things out of season; (5) Buying cooked foods that could be more cheaply prepared at 

 home; (6) Not making use of leftovers, water in which vegetables are cooked, etc. 

 (7) Buying things that could be produced at home. Even an apartment can have a 

 window box for parsley and cress, and many a city home has a bit of ground which could 

 be made to produce vegetables for the home table. 



Clothing is perhaps one of the most difficult lines in which to avoid extravagance 

 since the desire for personal adornment is inborn in every one of us. The shops 

 present so many alluring accessories of dress that our expenditure for these often exceeds 

 that for the actual clothing of the bqdy. Still even here we can be stern with ourselves, 

 in the light of the present need. It must be not "What can I buy?" but "What can I 

 do without?" Let us limit ourselves to real necessities and in the purchase of these 

 let us see that we get value for our money. Buy only suitable materials. Learn to 

 recognize quality and insist on getting it. Garments made of good material, though 

 more expensive at the outset than shoddy, wear many times as long, keep their shape 

 and look well long after the poorer article has gone to the rag man. 



In the matter of production the women of rural communities have many oppor- 

 tunities for helping that are denied to their urban sisters. Every extra dozen eggs they 

 can secure from their poultry yards, every additonal peck of vegetables or fruit they can 

 produce and take to market will help the cause. In the lack of adequate help in the 

 fields due to enlistment they can supply much of the need since with the introduction 

 of machinery the necessity for physical strength has been much lessened and any 

 woman can learn to drive a gang plow, a harrow, mower or binder. The opportunity 

 is ours to see that the output from Canadian farms for 1916 does not fall below that of 

 1915, but, if possible, exceeds it. 



HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS 



MISS B. M. PHILP, Lecturer, Macdonald College, Quebec. 



Keep accounts in order that you may see where your money has gone and what 

 proportion your respective expenditures bear to the whole outlay and to each other. 

 This need not be done in an elaborate and burdensome way, but as simply as possible. 

 Below is given a form which is easy enough to be kept by any woman and which may be 

 adapted to suit her special circumstances. 



Account Book 



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