First published in 1937 ORCHIDS ON YOUR BUDGET gives advice on all manner of subjects from entertaining & creating the perfect capsule wardrobe to relinquishing the family estate Lest you worry about how to put the advice into practice each chapter concludes with a case study providing examples of women who heeded
- & those lamentable souls who ignored
- Marjorie's wise words' It's not difficult to have fun out of economising (up to a point) both because of the sense of achievement it gives you & because everyone else is doing it too A slight financial pressure sharpens the wits though it needn't sharpen the disposition But it takes an interesting person to have an attractive menage on a shoe-string & to run it with gaiety & charm Maybe you would rather play polo than pingpong but if you've got an old pingpong set & no ponies you'll get a lot more fun out of life from being a pingpong champion than from taking a dispirited whack with a polo mallet every now & then