Frugal Housewife
Sorry, The link is fixed now. Tawra
jill... look what i found! ... on the 1,000 post
blog we were discussing what our previous
generations were thinking about by living
frugally and well, saving money...
look at this... this book was published in
1830!... the frugal housewife...
here is the link...
i thought you would get a kick out of this... i
am still looking for that copy of what ben
franklin wrote about living frugally in his
newspaper articles...
when i find it i will share it with you...
thanks again, jill... this is really kinda fun
to look up these things and see what our
ancestors were thinking and going thru in their
own times!...
i guess u are right when you posted that the
advice they were giving back in 1917 (from the
magazine you found) is still the same advice as
the magazine you were reading in the 1970's!...
i think it would be neat if maybe any of the
members can remember what our
parents/grandparents or other family members did
to survive the great depression years and maybe
share those stories too...
if i find anything else i will send you the
links...
thanks again...
rose :D
jill... look what i found! ... on the 1,000 post
blog we were discussing what our previous
generations were thinking about by living
frugally and well, saving money...
look at this... this book was published in
1830!... the frugal housewife...
here is the link...
i thought you would get a kick out of this... i
am still looking for that copy of what ben
franklin wrote about living frugally in his
newspaper articles...
when i find it i will share it with you...
thanks again, jill... this is really kinda fun
to look up these things and see what our
ancestors were thinking and going thru in their
own times!...
i guess u are right when you posted that the
advice they were giving back in 1917 (from the
magazine you found) is still the same advice as
the magazine you were reading in the 1970's!...
i think it would be neat if maybe any of the
members can remember what our
parents/grandparents or other family members did
to survive the great depression years and maybe
share those stories too...
if i find anything else i will send you the
links...
thanks again...
rose :D
posted by Tawra Jean at 10:04 PM
3 Comments:
looks like they've moved the link. Here's the updated one: http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/books/frugalhousewifechild/frch.pdf
Hi Tawra & Jill! My dad grew up in rural Kentucky during the depression and he has some great memories! He remembers his family using bald tires to resole their shoes and nothing ever went to waste. I have a beautiful patchwork quilt made by my grandmother & each little square is "perfectly good fabric" left over from someone's threadbare dress or shirt or towel or rag or whatever! I think a couple of the squares are old potato sacks! My dad remembers that after sundown, all inside work (chores, schoolwork,etc) was done by candles, firelight or an oil lamp because although they did have electricity they couldn't afford to turn it on. Oh, the common sense we've traded in for convenience! Love the website, keep up the great work! ~~Stacey in Minnesota
I can't remember the title, but it was a fictional tale which had the depression as a background. It was very interesting reading. Many families grew their own food - which would be very scary for me because I have a black thumb!
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