Recycling and Reuse Approaches for Better Sustainability

"THRIFT is the making the best of what one has in strength, time, or money; getting one hundred per cent, in one's relations with life. Thrift is an appreciation and application of the accumulative force of little things. Thrift is a constructive force; waste is its destructive opposite."

Through recipes and advice, home economics expert Dora Morell Hughes teaches the American housewife how to be thrifty in all aspects of her household management.

Chapter I. What Thrift Is and Is Not
Chapter II. Buying
Chapter III. Managing, and Little Leaks
Chapter IV. Little Economies
Chapter V. Vinegars, Eggs
Chapter VI. The Greatest Economy: Yourself
Chapter VII. Labor-Saving
Chapter VIII. Bread and Cake
Chapter IX. Soups
Chapter X. Oils and Fats
Chapter XI. Coal and Ice
Chapter XII. Possibilities of Corn Meal
Chapter XIII. Meat and Meat Substitutes
Chapter XIV. Desserts
Chapter XV. Thrift and Textiles
Chapter XVI. Care of Clothing
Chapter XVII. The Family Garden