The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-13
MISS cATHAR1NE B. DAVIS.


ect and was given charge Of it. She fur
nished the house and provided the family
wardrobe, paying retail prices for every
thing, just "a a wOrkingman's wife would
have to do, and she still attends to the daily
marketing, prepares the bills of fare for the
model family and superintends the cook
ing, which is done on scientific principles.
The house is a wooden one built on I'M
derpinning and is l u stories in height. 1t
covers lot 26 by % feet and has front en-
try and a side porch. The hallway is feet
wide with stairway on one side. On the
first floor are a living room, kitchen and
bathroom. The kitchen has good sized
pantry, "A scientific stove, the latest labor
saving cooking utensils and sink with hot
and cold water. The plumbing both here
and in the bathroom is the best that sani-
tary engineers can provide. Up stairs there
are three bedrooms, one of them very
small. Two of them have closets, and all
are light and airy. The walls and ceilings
all over the house are painted, so that they
can be washed. f. b. Pratt made the ar
chitect's plans of the dwelling, which it is
estimated can be built anywhere for 81, 600.
The furniture of the house is substantial
comfortable and attractive. The bedsteads
are of iron, and there are shades without
curtains at the windows. There is COM
Portable couch in the living room, with
bright colored covering and cushions. Some
pretty prints hang on the walls, few
volumes of standard works are on shelf
and there are little bits of brc-a-b rac here
and there. Every article is marked with
its cost price, and the total does not exceed
$500.
The makebeleve family that inhabits
this model house consists of a Chicago
widow and three healthy looking children.
A lusty Columbian guard plays the role Of
father of the flock to the extent of taking
his three daily meals with them. A large
doll in "A cradle represents the sixth mem
Der of the family, better arrangement
for obvious reasons, than having live in
FAINT 1t not only conserVes the peace of the
household, but saves some poor baby from
being frightened to death by the throngs
of visitors who come in to inspect tie
housekeeping Of the model family.
The infants wardrobe Is Just as COM
plete as if it were alive The little gar
ments are all laid away in drawers, each
piece neatly folded and labeled with the
amount of material used and it's cost. The
supposititious wife, husband and children
are all equally well provided for in the
matter of clothing. The wardrobe of the
young ones consists largely of made over
garments, and Miss Davis has made it Il
point in purchasing the clothing for the
parents to buy only such materials as are
adapted to remaking for the children
The browning value of this unique ex-
pertinent is in what it teaches about the
selection and preparation of food. There
is where Miss Davis scientific knowledge
comes in best, and her daily endeavor to
prepare hygienic and appetizing bills of
fare at minimum of cost has been so far
successful that the highest cost of the food
for any one day has been So cents. Here is
sample of a days rations:
Breakfast, milk toast baked beans, coffee,
milk, sugar, cost ID cents. Dinner, brown
fricassee of beef with gravy, potatoes stewed
with milk, honiny with sugar and strip, cost
- cents. Supper, cornmeal grlddle cakes,
minced beef with gravy, cost Il cents. Total
cost, 62 cents.
Miss Davis buys all these things in small
quantities at shops in the vicinity, just as
any workingman's wife would, and while
the meats are not the choicest cuts, proper
cooking renders them wholesome and in
viting Everything is carefully weighed
and the remnants all accounted for, the
cardinal principle of the whole scheme be-
ing that nothing shall be wasted. AS to
the sufficiency of the quantity of food pro-
vided no better testimony is needed than
that of the stalwart Columbian guard who
plays the father, who said, IF don't get
enough to eat, it's because don't know
how to ask for it,"
SociolOgists are watching the experiment
with great deal of interest for they feel
that the happiness of millions is involved
in teaching Mary and John how TO raise a
family on $40 week. G, 4, BAXTER.