Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-01
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. Kirkn an.
A NEW YEAR s RESOLUTION
FOR THE HOUSEkEEPEK

II is an astounding fact ihnt many,
many hotsekeepcrs never study thetF
urocer's ordcri slips after the delivery
of nm order. They either hive childish
beLef thai all the world ~ woiNf q Tor
thor pood. or else they are not apprlsed
of Tho fact that mistakes are frequently
made even by groccrs with the best ~
tentions in the world; or else they are
plainly and simply TO q lazy To bother W
check up the ordering slip -concernihe
Tho prices on the slip with those they
know 10 bc the standard price OF the
articles received
The thrifty housewife does her ordering
| m tb;s manner She takes pad and pencil
| 10 list which she has hanging ON hen
| litcb,n wall-an alphabetical list OF al
| tho various foods she is in the habit of
ordering: opposite each article OF 1000 y
| written it's present price this prlcc must
ol course be erased aud chaI ged as INC
pricca 0uctuatc) She starts at "A ana
| ends M ~, " goir over the entire list even
| though she wishes TO order only n ieW
tbirrs. ~ this way shc Cnunot possibiy
| overlook any food which she needs I"
| order
She then takes her pad to tho phone
calls up the grocer, asks the present p,iee
| of such things rs eggs butter ana o'ne'
cdihlcs which change frequently IN price,
and gives her order.
When these things are delivered, Rhe
paws the boy Then comes the import tam
st cp that So ma overlook STUDYING "'
order slip She sits down and goes over
each item. her eyes flying from the SUI =
her hand tu the list ui foods hho 'n'i'
prices hung upon Che wall tli nc" pfi'c
were quoted to her over the telephone
she will f c urpc have written tn'6e ul"'
the wall list pciorc forgetting tno9
If snc finds taat orcak'RSt i'"d "h'o,'
iSIstcI NJ 13 cents has ~ cents uPp"Sh'
II on tho slim in her hand, snc sh"ultl 70 Z"
the phone and cell NJ hey grocer anI aSt
MIN the prescnt pIicr oi that hIchNl"S'
food WHOM shr finds that - cents IS '"'
rect She should tcll hun that It has h''i
marked p5 cents an the order sup ana H7'
HIM ~ credit hcr with tW" cents
Nov ,prc Ie luet where some ""h,el
make their mlgtakc They ato ashail'h :
make n l,lgs ave, two cents lhcy W"n''
rnthcr lot the matter ~ than cav 'Ip "
grocer and stand up ior then llEl'F
Srch women spt II groccrs h'N itA'
| ,be grocer a. think that II doesn ma'te
,,,,c6 i 4lc nr,ce ~ q commodity varle'
a cent !, +yv,, II Is often great tFWl'a
tion 10 the Erucol
: P,lt II tho housckccpcr VIII h'R' ~
two cents she viii soon sCc thar h'' El"'
takes mains not tu make such lhlA'aht@ =
thc f,Iture liz knove which q h,s 'ust"
mers add ~ hls figures ~ s"e = nF t'''
q correct which of ms customers "clR
ms po,lpd oC butter "n then hume SCal'
10 see i Ills weight IS short "hich ., ~
customers check M every tom "h VIZ
ordor sh,,q IL ascertain that no mistake
have boon made I.
oh housckccpoc rcador-tu"nda II y
mi make the New y ear les"l lu'i"h !
study our order slips 50 TINT The h'gh ''l
~ living shall not hc increased tin"uRh ,''
nun o.nclcsencse and lack "i en'c' p'is'
All,paurice addressed ~ Miss l\nkma'
IN ,arn nf the Efficient ll"ueok"epinE
department Will 10 answered. " 'h'-
,,I,,,,,e IL thc,, tu,u This requires cnn
,.jer,tI, t,rno however owing 7" th
rr,.,+ ,n,nhn, received - Il 2 personal :"
.,,,.La, ,enl, il drsuei. 8 stamped "n'
liz adI,e.se,j envelope must ho cn''"-o'
with tho question: ne fd''