The daily banner., 1917-10-06
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON
PRACTICING ECONOMY
Wives of Cabinet Members Cutting
Down Expense i'll Homes.

Does economy begin at home IL
Washington? Good Housekeeping
sent Il woman reporter to Washing
! ton 10 find out What she learned
! by personal visits to the homes OF
/ government officials is told in the
! October issue. Mrs. Josephus DAM
! els invited her to come down cellar.
/ N telling about it, she says:
There were rows and rows OF
! jellies, in Mrs. Daniels cellar. When
| he glasses were held up to the light,
| they showed the rich colors of ounce,
erab-apple. raspberry, grape and 9th
| ar varieties Mrs. Daniels makes her
tamily's winter supply of jams and
jellies herself every year. This year
there are three hundred glasses.
Mrs. William G. Redfeld said:
We haven't mad any bacon in the
house for months. Quantities of ba-
on must be shipped to our allies. 1t
sn't good patriotism to have it for
breakfast. We are also frequently
(. lenying ourselves desserts, and thus
avins sugar to send abroad. If you
nave hearty dinner and a Salad,yOu
nave no real need of a dessert
Secretary Daniels aids and abets
LIS W lIS - SIOILOIlIltS. I1S 10 otl " vi IN
every day in his office from nine in
ne morning till seven at night. Some
persons might consider the following 6
luncheon menu, which is the Secre-
ary'S usual one, Scanty refreShment
turing such long hours of work. Ser
led at his desk it consists of hot but
lered toast, a glass of milk, and a
cup custard.
Mrs. William G. Redfield said:
1T is a wise woman who knows
what is in her own ice-chest." This
proverb is original with the wife of
ne Secretary of Commerce. And one
If her first duties each morning is
10 look in her own ice-chest.
Then l know what we can have
or luncheon" she explains.
And every morning, the wife OF
he Secretary of Commerce goes to
:ai'i.c.. The custom is becoming
ary popular in Washington. Wives
/ go ernment officials are setting
le example.
AIRS. Newton ID. Baker @aid:
Have YOU been thinking that per
APPS il was your duty TO carry your
En bundles home, and so free the
shovel d little larger than their in
s.len who have been employed in de-
VERY for war service? 1t is q good
lea, but there is another side to the
guestion." said Mrs. Newton d. Ba-
,er. wife of the Secretary of War.
Women want to do their part in
wartime, but we are not blind to the
act that at present We are paying
OF only for the goods we buy, but
or their delivery as we'll If Wo-
len save the cost of delivery by
lrrying their own goods homeland
: women do eighty percent of the
ouying the burden falls on them
hey ought not to pay as much for
he articles"
lave dug their trenches down so they
Mrs. Champ Clark said:
Don't save when it is wiser to
spend.
other ay,,saA-4she- explained, !,
"the woman who cares for my hair
old me that she was thinking of
closing her shop. This economy
propaganda was running her business.
The same is true of dressmakers,
nanicurists, cleaners and others. 1t
20 economiZe, women should feel that
tHey luuSt lIull,uIS VI al, any tulIS
n the nature of a luxury. And so
;he woman who has been to hair
dresser for years decides to do her
own 'hair-dressing. This is short
lighted economy. There is no. rea-
son why the woman who can afford
such services should not have them.
Denying herself these personal COM
forts simply means that she throws
many women and girls out of work
and helps no one."