COST OF IGNORANCE
New York, 12th November.—lgnorance on the part of housewives is responsible in large measure for the high cost of living, in the opinion of the New York Food Supply Committee, appointed by the municipal authorities. Working girls and those reared in the homes of the well-to-do are equally at fault, according to the report. Young women employed in offices, stores, and factories before their marriage have little or no practical training in the art of housekeeping, the committee finds. The same is true, it is held, of the daughters of prosperous families, where the mistaken nbtion prevails that it ia not necessary for them to learn housekeeping. The committee contends that extravagance and waste in households headed by women not trained for home-making leads to large and unnecessary drains upon the city's food supply.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 1, 2 January 1915, Page 10
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137COST OF IGNORANCE Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 1, 2 January 1915, Page 10
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