To the Editor of the "Norra-Curma Datty News."
S1m,—May the voice of the Pro-dial be heard in this madrigal of full-toned economists which accompanies my matutinal chocolate served in the ancestral vermeil If 80, allow me to say that the weighing of coal, the counting of toothpicks and matches, the alger brain calculation of the quantity of cloth made into dresses may form n interesting diversion for those suffering from thio particular form of paranoia, but will certainly make life, not too rosy at its best, 'a burden to all other persons, Porsonally, I have had a house-bold of my own during the last 12 years, and being a bachelor with a Pronounced inclination tow: aybaritic side of life, I have preferred to adopt as device for my household "loisser faire."
I have undoubtedly been squeceed—at least I hope so—but I am convinced that had I adopted the suggestions, made in your columns by the "'conseillers des dames" I might have saved between 10 and 15, perhaps even 20 per cent. on my bills. But what a sum of nagging with servants, threats, wage-cutting, etc., have I not been spared I pay my bills without even examining them, taking care, however that the grand total remains normal—the "conseillers des dames" would here say abnormal! I have never cut my servants (I have two boys, two cooks and one coolie) one cent, I have never asked indiscreet questions about the consumption of coal, butter, eggs, fruit, ete, nor what becomes of the food removed from my table; I have never weighed, measured or sniffed at anything. But: my house is an earthly paradise, scrupulously elean, quiet, no scolding, no banging of doors; my table provides me with the best of everything; the pri-incurs tickle my palate before they are offered at the markets, my kitchen is as clean as a laboratory and I have never had any preventable stomach troubles, caused by a dirty cook.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.