The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-11-07
How to Live Cheap.

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LUXURIOUS FEEDiNGI ON FIFTY7FoUR
e'3~3ih CENTS a WEEK. = X -
AS a very afemarkable sample of
what may be, done in the direction OF
absolute economy of living, by those
wheiar disposed to try,swe0cite. the
following inventory of a weeks diet,
and its cost, from the actual expert
ence ofjDr.{D {Dio Lewis, a. welilknown
physician and writer, living in Mas;
sachusetts: .
at is now Saturday afternoon, and
/ will tell you in confidence a little of
my personal private experience dur
ing the past week 81 Ioft aa3
HAZE A wEEK's PRovENDER.ss s9.ag 8 +
s.On sunday morning last. I thought
mentJ Or living cheapiy. Sunday
breakfast, hulled Southern corn, with
a little milk. My breakfast cost three,
cents / took the same thing for din
ner. Food for the day, six cents,I
never take any supper. Monday,
breakfast, two cents worth of oat-
meal, in the form of porridge, with
two cents worth of wheat, boiled,
Will Ou6 EGul .. w OIbll VI l1lllk< II OOu
for Monday six cents. Tuesday break
fast, two cents'i worth of beans, with
half cents worth of vinegar. For
dinner, one quart OF rich bean por-
ridge worth one cent, with four sli-
Food for Tuesday, five and a half
cents. Wednesday breakfast, homiDy
made of Southern corn-perhaps the
best eof all food for laboring men in
hot weather-two cents worth, with
one cents worth of syrup. For dim
ner, splendid beef stew, the meat. of
which cost two cents.s.A A little ex-.
travagant, you see. But, then, you
know, ssa short life and merry one.f
Perhaps you don't believe that the
meat was purchased for two cents?
But it was Though. The factis, that
from an OK weighing eight hundred
pounds net you can purchase certain
parts weighing about one hundred
pounds, for three cents per pound
TWo-thirds of a pound made more
stew than / could eat. There was re-
ally enough for two of US. But, then,
you know how careless and reckless
we Americans are in regard to our
table expenses, always getting twice
as much as we need. l must not for
oet tn say that these coarse. chean- -rar-
fions of't6e An; mai aise fbes besf III. a
stew. The yery oenins of waste seems
to shaveI taken Gnossession IF me nn;
that fatal dav fnonred info NV stew
ali. at once. SLAB dash. a Quarter of a
cantss worth Of T,a;castareb;ra ssance
and as if co show that it never rains
but it pours, closed that gluttonous
hor,,inv nndd dinu Food for Wednes-
dav e;gbt and . onarte,. cents Tbe
GROSS eycess of Wednesdav1i ied ~
4ary moderate
.5...,...,..'s.ks
AND THE OTHER HALF:
Tbursdav breakfast which cons;sta5
Of oat meal 11orr;5 s,a and ,,o;,i, 80,
2 For d3nner $1,000 mhaat I % and behe5 i.s5;
heans .wa :, asu e,th oas an DaH s;,e
one csnt,s o wortb [ Eood far 1S, Th,,rsdaT .s,1.N
on cost sayen " and half ~ eents to- = nui e ous
.sFridav brealr fast Southern hnlI-
ed covr sar5 mill. co.t;nor thee cents
E For % dinner @ another % Of those M gornanSi 70 nSaoSi
snrfe;ts wbicb 81 d;sayacaJ co t6a b;sto- t;.l
ry of Wednesday. Expenses for the
day eight and quarter cents"
Inls morning Whenl went 10 the
table, L said to myself, What's the
use of this economy = And l made
up my mind for this day at least l
would sink all moral restraints, and
give up the relns to appetite. l have
no apology or defence Tor what fol-l
lowed. .l,s. .
saturday breakfast, 1 began with
one cents worth OF oatmeal porridge,
win a teaspoonful OF sugar. worth a
quarter of a cent; then followed
cents worth OF cracked wheat, with
haif cents worth OF milk then the
breakfast closed with two cents worth
OF MIX, ana one cents worm OF rye
ana lndlan pread: FOR dinner, ate
nait OF a smaHs ioDster, Whlch cost
three cents. and one cents worth of