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Bubbly on Your Budget: Live Luxuriously with What You Have
Bubbly on Your Budget is an effervescent guide to living on a budget without sacrificing style. First published in 1937, these tips stand the test of time. Author Marjorie Hillis proves that it isn't how much we have, but how we act, that matters. With a charming can-do attitude she offers hundreds of creative solutions, including creating the perfect capsule wardrobe, din...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
September 14th 2011
by Chronicle Books
(first published August 3rd 2011)
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I picked up this 1937 advice manual in the free book room after noticing, on the copyright page, that it was republished a year or so ago by Virago. The back cover of the new Chronicle Edition says "these tips have stood the test of time." This is untrue. Tips include: learn how to wash your own hair; buy tailored underwear rather than hemstitched (?) because it costs less and lasts longer; and when planning a dinner party, remember that "almost all men" love codfish balls. As a period piece, ho...more
Not nearly as entertaining as the author's 'Live Alone and Like It.' This particular self improvement piece is much more tied not just to a particular time, but to a particular class and culture. Also, the tone of this book is much more chiding women's magazine than clever and put-together friend. My budget certainly never stretched to the minimum standards set in the book, and there's really only so many times one can be told that one is impoverished and therefore beyond the scope of the budget...more
The advice is generally good, but the specifics from 1937 are a hoot! Some of the food ideas do not bring back good dining memories and the advice about gloves, hats... is funny now. Still I enjoyed this quick read.
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Marjorie Hillis was the second child of Annie Louise Patrick Hillis of Marengo, Illinois, and Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis of Magnolia, Indiana, both authors. Mrs. Hillis wrote The American Woman and Her Home (1911). Dr. Hillis was a famed, though sometimes controversial, clergyman who had served as pastor of Plymouth Congressional Church, Brooklyn, from 1899 to 1924. Miss Hillis had a brother, Richar...more
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