The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-17

toward the economy Of time and materiai
in economics. household service. ana 40
nestle service. AT his request ana ,nas
OF Mr. Hamlin I had an oven Dr"usn'
here and am to cook a course ulhhci W
which Secretary and Mrs. Gresnam' 80
rotary and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary an III
Miss Morton, Hon. and Mrs. Bisseh, ,ne
Japanese minister. and the COOK anu ni'
daughters have been invited.
Mr.. Atkinson. who Is most ehsasin
talker. referred to the enormous waste
of material In the preparation Of food
IN the usual way: enormous both as 10
material and in loss OF NUTRITION ne
said the consumer had no nourisnmeh',
but instead dyspepsia, and It's ieeioh Vi
Ills Said he: Il should like you 10 pa'
take of what l call the 'glorined hasn'
made of the cheapest and toughest pen 70
of the meat. / gave a seven-courSc uiii-
ner party at my house few days ssnce
TO my whist club and friends. including
oranges and coffee. which cost thirteen
cents each for food material Each
cigar consumed after dinner cost more
than the dinner. / lately gave dinner
Of four courses, soup, f1sh, meat anu
vegetables. with mush and moiasses lot
desert TO nine of the poorest stOoehts dl
Harvard who want to economize' there
were three others: each had a pound ana
a half of strong food. The cost LOT 'ne
twelve was 81 cents. Now. this may pc
the first time government oi1cial mas
ever dincd cheaply."
Tho fable at MIR. Hamlin's was exquis-
itely laid i'm white, and Easter lilies were
grouped effectively i'm the centre. These
with cdt-glass dainty silver and the
tempting menu. made an Easter repast
mike any other ever spread IN TINS
city. ...
The wonderful Aladdin oven wherein
this Cabinet dinner was cooked VIII nave
a history as the prophecy of reiorina-
ton I'm domestic science.
This may all be "A fake Tor WHAT
we know. though the Washington POST
is n respectable Journal. and 1t Is haroy
70 be supposed that 1t would triile Win
its readers by putting out such "A state
ment unless it were true. But true OF
false. what a day for the happiness oil
mankind it would be If Mr.. Atkinson mas
rally devised q Plan for preparing ana
looking food that will make such econo-
mics as these. Think Of n DINER Tor
twelve men that cost only sixty-one cents
There is the way TO end poverty ana
make all mankind comfortable. Yet the
advocates Of the free coinage of silver
base their whole case upon the fact that
the price of everything is coming down
50 that men must starve.
That is a strange argument truly tha'
mankind is in danger of starving IN pro-
norton as the cost of the necessaries OF
life becomes cheaper and more within
| the reach of the masses therefore.
The real case is this: II prices are Kept
I'D high a few persons who have monopo-
lies are able to live in great luxury and
splendor. and the great mass Of man
kind has to go without those articles
They are reserved for the rich But as
prices come down, the monopolists lose
their exclusive rights and have to fare
with the common herd, while the great
mass of mankind are enabled to obtain
the articles and participate in the happi
ness that had Heretofore been confined
| to the few.
Think of the millions Of men and womei
In the United States who enjoy as mucf
wheat bread as they want now that
-four can be bought for less than So Z
barrel, who were compelled to stin
themselves when it was Sc a barrel.