The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-09

You VIII notice. she said. that have
said pint OF milk 4 day al 3 cents pint.
That's skim milk, Of course. But skim
milk is Just as good food as unskinmed
milk The cream in the latter contains
the fats hat are lacking in the skinned
milk.
Another thing-rneat at 10 cents would
mean thai the 15-center could have meat
twice a week. For 3 cents he could get
good nutritious piece off the neck or the
round. Fortunately the most nutritious
cuts of meat are the cheapest"
The menu as suggested for q day was;
Breakfast-Rice or oatmeal, viii, sugar and
milk, baked banana, bread and coffee.
Dinner-Meat stew and potatoes OF split pea
soup and bread.
Supper-Bread and butter, and glass % milk and
stewed Tult.
The menu could be varied by the sub
stitution of beets, or tomatoes, or what
ever vegetable might be in season, for po-
tatOes, Miss Taylor said; and 1t goes
without saying that the price Of vegetables
will depend upon the season, and the at
tractiYeness and variety Of the purchases
upon the skill and Intelligence Of the pur-
chaser
of course a man can live on l. cents
worth Of food day" a woman physician
said yesterday. Fifteen cents is a gen
erous allowance. Fifteen cents viii buy
luxuries-
Fifteen cents day means S1.05 a week
How many families do you suppose there
are who can afford to spend S1.G5 a week
for each individual for food only? Think
of the men who make a dollar day and
have 10 pay house rent, fuel, food, and
clothing and everything else that they and
their families have on Sc week! No Is
cents day for each Individual for food in
those familes
Suppose a man who earns SO a week
las a wife and five children to support.
One dollar and five cents a week for food
for each member of the family would
amount to S7.35 at the end of the week.
Where is the rent coming from, and the
shoes and the coal and all the other things
that family will be compelled to have If
the man gives his wife S7.35 TO spend on
what they eat?
People talk about living on Is cents a
day as though 1t were a very small amount
The people we speak Of as the poor have
very much less than 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 appetizing
food for much less than Is cents apiece.
Suppose, for instance. you get up din
ner for that family of seven. Peas, beans
and lentils, ana other heterogeneous foods
furnish as much nutriment as meat You
won't find anything more wholesome than
split-pea soup. For enough soup for fam
lily Of seven you would need a pint of split
peas, two or three potatoes, a little salt,
and other seasoning-thyme or some other
soup herb-and some soup meat
For 10 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 containing the
most nutriment are the cheapest. Split
peas cost - cents pint, your potatoes
would cost about cents more, and your
salt and seasoning would add another half
cent to the amount, making the entire
quantity for seven persons cost you Is
cents.
"A loaf of bread costs 5 cents If you
do your own baking you can get it for
much less. A pound of dried fruit costs 10
cents. Half a pound stewed and sweetened
would make good desert to go with. the
soup. The bread. the fruit and the sugar
used to sweeten it would add about II
cents to your eXpenses-and the whole din
ner for seven people would cost you 81
eents-less than cents apiece
Here's anotEar soup you might try:
Brown couple C rablespoonfuls of -four.
add water and the contents of a can of