Frontier Fridays: Economical Hints

One thing to be said for our ancestors - they wasted nothing.  Here are some old time hints on saving money.

Save small pieces of soap in the bathroom by placing a cup or small box and filling until you have a cupful.  Add a little water and boil a few minutes.  When nearly cool press with hands and you have a new cake of soap.

Do not throw the white papers around crackers.  They are good to clean irons and will save buying ironing wax.  If irons are dirty put a good layer of salt on newspaper and rub the irons back and forth.
Remember the irons they had back then were iron, not electric and care was different for them.
 
Save the strong string to wrap around packages going by parcel post.  Also fold nicely for further use your clean wrapping papers.  Make a bag of pretty cretonne hang it in the kitchen or cellar way to keep the string and wrapping paper in.  You will find it very convenient.

Do not throw away any small pieces of bread.  Save them for plum pudding, queen's pudding or dressing for fish or fowl.  If broken into small pieces and browned in the oven, it is nice to eat with soups.  Or dry well, roll find and keep in a glass jar to be used to bread pork chops, croquettes or oysters.