The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
HOW WOMEN WASTE MILLIONS.
chicago Housekecpers Alone Might v
$500 OO, 900 . ear.

Chicago h~ousekeepers waste nearly $780,
OO0, 100 every year. The exact figures.
taken from commercial reports and the
percentages Of waste calculated by do
nestle science experts, show that sleS, l40,-
600 is lost annually by careless buying.
u~nscientiic cooking and other domestic
extravaganoes.
The School of Domestic Science sums up
the causes under several heads. Among
these the half dozen following are selected
by the Chicago Tribune as the most prom
inent:
1. Buying provisions by order and tele-
phone instead OF seeing them.
?. Buying prepared foods.
. 8. Buying fruits and vegetables out Of
season.
4. Taking goods as offered by dealers
instead Of insisting on quantities, brands,
and cuts wanted.
S. Loss on weight, wrappings and at
t~ractive glasses, cans, &o., in which food
Is put up.
, O. Lack OF expert knowledge Of outs Of
meat and Of how to cook least expensive
things t o bring out food values and good
taste.
The thing which IN average house,
keeper figures Upon as most important
now is her time" said Miss Lyford Of the
School OF Domestic Science. when she
BUYS so as TO save this she has to figure
against il not only loss of money, but loss
OF nourishment. Again, you have to figure
IL it isn't better to spend moro money to
get more nourishment.'
Two mn were talking Of the little
chicken pies that arc bought at the delioa-
lessen shop.
They are only IS tents and one apiece 10
plenty said the first ~housekeeper. But
the crust is greasy and not nourishing, and
besides we have been used to having a great
dish Of chicken pie from which We would
all I'D our plates a couple OF times at least.
and each time more than the whole Of your
one little pie
or the gain in the old fashioned plan OF
going to market instead Of ordering by tele-
phone or by the order boy, the women OF the
school cannot speak too strongly. Said
Mrs.. Wagley, the secretary;
st In q matter OF fact that your roast will
cost more il you order it than 1t does II You
see it weighed. Your butcher may prove
perfectly honest n you may have him
for years and years and not find a fault II
you go and get your things yourself. The
minute you begin to order, however, the
total Of your weeks bill will be higher.
Another advantage OF going is that II
your butcher does not happen TO have the
cut You want, you simply and easily can
walk to another place without any talk or
argume mt about it. Many housekeepers
do not do this, but it is the most logical thing
In the world to do. You ask for a GER
tain thing, he says he hasn't It. You say
nothing, but go to another place to get
what you have decided upon.
One of the things which Mrs. Wagley
considers it absolutely indispensable to
see cut is hamburger steak, which she says
should be cut of az wanted n put through
the grinder. The kind that is ready pre-
nared invariably will have scraps I'M trim
mings put In 1t.
One reason for the common habit OF or
dering il given by a h~ousekeeper in the
fact that In the majority Of markets the
fresh goods arc not brought up until nearly
noon. and this leaves the housekeeper no
| time TO market but in the middle Of her day.
To his IL attributed the ~crowding OF mar
kets lust before dinner, when Il takes an
almost impossible time to get waited on.
Il is ON the buying OF ready made foods
that the greatest loss Is believed to be
found. both in money and nutrition. Says
Mrs. Smith:
Ready made cakes, pies, and almost all
ready made foods are only an imitation.
They. look beautiful and appetizing on the
/ outside. but did you ever eat anything in
your life bought in this way that was not q
disappointmsntf In too many cases they
are made OF materials that we would not
aparlov In olr homaeH