The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-26
AWOMAN'S OBSERVATIONS.
nv Edna <. Wooley.)

All over this land people are trying
- meet the high cost of living by saw
ms on table supplies. 1t is the falseSt
lind of economy Cut down on some
thing else, but don't economic On
food. ma
Food shouI,- be palatable. 1t shouuo
he ENJOYABLE There should be sur
9cian+ variety to exercise the imagi-
nation. There should be pleasur-
able anticipation in meal time TOT
every man, woman and child
We may be able to sustain lie upon
reanuts. for instance, and save money
peanuts are extremely nourlshlhS'
But money won't mean mucn 70 any
bodv comuelled to live on peanuts.
Deanut diet will, in short order, De
come so distasteful that one will -soo1
starve from insufficient nourishment'
for he simply won't be abe 10 s"at-
low what once seemed an extremely
nice sort OF food -, -,
diet of potatoes alone would pc
inst as distasteful in due order Ana
- Is with any of these 26-cent-a-
Iceak economy food regimes; they
sound all right in theory, and wouio
be all right in practice II the huIn L-n
being had no Imagination ana ale
simply to be nourished-
could cut down expenses" said one
house-mother. Il suppose I could cut
dovrn a good deal on the table. But
i,Is+ haven't the heart to do It. we
ali enjoy our meals so much
wise house-mother! the very en-
joyment of those meals is keeplng tn1
family spirit alive in that housenolo.
r. the pleasures of the table that
brine Young and old around the boaro
+bres times a day; that encourage IN
terchange of thought and strengthen
the unity of parents and cnildreh
show me united family on a corn
meal dieti
81 can't tell you how I look for
yard to the evening meal IN, our
home" said a busy man OF analrS-
TT seems the point to Whlcn the
whole day converges- It's always
good dinner, we'll served. If my wife
sso 800 lies anywhere. none of US
low II know we have what we
IKE and plenty of it. Sometimes l
have TO miss the home dinner De-
carea Of some affair that keeps me
awav. But no matter how elaoorate
n meal get away from nome IL
somehow hasn't got the same IatIl'
I miss the spirit of the home table
md POSSIBLY the taste of the home
I'VE given up trying to economic
on the table" confessed one young
married woman. ''I didn't waste
thing. and maze up ali the lSAlONCA1
after the most approved recipes Al
first John stood for them beautifully
R1t I noticed that more and more ne
had engagements downtown for din
ner. and somehow he didn't seem a
biz enthusiastic about my ideas OF saw
ing So I asked mother And this Is
what she said:
The hearth may be the heart OF
a family, Jane. but the meas are the
homes and sinew. If you want whole
husband. give the brute what he wants
to eat
so now I have the eats up to
standard laughed the young house
wife. land the result is that If want
a change from my own cooking, and !
an occasional dinner downtown, have
to threaten to go on strike to make
John treat me-
There may be some men in this
world who don't care what they are
given to eat But they're not the
most comfortable sort of men to have
around. as a rule And there are other
men who say they don't care what
they eat. when they demand thas
their wives economize, and point out
instances where others declare they
have economical But it's to be no
tfced that these masculine economists |
usually expect the folks at home to |