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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
Things That Should Be Taught.

There is no reason why the ordinary
mechanics wife, IL properly instructed,
should not save one-haIf of the money
that she spends at the butcher shop for
meat by selecting those cuts which con-
tain the greatest degree Of nourishment
and which a Frenchwoman prefers be-
cause she knows their value. There
ought to be some means of instructing
young women in the high schools how to
buy meat and vege, bles and which
vegetables and whicf cuts of meat are
the most nourishing and economical. But
in this generation those accomplishments
are not SO highly considered as they
used to be. A girl nowadays does not
learn to sew and spin and cook and
make her own clothes and keep the house
as our grandrnothers used to do, and 1t
Is 80 much cheaper to buy ready-made
articles of wearing apparel that women
have gotten out of the habit of making
them. But the increase in the cost Of liv-
ing is gradually absorbing the salaries
of clerks and the wages of labor, SO
that the people of limited means will
soon be compelled to adopt the methods
of the French and German and Swiss
housewives, who can feed their fami-
lies better upon half the money than the
ordinary American woman. The waste
in cooking, the waste in buying and the
scraps that are thrown away would make
! a great difference in the savings bank ac-
count If they could be turned into
money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
Probable Verdict.

1t is matter of common gossip at the
War Department that the army court
will sustain the views OF ex-President
Roosevelt that the shooting was done by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22

were just as nutritive, as they really are.
but she would not believe him. and when
he urged the wiser economy of using
them, she became angry at him for what
she regarded as a reflection upon her
dignity. My wealthy customers. said
he, take our cheaper cuts. but | have
got through trying to sell these econom-
ical meats to that woman and others OF her
Glass; l am told that people in the poor
err parts of New York city buy the highest
priced groceries, and that the meat men
say they can sell the coarser cuts of meat
TO the rich, but that people OF moderate
means refuse them l hear the same thing
in Washington and other cities.
How the Poor Suffer.
Indeed to one who looks into the mat
ter, it is as surprising as it is pathetic to
see how much people of limited incomes
lose in these ways It is the poor man s
money that is worst spent in the market
and the poor mans food that is worst
cooked and served at home. Here it Is
sadly true that to him that hath shall
| be given, and from him that hath not
hath To supply the wants Of the body
| it is necessary, first, to have enough
protein to build up the tissues and keep
them in repair as they are being con-
stantly used up. and. second. enough
| fats. and carbohydrates. In addition, to
supply the needed energy. If there is
not food enough or the nutrients are not
| in the right proportions the body Will
| be weak in its structure and inefficient
| in its work. If there Is too much dam
| age to health will result.
THE direct waste of food occurs in
| two ways-in eating more than is needed
and in throwing away valuable material
| in the form of kitchen and table refuse.
One of the dietaries examined by the
| Massachusetts labor bureau was that Of
| a machinist in Boston who earned 80
per day. In food purchased, the dietary
| furnished 1872 grams of protein and 5,64O
| calories of energy per man per day, at a
cost Of IL cents One-half the meats.
| fish, lard milk. butter, cheese, eggs, SUI
/ gar and molasses would have been rep
| resented by 81 grams of protein, 1,A6O
calories and 10 cents II these had been
| subtracted the record would have stood
| at 125 grams, $500 calories and % cents.
| Volts German standard for an ordinary
| mechanic at moderately hard muscular
| work calls for 118 grams of protein and
$3.50 Galleries of energy. BY the above
| calculation this family might have ais
| pensed with one-half Of all their meats,
fish, eggs, dairy products and sugar.
| saved 40 per cent of the whole cost of
their food, and still have had all the
protein and much more energy than is
called for by a standard which is sup
| posed to be decidedly liberal.
In another dietary-that of carpen-
| ter's family-nearly 8 per cent Of the
| total food purchased was left in. the
kitchen and table wasted. The total
| waste was somewhat worse than this
proportion would imply. because the
| protein and fats wasted would have each
| supplied one man for a week and the
carbohydrates for three days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22

trimmings the butcher is apt to cut out
considerable else than the bone and fat
In piece Of roast beef Weighing six
teen pounds the trimmings which con-
sisted of the bone and the meat cut out
with it and which were left for the
butcher to sell to the soap man or get
rid of as he might otherwise choose,
weighed four and one-half pounds, so
that eleven and one-half pounds of meat
went to the consumer, who, of course,
paid for the whole. The price of the
beef was $2.24. Assuming the nutritive
value of the ingredients of the trim
mings' to be 1211 per cent Of the whole,
% cents worth of the nutritive material
besides the bone and tendon was left at
the butchers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
A Foolish Boast.

Mr.. Lee Meriwether. who has given
much attention to this special subject
cites case in point, that of a coal labor
er who boasted: No one can say that 1
do not give my family the best of -four
the finest of sugar. the best quality Of
meat He paid $156s a year for the
ni-est cuts of meat, which his wife had to
cook before q in the morning or $50 at
night because she worked all day in a
factory. When excellent butter was SELL
ing at % cents a pound he paid . cents
for an extra quality. He spent only S1OS
a year for clothing for his family of nine
and only ST. a year for rent in a close
tenement house. where they slept in
rooms without windows or closets He
INDUCED in this extravaganza in diet when
much less expensive food materials, such
as regularly come upon the tables of men
of wealth, would have been just as nutri-
tious, just as wholesome and in every
way just as good. save in the gratifica-
ton of pride and palate. He was COM
hitting an immense economic blunder
and, like thousands of others. he did SO in
the belief that it was wise and economi-
ao1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
Lack Of Economy in Purchase.

''The sad side of the study is that the
poor are the ones who practice the worst
economy In the purchase as we'll as the
use of food. The Massachusetts, bureau
of labor made numerous inquiries of
tradesmen regarding the food Of the poor
in Boston: meaning by poor those who
earn just enough to keep themselves and
families from want The almost uni
versal testimony was. They usually want
the best and pay for it, and the most
fastidious are those who can least afford
It,. The costliest kind of meat, the finest
-four and very highest priced butter were
demanded, and many scored the less ex-
pensive meats and groceries such as we'll
TODD and sensible people were in the
habit of buying.
Il have taken occasion TO verify these
observations by personal inquiry in Boston
markets. One intelligent meat man gave
his experience with a poor seamstress
who insisted on buying tenderloin steak
at 90 cents per pound. He tried to per-
suade her that other parts OF the meat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
Facts About Meat.

This form Of bad economy Is not confin-
ed to the kitchen. but begins in the mar
ket. In the dietary studies in Middle
town Mr.. c. g. Videon had occasion to
collect data regarding the meats used.
Since not the whole Of the meat was eat
en-, II was necessary to determine the
weight and composition of the rejected
portion. In buying meat in the retail
markets it is a common practice to have
the bone and considerable of the fat cut
out and left. In thus removing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
COST AND NUTRITION
Not Related in the Matter of
Foods.
WASTE IN PURCHASING
Best Sometimes May Be the
Cheapest
VALUE OF DISCRIMINATION
Worst Economy Often Practiced by
Those of Limited Means-Poor
Disdain What Rich Use.
VALUE OF DISCRIMINATION
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.


Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
Some years ago the late Prof. Atwater
of Wesleyan University undertook a Sc
ries of scientific Investigations to deter
mine the laws of nutrition and to demon
strate to the people of the United States
how they could economic in their ex-
penditures for food and get the greatest
amount of nourishment for the least
amount of money. The results of his in
vestigations were published in series OF
reports by the Department Of Agricul-
ture and any -one who will take the trou-
bile to dig them up will find a great
deal of valuable information bearing
upon the problem which is now occupy
ing the attention Of Congress and the
minds of 50 many of the American home
keepers. The government reports, par
ticularly those of the Department Of Ag-
riculture, are loaded with facts of i'm
portance to thousands of people who ap-
preciate them and many thousands more
who never hear of them. In this par
ticular case that portion Of the popula-
ton which might have learned the most
and received the greatest benefit from
DR.. Atwaters Investigations probably
never heard of them. He spent great
deal of time in demonstrating the COM
parative economy of various kinds Of
food and in studying the wastage that is
habitual among our working people, and
I remember that he told me one day that
the daily waste from the hotels in New
York would feed all the poor in that city.
find in an old note book memoranda
of the interview I once had with him on
this subject, in which he was discussing
the comparative values of food, and,
among other things, he said:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
Best May Be Cheapest.

THE maxim that the best is the
cheapest does not apply to food. The
best food, In the sense Of that which is
sold at the highest price. is rarely the
most economical for people in health.
The food that is best fitted to the real
wants of the user may be the very kind
which supplies the most nutriment at the
lowest cost Round steak at 10 cents a
pound contains as much protein and
energy, is just as digestible and is fully
as nutritious as tenderloin at 80 cents.
Mackeral has as high nutritive value as
salmon and costs from an eighth to half
as much. Oysters are delicacy. II one
can afford them there is no reason for
not having them, but 25 cents invested in
a pint would bring only twenty-nine
grams. about an ounce. of protein and
28O Galleries of energy. The same %
cents spent for -four at Sc a barrel. or 3
cents pound, would pay for 400 grams
of protein and 1890 calories of energy.
When day laborer buys bread at ~
cents pound the actually nutritive ma
terial costs him three times as much as
1t does his employer, who buys it in
flour at SIS barrel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22
Nutrition and Cost.

I'VE cannot judge of the nutrtive value
of food by the quantity. There is az
much nutriment in a pound of wheat
flour as in seven pounds or three and a
half quarts OF oysters. There is still
less connection between nutritive value
and price In buying at ordinary market
rates we get as much material to build
up our bodies, repair their wastes and
give strength for work. in five cents
worth of flour or beans or Goldfish as
~ cents or 81 will pay for In tender
loin. salmon or Holsters
''One of the ways in which many peo-
pie are uneconomical is in the buying
of needlessly high-priced foods. For this
error prejudice, the palate and poor
cooking are mainly responsible. There
is a prevalent but unfounded idea that
the .coStliest foods, such as the tenderest
meats the finest fish. the highest priced
butter. fancy brands of -four and the
most delicate vegetables, possess some
peculiar virtue which is lacking In the
less expensive materials. Many who
have small incomes and really wish to
econoTlfze think 1t beneath them to use
the cheaper meats and inexpensive but
substantial groceries. People pay for
flavor rather than for nutriment, and in
many households high prices are depend
ed on to make the table attractive, when
good cooking and tasteful serving would
be far better If they were practical.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23

Good treatment in business is
necessary and it pays. 1t is also
far reaching in its results and
equally so is bad treatment. If a
business man 10 particular about
giving his customers good treat
ment and a square deal they soon
notice it and expect nothing else.
Abiding faith in his intention to
10 the right thing under all Gil
cumstances lodges itself in the
mind Ct che customer and he de-
Ponds upon getting what he is
entitled to without even giving a
thought to looking out for himself
1t is confidence in the merchant S
honesty OF purpose that holds q
customers trade for years and
oars out the competitors who seek
hls business. Good square treat
'nent brings its reward every time
Ina makes up for errors and &C
1ldents which are liable to happen
IN the best regulated business
houses.
In talking recently with a num-
lsr of farmers who do all their
rading here and have no use for
analogue houses, they said that
hey could 10 better here with
either produce or cash than to
Try to deal directly with the large
tiles, and her they like to trade
ere for another Important reason,
and that is that they are always
sure OF receiving fair treatment.
his is certainly a splendid record
III the business men of any town
nd something that Mobridge peo-
lie have great reason to be
proud of.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23

The past year has shown a large
increase in the financial and COR =
mercial lines throughout the state.
Many new banking institutions
have been incorporated, which
shows that, although the past
has not been very
promising, the men of capital are
not afraid to invest. The secre-
tary of state reports that 119 new
banks have received charters, and
commercial corporations other
than banks number 1,643. There
were 1862 auto licenses granted
1,769 notarial commissions werl
issued, 118 churches incorporated
and "a social and benevolent
societies received charters.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23
Friday, Sept. q, 1910

During the summer the debat.
about the household fly has contin
ued and il probably will i~Lcrease ii
vigor until this dangerous and I'M.
pleasant little animal has been op,
pressed almost out Of existence.
Following is published with apol.
ogies to Robert Louis Stevenson.
The fly he lights on ali around;
He lights on you and ne.
Tho reared within the stable foul
He's swimming in my tea;
His little legs they wiggle fast,
All covered with bacilli.
| do not wish him in my tea,
Nor will | drink it, will /?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23
WANTED

Name and address of farmsr
having farm implements two and
one .oufth miles from the town
of Faith. Alsa irice for breaking
16o acres on s. E. quarter Of
Sec. 5, Twp. u, R. 10. Address
Louise Hatch, Graduate Nurse,
Aobridgs, S. D.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23

wlie terms Of sale on lots in the
new Eklo addition are $500
down on each lot, the balance
be paid in two annual payments at
Z per cent interest. The pr rchas-
er will net have to ray taxes on
aAess lots until 1911. For prices
see Amewlcsn and Investment Co
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23

We have for sale at a bargain
a nice large, roomy house close in
will rent same to reliable parties
on equitable terms See American
0Lsnd Investment Co.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
co. COMMISSIONERS
Continued from page II

CONTINUED from page Ill
Frank Brown. , days same 6 90
Ed Brown. 1-2 dsv same. IS
Bert Brown, l-2 day came rs
Fred Tews, | day same. III so
IGusz Miller, l 2Eday same. rs
Frank T'auher, . ID days 7 80
Frank Rossmar, l IA days 7 30
Henry Sever IA days same 6 70
w. Z. Hoffman, "a day. ? %
VIM. 'Pasroe, 21-2 days same I 80
n. Fl. Brown, l day same. 3 90
Earnest Thayer, 10 day.. / 80
Arthur Armstrong 3 1-2 das 10 90
Road district No. 4, Benton
Scoles, supervisor:
Benton Sco}es, % days road
overseeing and work with
tedIA , ....s.s '.'sss TOo bO
w. j. Franks, % days wrk
with team.............. rs 90
Bob Buckliu s l-2 dOys.... % 90
John Peterson, 3 days same 9 90
Report from road district No.
l3, w. J. Schmidtgall supervisor:
w. j. Schmidtgall, work with
team and road overseeing$36 on
Jacob Bauder, - days work
Jacob Weiszhaar l day same 3 90
Christ Miller, - day same l 80
Andreas Riede, 1-2 day same l 80
Alexander D. Riedel, u
day same............... l %
Report from road district No.
20, D. John Lemler, supervisor:
John D. Lemler, 8 1-2 days
work aud road oversee
ing and ure of plow.. .$26 30
Christ Voego lie, 1-2 day with
tcdul. L w
John Voegle, ID days same l 80
General bills:
Lee w Sunderland, for bid
ing bridge sw of Glenham
as per contract. .$2l7 36
'Cnetral Lumber Co., Akas-
10 ~
o.. Steiahoff, for watering
trees in courthouse square, IL 90
w. S. Schwartz Hardware
Co., sundry items. ...... q %
Jewel Nursery Co, for trees + 30
News Printing Co.. blanks
and supplies. 8 80
Hammond s Stevens, Co,
Supt. supplies. IA 90
Perkins Bros, supplies. 4 60
Fred Grifin, supplies and
official printing......... 81 rs
Mobridge Printing Co., Off
cial printing Sc %
VIII. Nudge, sundry items 2 %
Selby hotel, boarding pris-
Ou6T. w
w. E. Prann, court house
supplies and material for
disinfecting 80 3S
Frank King, repairing court
house chairs. .......... l ou
j.. j. Elfrink & Son, supplies z %
Albert Lang, repairing court
house vault. ....,..... oo
Hugger Transfer Gu. ambu-
bulence to convey w. Il.
Kelly to hospital. .......4 %
R. L. Murdy, Nj. D., opera
ton in case of appended
It's of Mabel Jenkins in
Guiding 10 dressings. -. 40 %
H.R. Gunderman, medical
services to poor......... by 3O
John Hagen, boarding John
Blum since August It'll. 3S 20
jain Andersen, boarding
prisoners % 90
J.J. Hoyen, for various items
in sheriff 8 tees 160 %
Hattie Bowlus. for work in
Go. tressurer's Office. So 90
Edith Baumgarten, for work
in the registers office. ). 100 90
r.. B. Bowlus, for postage
and express ......... "a 95
II ~ An
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-09-23

WANTED. $500 mortgage Oh
5. E. quarter OF s. 5. I'm. E.
y. Address Louise Hatch, No
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-26

cry specials 2s@l: creamery extras 2ss:
creamery thirds to first s3d2s' creamery
held seconds to specials HAS: state dairy
common to finest es0es: process firsts to
specials 23Ma6; western factory seconds
to first 22a23: western imitation cream
cry 25lG34I: receipts 5e69 PACKAGES.
hennery white 23M35: gathered. white Egg Sa
~: hennery brown and mixed fancy s ~:
gathered brown fair. to prime -9dZz -t
ern regular packed extra firsts 219d22.
oTATOES-Weak; Florida new white
per bb1. s.yDa5; southern 1Ml.es: Bermuda
4M6: Maine IN bulk pei, $50 l6s; ~, III, ~;
state and western In BUZZ per IS IDS -
1 11o: Jersey sweets 3dl.W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-26
The Markets.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Esatwrss Of the Days Dealings In Al
The Leading Stocks. -

New York, April 25-Speculative senti-
ment In the stock market today was
more depressed than ever after the fall
uFe Of the momentary rally during the
day to hold. The tone was acutely weak
and at severe declines at the closing. The
recuperative power of the market proved
extremely moderate and short lived.
The action of the wheat market was
taken as discrediting the worst fears of
damage to grain by the cold wave. Ac-
CONT had to be taken, though, of the
to TI4uidate their holdings and to take
advantage of strong spots to do so. The
firm closing In wheat was partly neu-
tra3ized. also. by the excited strength in
current In that market. Support centered
on United States Steel to the accompani-
ment of renewed predictions or great
positiveness that the dividend would be
increased to a per cent rate at tomor-
rows meeting of the directors The for
midable dimensions of the weeks en-
gagements Of gold for export checked
speculation.
New York bankers would regret any
development that would encourage de-
ferred liquidation of interior bank loans
for. withholding grain from the market.
The extended loan position OF interior
banks is feature of the situation that is
not liked. Shipments of currency which
are coming from the interior are said 70
be due to scarcity of New York ex-
change and to low deposits here for ac-
count of interior banks. Meantime Ctl-
cago bankers report that country bank
deposits are being drawn upon TO meet
land payments, including large sums FOR
Canadian lands. Commercial paper az
that center Is in small demand as 1t IS
here. Bankers admit an irregular tell
dency In interior business.
The chaotic conditions In the cotton
market have their disturbing feature
from the stock market and the financial
point of view. To protect the position
In the cotton market there Is liquidation
OF stocks The difficult position of the
cotton shorts has induced re-purcilase OF
cotton In Liverpool and re-shipment here
On top OF this complication comes
rush of Liverpool brokers to New York
to make fresh purchases. influenced by
the appearance of cotton bills OF ladins
abroad for which no cotton shipments
exist Paralysis Of the cotton industry is
a dreaded consequence.
Gold engagements today amounted TO
81 900, 900, to which Is to be added $780,
600 engaged last week for shipment to-
morrow Ten millions fnthe aggregate
goes out tomorrow The st, 100000 engage
nefft by the Guaranty Trust Co. exceeds
any known precedent for an Individual
gold export. Money rates III New York
were unaffected today.
The insistent assertion that the United
States Steel dividend will be placed on a
regarded AS of doubtful efficacy as a sup
porting factor for the general market.
The renewed upturn In wheat also CON
duced to the losing of the ground partly
recovered in the stock market.
Bonds were easy, Total sales, par val
ne, $l,S53OOO. United States bonds were
unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-26
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able 20 cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a consttu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally. acting directly upon the blood
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
proprietors have so much faith in it's
curative powers that they offer One Hun
bred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo,
| o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
] Take Halls Family PILLS Tor constipa.
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-26

diaries 22M26. ,,,,a
EGGS-Steady: at market. cases imcluo-
ed, 17a@19,: firsts 20; prime frs's a. IT,
ceipts 2e.115 cases.
CHEESE-Steady: HsUlo.