Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1886 — A TREATISE ON ECONOMY. [ARTICLE]

A TREATISE ON ECONOMY.

An Attempt to Unravel an Intricate Kol- - ence. When Bummer comes purchase an $8 suit of blue flannel. This is economy. In a month's time if they begin to reach upward at the ends sew lead at the bottom of the legs, or, if this will not answer the purpose, “sprinkle sugar in the shoes to call them down.” This is rough on high-water “pants.” If they become yellow on the knees, ink them carefully, or boil them in black paint. If they stretch at the waistband, lap them over ' iff plaits. Then go around the block* and people will imagine you to be one of Barnum’s latest additions to the museum. Save money and purchase $S suits. A real $8 suit cm be had of all the leading clothiers. Never pay as high as S.O for a suit of clothes. Eight from thirty leaves twenty-:wo. Twenty two dollars 4te saved l v this deal. Economy is wealth. Again, let us look in the tangle of domest.c economy. A man will sometimes walk to save car fare, and then purchase a quarter of a dollar’s worth of cigars. He will also complain bitterly of the dull times; but watch him enjoy the ballet in the orchestra. This is bald-headed economy. People must enjoy themselves one way if they have to economize in another. Again, will an 80-cent shirt stand rubbing on a' washboard ? It might. But generally they are handled with care. “Deal gently with the prizepackage shirt” is a rule sometimes lai down, by laundrymen. “Steam and coax it to become clean,” he adds to the laundress, “but do not wrestle with it. ” A laundress will not wrestle with a cheap shirt. Again, if a spring bonnet costs $27.50 what will a derby hat come to? Oneninety. Because this same gentleman who pays for the aforesaid spring bonnet desires to economize on hats. Domestic economy is an intricate science. And here again is a beautiful scene of economy: Closing up the house during the summer months to allow the family to enjoy themselves in the country. Are you not paying rent? Yes; unless you own the house. But houseowners are not included in this argument. I refer to the gentleman who pays rent. Who gets the benefit of this vacant house during the summer months ? , The servant girl, the policeman, and the cotton-bugs. What are the family doing in the country ? Enjoying themselves and getting tanned. They are gettiug healthy. GootL, But in the meantime you are paying rent. This is one of the delicate questions in economy. Again, a young man writes to ask me if he can get married on $lO a week. Yes, he can, if the girl’s father is a millionaire. But, unless the girl’s father is a millionaire, I would advise him to keep single. Can a man keep house on $lO a week ? He can—about three days.— Puck.