HOW TO SAVE MONEY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 161, 31 March 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

HOW TO SAVE MONEY.

In all countries and in all ages men earned money and women spent it. The war has'changed ;; !1 that. Now both men and women earn 111011 .■>*, men spent it, and women save ;t. Women, therefore, are the real economist-. Economy means to do without something that you want. It you don't want it and don't have it, or if you do want it and do have it, that is not economy. True economy consists in pinching and squeezing yourself lor the proletariat of your country. The mistress of a house should take a sharp look round and see what she can do without. Now it is obvious, il si 1.0 is not lazy an..' inefficient and stupid, that she can dispense with (1) servants, (2) food, (3) drink, _ (4) fuel, (5) laundry, (0) dress, '7) ainusuments, ("*) boobs (9) a house. Any woman who is worth her salt can light her own fires, scrub her own floors, cook her own food, and do her own washing. If you have children, vou Will find" it a delightful relaxation to attend to them in the intervals of work, spare minutes are the go!c dust of time! Wear a large apron when waslr'ng dishes so that you may le abl„ to remove the fragments conveniently, and use chamois gloves to keep the kitchen soap from chaping your hands. But if by any means your hands or face should become roughened do not waste money on cosmetics. Keep a ic.v geese in your garden, and kill ono occasionally. You will fine it cheaper than butcher's meat; you can make soup with the giblets, and goose gren«o is one of the finest things in the world for hair, hands, . v face See that the butcher cuts the exact weight of your jo'nt without fat ami without profanity. Eat Less meat, less butter, less bread. Eat less of everything. If you eat practically nothing you will be able t?> cook it beautifully with a gas ring and a hay box. Your husband will be surprised at the resu.t So will you. Sift the ashes. Caiefully blow oiu any matches you use, anil keep them in the oven with cabbage leaves and (arret stems for kindling. You will seldom require a fire in your sittingrooms, as you will always be warm with your work, and you will not wish visitors to stay for long. Sprinkle your coal with soapsuds and ensh water—the waste oils penetrate the coal and add greatly to its heat and perfume. Wear out vour old clothes, or anybody 1 else's old "clothes that you can get cheap. If you can't get good old clothes, make your own. T)o not read anything, or waste money on books, magazines, or papers. Read'ng is an icle habit. In fact, v hen vou scrub, cook, bake, wash, mend, make your own and the children » clothes, dig in the garden, etc., etc., you will find a 10-'g walk more bracing and less expensive than a silly novel. A great deal may be savec. 1 by co-opera-tive housekeeping. You may poo! your mental, physical, and financial resources with those of your mother-in-law in a joint house! "d; or, if you are so unfortunate as not to possess a mother-in-law, vou might take in a paying guest, if you have a garden you can rig up a summer-house with a few planks and boards and a sheet of corrugated iron and live there a good part ! of the year while you let your house furnished to a Territorial at a handsome profit. The two great reasons for our amazing extravagance are —(1) we have been taught to believe that food, clothes, are really necessary to sustain life, and (2) that a moderate degree of comfort and some recreation contribute to happiness. The woman who keeps an idle dog or l>oils potatoes into sc.i-ash is aiding and abetting the enemy, while the woman who fries bread in dripping instead of making toast and buttoi serves her country more than a lawofficer of the Crown. Of course a saving wife will naturally expect her busband to live up to her high example. Sho will cause him to look arounand sec what he can do without, and if he says he can easily do without a wife like her, then he is a beast and a traitor to his country, seeing that <?Y4M'V cigar lie smokes and owry whisky and "soda ho drinks nullifies the efforts of the patriotic and efficient woman who is disgraced by his name.