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      HOUSEKEEPER'S BOOK.
      GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON COMMENCING
                   HOUSEKEEPING.
  THE first care of a young married woman should be-to
ascertain, as precisely as possible, the sum of money which
may be required annually towards the maintenance of her
establishment; and then to form a determination to confine
her expences within that sum. And, in order to enable
herself to do this, she must be scrupulous to lay out, in
every thing she purchases, a little less money than she can
well afford. She must pause, before she rejects a house.
which may,       ps, be considered rather too small, but
which, nevertheless, might be made to accommodate the fa-
mily well enough; and which, at all events might be fitted
up at a less cost than a larger one, and would certainly pre-
,sent a better appearance than a house that is rather too large
for the quantity or for the style of its furniture, and which
is also, perhaps, larger than is required for the number of
its inhabitants.
   It is very easy to remove from a small to a large house,
when circumstances require it, and when it is quite ceutain
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