Orleans County Monitor

Reasonable Economy.—To be economical is considered almost a cardinal virtue in these hard times, and the art of making an old garment look as well as new, is an accomplishment highly commendable in housewives and mothers. But is not that sort of economy sometimes carried to extravagance? Suppose a mother has a dress that is past redemption for herself: the skirt may with advantage be metamorphosed into a smaller dress for her daughter; made up plainly, it will look nicely and do good service; but when you take the same garment, and piece out the remnants of the old sleeves and waist, to compile into ruffles and flounces, and buy yards of velvet ribbon to trim with, it is no economy, but downright extravagance, not only of time, but also of work and material. "No man putteth new cloth on an old garment"—much less should sensible women be guilty of such wastefulness.