Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-09
INEXPENSIVE HOUSEKEEPING
FOR YOUNG MARRIED FOLK
How to Buy Groceries and Meats for Family of
Two-How to Furnish Small Apartment.

removed and then stuffed, makes a nice
roast and is not too large. If you market
fresh, small scraps can be picked out and
bought cheap to make into a stew.
calves liver at % cents a pound sounds
expensive, yet 10 cents worth with a
be ample for a breakfast for two persons,
and will taste much better than the
tougher bullock's liver.
Lambs kidneys and bacon make an ap-
petizing breakfast dish. A beef kidney
cut and stewed with seasoning and served
on toast will more than make dinner
for two, the cost being about Is cents.
Chicken for fricassee may be considered
an economical investment, as every scrap
may be utilized.
pended for food and rent: then there will
be gas. about 80 to 50 month. de-
pending upon NE amount of cooking done
and the time Of year, help with the laun-
dry or housekeeping, say so cents a
week
Car fare and lunches certainly not less
than $1.5O a week, and incidental ex-
penses you will find reach the same
amount or more, these to include drugs,
newspapers, etc. A dollar is not too
ments or any special treat every week,
and as neither will need much in the way
of clothing for several months the money
left may be put away for the purchase Of
new clOtHeS Wlcn ncoQeQ.
In furnishing your home I should advise
getting a few good articles rather than
many In cheaper grade. Indeed, per-
sons Of refinement do not crowd rooms
nowadays; 1t Is considered In much bet
ter taste to buy only what is needed.
These pieces may be as handsome as
one plea ses, but furniture is not bought
nowadays simply to be looked at.
The craftsman furniture mot the mis-
sion) is appropriate for small homes, in
dining and living rooms especially.
In the latter l should lay a good rug,
add couple of comfortable, roomy
chairs, a neat but substantial table, not
too small for service; a bookcase and. If
you can afford it and have room for it, a
lounge. Later you may get an extra
couple of small chairs and a stand for a
fern.
Pretty cross-stripe curtains are effective
for living rooms, with linen sash cur
tains of scrim and lace.
In the dining room there could be sash
curtains of any pretty, inexpensive stuff
that comes by the yard, topped by gath
cred or pleated valance.
The floor should be covered with a crex
rug and the furniture plain but on smart
lines. Nice dining room furniture is not
cheap, but you might get table and chairs
and wait for the sideboard If you feel
You have spent enough on this room.
The bedroom floor could be covered with
a colonial rug. The bed may be Of brass
kind of wood you prefer. White enamel
is little trouble to keep clean and wears
for years.
A bureau. chiffonier and couple of
chairs are all that is really necessary. A
small table may be added.
The kitchen may be furnished with
linoleum on the floor, though il Of hard
finish no covering is necessary.
There must be kitchen table, to cost
about $50 Pots and pans and dishes
may cost little or much. but what do
advise strongly is to get all cooking uten-
sis of thoroughly good quality.
l think you may spend $500 in furnish
ing. which sum, with all the little dainty
pieces of needlework your bride will
bring, should make your home pretty.
ELIZABETH LEE.