Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-16
KITCHEN BOOKS
OF GREA1lJsE

Some housewives. find that a little
blank book with pencil attached Is.
one of the NEST useful devices that
they have in the kitchen. A small
rack with four hooks on II, attached
to the wall, from which four little
books can be suspended, is real nee
essity in many households. In one
book a record of all business transac-,
tons is kept; in an other the list Of
articles needed in the kitchen and
tIlcse to be ordered from the grocery
store or market; in the third, the,
menus as planned for the weeks
meals are set down in the fourth, the.
cntlin for the work for the week isl
given. ~. .. ~ j.. ........:. T.. :
The making out Of the menu is.
really one OF the most difficult tasks
that confronts any woman. The woman,
whose purse contains only so much
money finds 1t especially difficult,
The menu should be planned for the.
week, but modified daily after inYen-l
tory of the left-ovcrs has been taken,
In this way the housewife is able to.
keep in view the demands that the
week wtllmeke on her purse instead
of having disjointcd idea of what.
the meals OF each day are costing.
The account book should contain an
entry or all cash paid out to the yege-
table vendors and others, bills for,
drinking water, ice and milk just as.
they are presented or when the tran
saction is closed. T.
If the housewife is forgctful 4 she.
should enter the amounts of thestele
phone and electric bills on the list.
Two accounts should be recorded sep.
arstely, cash and charge, and the slips
alfaf come with the orders should be
kept for future reference. So !
The study of these two books each.
week win reveal to the searcher
whether or net real value has been.
received for money expended. - 4 /
IL it is ever necessary for the house.
wife to cut down expenses she has a.
sure and certain guide in the menus
that she has made out and the expen-
ses she has recorded. She can by com.
pairing the two, gauge the cost OF each!
Ileal. even OF each dish, and substitute
q more economical dish but one that.
has es much food value as the moro
expensive dish. g. 4---a + d
These two books will be a splendid
guide in the matter of discovering.
Mfere the leaks In the family income
ere. If there is servant who is waste
full, the very article that she wasted
can be pointed out to her, and the re-.
cord is in6.sputable. -. " !
The menu of one week will serve
as o bases for the menu OF next week.
The task Of making 1t out can be
Hghtened by having lie of soups that
all or nearly all members Of the family
eat, and the approximate cost Of each.
Similar lists of salads, lunch and
breakfast dishes, first and second veg
gables, meats salads and desserts are
also desirable. These can be referred
10 each time the weekly menu is made.
and should be constantly revised to
suit the season The book that will
per:.aps appeal most to the servant is
the plan book, in which her duties are
outlined. This plan can be outlined by
the housewife or the servant herself
and submitted tc the mistress for ap.
pIpyal. The housewife can then point
out to her the little corners that she
negiects and the things she omits from
the list.
II there are children In the family
they will enjoy being called into tn
family council and asked to write out
a little plan of the things that they.
would like tc. do to help mother every
week. In this way the housewife may
make real delight out of what would