The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15

quality and expense OF the food served in the
two households.
4 young married woman in New York last
winter wrote To the mistress OF the Paris PEN
sion whore her artist husband had lived for
several ears and asked for the recipe for Ger.
tain tomatoes ~farcies, OF which, the man had
the young wife read ii and fell on the divan
In dismay. Three separate and distinct va
rieties OF bread crumbs, specially prepared,
toes, two kinds of pepper. laurel leaves and
bay leaves, and olives, and burnet. and pars-
ley, aud chopped, veal, and chopped sausage
only IS a week for board and room in that little
pension, and It's mistress Was making money.
In buying meas knowledge Is even more
essential than IN amy other marketing, Ms na
one in regard to which an ignorant buyer can
make the most egregious failure, There IL
a tradition that nothing smaller than a SIX.
exactly the cnt required and the style OF cook
ing needed n three-pound portsrhouse roast
may be all ths. the most fasI,di lot, could as-
sity In the wake Of the roast. The ignorant
young housekeeper should buy q good house
keeping book not one OF me elaborate co1k
books In which an illlistri0us chef tells the
world how 10 make nightingale tongue rag,
outs, &c, but a book written by a practical
woman for other women OF moderate, means,
turn to the chapter on meats and study u win
earnestness until beef, veal, pork ana NUT
ton have no anatomical secrets for her, and
she can argue with the widest butcher ana
put him 10 shame.
Canned meat extracts save the bother OF
long boiling of meat for soup with the, atten-
dant outlay of gas or the heat OF n slow nre
in the range. Canned soups are a positive
boon in emergencies, though with the help
OF leftover vegetables and meat. better and
cheaper soup can usually he made. The. In
creasing. respect for salads in the American
household Is a cheering thing for the house
wife. Lettuce. tomato bean. pea, caulinower
or any one ~ a score OF other salads II nutri.
tious. appetizing. decorative, easily prepared
and cheap. even though good olive oil II a
triHe expensive. Moreover. the salad served
with plain French dressing Is one OF the most
WHOLESOME OF dishes and doesn't deserve the
tons OF lobster and chicken and mavonnai.e.
II q young husband doesn't appreciate The
merits of salad, his wife should axe radical
a family. quarrel, for much OF her future ease
and JOY in lie depends upon his conversion;
One of Oh" Young housekeeper,s bece.tinx
needs of two Iersons. The resultant waste
mounts to considerable figures in the course Of
a year. The arguments proving mat u l.
cheaper 10 buy most things in bulk have all
originated with individuals who, having large
families, could nse up the large supple. before
amy spelling could occur, The woman keeping
in mall quantities and eliminating the ele-
ment Of waste. II she buys carefully and
cooks carefully, she can obtain excellent results
Tor moderate money. Twenty-Five dollars
a month ought 10 enable her to set a f'rst-class
table. II can he done for less. but these esti-
mates are made. a. has heeIi said before. for u
couple who choose 10 live comfortably and
occasionally entertain their friends. The other
SIS oi the SIS will cover gas bills and all Incl
dentals. and occasional strict economies
and fortunate reductions of %eNIen~e Will add
To this sum, out of which the appalling item
Of clothes must comc.
The sacrifice OF doing without a servant Is,
rs may be- readily seen, the only Thing that
makes this comfortable living possible. and
until the modern girl era Srs the idea that she
can helD n husband IN no finer and mere rational
wav than in mastering all details Of house
work and reducing them Ia a science, he should
not marry y moor man and eNrect happiness
for either her husband OF herself,