The herald., 1897-10-03

from the grocer, and filing the com
partment all around with sawdust
which kept constantly moistened
This kept my butter moderately hard
very soon pooled issues with my
next door neighbor, and found that by
buying things on shares we lessened
the waste of food and hence the ex-
pense, and that in this way we could
OBTAIN a much greater variety than
by buying separately.
we very frequently bought lamb
chops which we cooked on a round.
tin pie-plate, and took our dinners at
home, though we made no special
poiNt Of doing ~ while we remained
In the small rooms.
| we were SO well pleased with this
metnod of doing things that we have
now rented two rooms, a large one and
small one, furnishing the larger with
a folding bed and making a sort of re-
ception room of it. The small room,
we use for a kitchen, and we have
purchased large gas stove with two
burners, upon which we now prepare
all our meals
"Of course, one has to make a spec
ial arrangement to use a room for
cooking purposes 1 paid 25 cents
week for the use of gas for my small
stove in the top floor room. and no OBJ
lection was raised against preparing
breakfasts and luncheons. but the
landlord didn't exactly smile on the
dinners.
Girls who are coming from home to
work in any large city would do well
IN, 11v,Y,r o1n - iC1, fny
knife, fork. and spoons, cup. saucer
plate, small coffee-pot, and a small
granite saucepan for oatmeal.
The small gas stove, which Is not
more than six inches in diameter. can
easily be bought in large depart
ment store or in hardware establish
ment that makes a speciality of gas
ranges. 1t VIII be found fully large
enough for cooking breakfasts and
luncheons, and as it, together with
six-foot fancy tubing, only costs 43
cents, as above stated, it is worth hav-
ing in ones room for emergencies, to
heat water in a hurry, or some such
case, whether used for regular cooking
or not. The tubing can always be fit
ted over any gas jet, though for fifty
cents one can have another fixture ad-
ded at one side, so as to have light at
the same time that the cooking is being
done.
I'm any case 1t costs very little to
make the experiment, and I should ad-
wise any girl in any large city to try
taking breakfast, at least, in her own
room. Takes too much time? Non
sense! my breakfast cooks while I'm
pact1 Nsc
knowledge of cooking, if nothing more,
and the fun which a girl will get from
having little luncheons in her room
after she has begun to earn enough to
warrant them, will repay her for all
the trouble. 1t is pleasant to have the
means Of preparing a cup of cocoa for
a friend who drops in Of an evening,
and for this it is not bad plan to keep
can of condensed milk on hand
though in general I should rather rec
ommend fresh milk, if the weather is
cool enough to keep it.
After having tried keeping house in
this delightfully."- Independent, bachelor
girl fashion, one soon makes discover
les of new foods, and new methods of
using the conveniences at hand.
Doubtless every girl who essays it has
some individual methods which would
not appeal to others, but each girl will
have to find these out for herself.
AT present. my friend and myself
are getting three meals a day, with
everything we want for two dollars
each per week. The two furnished
rooms cost us five dollars, but we are
going to try furnishing three rooms
this winter, which we can obtain un-
furnished for seven dollars a week. Our
present expenses for board and lodg-
ing, including gas and ice, amount to
less than ten dollars for both of US, and
I'll wager that nobody in New York
sets a more wholesome table than we;
and when once we furnish our suite we
shall not envy a Vanderbilt or q Gould
his millions or his fine houses. Just
try it for one month, and you will find
bachelor housekeeping all that my ex-
perience has proved it to be-"
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
Copyright, 1897 by Bacheler Syndicate.
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