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 Larry has spent at one fell swoop all she has been saving in the last few months."

"Well," said Mrs. Larry, "I'm going to tell you what it cost. Four months ago this dinner would have made a shocking dent in my housekeeping allowance. Now, let me tell you the difference in prices:

"First course, iced melons, three for a quarter, if I had bought them at Dahlgren's Store. In the 'Home Hamper,' three for ten. Saving, fifteen cents.

"Cold consommé; a ten-cent can of soup and enough gelatine to make it quiver. In the old days I would have bought a soup bone at fifteen cents, soup greens, five cents, and used gas for the slow process of simmering. Of course, this process would yield more stock, but in hot weather it might not keep. So we'll say at least ten cents saved and just as delicious, too. I'm learning how to utilize standard, factory-made food.

"Chicken, four and a half pounds, at twenty-two cents, including parcel post. I used to pay Dahlgren twenty-seven cents, so saved on four and one-half pounds, twenty-two cents. We