The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06

| The desire to save money is wide bread. It is based on the commonly accepted fact that if you save money you have it. Money spent is not saved and the average householder finds that more money is spent for simple arti- cles like meat and potatoes and fuel
 than for airplancs. tiaras and other luxuries. In order to save money on household expenses it is necessary to economize. | This is not as difficult as it appears
 to the unobserving. By following d few simple rules. which we have care fully compiled for you, a considerable sum may be saved every year. These rules follow:
 Count Your Coal A ton of egg coal should contain 45, 392,0 ,004 pieces.
 A ton of nut coal should contain ST. 623,259 pieces.
 A ton of pea coal should contain 1 105, ,654,243A pieces. After the coal has been placed in | the cellar count it carefully, using an umpire's indicator to keep track of | the pieces up to four, after that an adding machine.
 If the coal count is more than the
 required amount you will know that ] you have made saving by gyping
 the coal company to some extent. Com l Dute JnlS SdNlUS IVY uiNl0inS tiC Pi tS- | of the ton by the number of pieces that | particular variety of ion should con :
 tain. Then put the money saved in
 the bank.
 | If the coal count is short so to the company and demand the extra pieces
 to which you are entitled. If they re-
 fuse to give them to you. bring suit
 against them.
 l Flies as Fuel I &f. | tant items of household expenses, 1t | follows that anything that can be
 added to the supply adds to the sav- ing on fuel bills.
 | Flies, If correctly prepared. make ex- cellent fuel, and in no country Tn
 which this article can be read Is there
 any shortage of flies. M Catch as many flies as you think you will require for the winter. Ether ize them or kill them with club.
 Then thoroughly dry them in slow oven, or on the porch roof, and they will be ready to chute" into your | fuel bin. Care must be taken to leave none ,f the flies about the kitchen. for in their
 dissected state they can be easily mis- | taken by the cook for raisins. Statis- tics show that they are less palatable than raisins and are of little or no | food value, so that no saving is ef-
 fected by shifting them from the fuel
 to the food supply. A | In the furnace, range or fireplace
 properly dried flies burn with warm
 clear light. and scuttle full will last
 for 10 or l5 minutes.
 DecuttclinE Potatoes
 It is the best and most economical TO
 eat potatoes with the skins on. but 1 ! kthe preparation of potatoes souffle, po-
 tatoes au gratin and mashed potatoes, this is inconvenient.
 | Do not. however, waste any of your | potatoes by the clumsy and uneconomi- cal method of removing the skin with 1 kitchen knife
 | After cleaning the potato take off 1 its jacket with a safety razor, going
 over it as many times as is necessary I to give 1t cool, clean shave.
 The film you remove may be of
 fered to the dog. If he will eat it you
 have made another saving.
 Save the old Screens 1 Because wire screen is rusted is no
 reason for giving it to the junk man.
 Remove the screen from the window.
 and with pair of pliers unravel it
 carefully, coiling up the still Gos1 | wire on a reel.
 This wire you can use later for rs-
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