Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
Variance in Purchases.

Variance. in Purchases.
TT also was stated that the cost Of the
week foil q few cents short Of the $SoO'
allowing something for the staples used
In the getting up of the menus. Every
housewife knows that purchases of this
nature vary from time to .ime. As was
stated previously, we have found the
average expenditure for the taDle sup
plies FOR months to be $3.50 per week.
some weeks naturally requiring the pur-
chase OF more staples than others.
In order to verify the statements OF
purchases made, as described in the other
story. we are submitting the menus Tor
the last week. including today
Last Monday for breakfast there were
served bacon. sauted potatoes. cocoa
toast and apple butter. For dinner there
was mock cream potato soup, beef gou-
lash. baked potatoes banana salad, grape
ice. cake and tea Last Monday we pur-
chased bread, cents; milk. cents;
chuck steak, is cents; bananas, cents;
salt. cents: ice. cents, and one-haif
dozen oranges, 10 cents.
For breakfast Tuesday we had oranges
hash (from the goulash). bread. butter
aroni and cheese. mashed potatoes. apple
salad, peach sauce and cake. Purchases
were: Bread, AGENTS.; milk, cents; c. eese
10 cents; macaroni, 10 cents; bacon, 40
cents.
Of those we put up last fall. The ex-
pense Of the canning, which was not
heavy. was Apportioned among the weeks
at the time Of fresh fruits, when many
foodstuffs were not as high as now, an
hence are practically clear of expense
ut also may be noted that no mention
is made Of the purchase of coffee, hom ny
and lima beans, which were carried over
from the previous week. On the OF g.
hand. purchases of rice, codnsn, cocoa
and apples, purchased Friday, and sofa
were made this week. which Will go
toward the preparation of menus of the
future.
plies were bread, cents; milk, cents;
lettuce, cents; turnips, 10 cents; lemons,
cents. and four-pouund chicken, COST
ing 81 cents. The purchase OF the nve
chicken was made on the day or the
sharp decline in the prices OF live Poui s
try. and was made of a dealer who both
WHOLESALERS and retails poultry.
Chicken for Dinner.
Menus for Wednesday breakfast were
bananas, potato cakes. bacon. gems and
coffee Dinner consisted Of baked chicken
with stunning and Igiblet gravy. mashed
potatoes and stewed turnips. lettuce
salad and lemon custard.
hominy, corncakes and cocoa were served.
For dinner there was roast shoulder of
fresh pork and potatoes, with apple
salad. peach shortcake with cream, and
coffee Purchases for that day were:
Bread, 4 cents; milk, cents; cream,
cents; pork shoulder, 40 cents; liver. 8
cents Mary's fortunate purchase Of the
four-pound pig shoulder for 40 cents is
q splendid illustration Of the value of
watching the daily papers for seasonabe
advertisements. The sale Of that particu-
lar kind OF meat at 10 cents per pound
was special for that day only.
FRIDAY for breakfast we had PAN
cakes, fried liver and grape butter (our
own make. For dinner. chicken pie
(from the remains Of the four pound
fowl. German fried potatoes. creamed
corn, lettuce Cleft from Wednesday,,
corn starch eustard. chocolate dressing
The purchases for this day were rice, 8
cents: milk, 3: bread, 4; corn. II: cocoa,
8. and apples. Is. Saturday morning
Mary served baked apples. fried mush
cold sliced pork, scalloped potatoes. sue
cotash from corn opened Friday. and
stewed lima beans), steamed puff pudding
with lemon sauce and tea.
"PurchaSes yesterday, of course, in
cluded those used in today's menus. They
were bread and rolls. cents: butter. 40;
cabbage, 5: soda, s.; goldfish. 5; potatoes.
10. and parsley, 2. Today's menus are:
BREAKFAST. rice, with jelly ana Duller
warmed rolls. creamed Goldfish; dinner,
the shoulder of pork (of which there is
nearly half left, rebaked with parsley
dI essing, mashed potatoes, cabbage salad
apple rae and coffee.
Total for the Week.
1.-The total for the week was 1885,
cents over the allowance Of $50. Last
week. however, the total was not quite
$3.50. and the purchases then ipcluded
sugar. We do not say that 1t always is
easy to purchase table supplies for two
at the amount named. But we think it
worth while to put UP with few things
that some might think disagreeable for
the sake Of accomplishing the purpose
for which we really came to Washing
ton-that OF getting a professional edu-
cation here. Both Mary and myself en-
JOY living here, at even the salary I at
present get, knowing that there are much
better things In store"
GALLAUDET GIVES
ATHLETIC BANQUET