Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-02-15
POINTS OUT WASTE
EXPERT SEES FAULTS IN MOD
ERN HOUSEKEEPING.
Women Of Chicago are Said to Spend
an Enormous Amount Needlessly
-oId-Fashioned Methods Got
the Best Results.


Chicago housekeepers waste nearly
$2OO,000.000 every year. The exact
hgures, taken from commercial reports
and the percentages OF waste calcu
lated by domestic science experts.
show that $l93, 140. 900 is lost annually
by careless buying, unsciendflc 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
l. Buying provisions by order and
telephone instead of seeing them.
2. 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.
5. 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 II II
isn't better to spend more money tc
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 YOU
roast will cost more If you order i
than 1t does il you see 1t weighed
Your butcher may prove perfectly hon
est and you Aay have him for years
and years and not find fault II yoV
go get your things yourself. The min
ulG you DtSln w -
total of your weeks bill will be higher
Another advantage of going is tina
your butcher does not happen to hav
the cut you want, you simply an
easily can walk to another place witt
out any talk or argument about i
Many housekeepers do not do this
but it is the most logical thing In Tn
world to do. You ask for certai
thing. he says he hasn't it. You sa
J nothing. but go to another place
get what you have decided upon.
One of the things which Mrs. Wa
} ley considers is absolutely indispel
1 sable to see cut is hamburger steal
t which she says should be cut off
s wanted and put through the grinde
= The kind that is ready prepared I
}. variably will have scraps and triI
:. mings put in It,
/. One reason for the common hab
g of ordering is given by housekeep'
in the fact that In the majority OF ma
kets the fresh goods are not broug
out until nearly noon. and this ieav
I the housekeeper no time to mark
l. but in the middle OF her day. To tn
is attributed the crowding of marke
/ lust before dinner, when 1t takes
. almost impossible tome to get walt
: on.
1t is on the buying OF ready-ma
:, foods that the greatest loss is believ
to be found, both in money and nut
j. ton. Says Mrs. Smith:
y "Ready.made cakes, pies and alm6
3 all ready-made foods are only an Ii
= tation. They look beautiful and apI
= tizing on the outside. but did you e'
= eat anything in your life bought
: this way that was not disappoi
- ment? In too many cases they
If made of materials that we would
employ in our homes