Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-21


Mr.. Edward Atkinson has for some
years been telling his fellow countrymcn
how TO live oil ten cents day, or sum
akin TO that, and how to cook next days
dinner by the evening lamp that lights
their intellectual labors before going to
bed. lilo declares positively that the
working woman Of sedentary habits can.
by using his patent cooker aud follow
ing his recipes, live on first class. varied
diet for eleven cents q day. seyenty-seycn
cents week, leaving twcnty-thrrccon
for coffee or tea.
One bad habit Mr.. Atkinson wishes TO
abolish Is tho cooking of food by coal In
ranges and stoves. lie contends that oil
fuel Is far tho best and cheapest. since
with 1t one can produce both light and
heat. Mr.. Atkinson's Aladdin oven IA
made Of wood pulp. Meat inclosed In II
air tight for five hours Is said TO DO
cooked In q manner superlativcly deli.
cious, no comparison between II and tho
usual stove dried roast. aladdin hash
Is . preparation Of beef md hominy.
said to bc M palatablc as II "a nutritious.
Tho inventor has devised "box ovens"
which arc upon the outside tin pals that
ho intends workingmcn 10 use. They
carry the food materials to tho scene OF
their iabors In the small pail, Hight a
tiny lamp, and In due tiino u smoking
hot dinner Is turned out.
One Of these dinners cooked by Atkinson
before n lecture class consisted OF three
courses-chops with tomato sauce, In
dian mush, sausage and fruit pudding.
| May We perhaps 10 on tho brink OF an
age whom every workinginan each day
will cook his own dinner without ex.
pcnditurc OF any time or money except
from one to two cents for oil fuel, and
have at that a regular Delmonico bill OF
| farel
Mr.. Atkinson does not Mt all sym.
pathize with the Bellamyites. lie nd.
vocates distinctly and always indiyid.
unlinn TO tho utmost, even 10 tho exten,
OF homemade bread. Meantime IAN
Old Wilower' writes TO Tho Public
Ledger description OF his weekly bill
Of fare as follow:
give TO you q statement Of how much II
costs one man TO live. II may ruach rotno suf
| tcring brother and enable him to frugallse, a,
have done, ! go 10 groccr aud buy what hs
ehlls "han end" weighing. Aay, ono aud 4
half pounda-thla will cost me twelve cents
one eighth 81 peck % potatoes, six cent?, aud
| one lpaf OF bread, five cents. The whola cost
Is lcas than a quarter" Put tho ham and 70
taiocs In a tin vessel on an oil stove, and le
them boil for three or -four hours. Upon Thu
sum have lived for three or four days. maj
tay that when gct n suicidal mania. Aayagclj
| bent on financial obstruction, - 10 SPEAK.
buy two cups u coffee each day, got -four roll
In addition. costing ten cents. My TUoin rent
tcNeniy-hvc cents week, and with this frugal
! ity ! eau, doing my own washing, 1.-Two upof
about two dollars week.
Commenting on this the editor OF Tn,
Ledgcr's household department remarks
Our correspondent would got not only NOR,
nouffhment but greater hulk OF food out OF
hit eents' worth Of white beans or leniils thar
trnm his POTATOES. lilo should vary his bill o
fare To Include mararoni, and buy ohee.,
Z cruulbs-for n trlnossio cook with It, "liast,
/ pudding" made " hnokwhoat Hour and mill
! u y houtishing nnd warming food. With sklu
| MIX ~ two cents pint no can have infinite
variety, and with goldfish and maddox ut even
y e9aht cents pound ho can indulge Ia chow.
doris aud Htews.