The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
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the simple and time-saying
plan Of writing out upon each Friday or
saturday evening a complete menu for
the following week.
In the household OF a charming young
woman Of this city the above plan has
been carried out for six years. Ever
since her honeymoon, in fact. And the
leisure saved in this way is declared 20
be wonderful, both by the young house
keeper n her husband
"Eleanore and I always make out the
weeks menu in advance said the
young husband. THE plan is valuable
in a variety Of ways. It saves worry
and furry when the butcher or the baker
arrives and demands your order Women
will wait until these fellows are actually
in the kitchen before deciding what is TO
be cooked and served at the. next meal.
Then It saves time. We two can map out
an individual little bill Of fare seven
times over within a couple of hours. We
can plan a different luncheon for each
Gay of the week. Have a different vari-
cry Of meat each morning, and perhaps
lay out a fish or lobster dinner for one
evening in each week.
r
'soh. it's a thoroughly good scheme"
the wife continued. Eve lave a blank
book reserved especially for the purpose,
and We sit down to 1t religiously for an
hour or so each Saturday. Then all that
] am obliged to do is to open the book
each morning. read the order to the cook
and let her order from the shopman.
THE idea was given to me by a French
woman, a celebrated dinner giyer whom
7 met in Paris. She gave me several USE
full, practical suggestions about house
keeping. and among them was the idea
of menu making. Accustom yourself to
it each week, my dear child she said.
Make your plan for the week always
upon a certain day. And. above all, get
your husband to help you. Two heads are
always better than one. And most men
have the art of knowing how TO combine
edibles.
Always have a vegetable which works
well and tastes well with the meat which
you have selected. One we'll chosen is
worth six which are out of taste with
the remainder of the dinner
For a woman who is always in a worry
0fCA tAS AQGStDis w udl Shall we nave =.
this solution should prove a yeritable
treasure troye.
II never have an idea about the meals,''
explained an experienced housekeeper
a few days since. 'sThe time for meals
seems to come around a dozen times a
day. And when the shopmen say, whats
the order, ma'am?" all :c-as on the SUBJ
ject seem to have flown from me COM
pletely. I am IN a mental state which is
not At to order ham. and eggs"
And there are thouands in parallel case
with hers. What shall we have today?"
is a bugbear in many a feminine min
And when the question is not answered
in good time meals. are apt to be meagre
and poorly selected and life, in various
ways. not worth living.
Since summer has said It's last good
bye, and house-cleaning is in full sway,
the problem of properly heating our
houses Is ready for Its annual solution.
foreigners make a great cutlery against
overheated American rooms and Ameri-
cans abroad are in a perpetual shiver
over European chilliness, and on both
continents colds, coughs, pneumonia and
a host of minor Ills come as a usual ac-
compartment to the change Of seasons.
Clearly then the housewives all round
the globe have something to learn In
this direction and perhaps a course or
two of meetings at some of the clubs
would not be amiss considering the Sc
T~iousness of the difficulty.
There is a curious variety In the
minds of mistresses where house-heating
is concerned, and, with the exception of
a very few superior women, it is safe
to conclude that as a rule the entire
sex aims yet to master the secret of a
happy medium on the question.
Some mothers, otherwise Christians.
will sternly refuse to nave the furnace
fires lighted before November, although
the Thermometer slips down to the
freezing point, n every member of
their household is the dolefui martyr
to a miserable cold; others seem to be
utterly oblivious to the fact that a low
fire is a possible thing, and contrive to
mildly roast every one of their dearest
ones in a laudable show of economy
which forbids them to open a window or
door in the house when there is need for a
fire.
oiS tWO dbOul luEGS-ICurIQS
of the population usually succumbs to
the regulation cold" and, as a matter
OF course, lays a firm foundation for the
building up of some permanent chest
trouble from which nothing but a special
Providence can save them.
We " had several centuries of ex-
perience, at least at secondhand. of our
particular climate, and it doesn't seem as
If we should learn a little more about
its peculiarities, but so far we have not
accomplished much and we suffer ac-
cordingly. However, 1t is never too late
to begin needed reforms and perhaps a
hint or two about proper heating will
not come amiss.
To the cautious woman. then, we
would fain say. do not be chary about
lighting your fires; bodies relaxed By a
long summer are very tender and feel
the first cold days most keenly; let the
furnaces do their duty. then, and if they
overwork themselves open the windows.
since it is better to spend five dollars in
an extra ton of coal han twenty-five in
medicines or doctors bills"
To the fervent mother a word or two
win answer and they are:-"Five min
ntes intelligent study Of furnaces in gen
eral and your own IN particular will teach
you that any house that is properly
built can be kept at any temperature
which is desirable II one-tenth of the