Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-05-06
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is common sense applied to spenaI1n'
The Word SPENDING is apnl,aa
only to money. but to time no.
efficiency and every ptker nhaas
life. e
Getting our moneys worth 10
and skin is an art. and skin in dbl.
this does not mean stinginess or O
gardliness, whether in buying tho s
essities of life, or in paying for
vice rendered. 'c''
IT means thought and patience
works but after that is our ioh Ia, aug
people do not realize that it is fror s'a,g
little things that greatness ana
lection are made.
Prosperity is measured by sav,.S
National and personal prospective p.
dependent upon each other. The 49,,
basis of prosperity is freedom ~
debt, and freedom from debt spell,
THRIFT.
War has brought the people Of on,
country to a larger sense of the mr.,
portion of things. More than ever Ia
fore. real worth is our standard i
stead Of every passing fancy.
During the war one of our month,
magazines began the house keeni,,
section of their magazine with m
slogan Winning the War by hons.
hold efficiency" A great deal i,
credit has been given to the women !, I
America for their efforts at that tims
| They have been deserving of the cred, I
but the lesson must not be lost
We have been known the world or..
| &C fhriftfaoo
have always considered that the won.
derful resources of our country ws,,
inexhaustible, but now the increase :,
! population in the United States is :,
much greater than production n.,
prices have gone soaring upward ona
VIII continue to do so, at least In sor,,
cases. unless we learn to mako ho,..' /
use Of things.
Jeople of other countries think ,h.,
all the people of the United States as'
rich because we spend so much and
scorn to save the little things
Not long ago read in a daily pane,
of how the people of Austria are con.
serving fuel. At the present time the (
nrice of coal there is about s175.o0 per
ton. Every woman there whether rich 4
or poor carries a small bag when walk E
ing on the streets. and puts into It F
every twig and splinter of wood that I
will serve as fuel This work serys b
two purposes. They are saving fua
and it is said that the cities Of AustrA
are the cleanest in the world.
Not long ago 1 SAT some men toppr
trees In Shoshone. The main trw
of the trees and the largest branc
were split into firewood, but lar
amount of smaller branches wei
stacked in piles and burned. | haH
seen this done many times before, AMI
1t did not occur to me that this wal
wasteful. but this spring after reading
of the great need of Austria, it cam.
to me that this Is only one OF tn; Z
thousands of things in which we art
heedlessly wasteful These small
branches broken into stove length; S
would have lasted many days in the
kitchen stove. and helped to decrease
the price of coal, because the price
things always depends upon the dk 4
mand. Thousands of old trees art
burned by the railroad every year, and 4
especially in our cities thousands Of
people suffer from the cold because E
they haven't the money to buy sui
ficient supply of coal at the prevailing
nigh prices. Another way that fuel
can be conserved it by saving electric &
lights This does not effect us becaus
OF our abundant supply of water power &
nut 1t does effect our pocket books, ami 4
1t is well to get into the habit.
The next thing to be seriously con-
sidered is the conservation of food
Mr.. Hoover has said Food will win {:
the World" We have plenty of food for
ourselves and our own people. but we
must not live for ourselves alone.
There are about 1000, 900 other PEG.
PIES, neigfibors and allies. and the need
Of food is greater than ever. We must E
practice thrift, the new thrift of to.
lay( where we may live just as VT
IT a greater saving than ever befon
have heard 1t said that a Frenrs
'ouse wife will supply her table well
with what the American housewife
hrows away. This Ia greatly to our
Iiscredit. and 1t is time that We take
few leaves from the French wonans
onl<- book. H
The principle steps In food saving
re these. M
I. Careful planning OF meals. ~
2. Wise buying. IS
3. Attention to care and storage ~
after purchase
4. Care in preparation.
(. Judgment in serving.
s. Scrupulous saving and use Of
leftovers.
The use of leftovers is not a dreary
ask. but a wonderful opportunity fof
enius and thrift. W
Styles take too large a slice of our s.
'cones. One Of the best ways to save
J buying is to make fashion the last N
JASON for purchase. Bargains are
aother pit fall. have known many
omen to buy materials because Trey
ere cheap and then pack them AVA
trunks for months or years. because
hen making garrient the thns IS
d not happen to be just what they &
I'd In mind. II one stops to consider
e interest on the money invested, AMI 81
e deterioration in the materials from
ing packed away. the buy has been
} bargain. r.
cheapness does not always mean