The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-29

CFCH WHch DIG Is HOStcSS. "A
carefully trained girl never helps
a man to put on his coat. He is
supposed to be able to take care
of his personal belongings.
Dear Miss Grey: | am a
bookkeeper and as l have a
great deal of work to do | use
the shortest method l can find.
keep box under the kitchen
table to put rubbish in-papers,
string, bottles, tins and coarse
vegetables. Then every day |
put this into a wire basket in
the yard and burn it. Tins, ETC.,
l remove to a pile behind the
garage. My brother came in the
other day and when he saw
what | was doing, he protested
against what he called will
ful waste" He said l should
sell or send away all that rub
bish, as 1t could all be turned
to use. l would like your opin-
ion on this. have grown tired
waiting for the men who collect
such rubbish and surely it Is
not a good thing to let it stand
around.
HOUSEWIFE.
Your brothers advice is sound,
both from the general economic
point Of view and for your own adj
vantage. Garbage and those 9TH
er waste products are very valu-
able now. Fats are needed for
m,inition making, paper and rags
to be made into paper, the short
age Of which Is serious; homes
make fertilizer for gardens and
all the metals are convertible to
needed materials.
All these materials are collect
ed by the city or some firm co.
operating with the city or govern
ment.. They are sorted and sold
and the income aids the city to
carry on its work. Increased val
ue Of by.prOducts has spuired col
lectiOns, and there are always the
junk man to whom you can sell
rags, papers, metals and bottles.
The efficient and patriotic
housewife, therefore, will cOnsign
to her garbage can only such food
material as is absolutely unsable.
She will hang a burlap bag in her
basement and place in 1t all soiled
papers and grOcers' parcels, ready
for the collector. She will save
her clean cloth cuttings and rags
In a separate bag and sell them
to the rag man" or send them
with the waste paper. She will
also tie up neatly old newspapers
and sell or give them away. She
will dispose Of bottles and iron
scraps In the same way and place
tin cans and Rubbish from the
yard in barrel easily moved by
the collector.
Dear Miss Grey: I am q
hearty eater. I cannot keep
from eating. II l omit one meal
eat all the more the next.
l take plenty Of exercise because
do all my homework and take
care of my four children.
Please tell me what I can eat
that will not make me fat. 1
use many potatoes and much
bread. Would crackers he bet
ter? HELEN
1t is best to consult q physician,
who will give you . list of foods
suited to your individual needs.
In general the foods you name
contain too much starch to be used
in quantities by one wishing to
avoid growing stout. Salads and
vegetables are good for you. Try
eating 4 little less each meal In
stead Of emitting a meal entirely.
A friend Of mine in your predica-
ment gained every week for two
months when she ommitted her
Dear Miss Grey: am about
to marry a man 30 years older
than I am. have gone with
him for some tiIae and love him
very dearly. My girl friends
say such marriages do not re-
suit in happiness. Please adj
wise me. CONSTANCE.
This is q matter for you, not
your girl friends to decide. This
In ages suggests to
them the possibility Of differ
ence I'm tastes and inclinations.
They probably think Il would be
hard to adjust your life to that O