Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-31
CHEAPER FOOD GRADES
EFFECT BIC SAVING
Lcretto C. Lynch, Noted Expert on
Household Problems, Gives
Some Shopping Advice.
M G. LYNCH.

ny LoRETro 6. LYNCH.
lies Mrs. Hennessy been In yet. Her
MANI auericd the bustiing little
grocery store n little earlier than was
sH.s ashs h hs he l msessnisa,1 the ssass
hssas0 zf bnx anaeekff er the Hs ,s sss tnse o he
nfsre ssse n t.sna'1 Mrs. Farley: what
suppose" continued the some
thing!"
Yes, she even treated her family
s Be oos OF 81 our a eo sea ,oniEht, s'T nsr.
man suggested, for he had been a
clerk in this neighborhood some
s sanls co an { &c wi hsa ho 1eseHsa by Of fe his
poor neighbcrhood more psychology
than many young men learn In a
The remark had it's effect. Mrs.
Farley fairly bristled. And draw
ing ing b her sh1 Abb ;; shaw' a bit closer
With p a sit of a M jerk. Daske' oo"n
We'll Herman. my husband is
EARNING Just as much as Hennessy.
and see that you show me the best
quality OF everything / ask for to-
This is not fiction, 1, is fact. And
the clerk later told me hat there
bhoa N III IL t-ii ms
OF the great mass of housewives when
they came shopping today. They call
sSr nothinG 6pt the best quality Of
that. perhaps. this was peculiar to
this particular n~eighborhood,, where
there is much shipbuilding and ages
But just at this time there came TO
me the statement of Mr.. .Cumpson.
aaie Groeep 9s i assoe dsM h0r This Mh sas-
tleman says we cannot expect lower
prices for at least two years to come.
opinion: a short supply. an immense
demand, short hours and high wages
OF labor. and the universal call for
He says that this last compels vast
age OF lower, grade products and puts
more demand and more prices on high
Yet l earnestly. believe that there
are housewives who have never seen
The problem from this angle. Now.
nc. economy in purchasing something
that is not fit for human consump-
lion. But there are several grades
rice at a decided saving. The grains
nTe simply broken and not quite SO
to at least a dozen groccrs before l
Carry H~iEh-Priccd Goods.
In the poorest enighhorhoods gro
GERS told me they no longer carried
A. because they never had a call for
~ And In several OF the stores I
tried the clerks assumed that hurt
on the faces of se5-a-week sales
women when a timih woman dares
say she Is not Interested in the
Sl25 s~utts-that she thought She
might-be able TO get something Cor
One OF the things I have tried to
impress upon my students who are
stuaying scientific marketing. is this:
IL you must, only sacrifice appear
buy the cheaper trades.
again. food that had to be cooked.
In other words. oatmeal and some
other cereals that have TO be cooked
very thoroughly before being eaten
loose" And this H Is e]speeiallTH ,r rms
s1f your dealer is a modern one and
kesps his wares properly protected
C aasl.ana otnsr foreign matter.
AThere are certain things that we
rsszAna!etthuut further cooking. For
.SSEE sat cbna eE 81 seem more advis-
tpontents of which has. not been
raed by human hands. But I must
SSSery to me why womcn buy dried
! I.s in a glass jar Mt n huge price.
---eTe them n finely boil them.
NYa,t Instruments. 49,
suppose you make q list OF all the
commodities you purchase within a
nontn. Make inquiry as TO the prices
o. Sne various grades OF each com
modify and list them. Decide also
just which, commodities you may
Iaieiy purchase in bulk and which
And let $1,000.
ITuit n vegetables alone. They
aIa 10 come into the market for the
.thrifty ~ewife's table. They came
Nm for the table Of the enormous
'Nsalrny among us. Why not let
mem have these ~luSur!cs until ma
ture provides them in our own neirh-
borhood in their proper season iva
can ENJOY them then at 4 fair p-ice
as we'll as at their aGry best.