Kitchen Economy

In ouv housekeeping wc know nothing true eeonomy, and j-et eeonomy is a watohword In nlmost ever}' house. KcefStenk and white bread, bucter and potfatocs, inake np the bulk of the ordinary f.iro of most families from ono ye:ir to another. But tho honsewife is seized wíth a steak óf cconomy is to be tlie rule. Wefl economy is tried. No butter, or fugar, or moat, or eoffee is to be allowed. Something, of course, is selected as "contrabatid" tliat will be the raost missed - Tliis is endurcd for a while; everybody is rcudercd uncomfortablc, and 8000, to the gratifieatiou of all, it is agrecd that t'coaoiüy is a humbug, and thinga settle down In the old track. This plainly n'.vows that the word is not undcrstood. - but let a French woman, vho knows the meaning of the term, take chargo of the housekeeping, and not one word will be heard of eeonomy ; every one will praise the glorious living, the rieh and delicious yet uameless dishes that so ptease tho palatc, and which all agree must be exoeediaglj costly, while tho truth is, the ecouoiny dodgo is being practiced by the heusekeeper, wlio keops her own sscrets, and her money too. I hope American housekeepers will think of this, and when they wish to economizein farnily expenses, say nothing about it, but by a little ingenuity and calculation, and a little extra labor, makc every one believo they are living better than ever beforo, wbile they are saving oue-half their ordinary expenses. Just bow this is to be done perhaps I cannot teil you, but I know every good French housekeeper could. And with a little thought, I am s:itisfied every intelligent Yaukee eau do the same. I havo long been of the eouvietion that we uiight save one-half of our living expenses ; and if so, this is certaiuly th 3 time for a