Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-03
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Henrietta Grauel.
OUR DEAR BARGAINS.

Are YOU reused and lifted out at Your
ioc trot. when Won see n heap Of hosiery
marked from n dollar and quarter down
TO scvcntv-ninc cents II YOU do not
think they are worth fighting your way
through a crowd and waiting half a day
for. YOU arc no true daughter Of I've.
And If those stockings ravrl In the hrsi
washing or If they fade INTO rs MANY
colors as dull and rrimy rainbow
| remember To blame IT on a careless iaund-
ross. Never face the truth and say Your
| bargains were dear at any prlce
Women arc really less extravagant than
men; they dr3s UP 10 the standard
set for them by the hts lands family, or
BY the husband IN question Most
| bargain hunts rs are made what Shey are,
bv desire 10 please someone else and not
| bv any longing 10 fight hall a day for Il
doubtful possession.
Besides il is always the extreme Nc
| hear Of When one docs get real bargain
! there is no complaining VINO would
| tell that her new blouse was made OF
| remnant Of fine curtain netting? Who
| would boast Of velvet-pancled skirt
made from last years cont and piano
scarf The origin Of such treasures is
| kept hidden in our hearts. and we cheer
| fully try To find similar ways to keep
| within his income.
Fortune saws, which will YOU have
a good table. well-set, with food in
| abundance, or a stylish frock? You can
not have both " Il will have both :"
says the lady. and she does, thanks to
the precious bargain table
II YOU buy tling of standard quality
at a saving In price, 1t Is bargain; but
cheap things made To sell are dear
bargains at any price.
| A bargain is when you secure thing
that fits your personal needs. and this
definition can be carried into every part
of YOUR home Now TO be able always &c
decide when things are Just what you
need and want YOU must know values
You must know the real and apparent
price of foods; the relation Of foods te
health: and how, when al where To buy
A man who laughs at bargain hunters
is a mean chap. OF necessity, womer
must cut the corners, regulate then
expenditures and watch the outlay. Thi,
is because, for years, women were mo-
aware that housekeeping was the mos
important business under the sun They
were always short Of money, household
budgets were seldom planned, every
dollar spent for the house or the famil,
had to be asked for separately. Now mer
say women are tightfisted or they ar
extravagant Poor things. they are onl,
irving to please every one. and, to keey
shred Of dignity, they had to become
veIitalc dragons
All, Mr. Man who sharpened the
mercantile wits? Who taught womer
the hard lessonsAof stinting or the loy of ;
charming appearance? Who made then
squeeze pennies while dollars rolled away
Who? The money earners of their family
Even today, when a dollars purchasin,
power is reckoned at about ffty-nin,
cents, most women can get dollar ane
one cents worth of real value from it
There is a bad bargain made once in
while before she has been long in th,
school of experience, but you must atlmi
no woman ever makes the same mistak,
twice Even your firms fve-thousand-a
year buyer shows bad judgment in pur
chase now and then You are tolerant will
him why not look at Wife's mistakes
too, through glasses of tolerance?