The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-07

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You will notice." she said, that 1
have said a pint of milk a day al 3
cents a pint. that's skim milk, of
course. But skim milk is just as good
food as .unskimmed milk. The cream
in the latter contains the fats that are
lacking in the SKINNED milk.
Another thing-neat at 10 cents
would mean that the 1~5-center could
have meat twice a week For . cents
he could get a good, nutritious piece off
the neck or the round. the
o nutritious cuts of meat are the
cheapest"
The menu as suggested for a day
was:
Breakfast-Rice or oatmeal, with
sugar and milk, baked banana, bread
and coffee.
Dinner-Meat stew and potatoes, or
split pea soup and bread
S~upper-Bread and butter, and glass
of milk and stewed fruit.
The menu could he varied by the
substitution of beets, or tomatoes, or
whatever vegetable might be in sea-
son, for potatoes" Miss Taylor said;
and it goes without saying nat the
price of vegetables will depend upon
the season., and the attractiveness and
variety of the purchases upon the skill
and intelligence of the purchaser"
"Of course a man can live on Is
cents worth of food a day" a woman
physician said yesterday. Fifteen
cents is a generous allowance. Fiji
teen cents will buy luxuries.
Fifteen cents a day means $1.05 a
week. How many families do you
suppose there are in Baltimore who
can afford to spend $1.05 a week for
eac individual for food only? Think
of the men who make a dollar a day
and ave to pay house rent, fuel, food
clothing and everything else hat they
- L~s- wool
No Is cents a day for each individual
for food in those families.
Suppose a man who earns SIS a
week has & wife and five children to
support. One dollar and five cents a
week for food for each member of
the family would amount to $7.35 at
the end of the week. Where is the
rent coming from, and the shoes, and
Tx coal and all the other things that
family will be compelled to have If
h man gives his wife 1875 TO spend
on what thew eat?
People talk about living on Is cents
a day as though it were a very small
amount The people we speak OF as
the poor hay very much less han
that to spend. And if they know how
to spend what they have. and how to
prepare what they buy they cannot
only have nourishing but appatizins
food for much less than is cents a
piece.
Suppose, for instance, you ge- up
a dinner for that family Of seven
Peas, beans and lentils and other nj
trogenous foods furnish as much nu-
triment as meat You wont find any
thing more wholesome than split pea
soup. For enough soup for a family
of eve YOU would iced q pint Of split
peas, W or three potatoes, a little
salt and other seaSoning-thyme or
some other sour herb-and some soup
meat.
For ten cents you could get as much
meat as you would need for the soup,
You won't want a stylish cut OF meat.
AS a matter of fact the cuts contain
ing the o nutriment are the ceap-
est Split peas cost 2h cents a pint;
your potatoes would cost about 2
cents more n your salt n season
ing would add another half cent to the
amount, making the entire quantity
for seven persons cost you 10 cents.
"A loaf of bread costs 5 cents. II
you do your own baking you can get
1t for much less. a pound OF dried
fruit cost 10 cents. Half a pound
stewed and sweetened would MAKE a
good desert to go with the soup. The
bread, b fruit and the sugar used