these days of
high priccs-mcn as we'll as WON
en-, to do no foolish or Unnecessary
spending, and to teach our children
so.