New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
THE SCIENTIFIC FLAT.
Loue In q Cottage Also Put on
Economic Basis.


the reach OF ALL and that in living tho simple life
Is cents day is sufficient to supply the wants OF
the normal inner man. and that number OF frills
and tucls be added 70 the simple existence for
80 cents day.
The ciubwomen have prepared tables to show Row
easy 1t is to build house with capital OF 500
and that it is trick at all to provide Cor all the
needs OF the practical young couple for 500
To prove all these contentious the committee on
household economics threw open the doors OF a
model fat and invited all the delegates to the
convention OF the General Federation TO come and
inspect the result OF its'labors.
All day long personally conducted tours through
this model homo were made by the delegates. and
the work of transforming the clubwoman into the
model housewife begun.
The model fiat constituted Exhibit A IN the pres
entaton of the defence OF the clubwoman- AL
manner OF formula and recipes and eontrivances
and patented appliances calculated 10 make house
keeping thing OF beauty and Joy forever
displayed and formed Exhibit TO in the club
womans cases.
The defence VIII not conclude until every woman
who boasts a club badge has mastered the details
Of keeping house with the maximum OF 10Y and
minimum Of cost and labor
TT is often charged" declared President Sarah
Platt Decker. that clubwomen are opposed TO
home life to housekeeping and TO donlesticty This
accusation is made not from malice but from want
OF knowledge. The great majority Of members OF
clubs and federations home makers
giving their best efforts to the solution Of problems
Of their own and their chdren's lives They are
the grand army the majority. the 30 per cent.
who make the splendid. sturdy Arnericanism which
must hope for In the future"
In the scientifically arranged fiat clubwomen
have put the fruit OF their experience home
makers and OF their study OF the art OF homemak-
ing. AS the clubwomen thronged into the three
rooms OF the old State House which had been
converted into a five room fat they were taken
Of household
economics. Tours were conducted personally by
Mrs Mary Moody Pugh, chairman OF the COM
mittee; Mrs. Josephine Newman Smith, Mrs. Rob
ert A Miller and Miss Anna Barlow Hero are
OF the things that the guides told the tour
lists:
with the simple life for 500
That 500 a month is a big enough income to de-
fray the expenses Of the simple life.
That from this income the bride and bridegroom
as the tro9ssea@ is eSpectd to last at least year
so that the expenditure OF any portion OF the IN,
That this sum OF 800 should be applied toward
the building OF a home >
That days rations be supplied at a cost OF
That the wife requires less nourishment than the
husband, and this fact supplies source for
economy.
The federation's committee on household eco
nomics divided the cost OF furnishing tho model
but practical and everyday home which the young
man earning a salary OF slO0 each month may pro-
vide for his family as follows;
bv b,vns room .'"..' $50 t Kitchen '........ $50
Es5s5oO.s Iiss5 opo ss Total ''.'-'----'--s4Oo
I'VE begin with the young married couple" de-
clared sweet voiced guide she led group Of
cubwonlen through the model fiat, but. OF course.
the suggestions here supposed TO help not only
young homemakers, but others, TO spend their
money wisely. We assume at the beginning the
husband has saved 500 and the wife has had the
training In home and school which will lit her TO do
her part in the making OF the home. The first
year they rent and furnish comfortably a five room
apartment. such as the now TO show you.
From their capital they save about 500 TO apply
the purchase OF a lot, Being we'll provided with
clothing and having no extras the first year they
able to $500 toward the new home above
rent and living expenses"
Next the guide described the purchase OF q sub
urban lot for $3.50 and went on:
Their chief amusement winter evenings is
the reading Of such books The House That
Jack Built by D c. Gardner. and The Care Of a
House. by T. NJ. Clark and the planning OF
home The cost OF the house which they can afford
to build is carefully estimated, and they have de-
cded upon a cottage suited to their
The house will face east. with living rooms and
bedrooms on the south. There will be a vestibuled
Ra @ T00 H0ng o {b ro % s 0o bTe he'd I
rooms bath, closets and linen press Soovei, a
fr Tnq the Rgpr S and 0c bS Window win add
both to the beauty Of the aEchiteeture and to the
finished in natural wood. Kitchen and bathroom in
different localities building material and labor
varying much. according TO accessibility and sea-
Having paid cash for their lot, there remains
bsy P s With 5 bg9g s aBd loan am 's
70 borrow the rest giving fiTst rs .. mortgage upon
each s160 Of the loan and is be paid as rent all
above the interest applying upon the liquidation
With this explanatory foreword the guide led the
T9Ess INTO eh @ SSs sB Hcns bs Wen n
10 the hands. All the bride has to do Is to
Sog M 1 rses Ras tdTs Ro it 9aT 1ad turn Of ecS5o S in T %
use Of gas and dozen other patent devices which which
utante that ever took the fatal leap over the
kitchen table were hung placards for the bride to
study so as to be certain that she IS playing the
these are printed in large type on the placards
Food and diet-nutrients Of food and their uses in
Food materials as purchased.
Composition Of food materials.
Pecuniory economy of food
On these Sgns are revea5ied, real a., the secrets Of the
GUS eatables which cent piece or dime will
buy from the corner grocer.
fat. one-fourth pound Of protene and one pound OF
carbohydrate would be supplied by about ut one-half
nearly one and one-half pounds each cf bread and
Selection of foods in which the quantities Of
different food values contained, IT being felt
Of meat, potatoes. bzead and butter. Supplement
the list follows:
Heat and fish, to &c ounces: salt pork and lard
Z 20 l; eggs. TO 2; butter. y to 2; milk. 10 10
sugar. 2 8: -four 10 to -; cereals, l .; peas
and beans 1 TO 2; ether Vegetables fruit. to
6: dry fruits. y to J. These items for d days
ration can be supplied at cost OF 25 to so cents
But it would be unwise for a man who intends
to marry, according 10 the federation schedule TO
choose wife whose appetite is more vigorous thau
his: The rules permit woman 70 eat only four
ffths much man, as Is indicated by the
following statement:
THE dietary standards usually calculate the
amount needed by woman as 0.S as much
man. and children various fractions OF the unit
of the measurement, according 10 their age.
So when the young Oliver Twist Of the family
alU there One-CilulOrS