The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-23
POINTS OUT WASTE
EXPERT SEES FAULTS IN MOD.
ERN HOUSEKEEPING.
Women Of Chicago are Said to Spend
an Enormous Amount Needlessly
-old.Fashioned Methods Got
the Best Results.

the BEST HSSultSs
Chicago housekeepers waste nearly
$200,000,000 every year. The exact
figures, taken from commercial reports
and the percentages of waste calcu-
lated by domestic science experts,
show that $19S. 100000 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 half-dozen
following are selected by the Chicago
Tribune as the most prominent:
1. Buying provisions by order and
telephone instead of seeing them.
2. Buying prepared foods.
8. 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 it not only
loss of money, but loss of nourish-
ment. Again, you have to figure if it
isn't better to spend more money to
get more nourishment."
OF 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 if you order it
than it does if you see it weighed.
Your butcher may prove perfectly hon
est and you may have him for years
and years and not find fault if you
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 that
your butcher does not happen to have
the cut you want, you simply and
easily can walk to another place with
out any talk or argument about it.
Many ho,Isekeepers do not do this.
but it is the most logical thing in the
world to do. You ask for certain
thing, he says he hasn't it. You say
nothing, but so to another place to
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 of as
wanted and put through the grinder.
The kind that is ready prepared III.
variably will have scraps and trim.
mings put in 1t.
One reason for the common habit
of ordering is given by housekeeper
in the fact that in the majority of mar
kets the fresh goods are not brought
out Until nearly noon, and this leaves
the housekeeper 40 time to market
but in the middle of her day. To this
is attributed the crowding Of markets
just before dinner. when it takes an
almost impossible tome to get waited
on.
1t IN on the buying of ready.made
foods that che greatest loss is believed
to be Count, both in money and nutri-
ton. Say4 Mrs. Smith:
"Ready-uade cakes, pies and almost
all ready-llade foods are only an imi-
tation. They look beautiful and appe-
thing on the outside, but did you ever
eat anything in your life bought in
this way that was not disappoint-
ment? In too many cases they are
made of materials that we would not
employ il our homes"