March and up to the present time? If
not, you ought to have on hand a defi
nite amount -of "furniture money," so
you can buy that rug now that you
need it and have an opportunity of
getting it cheap.
The same thing is true of clothing.
Easter will come with the Spring. You
wish the Easter expenses did not make
such a hole in your income ! If you
set aside what you do not spend each
month from your clothing allowance
you can cover more easily the cost of
your Easter fineries.
You wish you cculd put up more
preserves this summer, but sugar is so
high!
You wish you could go to the Opera
Just once this year I
Keeping accounts and planning a
budget is the next best thing to a
Fairy Godmother in helping you to
meet your needs and realize your
wishes. You won't believe it until
you've tried it You've heard before
of keeping accounts and Judged it a
botliersome system too elaborate for
the house and dismissed the idea with
out a trial.
It isn't bothersome when the plan is
simple and you do not try to keep
track of every penny or balance the
account. As tbe months go by it be
comes an interesting game, particular
ly when you can buy that new rug
without sacrificing a summer's vaca
tion to do it.
