Excerpt from Adventures in Thrift

The mcidents, 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 2 5 West Forty-fifth Street, New York City. Mrs. Julian Heath, a 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 0. Crofton, Norwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, from which city the organiza tion directs its work.

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