Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
by Laura A. Kirkman.
THE HOUSEKEEPER WHO SAVES.

| have received such an exceptional
letter this week from one of my readers
and am going TO print il here without
any changes, as believe my other reader
friends will find IL as interesting rs have
Dear Miss kirkman,' IL runs, Il have
nouced that you often publish readers
discoveries dealing with the housekcepers
viewpoint and thought and inward strug-
giles as we'll as those dealing with her
household problems, and | am gong TO
write you this letter in the hope that you
will print II for other women 10 read.
ror il contains my Secret of Happiness
and others may find happiness, too,
through 1T, | believe.
IL once read in some essay-one of
Fmerson's, | think-that either con-
.ciously Or unconscIously everybody Is
seeking happiness. have always been
one of the unconscious seekers fur
wears have lived alone, unmarried. with
small income to support me. am now
~ u can tell my age as ] don { intend
90 sign my name 20 this letterD am
not particularly economical by nature
and up until this year have sort OF logged
along, making my months income
stretch through the month and not at
tempting to save anything out OF 1t.
INTO INV head 20 start n savings bank aC-
count did u on impulse, never think
ing what the step would mean in my life
never dreaming that saving would prove
10 hc great interest III my hfe- the thing
for which | was unConscIously seeking
"FvcrvhOdv who has ever put dollar
IN the savings bank knows That that dollar
looks twice as blg as dollar outside OF the
bank l,~,Yhaps because II 70 dtAWlng lu-
tcrc~tB. No sooner had I got my httIe
hank pass book home. than began TO
think how many other dollars | could pu,
INTO IT. ! began 10 scheme TO save hve
cents here and ten cents there. and just
the fun " making my schemes pan out
meant cqiallv rs much 70 me Is the
knowledge that | was q little richer bc-
cause of the few dollars saved.
"Now, suppose there are many women
who will sav when they read this, Her
so-called happlucss is Just the avaUCIous
Iov of the mlser rs he fingers his gold
Rrt this Is not true Nv low happiness,
Tor which | have searched uuconsciously
Al those wears, springs from great inter
cst which Ir constant and which gives me
an occupation cutting down my oH-
pensCs as much as possible n order to save
There arc women All over this country
who have ncycr saved a cent. And
many ~ thc~r women are unhappy. some
ot them arc SrckIyg happiness N round
81 pleasure. some - thcm are perhaps
waiting for fate 10 change thcir lot, whIlc
uthers src dreaming 81 achieving higher
social status or some other loUged-for goal
10 such women say. Just Try LAYING aside
4 dollar. and Il YOU don lregln at once
~ feel certain power that ONLY money
IN the bank can give one. aud i YOU don
Iecin ~ once 20 experience the fun OF
contrivine 20 r,l' expenses v here before
Nou never drramcJ YOU could CIT expenses.
aad II YOU don't ind the game Of saving
thrilling ono voll, ! know Won will.
t,rI was lust like vou and did
Tomorrow When PLAN Foods arc
served IN a company meal.
All inquiries addressed 70 Miss Klrkman
~ care ni the "Eflcrncv Housekeeping
department will I've answered in these
columns in their turn. This requires con
siderable time. however. owing To tho great
number received - Il = personal or
quicker reply is desired a stamped and
Sclf-addressed envelope must be enclosed
with the question. The EDITOR.