Excerpt from Adventures in ThriftThe incidents, the stores, the organizations and the individuals described in this book are real, not fictitious. At the time that this book goes to press, each one of the societies mentioned is actively engaged in the task of reducing the cost of living for its mem bers. The National Housewives' League has its headquarters at 25 West Forty-fifth Street, New York City. Mrs. Julian Heath, 9. Real ¿esh and blood woman, is president of the organization. The House wives' Cooperative League is still working actively toward cooperative buying and no doubt for several years to come can be reached through its efficient sec retary, Miss Edna O. Crofton, Norwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, from which city the organiza tion directs its work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.