Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
POINTS OUT WASTE.
EXPERT SEES FAULTS IN MOD.
ERIN HOUSEKEEPING.
Women Of Chicago are Said TO Spend
an Enormous Amount Needlessly
-oId-Fashioned Methods Got
the Best Results.

Chicago housekeepers waste nearly
t200,000,000 every year The exact
figures, taken from commercial reports
and the percentages OF waste calcu-
lated by domestic science esq.,
show that s193. LAO 900 is lost annually
by careless buying, unscientific cook
Ing and other domestic extravagances.
The School of Domestic Science
sums up the causes under several
heads. Among these the halfdozen
following are selected by the Chicago
Tribune as the most prominent:
!. Buying provisions by order and
telephone instead of seeing them.
g. Buying prepared foods.
3. Buying fruits and vegetables out
Of season.
4. Taking goods as offered by deal
ers instead OF insisting on quantities
brands and cuts wanted.
s. Loss on delight, wrappings and
attractive glasses, cans, etc, in which
food is put up.
6. Lack of expert knowledge of
cuts of meat and how to cook least ex
pensive things to bring out food values
and good taste.
"The thing which the average house
keeper figures upon as most import
ant now is her time" said Miss Ly.
ford of the School of Domestic Science
when she buys so as to save this
she has to figure against 1t not only
loss OF money, but loss OF nourish'
ment Again, you have to figure IL Ii
isn't better to spend more money tc
| get more nourishment."
or the gain in the old-fashioned
plan of going to market instead of or
dering by telephone or by the order
boy, the women of the school cannot
speak too strongly. Said Mrs. Wag
ley, the secretary:
1T is a matter of fact that your
roast will cost more II you order il
than 1t does IL you see 1t weighed
Your butcher may prove perfectly hon
est and you may have him for years
and years and not find fault IL yor
go get your things yourself. The min
ute you begin to order, however, the
total of your weeks bill will be higher
Another advantage OF going is tha
your butcher does not happen to have
the cut you want. you simply ant
easily can walk to another place with
out any talk or argument about 1t
Many housekeepers do not do this
but 1t Ia the most logical thing in the
world to do. You ask for certain
thing, he says he hasn't 1t. You sa!
nothing, but go to another place t
get what you have decided upon"
One Of the things which Mrs. Wag
ley considers Is absolutely indispen
sable to see cut Is hamburger steak
which she says should be cut off a
wanted and put through the grinder
The kind that is ready prepared in
variably will have scraps and trim
mings put in 1t.
One reason for the common habi
of ordering Is given by a housekeepe
in the fact that in the majority Of mar
kets the fresh goods are not brough
out until nearly noon, and this leaves
the housekeeper no time to marke
but in the middle of her day. To thi
is attributed the crowding Of markets
just before dinner, when it takes al
almost impossible tome to get waiteC
on.
1t Is on the buying Of ready-mad'
foods that the greatest loss is believed
to be found, both in money and nutri
ton. Says Mrs. Smith:
''Ready-made cakes, pies and almos
all ready-made foods are only an imi
tation. They look beautiful and appe
thing on the outside. but did you eve
eat anything in your life bought il
this way that was not disappoint
ment? In too many cases they arr
made of materials that we would no
employ in our homes"