Arizona republican., 1911-05-20
ECONOMY IN KANSAS.

Each high school in Kansas is en-
 titled to s25o for the purpose oi estab- llishing a class in domestic economy ! in which not only women but men are entitled to be taught with the view of simplifying the problem of hoCsekeep- i ing. It is not likely that many men will take advantage of the classes, but | il iS more than likely that they will encourage their daughters and their sWeethearts and their wives Co do so especially since the instruction is to be carried along on Common-senso Hines. and more especially since it is to begin at the beginning.
 In ordinary merchandising one of the ! first things essential to success is the ability to buy. Buying rightly insures sales. Buying rightly insures profits With regard to the general expenses of the household. buying is equally i'm portant A good buyer at the head of the home will make the income go very much farther than a poor buyer and at
 the same time get more satisfaction out of the thing purchased.
 So, first Of all, the Kansas high school domestic economy classes are
 intended to teach girls and women and boys and men how to buy. 4 great deal of attention is to be given this point. because it has already been de
 termined that it is ignorance of the art of buying that contributes as much as any other factor to the eXtravagant conduct of American homes. IT the same amount of satisfaction can be Ob- tained from articles of food that cost anywhere from 50 to - per cent less than other articles, it is eXtravagant to indulge in the more costly kind simply because it costs more. For cX- ample the mere act of cooking gives value frequently to certain kinds of eatableS Thus. We are assured, it is held by the Kansas authorities, that while a cut Of sirloin costing - cents Ia pound is more palatable than cut of beef shoulder costing l2 cents when both are cooked in the usual manner yet there is a way of cooking and serv- ing the shoulder which makes it equal ly as tender and palatable as the sir loin So that the good buye- at the head of the household should be also a good cook. and for this reason good cooking is to be taught with as great care as good buying in the Kansas schools.
 one of the things to be encouraged is the cooking and eating of corn meal and other corn products. Corn is a Kansas staple. It is nutritious in the highest degree. The Kansas authorl- ties believe it should be eaten in pref terence to meat foods. Greater consump- tion of it will he beneficial to the Kan sas agriculturist So. in the domestic economy classes. a great deal of atten- ton is to be paid to the cooking of corn meal and other corn products. The ordinary corn meal mush it is held. is sogey and heavy and unpleasant. Pu- pils of the Kansas high school classes
 will be taught to make it so that those who try it once will never want any
 thing else Then it is proposed to up- lift and popularize corn bread, so that it will be eaten as generally and as
 generously as in the good old days of the west when everybody ate corn pOne, fried chicken and bacon and felt con
 tented and happy
 It is impossible to wish anything but unmeaSured success to the Kansas do- mestic economy movement. If its