Any one knows what this quote mean: “Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire”

If you read the more of the quote, it’s much easier to understand.

“Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly and half-starved their families. Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire, as Poor Richard says.

“These are not the necessaries of life; they can scarcely be called the conveniences; and yet, only because they look pretty, how many want to have them! By these, and other extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. . .”

Its one of Benjamin Franklin’s many Proverbs that relates to overspend, spend all you money on Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet you wont have any money for the essentials like food and heating.

Hope this helps?

um… women are good in the kitchen?

never even heard that one?!?!?