The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-10

YOU had q book which would show Us Il
way how to live cheaply, and being one
of the many thousands drove to the wall
by these hard times, please let US have q
book
81 thought | would get one. If there
is any way OF saving in these hard times
| should like TO find out how to do it,.
Ny husband is painter by trade and
wages are so low that it takes close cal
culation to make a living for our family
"'There is FIVE of US women and lit
tie boy and l earn a dollar day. | sew
lace. But my eyes are poor and 1t Is
hard. We don't have much to eat many
DAYS. We want your book so bad
with such demands as these made
upon ne by every mail there wss but
one thing Jc do--to publish The book at
once. | did it and IN less than one
month from the date OF its first appear
ance the entire press OF the country had
helped me to plsce it in the hands OF
10000 eager watchers Tor il from Maine
to California and from Canada to Texas
"Then came more letters that made
nv heart warm towards the writers.
Having just finished piece in the pa
per of your book teaching economy, l
would say l would be very thankful il
YOU would send one TO me. am u
working man, snd under small pay, and
have q WIG and two childreu, and | am
but Just making & living. We have
seen better lays and had but little expert.
ence and feel as if l ought to lay up
for old age, although we are
still Young. feel as if one OF your lit
tie books would bring light ard happiness
in my little home again, and ifso | could
never thank you enough for one o:
them
"'Please send me book for people of
and education reduced al
most 10 starvation. God will reward
YOU tenfold by the noble impulse o.
heart that has made you remember the
poor and needy, and | earnestly pray
that the good work that you are engaged
In may go forward until many rise up
and call you blessed
"'Dear friend, it gives me great pleas
ure TO hear Of your easy lessons In econ
omy and its prospects OF great help to
t be Iaboring man and the working class
in general Having seen through papers
of YOUR valuable Knowledge of cooking
and modes of preparing 1t, | beg leave to
G.k YOU for u copy OF your latest editions
a ie Y RENAL ks would probably help me.
an a young man apprenticed to a tin
man; wages 81 per week; furnish my
own board, therefore | keep house
small room-buy my own vlctuals, no
one bat myself, so | am IN need OF lit
Tie instruction. / have not been to
housekeeping long, but it would be u
thankful favor il you would please tor
ward me one Of your little books. My
view Tor going to keeping house was be-
cause could live on 81 or So per week
and save a small sun weekly for clothes
"Let US see what this book is which
has awakened such general interest.
What are the points which have gained
for it the good word OF nearly every
newspaper and magazine in the country
The preface to the wives OF the work
lng. men says:
In planning how to make the wages
of the workingman provide his family
with the accessories OF lite, the first point
To- be considered is the daily supply OF
food. If this little book shows the labor
or wife how 10 feed her husband and
children upon one hall or one third, or
even, in times of great distress, upon the
whole of his scanty wages, It's object Will
be accomplished.
THE food most generally in use among
the masses is Just that which meets their
requirements. Nohungry man will spend
monev for what he knows will not satisfy
his appetite. For that son the receipt
given in this book treat o. the articles IN
common use among the working classes,
with the exception Of lcnuls and mscsr-
oui, which are foods that | earnestly beg
them to tIv. In meals made up OF bacon,
potatoes and bread, OF corn beet and cab
bqgc. and OF pork and beans, there exists
An equaI and sufficient amount OF nourlsh-
ment; but if other dishes are added &c
these, the variety will result in better
ger eral health and contentment. II We
were to live alone on rice, bread, potatoes
or ANY one other article of TODD, We would
not long be strong enough tor any kind
OF work. In matters OF diet variety Is
not only the spice Of liie-!t is the neces-
sity.
"ln estimating the cost of these receipts
l have naturally supposed that the family
consists OF father mother and children 0.
different ages, and L OF OF SIX adults; Tor
then the quantities given would ofcoursa
he insufficient. | slow meat dlnuer
every day; but in order to bsve this the
NEST itself must generally be used-ont
breakfast must be the broth or juice OF
the meat, which, ii prepared according &c
my direc .Ions, will afford equal nourish-
meDt.
a. wish TO call your attention to the
following important fact The hardly
aud thrifty working classes OF France
the country where the mos: rigid econ,
omy in regard to tood Is practised, never
use tea or coffee for breakfast, and seldom
use milk. Their food and drink is brolh
Not the broth from fresh meat, for they
do not often eat that; but that which is
made from vegetables and perhaps bit
of bacon or salt pork. ask you to Try
for dinner, supper and the next morning:
breakfast the three receipts in chapter
VI. tor salt pot-au-teu, rice and broth
and bread broth, and then let me know
how you like them and how tsr they &C
towards satisfying your hunger and Civ,
ing you strength.
I'm calculating the cost of the receipt:
l give you l have used the retail prices
asked IL Washington Market and 10 ord
mary grocery stores at this season of the
year. The average is about the same as
that OF past years and probably will not
change much, SO that believe l have
not placed too low al estimate upon them.
"The FIRST hslf of the book is devoted
to rules tor marketing nd directions for
cooking and combining various kinds of
food, and the rest to n tsir variety of re-