The times., 1897-09-26

found l could take care Of in my room,
OF 10y setting them on the outer window
ledge;
Cannes peas. at - cents. canned beans.
al = cents: apples at varying prices, for
apple sauce: potatoes, white and sweet,
at low prices. varying from cents
quart upwards; eggs, the very best vary
Ing from % to e cents a dozen; coffee
1T II cents q haif-pound; tea at - cents
quarter pound; sugar at from to
cents; batter, at l. cents a half-pound
Lettuce and cucunbers in season make
nice salads with vinegar an doll dressing
which every girl should learn 70 make
4 fashioned sort OF amateur refrigeT-
ator from a square tin box by making
partition of the thin wooden butter boxes
IN which Iny butter came from the grocer,
and filling the compartment all around
with sae,dust which / kept constantly
miostened. Tits kept nay butter moder-
atel 8 hard- l very sson pooled issues
with my next door neighbor, and found
that 10y buviuE ulingson shares weIessencd
the waste Of food and hence the eXpncse.
and that in tins way we could obtain a
1auch greater variety than by buying
sendrateIy.
We very frequently bought lamb chors,
which we cooked on q round tin pie
plate. ana took our dinners at home, though
we made no special point OF doing SO
while we remained in the small rooms.
We were 50 well pleased with this
method Of doing things that we have nov
rented two rooms, a large one ana small
one, furnishing the larger with a folding
y.F
it, The small room we use for a kitchen.
and we have purchased a large gas stove
,vita two burners, uEon which we now
prepare all cur meals.
"Or eulrse, one has to make a special ar
rang ustnt TO use a room for Cooking pur-
poses. paid - cents d week for the use
OF Eas for my small stove in the top-floor
rCOnl, and no objection was raised gainst
preparing breakfasts and luncheons, but the
landlord diIu't exactly smile on the din
Eegs.
Girls VINO are coming from home 10 work
in any large city would DO wen to bring
along cJ Iulc Of dish-tU5rels knife, fork and
spoons, cup, saucer, plate, small coffee pot,
ana a small rrauite saucepan, for oatmeal.
The small Eas stove which is not more
than six inches in diameter, can easily be
bought III a large department store, or in a
hardware cstaflis hnent that ma les Spe-
Cialty Of gas ranges. 1t VIII be found fully
large enough for cuoi.ing breakfasts and
lurcbayus, and as it, together with a six
foot fancy tubing, only costs l3 cents, as
ab1ve stated, it is worth having in ones
room tor emer =euCies, TO heat water in IA
hurry, 9r some such case, whether used for
regular cooking OF not. The tubing can
always br fitted over any gas jet, though
Cor 80 cents cne can have another fixture
added at one side. 50 as to have light at
the same time that the cooking is being
done.
In any case it costs very little 10
ma ks the experiment, and I should advise
any girl in any large city to Try taking
hrea kfsst, at least, in her own room.
Taxes TO much time? Nonsensei my
breabrast cooks willie I'm dres sing Be
sides il keeps up ones knowledge of
cooking, if nothing more, and the fun
which a girl viii get from having little
iInCheCns an her room, after she has begun
to earn enough to warrant them, will
repay her for all the trouble It is
pleasant to have the means OF preparing a
cup IF cocoa for friend who drops in OF
an cveh.ag, and for this it is not bad
plan 10 keep can of condensed milk On
and-thoueh in general l should rather
recommend fresh milk, if the weather IS
| cool enough to keep it.
AFTER having tried keeping house in
this aeiiEhtfuly independent, bachelor
girl fashion. one soon makes discoveries OF
new foods, and now methods of using the
oonyenieuoes at hand. Doubtless every
girl who essays it has some individual
methods which would not appeal to others.
AT present, NY friend and myself are
getting three IrPals d day, with every
thin@ we want, for 50 each per week. The
two furnished rooms cost us 50, but we
are going To try furnishing three rooms this
winter, which we can obtain unfurnished
for 81 d week. Our present expenses for
board and lodging, including gas and Ice,
amounc TO less than S13 for both Of US,
and III wager that nobody in New York
sets a more wholesome table than We;
and when we fuTn ish our suite we
shall not envy a Vanderbilt or a Gould
his millions or his fine houses. Just
try it for one raonth, and you viii find
| lachelor housekeeping all that my expe-
Iienced has proved it to be-"