Meantime the housewife is feeling harassed and worried. The daily newspapers, doubtless intent on. coping up a cheerful atmosphere in. the country, issue daily bulletins to that the English pourie i now worth at least twe two shillings and sixpence, The [oer little housewife goes out, on Monday morning, with her shopping lover her right arm, all set to provide ker John with a dinner twelve per cant. better than what she was able to give him before the pound did those odd contortions which made it worth under fourteen 8 according to one column of her morning daily and half a crown above normal accord column.
'Very' soon her optimism is checked, for the plain blunt truth is that the papers which talk of "cheaper food" are either extraordinarily ill-informed, advising their: readers to purchase' rubbish, or telling fairy tories—doubtless with the highest Possible motives.
First class quality meat, fish, batter, oxus, bacon and vegetables tare all engaged on a nasty upward swoop. Bread, which has risen twice during the last eight weeks is due ain, and mitk—which was said to have been stabilized by law until the thirtieth of next Soptember at sixpence a quart—has, since he first of this month in selailing itself at sevenpence for the double pint, Consequently, frills and furbelows apart—and these are the perquisites of only the fortunate few—wo are tightening our belts. hoping for better things, but, with one eye on the tariff proposals, preparing for the worst and already finding some Jditiealty in coping with the present, On the whole I think that British women who are wintering east this war have little enough reason to wish themselves in the Old Country instead.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.