Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-09
DoMvEES5TTICC.
- SCIENCE
Conducted by
Mrs. Alice Gilchell Kirk.
CITY Markets VS.. Village.

1t is an exceedingly interesting
study for a housekeeper to note the
difference in marketing in a city
and in a village, both as they are
today and as they were a few years
ago, for changes have been taking
place rapidly everywhere.
In a city now, for instance, instead
of being dependent on the seasons
for ones vegetables, fruit and game,
practically anything can be had at
any time. Where once asparagus
came in May and June, it now ap-
pears in February and stays till July.
Strawberries come in January, in
deed, one can find them all the year
round in the best fruit shops.
The village woman, however, has
to go on very largely in the old
ways Her butcher and grocer are
still more or less dependent on the
farmers who bring supplies to them,
and vegetables and fruits still come
to her about as nature originally
planned them.
Village Plan Cheaper.
She has peas in July and melons
in September and her cucumbers
disappear after the first frost. In
winter fresh vegetables are I'M
known and she must use timed ones
till spring comes around again. But
her compensation lies in the proud
consciousness of her economy. Even
though her table may be a generous
one, it costs her little to live COM
pared with her sister in the city.
Yet the price of foods has gone up
alarmingly everywhere. In ten years
meats butter, eggs, poultry, fruits
and even vegetables have risen a third
in value and in some cases half. So,
while things cost more in town than
in the country, all women alike have
to study prices today as never before.
City meats seem to show the most
astonishing change. Beefsteak, for
instance, instead of costing IS cents
a pound, is now from 25 to 2S cents;
roast beef, % cents; lamb and veal
quite as much, while poultry is often
% cents before it is dressed and at
holiday time may be any price.
In the village meats are distinctly
cheaper than this, but they are not as
good. The butcher has but a small
icehouse and finds it the easier way
of managing to sell the meat as SOFA
as possible after it is killed rather
! than let it hang, so that even though
his beef may be Is cents a pound. it
is dear, since it is tough and stringy.
One of the poorest village meats is
steak, and this because in addition
to cutting it before it is tender the
butcher cuts it in thin slices and from
almost any part that happens to
strike his fancy. He. needs to learn
that the best steaks are cut Just be-
fore the tenderloin begins to show;
that is. before the porterhouse steaks
are cut; these are called club, or Del
monico. steaks, and if they are two
inches thick and kept for at least a
week they will be certain to equal
those bought in town at a far greater
price
Veal cannot be had in country
places except in the spring and then
one must be quite sure it is old
enough to eat safely. When it is in
season 1t is well to inquire very par
ticularly what becomes of the sweet
breads, since butchers have been
known to throw them away; If they
| are kept they may often be pur-
/ chased for twenty-five cents a pair.
| instead of the seventy-five cents or
a dollar one pays for them in the city.
| Lamb, when it is to be had at all.
is far cheaper in a village than in a
town. There the costly crown roast
is unknown, and a leg of lamb NAV
be had for fifteen cents and a fore
quarter for twelve. The kidneys.
which most men consider a great DEL
icacy are often given away or sold
for a few cents a dozen.
| Chopped Meats Save.
The city woman who has to econo.
mize on meat has learned the value
of chopped meat as she never knew
it till now. She buys it for fourteen
cents chops the meat herself and
has Hamburger steak occasionally
or beef loaf. or better still, veal
loaf, and pays a third as much for
them as for a roast. These things
! few country women have yet had to
/ learn
As to poultry the village woman
has vastly the advantage over the
one in town. The housekeeper who
contemplates the icy. blue. undressed,
long-dead, fowl dragged from its
packing of ice, often turns away in
disgust, while the village woman COM
placently buys freshly killed chick
ems, dressed with bright skin and
soft yellow feet, at half the cost of
| the unpleasant ones bought in the