The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

the Injuries do not appeal so strongly as
(2) Bay the amount needed. Gas a gem
eral r:ile) as it is needed. Becauseif there's
abundance one is liable TO be extravagant
.(Ow on clothing
IA Worn dresses or trousers can be rip
ped up, laundered and with a good pat
er's bill, as well as the expense of buying
new.
co Sometimes little adding or taking
away from last years suit will make it
very nearly up to date:
81 Dyeing sometimes helps. light waist
can be DYED a dark color and you have
the same feeling if you were wearing
an entirely new waist.
"a Have old shoes repaired as long as
90 Fix the collar and wristlets of last
winters overceat, sew the buttons on, and
fix up The ockets and make it wear an
other winter.
Then some the problems of the home
"a Do a little repairing before the de-
terioration gets so bad that 1T will take
several dollars to fix it up.
l2) If furniture is married, get busy and
refiniSh it yourself (for you CAM and make
it look very nearly like new.
go Clean your wall paper instead of put
ting on new.
O. Place small rugs tastefully over
90 From the waste of the made-over
garments, make comforts to keep you
(6) Be careful of water and gas. Don't
waste it, and turn the lights off when YOU
leave room. for it may be an hour before
"a Save coal by knowing how to tend
your furnace
From the real luxuries of life one can
economic to suit themselves.
THOMAS OWEN, r. r. No 7, Topeka
The high cost of living can be ameliorat-
/ ed little thru the skimming and saving
of the careful household. but it never can
! be adequately reduced, till the strong arm
of the government takes hold of the profit
teer and throttles him.
The government should stabilize the
prices of the necessities of life 1t has put
flour are stable. 1t could do the same
with corn, cotton, wool, leather, dry goods,
sugar, meats and Other. necessities
There is an orgy of profiteering ell over
1.-THE country. The wholesaler, the middle
man. the retailer. all do it. The retailer
Journal. He is profiteering. I prove
it. sold a half bushel basket of crab
day he sold them for $1-S0, a profit of 2G0
| per cent. In recent issue of the State
Journal, Tokay grapes. were advertised by
basket. All pay the same price, about
40 cents per basket, making a profit Of
| from % to 75 per cent. Somebody is
profiteering. Those who sell at 10 cents
| sometimes make an additional profit of %
| per cent by making four selling baskets
| out Of three original baskets. by rearrang
| ing and repacking the grapes This is
| done frequently.
We would do the same thing. We are all
human, and cut out of the same CLOTH But
| If We want to dol the right thing, strong
cupidity. The Big Stick at times is neces-
sary. The man who recently in the State
Journal said that I per cent profit was
error. He dropped cipher. 1t should
have been 20 per cent. The grocer, who in
Wednesdays Journal said all they made
was 3 per cent, made a greater error, judg-
ing by my transaction with one, he drop
ped two ciphers.
MRS r. H. BEALS, ST. John, kansas
The causes of the high cost of living are
many, such as supply and demand, more
struction End eXtravagant living. am
going to treat it from the latter Viewpoint
great extent.
1 think it will be conceded that never in
the history of the United States have the
people been living so -unrestrainedly in re-
gard to Injuries 1t is true that never
have the shops shown such an array of
of beauty loving woman. What splendid
chance to practice self-control for personal
In well known shoe cataIog the prices
range from S5.35 to S26.50. Surely one can
ind the price to fit his purse; yet how
$50 for a Pair Of shoes for his wife de
to pay $500 or have family unpleasant
rover and longer or has the so-called mar
row vamp so stylish this season.
Let us not be such , slaves to fashion hi n
women would boycott the So suit?
mean what would happen to the suit !?
What If every woman really financially
able to pay these high prices for wearing
apparel would decide to pay only reason
able price for an article and every woman
not really financially able to pay the high
! prices would decide to pay only what she
could actually afford. What would the
poor merchant do with the high priced
stock of goods? 1t would be so much
easier to live within ones income and
save little each month If all ones friends
were doing the same.
And Won women who can afford $50
blouse-m You would saw "I'll mot paw
| what / can afford but what think is a
reasonable price" Where would the de
maHd for the $50 blouse he for great
! deal Of the buying beyond ones income