The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
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hang from the roof. and also ferns
in pots with leaves which extend
rom the ceiling quite down to tn.
floor. Some OF these ferns have
fronds as those OF the maiden hal-
fern, and others have leaves. which
look Ike the horns OF deer. There
are chairs on tae vuranda. and this
forms the out-of-door sitting room.
Entering the house you come into
living room, which Is, l judge, eigh-
teen feet square. At the eft is a
bedroom quite as larry. ana on the
other side of the living room is Il
big dining room with a china closet
built into the wall. There is also
ordinary nall bedroom which has an
electric stove to keep the clothss
from holding during the wet season
and on the opposite side OF this IS a
Kitchen. The house Vlas also o shows-
path and other modern convcnienccs
The Furniture.
The furniture OF the house is all
supplied by Uncle Sam. 1t is sim
pie, as should be in the TOPICS
Then" are wicker chairs, .nclud Ing
cookers lounges. tables and stools
and the beds are as good as at any
hrst-class hotel. The kitchen has A
r@fri sera,or and an iron cook stove
1t has porcelain sink, with PLENTY
OF fresh Water from the Panama
water works. and ii garbage can.
which is emptied daily by Uncle Sans
men. The light is electric. and costs
ohe housekeeper nothing. THIS only
heat in the house IS that OF tho cool;
stove. and this comes from soft coal
furnished free by the government
and put in without charge one fea-
ture OF the kitchen IS the little pans
Of coal oil in whica the legs Of the
refrigerator and of the kitchen TABLE
stanu These are 10 prevent the many
Kinds of ants crawling up and getting
at the provisions. Ants arc the chief
pest OF the isthmus. They arc of an
sizes and of every variety. some will
cat wood. and others go :or vcge-
tables and everything sweet II a
woman has plants sac must keen the
pots in bowls of water or tho ants
VIII sat them, and c no should leave
piecA OF sugar our .Inyw here il viii
be black Or red with these littlc i'm
sectS
Some Marketing Arrangements.
wish YOU could have as good
dinner to-day as I had in this house
am describing 1t was a sunday
iinan the ordinary meals, hut II was
quite as good as any you could servs
III your home. We had a aoup. FISH
and a roast, With nm entree or go.
ending with coffeif. Swiss chccs,, ice
cream and cake for dessert
Tho most of the food came from
the commisssry department which is
practically the only source Of suppIy.
uncL Sam runs a big grocery storn
hare, and he furnishes about all the
food that his $4,000 employees have to
eat. He has Il catalogue and price
list OF everything. and the prices arc
usually far below those of the states
For instance, the roast beef we had
on the table cano from Chicago. II
was brought down frozen stIf in cold
storage, and the price delivered at
tina house was 90 osnts q pound.
You would do we'll to get such Der
| In your home market and you would
| have to pay 30 cents at the least The
butter was excellent IL was not
| nearly so high priced as at home. and
my hostess told me that the prices
| of all canned egetables arc cut all
most in half. This is especially so
with articles imported from Europe.
| We had as a salad some German as
paragus of the kind which costs 35
cents n can In the States. 1t is sold
here by the government for 20 cents a
| can. We had also some delicious French
| peas, which cost one-third what they
| do at home. All things that are
| brought here from abroad come in
: free of duty. and as they are fur