The Washington herald., 1914-08-09

An interesting letter from a correspond
ent who signs herself Chevy Chase
would be glad to discuss the problem OF
setting a good table on ten dollars week
Now this problem is especially interest
ing. because IL Is a question possible OF
satisfactory solution. A family OF five
can be properly fed on seven or eight dol
lars according to economists SO II stands
to reason that a family Of three can Be
very we'll fed on ten dollars, IL the house
wife is interested in her task. And
Chevy Chase and many other young
housewives are interested In the house
keeping problems that confront them. as
greatly interested as their husbands are
in their daily tasks. Perhaps some OF
them would be glad to give advice, based
on practical experience. in this column,
and to ask questions concerning their
own problems It Is open to any Ten
oollar-a-week' housekeepers.
For Chevy Chase
Here are some suggestions for Chevy
To begin with. look on your problem
Of setting a good table on ten dollars as
an important problem. II is important as
important as il is for the commissariat
OF an army to furnish II with health-giv-
ing supplies that come within a limited
cost. The task before you may be diffi-
cult at times. but as you gain in expert
ence and knowledge il will become easier.
And II you go about II in the right frame
Of mind il will always be interesting.
You will md il always satisfactory to
plan out the meals for several days in
advance. The best way is to make out a
weeks menus, subject to such changes as
the markets and circumstances each day
make advisable. In this way you will
never buy ANYTHING that has not an eco
nomic place in your menus. and. more
over, YOU will be sure to have well-bal-
anced meals il you plan them beforehand.
There are two ways Of having we'll
balanced meals. One is to plan each meal
so that il will contain some fats, some
sugars and starChes, and some proteins,
which are contained in meat. fish. eggs,
cheese. and to q smaller extent in dried
peas. dried beans, macaroni. oatmeal.
nuts. and cocoa
The other method is to plan the meals
OF each day or OF each week so that they
will be well balanced.
Here are a sample days menus planned
in the first way. with each meal we'll bal
anced-Breakfast: Cut up peaches, cereal
and cream. broiled bacon. buttered toast
creSs sandwiches. sliced tomatoes, hue
kleberry pudding. Dinner: Vegetable
soup. broiled beefsteak. scallopeds pota-
toes green peas. apple pie.
Here are the meals for a day, which as
a whole. are well balanced, but taken
separately are Observation-Disclosures: Ce-
real and cream. whole wheat mullins, CO.
Goa Luncheon: VeRetable salad, bread
and butter. Jam. Dinner: Fruit appetizer
broiled fish, sliced cucumbers, stewed to-
matoes, green corn, watermelon. The
breakfast in this days menu is too
hearty; the dinner contains too little
starch and fats. But the whole day gives
a fairly well-balanced ration.
To Bring Down the Meat Bun.
The greatest difficulty besetting Chevy
Chase is the fact that her husband Is
very fond OF meats Meat Is expensive
and apparently Is becoming more expen-
sive day by day. The husband In ques-
ton would probably not welcome the plan
of some housewives to serve meatless