Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-08
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
W.-COSt of Food In
Moderate Homes.
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Ia Charge of Domestic Economy. Iowa
State College.
Copyright. 1870. BY American Press
Association.


is first in feeding people, then II
dressing people, then in lodging
people and last In rightly pleasing
people with arts or science or any 9th
er subject OF thought"
If Ruskin is right. and we know be
Is. then IL behooves all those who art
interested in hOmemaking and house
keeping to see to It that their duty is
well performed; that the results OF
their labor ore not only bringing good
to people, but also making good people
This means improving their physical
conditions. training them to higher
ideals and truer standards Of living
The standard of life will determine
the character Of the home, ana when
ever homes and family life are not
what civilization and Christianity
teach they should be the cause will
invariably be found to be wrong stand
ards.
The cost of living depends on the
ideas and standards Of the persons
spending the money. or else it depends
on the total disregard for them The
question Of how much our living
shall cost is more of education than Of
location. so a scale of expenditures
cannot be given that will be suitable
in every particular to any locality
Local conditions must be taken into
consideration TO some extent though
it IS generally found that large expend-
iture in one department OF housekeep-
ing can be readily balanced by various
economies in another.
Any woman who has a right stand
ard Of life will not be satisfied to spend
all the income for physical needs. She
VIII want a balance for those things
which are termed higher life, educa-
ton and all those advantages which
develop the mental and moral side OF
the family. Ii has been repeatedly
proved that when the family income
is adjusted so as to leave at least 25
per cent Of it for matters not connect
ed with material living there is con
tentment 10 the family circle and a
desire among the Individual members |
to reach the highest attachments OF
true manhood and wOmanhoOd. II is
not my purpose In this article TO at
tempt to do more than show what pro- 1
portion OF the income should be re- .
served for food and how that amount I
can be spent in order to keep within .
The margin and to satisfy the physical .
needs of the family.
IL has been said that one-half the
cost OF living is the cost of food. aud
L has been shown over and over again
hat it is not the food actually eaten
which costs so excessively as it is
what is wasted by poor cooking pre-
pairing too large quantities and buying
,ut of season
Meals at IS Cents a Day.
An income Of from $1,000 to $500
should allow no more than Is to ,.
ents a day for each person for food
IT not more than - per cent Of the
Otal incomes. To feed a family of
i've persons on 80 cents day. or IS
ents each, requires thought and con-
iderablP planning on the part OF the
lOusPkeeper But on that amount il
5 possible to provide good nourishing
meals every day and 10 amount suti-
lent for all the needs of the body.
his is not a mere theoretical state
lent. for 10 many homes 10 this cOun-
~ less than 81 a day is being spent
n the table
To buy wisely on a small margin
equires some knowledge OF food val
es, because it Is necessary to have
be daily meals represent a given
mount OF proteid. fat. sugar and
tarch. mineral matter ana water
hese food constituents must be pro-
ided every day 4 the body is to be
ept in normal condition.
MOUNT FOOD MATERIAL THAT WILL
FURNISH REQUIRED SOURISHMENT
FOX ONE DAY FOR MAN AT AVERAGE