The Washington times., 1919-10-06

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the high cost Of living. Prices are
high and are going % stay high.
unfortunately, until the unrest eL
the world settles down and we get
back to a somewhat more normal
world and more normal prices.
AN any Of as can DO, therefoFe. -
what the doctor advises the un-
happy family whose nearest ane
dearest are stricken with 4atal
digeage. You cannot cure him. but
make him as comfortable a1 pos
sible until the end.
We, therefOfe, have just got 20
make ourselves as comfortable e.
possible and fool the little old
demon OF high prices whenever ana
wherever we can. And this - en-
opportunity 20 get together a9
ways and meagn committee-eo pass
our pet economies along. % sWap
ways and methods by which we
have given the old High Cost Of LlV-
ing at least a passing swat
IL we can't annlhilate him entire
u let's see just how sick We can
make him look, as with 8haFpenea
wits We devise new tricks TO lower
soaring prices and reduce mounting
bills at the end Of each month.
Help Each Oher.
Send in your ideas-youF most
economical recipes. III you've
found q way TO DO anything-no
matter how trivial-cheaper and
easier than the usual way, give the
other felloW-in this case, the 9th
er woman. the benefit of e.
And while I've a chance before
your contributions begin 60 pie IN
I'm going 20 air my opinions on
one subject, at least I'm con-
vinced that good buying IS half
the battle in this struggle, which
Just at present is eVeFybodyig fight
The woman. no matter how pros
perougly situated, was does her
marketing on the telephone -
keeping prices up not only for her
self but for her more uufortunats
sisters who have 70 count pennies
as well as dollars
know because myself have
been guilty OF every housekeeping
misdemeanoF on the calendar. I've
telephoned my orders, and have had
such experiences as theses
A roast sent TO me two and 6
half pounds larger than I ordered.
A porterhouse roast sent instead
Of q rib roast, with a difference in
the price OF 16 cents per pound.
A head OF lettuce charged at .
cents when every market had
plenty at fifteen
And the woman who cagually
stroll8 into the neighborhood mar
ket where the prices are top notch
IS very little better than her tels-
phlning sister.
Selection Of Dealer.
II s. a fact that the prices in
these select little neighborhood
markets which appear in every
prOsperously populated section ara
at least 10 cents q pound higher
on all meats-in the matter Of
bacon alone I have found a dis
erepancy OF 23 cents a pound.
Now, marketing. real honest-to-
goodness marketing. Is no joke. It
isn't q pretty pastims and per-
sonally know lots Of things I'd lots
rather do. but no woman can really
be said to market or be really max
ing an EFFORT to live more economi-
cally unless she takes her basket
and goes to the large markets, and
once there, Is willing to tramp from
stall TO stall until she can discover
where she can get the best things
at the lowest prices.
II her husband has a car, even
an honest. unpreEentious little div-
yer, she Is lucky, because then the
onerous labor Of carrying the heavy
basket home falls TO one OF Mr..
FOrd's best, and not to her own
tired arms.
I can already hear some Of my
readers groaning. They don't like
the picture OF themselves with q
market basket on the arm one little
bit. But every woman who isn't