New York State Model Workingman’s Home - St. Paul Daily Globe, September 17th 1893

”Study of the model family living in the New York state - model workingman's home at the world's fair.

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True Economy. The children's wardrobe consists largely of made-over garments, an easy matter if an industrious mother learns that it is true economy to buy the best goods at the beginning. All these things together with the bed linen, towels and comfortables— the latter hand-made at a cost of 91 cents each— are eagerly inspected by knowing women, many of whom come away with their ideas which they intend to put in practice.”

Source: St. Paul Daily Globe. (Saint Paul, Minn.), September 17, 1893