The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-17

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Roast Lamb. Min, saucs
Potatoes ietticc salad Waters
spinach Cherries
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Potato Cakos. Boiled Mackcrcl
Bcsldci Corn Cakes.
Luncheon or supper
Tea, Turkish Pilau Toast
Rhubafb Saucc. Goodies
Dinner
Soup
Cold Bottled Tongue
- Asparagus on Toast
Z. Lettuce and Cheese Sandwich hes
Waters and Conc"
FRIDAY.
Breakfast.
Shredded Wheat.
Bread. Bacon with Calls Liver.
Coffee. Cherries.
Luncheon or Supper.
Cream Toast. Sponge Cake.
Apple Jelly.
Chocolate Blanc Mango.
Dinner.
Boiled Salmon.
Potatoes. C~ucumbers. Peas.
Strawberry Ice Cream.
Sponge Cake.
SATURDAY.
Breakfast.
Wheatlet with Dates.
Biscuit. Dreamed Salmon,
Stewed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Luncheon or Supper,
Potato Salad. Nut Sandwiches.
Hard Gingerbread. Cottage Cheese.
Roast Veal. Pototoes. Greens,
scallion Salad.
Bananas. Cherry Sauce. Waters,
SUNDAY.
Breakfast.
Oranges. Veal Kidney saute.
Brown ~Bread-Cofree.
Luncheon or Supper.
Cold Veal. Rolled Sandwiches.
SnOTtcake.
Dinner.
Cream OF Asparagus with Croutons.
Lobster Salad. Brown Bread Bars.
Deep Cherry Pie.
Coffee. Sailed PeCans. Olives.
This weekly menu" continued Miss
Bond, offers many opportunities for using
reasonable fruits, sue as stra wberries and
cherries. or course, this is a June menu.
Other months in the year furnish fruits
and vegetables which are cheap.
"The object Ia to keep the cost Of food
down to a certain figure, and the girls are
taught to buy judioiously and plan from one
day to the next In order to utilize l~eftovers.
under the conditions l have mentioned
there Is no reason in the world why the
young man who. earns Sis a week cannot
marry and live comfortably. If the rules
which the girls have been taught are prac-
tised he can save a nice little sum every
week.
"Of course, the question of rent is the only
one which cannot be definitely settled.
For the sake Of argument we will say
that IN apartment fit to shelter a family
Of two can be rented for SIS a month.
The household expense for the month would
then u something like this:
Food $3.50
1000
200
Total s3I,50
This is practically $40 a month, or $40 a
week, and leaves a margin Of IS a week for
clothes and incidentals. or course, in some
cases this IS would not go far toward buy
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Of the girls who leave our training school
are fitted to make their own clothing If
necessity demanded it.
1We have found that the time to take
these girls in order to get the best results
Is at the age of 0 or 10. l lave in my cook
ing classes now two little girls under 10
years Of age who can prepare a better meal
than the average housewife living in the
settlement nighborhood.
Ethel Ellington, who received honor
able mention in the bread baking contest
Just closed, is the daughter Of a woman
Is compelled to go out and work by
the day. In her absence Ethel prepares
the meals for the family, which consists OF
herself and two older brothers.
Here is the list Of things which shs can
prepare in the most approved way: Ginger
bread, white bread, creamed potatoes,
chocolate mould, baking powder biscuits,
p~opovers, all kinds OF vegetables, broiled
pork chops, hash, French toast, tomato
potato salad, ice cream, ginger cookies
and peanut cookies.
'The other child, Esther Christianson.
can do nearly as well. These children nave
been attending the classes one year. the
term consisting Of thirty weeks. with two
a week. If they continue to adj
vance during the next W years they will
be ready to keep houses Of their own when
they are IL years old"
Before the graduates received their di-
they were compelled to pass a rigid
examination regarding affairs Of the house
hold. Some Of the questions were:
Why are rugs preferable to carpets?
What kind Of furniture Ia the most durablet
Give menu for all meals for one week and
list Of household expenses. keeping the total
$40.
Suggest an artistic arrangement for a
parlor.
Give sanitary rules for housekeeping.
Many more questions OF a like nature
were put to the candidates and they were
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