[What Diantha Did by Charlotte Perkins Gilman]@TWC D-Link bookWhat Diantha Did CHAPTER X 16/17
Every man spent fifteen cents, some of them more; and many took away small cakes in paper bags, if there were any left. "I don't see how you can do it, and make a profit," urged Mr.Eltwood, making a pastorial call.
"They are so good you know!" Diantha smiled cheerfully.
"That's because all your ideas are based on what we call 'domestic economy,' which is domestic waste.
I buy in large quantities at wholesale rates, and my cook with her little helper, the two maids, and my own share of the work, of course, provides for the lot.
Of course one has to know how." "Whenever did you find--or did you create ?--those heavenly sandwiches ?" he asked. "I have to thank my laundress for part of that success," she said. "She's a Dane, and it appears that the Danes are so fond of sandwiches that, in large establishments, they have a 'sandwich kitchen' to prepare them.
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