The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-26
ruEFoLLY OF DEAR LIVING.
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. All The truth Of which Is demonstrated
r;sbere so plainly as in the food market
"a tbc average merchant, or manulactur
:, az professional man, who provides FOL
Si,hnily on an income Of from three tc
, v thousand O year, end thinks himsel
SicbIy economical tho while, it would
AM. a next 10 incredible that men with
Nfsp families can subsist on less than one
,bG1ssnd dollars q year. 1t is astonish.
No low artificial nearly all our wants
NJ and how quickly most of the things
,6,t we are accustomed 10 consider peces
Aries disappear into the catalogue of lux
mics the moment We are constrained &c
DO without them.
There arc thousands Of people, for ex
ample, who iaacy their daily or less ire
goqpt carriage exercise to be not only
constitutional, but essentialto their health
and comfort. Yet there arc millions who
never take q ride in their lives, unless an
occasional indulgence in the luxury of q
street car may 10 considered an eXcep
tOu Again, to the multitudes Of the
iEellen in cities, what they are pleased
uconsider the exigenCies OF appearance
demand an expenditure on clothing OF
from two hundred to five hundred dol.
lars year each. But nearly all country
PEOPLE, and the vast majority Of city resi-
lens, consume on the dress Of themselves
sad families rather below, than above an
average of fifty dollars 10 each person.
The rent question 1t is needless to name
since the difference between one house
andSnOther will frequently represent al
amount Of money that would keep one OF
WoIamilies in comfort for year. AS tC
servants, Tor what we Americans almost
universally denOmiuate "help,") the aver
ge well.tO.dOhOusekeeper seldom errs
on The side Of employing too few, and
whether one, two, or u dozen, they are all
considered indispensable adjuncts to q
comfortable existence. Yet hardly any
d our wants could be more entirely iarti.
dtial than this, rs ia shown in the fact
that the ancestors Of most OF us always
did their own work, Of all descriptions
without any for only occasionally aid, and
blythe further tact that the larger part Of
civilized mankind to-day Contrive 70 gel
along without servants. y .'itsl.
But it Is in the food expenditure OIL
families that the most varied and interest.
ing experience comes in to enlighten the
seeker alter the means Of solving the
problem Of living. Given a minimum Of
cNh tOget out Of II u maximum Of pro
visions for family subsistence, is the
problem before mulGtudes day by day,
Now, there are some facts in physlologi'
cal science which will have to DO more
widely known und practiced upon, before
llOse who are compelled to study econo.
my IN supplying their tables will have
learned the rudiments Of success Of max,
lng both ends meet. One Of these facts
sllat Americans generally land Ameri
can aOOrers as welO eat about twice as
nuGA meat (the most expensive OF oil
lOodl as Is essential 10 d healthy and Wig,
o'ous existence, Another fact is, that
me consumption Of flour bread (which Il
universal among all classes OF our people,
furnishes less than half the nutriment de,
nved from unbolted wheat, at about dou
osthe cost The process commonly used
%msSe supertine white flour gets rid Of
10 ISe most nutritious portion of The wheat
Iae null or bran, and the gluten are
usually femovedin boiling the flour, leav,
aS nLue Of the original grain except the
NEen, which is fur inferior as food to thu
SIuIen, the essence Of the nutritive prin,
S,pel 10 wheat. 1t has been shown con
vlusEeIy that flour bread alone would
M ,ss lie only few weeks, whereas thu
Naeat eaten in Its natural condition
' M!1O9t boiling, would supply all thu
aSsueu elements in the human body, ant
indefinite period. " "
u a aI,l food, though perhaps essentia
variety and moderate stimulu
", %ue human diet, Is consumed in QUAINT
; %S % diSpropOrtiOnately large as to b.
Ip5IlullouS rather than beneficial to health
r rsI,y OF families think they can no
iir S'Oly get along without meat three
U "Is a day, and some persons act
S TI%! consume more meat, in pound
m TsSa., than Of any other food. Now, a
css, 49, UusS, on the average, at least filteel
s e,nS pound, in our principal cities, tn
mr. sa Y, Of making it the leading al
rnC s u, 1000 becomes apparent when W
bC,sS S. II with the price of wheat uu
S vsS, OF rye meal, or cracked wheai
M, ' y, contain double The nutriment, at
0s,m Ua rom three to five cents apound
and ,Sa and hulled corn are still cheaper
Srvi TV' II Ne many ways Of cooking an,
Ssm Us q! these grains which rende
p,lato ueilClOus food to almost an,
M! AS'ssyeFy remarkable sample of wha
erc y SOne in the direction Of absolut
rNSsS y OIL living, by those who are dis
!Orv NV q, "uy, We cite the following inver
Gt,C ~ weeks diet, and Its cost, fron
wslI S experience OF DR.. Do Lewis,
il N' %uoWn physician and writer, Twin
viii y now Saturday afternoon, and
per r ~ you in confidence a little Of m
ps,i val, private experience during III
,oS S5 s Sunday morning last Though,
GvisSu I ~ for a week tie experiment {
Cd rS,SGeaply. Sunday breakfast, hull
i i 1SS sss cost three cents, / took exaci
Ia Az same thing for dinner. Food fC
Del, E six cents. ! never take any sur
q of'o Monday breakfast, two cents wort
onc csnSo IN the form oil porridge, wit
Isy, v 80 s, worth OtmIlk. Food fSr Nor Nor
ce5s AZ S.S cents, Tuesday breakfast, tw
Votb worth q oil beans, with hall a cen,
Of TrS u vinegar. For dinner, one Qua
with IonI n tS porridge, worth one Ger ccr
Two " c ,USs slices OF coarse bread, wort ort
bali Csr,s Food for Tuesday, 1--we and
iay m mans Wednesday breakfast. hon
b., 0 oS tet Of Southern corn (perSsp sill Il
ves,S h. 700 d. for laboring men IN he
cen,S r, Two cents worth, with or d,
splendid T hai, OF slrup. For dinner