THE CULT OF THRIFT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18550, 7 November 1923, Page 11

THE CULT OF THRIFT.

HAEREMAI CLUB EXHIBITION.

AN INTERESTING DISPLAY.

MEALS FOR A FEW PENCE.

The Haeremai Club's thrift exhibition held yesterday in St. James' Hall provided interesting evidence of the survival of a homely virtue very much under-rated in the present age. The members of the Haeremai Club are all busy working women, and that they could find the time and energy to make up the 500 exhibits displayed yesterday, speaks well for their interest in home matters and for their capability and real skill 'n various forms of needlework and home industry. An important feature of the exhibition was the display of garments of all kinds made up from such homely articles as flour-bags, and odds and ends of discarded clothing. The ingenuity displayed in some of the exhibits was quite remarkable and those who can think of no higher use for a discarded flour-bag than its easy transformation into a duster or tea-cloth, would have regarded with genuine surprise, the array of dainty apparel devised by the active brains of these working women of Auckland. In addition to these made articles, there was an exhibit of darning and mending, sent in by a lady of 90, so exquisitely fine that the strengthening threads could hardly be discerned from those of the original material. A display of useful articles made from sugar bags afforded further evidence of ingenuity and skill, while a number of cooking utensils made out of benzine tins and boxes attracted much admiring attention. One of the best features of the exhibition was the display of three meals at a cost which would by many be deemed incredible in these days of high food-costs. But there was an appetising dinner, three courses, sufficient for four people, at a total cost of 2s 2d, a tea which worked out at Is 3d, and a breakfast at Is 4d. There was an object lesson to half the homes in Auckland in those three wellserved, carefully planned meals. The exhibition also included a good exhibit of cakes, scones and sweets. The children were well represented in a display of handiwork that included many useful household articles, while in the school section was an interesting exhibit from the little folk of the Free Kindergartens, and a display of plasticine modelling and other work from the Napier Street school. A well-stocked flower stall was an additional attraction, the flowers being sent as a donation from the Lyceum Club. J

The exhibition was well attended by members of the club and their friends. Such poods as were not sold previously being disposed of by auction at the end of the evening