The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

to buy. things that men know little
about and care less, yet they all 70
to provide that excellent repast he
expects to enjoy on December 25. II
man had to make all the necessary
purchases he would probably go crazy
or else he would give up the task be-
fore 1t was half completed and make
up his mind that cafe on Christmas
day would be good enough for him.
The busy little housekeeper, how
ever, appears to enjoy her task. She
probably first sits down and figures
up the things she wants. There are
currents and raisins and critron and
orange and lemon peel and sugar asd
eggs, and butter and flour and spices.
that she must have for the fruit cake.
There is the turkey goose or duck
there are the cranberries. the celery.
for every dinner table is graced with
celery on Christmas; and, oh, yes,
there Ia the lettuce to garnish the
dishes with, and for the salad: then
there Is choice of spinach or csuli-
! flower and some potatoes; then come
1.-The oranges, the nuts and apples. per-
haps pine apple or some grapes. and
many other things.
Just by chance she may decide that
some oysters to start things going
would be the real thing. and then
again a nice lobster salad might
help. especially IL a good live Maine
lobster is obtainable And. oh yes.
again. there is the mince meat which
cannot be overlooked, and numerous
other things.
Question of Money.
The next question concerns the poe
ket book All of these things are
needed, but will the bank account
stand for it, Perhaps not, and IL not
there comes a sitting down process.
cutting out this article here. and. that
there, until the food stuffs to be pur-
chased. and the amount of money for
household expenditure agree This is
no easy task. Eagerly the house
Keeper. turns to the market report, and
to the advertisements in the morning
newspaper. She scans every item that
win inform her of the prevailing prices
In the market, goes over her list
again carefully, making q change here
and another there until now needs
accord. Then she starts out on her
shopping tour.
All her Christmas goods are not
| bought in q day. First on the list
comes the material for the fruit cake
and this means a trip to the grocers
On the way she probably stops at her
meat market and tells Mr. Market Mar
please to be sure and save her a fine
young turkey for Christmas, mention.
ing the number Of pounds she would
like II to weigh.
Next day. while making purchases
for the every days of life, she finds
time to lay in supply of nuts and
| oranges and other after dinner re.
quirements. When the great day II
near she makes another trip to the
market man to make sure that he still
is bearing In mind her order for a
turkey, for everybody is buying tur.
keys and the market is getting short
Finally the annual festival comes
around. There is table well ladeneS
with good things to eat. 1t is the feas
of the year and every member of this
family does II full justice, the NAL.
members thereof giving little though
to the great amount Of thought ant
preparation that was given to ID. They
eat ana enjoy. and then are ready fol
a quiet smoke. feeling on good term
with themselves and the world. and tn,
tired little woman who prepared al
this smiles her satisfaction in know
/ ing that all are satisfied and happy.
| "But WOman's work.
Just as 1t is with the male member,
| OF the family. so II Is with the grea
majority OF the people of Montgomery
In the rush OF business life there 4,
little thought paid to the tremendoui
amount of shopping that has TO be don,
to feed the people OF their city. Ever
the little housekeeper who knows jus
what IL takes TO prepare a meal for tn,
1 family. has little knowledge OF the vas
quantity of food stuffs that are neces'
cary to supply the wants of the entir,
city on this great Christmas Day. b,
careful inquiry among the local marke
men II Is possible to give some idea o.
Just how much OF the various thing
that go to supply the Yulettide tatft
will be required. and the cost of tn,
same.
Every market in this city has beer
visited, and the proprietors have beer
able to tell just what amount OF pro
visions they are called on to lay In 4
meet the supply. An estimate has ais,
been made Of the turkeys. and chick
ems. and vegetables. to say nothing o.
| butter and eggs that will be brough
( in by the farmers and sold direct from
! the wagon. All sources of supply hav,
been carefully gone over. and the es
innate arrived at is thought to be
I conservative one.
/ First OF all then to supply the Christ
mas tables in Montgomery at least 2.60'
| turkeys must lose their heads. Thu
| local market would not be able to fur
nish this amount. therefore they will
come here from Wisconsin and man!
places In the far west.
Some people prefer geese or ducks
and It is stimated that at least e2B o