Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-18
Kiues' Housekold
Accounts Samples
of Business Methods
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undertaken without establishing u
system OF bookkeeping. and surely
every housewife considers tho finan-
ing OF home OF equal Importance
with any other line OF work. In order
| 10 save there must be accurate state
| ments OF all transactions so that they
may be referred To, studied and COM
pared from time to time such Is the
! instructive statement made In the
| sample of household accounts, entered
| by Mrs. Otto L. Wiley. of Malcolm,
! Poweshick county, who took first prize
OF S25 In the contest held at the recent
| Marshalltown Swine and Corn Con-
gress. That the other entrants agree
to the statement is brought out In q
| survey of the accounts submitted. al
tho very few expressed themselves so
| we'll.
Mrs. WIey's Accounts.
| Mrs. Wiley has the ability OF ex-
pressing her thoughts very well so she
explained most Interestingly her rea-
! sons for using a household bookkecp-
| Ing system. She tells that she was
married when sho was IS, and at the
! time Of writing had been married elev-
en- years, during ten Of which she had
! kept an accurate account of her house
| hold expenses and savings. One dol
! lar and seventy-five cents was the
/ amount per day her husband earned
when they were married and at the end
! OF the year baby girl had hecn added
! TO the family, which, she explains, re-
| suited in her having TO adopt budget
system TO make both ends meet.
| Value was the first thing learned
! from the system and Mrs. Wiley was
/ 5 Don able to choose the best for tho
amount she had to spend. then came
tho idea Of saving thru obtaining the
! best value. ITO save something
however small" became her slogan,
and she states that ut was the only
method by which we could have sue
ceeded at all"
Mechanics Wife's Budget,
! In comparison with Mrs. Wley's ex-
| h!bit was that Of Mrs. Glen Kepler, of
NJ. Vernon. Linn county, which need
ed no explanation further than the
statement Of the fact that her hus-
| band Is employed as mechanic in a
garage, making S25 a week, which is
! the sole income Of the family that in
! Cludes two children, aged 3 and 6
years. A mere statement Of facts was
given by Mrs. Kepler, who uses the
! budget plan Of allowing specified
I amounts of the income for certain ar
! ticles. 1t was especially interesting to
note that her plan was worked down
| to such a fine point that the foods
| purchased were only those most nutri-
tious. including seventeen and one
/ half quarts Of milk every week, chick
I en- now and then and the good cuts Of
beef
! Mrs. Kepler used the weekly budget
plan and gave an account for one
month which was arranged under the
| following items: rent. "a; groceries
and milk. 81; meat and eggs. 81
/ clothing. IS; savings, 81; and miscel
! laneous, 81. She explained that the
weekly savings paid for coal, for an
, insurance premium and emergencies
while under. miscellaneous was includ-
ed recreation and church and club
dues. BY laying aside 81 each week
for house rent. of SIC a month, at the
end of each three months-there was
81 left over which was applied for
| household furnishings and during the
whole year two $50 Liberty bonds had
been purchased from savings.
Mrs. Wiley also gave a sample Of
one months accounts and included the
following items: income, Savings in
bank. fire insurance. taxes repairs,
groceries. meat, cleaning, help. laun-
dry, fuel light clothing, dry goods,
furniture. furnishings. postage, tele-
, phone, education. books. papers. car
! fare, transportat ton, entertainment;
recreation. life insurance, doctor. den
! list, medicine, church, charity and
miscellaneous