New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-26
LErrLRS PR0M mn PEOPLE.
FOOD FOR TWO DOLLARS WEEK.
A LADY VINO Is FAR FROM THINKING 1Hir 1T CAN
BE sUPpIIID FOR ONE PERSON Al THAT FIGURE
BIER OWN TxrIriENcE.


BE SUPPIIID FOR ONE PERSON Al THAT FIGURE
BIER OWN TXpIIiENCE.
TO me EdIf0r or Ths IT, bHn>
SIR: Every hou,ckcepcr vii read The letter
from Shirley Dare IN TnE THEUSE Of Angus 10 with
eager interest for these lines " ben American ladies
OF means have arrived NJ me sensible concusoE that II
is not them 10 ec0Domize). the Tempting p'--
uec OF being able 10 supply good table al e"s oil "nJ
50 per week viii yluuse many an anxious house is
into deep calculation and perplexty. But The mystery
q; urovtdng cheap good table Ger small family
sil remains unsolyed and small families always want
10 less proportion than large ones because
they are generally young coupet-besnners on small
salaries The Washington Market prices are not avail
able for email families. Small quantities. even II bonsht
at lower rate, become high uptown prices when
Tie % cents which market dealers cha for every
parcel OF goods delivered aud tine caT-.aios are added
The advice Shirley Dare that u once the right shops
are learned save etc. sound very wei and
doubt If there are many houseke"Ders who have not
spent days and days in trying various shops in order to
6ud the cheapest BEST there to settle for steady
marketing.
Nv experience has been ths Cheap butchers cheat IN
weight and do not invariably keep fresh meat II Is
demoralzug 10 be obliged II weigh cverT pound Of
meal winch cOm's homo. ana TO have 10 scnld youf
butcher three times week for snort weight tainted
STEAK. Cheap r0ceys for few cents le.s bnter
and eggs which occasionally not weet, and nom.ns
and -four which sometimes come h0ae nlusty. These
are aciua esus n whoie WINTER ciogis to keep the
weekly expenses Of q family OF persons and scr
low figaro and in he end had to 70 over 70
the euemv. viz, butchers who make high profits. bu
WHO always give me ms moneys worth, ana cfoccrs
who VIII nor send RE bDx % mu-fy hOminy brcause
cannct buy ID opened. Even with 81 "A nrStcl So 81 ois
however. musi allow that Tie necessity ot gong to
-.rf j. lnunrifivc. Eternal vi =. Huff &C.
shirley Dare will say, "Ol. m' se-van. must waste" Ms
servant a. G. girl endowed Win TIE most 49, ns 81"
al German economical sous DW from cnn sf'nf n"i
vatDn that 4 scrap = ever thrown away or stcli
for We u every spoonful Oi Lomi9y, OatAl'a or
remaining vegetables 'or thick Ming soups, etc. do
not derry NAT persons SUI 1--we Oh - and les Tor
IL dfVcrds simply upon what people "Ngcri Q" b1Nr Tor
their money, ami Unon a. grec- ~ taste; iul Do im
that good table vitn "F)ups. entrees Eiul'. ere li
and tasteful lunches" cannot DE- urONlfei inr ma si
The figures guotea Tie queen cs'cuilted 10 de-
ceivc Innocent for there Uonng allow for rs
fast. Tor owcct, fOr insd"cn. or fnr pudcrs;
but then perhaps shirley Dlr' ~ The Qtccn wou4t be-
Fird enough % furnish through fHE IAiBJNE recipe
for ma6iag puldings aud creams w.ttpu esrs. There
J. nothing allowed lur game or chickens, winch -. or
even ordinary people 90 want once ln a while tfl-
.lmV alada whon Involve oil, an un aciuded cXpcn~s,
could nc brought under tc head OIL l!ut ana Ncse
tables 81 50 cents.
Then the nuinrail,ss little items which needed IN
thH kifchcpouper. salt spice, vinegar, syrup, riee
c0r-s arch, sagothe various articles needed ior d-
f,,nt soups o nothing % hour Tor pastry tines" DO
not have bought very often, ont thcv "count nv
No doubt fhn fables fuTn sfed hy The queen are Wen
authenticated. uut n can readily be proved mat htN
are not q Ice adopted criterion 81 The weekly eN-
peusc, 81 people who wish good Table aad nope taa
conilInr young couples contemplating EOusck tpin-
VIII moi build castles IN the Out ~ tn hrliin
prom =. - a. The so-caUcd - system. MRS sPAAsAA
Acr ork, Aug. II, 1879.