The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-13
WoRKINGMAS REPLIES.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 l see that the economical lady who won prize bicycle for getting up an elaborate menu for s1O attempts fee ble explanation in last nights Regis ter in defence of her faulty menu. The chief feature of that explanation seems to be her belief that the author of the communication published in yester- days Courier" is not what he claims, and in short is a woman and a disap- pointed one in the bargain; disappoint- ed because she" did not win the bi cycle.
 Dear lady, you are entirely at fault "Workingman" Is neither a woman nor disappointed contestant but simply man with family of five who has kept house for many years and knows what 1t costs to live and he doubts very much if you have so much as tested the elaborate bill of fare you present and is of opinion that you do not give it as one that you have actually tried your self and thus demonstrated beyond doubt that it can be gotten up at the prices you have named It short that your fare is simply ideal and has never been actually tested by you or anybody else.
 As to being a disappointed contestant, heaven forbid. You are welcome to the bicycle, and the wish of workingman is that 1t may prove as strong and last ing as that two pounds of butter on which you propose to feed family of five for a week and do the family bak- ing besides
 l notice, MT. Editor, that this lady says she can make both a pie and pud- ding from one egg. This may be true; 1t may pass for such properly labeled. remember once hearing of a fellow who used half a pint of clans and with them made wash boiler full of clam chowder and offered it to the boarders with the guarantee that each man who could find a piece of clam and two pieces of potato in his chowder should get prize of three beers
 But I fear the pie and the pudding that this good lady would make from that one egg would not be one she would care to set before table of SuSoto' WOulu SuSSeSl lIldt Si1e hlIiu- ly demonstrate her skill by making these articles with the material named and pass them in for inspection to a committee of hungry newspaper men and let them decide on their merits. That would be practical test. This fair disciple of economy says l am too high in quoting the price of spring lamb. Possibly this is true at the present time, when on account of hot weather fresh meat is almost a drug on the market, but she must bear in mind that the prices l quote were those of spring lamb two months ago, during that very period this lady was getting up her menu and were the prices she would have had to pay at that time. To-day prices have de- creased somewhat. She says she can buy good spring lamb suitable to roast for 12 cents per pound. Possibly she may, if she takes a poor shoulder that that has become stale in the market, but she can't a leg roast for F cents at retail, prime stock. New Haven dealers are charging from IS to 22 cents per pound for good spring lamb roasts to-day One or two places will give a fair leg roast from IA to 16 cents per pound.
 Possibly this lady means a cheap
 shoulder roast at F cents. If so, how much meat will she get out Of Z1s pounds of bone and flesh for her 3O cents? Can she get enough to feed five able bodied hungry people at noon and have enough left to patch out for
 supper? It's rank nonsense. She can't do anything of the kind and she knows it if she is anything of housekeeper and has tried the experiment. Theory