The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-02
THE DAILY
STORY
According to Budget.
az ZANE OSBORN.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure
Nawananar Svndicate)

iNOpyrlBnt, 1871. ny tue MCSlute
Newspaper Syndicate)
salvyHEN MORTON BLAKE, who
nv had been married a year and
was supremely happy in his
snug little apartment with his blue.
Eyed little wife, seated himself in his
iuvorite easy chair with volume of
bis favorite author and his favorite
pipe, preparatory to enjoying, for the
evening, all the happiness OF bache.
Tor life rolled into one with the con.
tentment OF married life, there was
blue.eyed Pegg on the other side OF
the table with fat oblong book that
had new look to 1t. Pegg opened 1t
with care and pressed the covers
back as one does with book that
has never been opened before.
It was The Budget book.
Angelica has been here today;
Peggy announced and she brought
this-its such wonderful idea!-
Morton, did, you ever hear of a bud.
get? / never had but Angelica eH.
planned what 1t meant and here is the
book. She has made special study
OF housekeeping. you know
But what does Angelica know about
making men happy in their homes?'
queried Morton who had not an al.
together pleasant mental image of
Peggy's tall, angular, many.degreed
cousin. who seemed to be as fond of
putting ideas into Peggy's head as
Peggy was OF sponging them up.
What does she know about real home
making?"
ooh, she knows a great deal. 'in.
sisted Peggy. "And she says that the
reason why so many people aren't
!. happy is because the wives aren't
business like and don't apply the
same methods to housekeeping that
men do to their businesses. Angel.
ca would make some man wonderful.
ly happy"
did she tell you that too?" asked
Morton putting" on his pipe vicious.
~.
: YES. only of course she is so busy
telling other women how to make
their homes happy that she doesn't
have time. Well. she brought me this
budget book and ! am to put down
In these little columns Just what I
oPShu VuSu uds mere y d place
I for bread and one for butter and an
Their for meat and fish. and all the
ings we eat, and here's one for ice
md one for help and carfare and light
and things like that-Angelica says
you call those last ones operating ex-
kpenses. 1t is the first of the month
ESQ started right in. So, I bought
some face powder at the drug store
and l put that down under medicine
and the two dollars for the laundress
that goes under help. Every time
you give ME anything that goes in
here under receipts. And every week
] am to balance it both ways SO |
can tell at glance Just how much
am spending for every different sort
OF thing-and in the front OF the book
shere is table telling how much we
ought to spend for things and II I'm
spending too much for any one thing
then we'll know 1t and can stop MAX.
ing that mistake. Angelica says she
will help ME balance and figure out
the percentages-I never could do
percentages"
"You don't mean that Angelica is
going to keep tabs on our household
expenses?" gasped Morton.
"Oh, you mustn't mind that. She
helps lots of young married girls
she says she is helping them to make
their husbands happy and contented.
That is her life work. She started