The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-09


general practice of thrift
by the American people
would result in 80 much
benefit to the country as at
the present time. The
conditions brought about
by the war in Europe ought
to awaken the public to the
importance of thrift and
the cost of Extravaganza
Governor Strong Alaska.
The steps taken bv the war
ring nations of Europe to pre-
serve the food supply for their
people is a big object lesson in
the possibilities of more thrift
ty living in this respect, even
in lands that r at peace.
1t is said that the Kaiser and
kaiserin are cutting down the
expenses of the imperial house
hold and teaching the German
people a lesson in frugality.
The standard of meals at court
appears to be no higher than
that of many private families
in Berlin. Both at the front
and in the palace in Berlin the
Kaiser lives with Spartan sim
plicity. A favorite dish is
thick soup, containing chopped
meat. The Kaiserin visits the
kitchen every day, giving or
ders and experimenting the
cooking. Zone cannot live
sumptuously while our brave
soldiers are making the great
est sacritices,' she is reported
to have said.
While across the water many
men, women and children are
on the verge of starvation, and
in Our own country there are
many needy ones. the state
ment is made that the average
American family waste enough
food in one week to keep a
Belgian or a Pole alive and in
health for two weeks.
What will open the eyes of
our housekeepers to the extra
vagance? Shall this lesson of
the great war 60 unlearned?
DO not these house keepers
know waste is their badge of
incompetency? The really
scientific cook wastes nothing.
Stale bread, cake, left-overs of
meats, potatoes and other veg
etables, cold cereals, macaroni,
etc, can all be made to reap
pear in forms quite as appetiz-
ing as their original ones. So
say successful housekeepers at
any rate. Husbands have not
been heard from OH this point.
In the interests of good
taste, household economy,
scholarship and social rela.
tions,' says the Spokane Spoke
man Review. Mothers will
do we'll to push for a reform OF
the extravaganza in school
girls dresses What became
of that movement to help the
south by wearing more cotton
dresses?
Banks often take some OF
their own medicine and try tc
save money. A country bank
about a year ago installed q
waste paper baling machine,
having found that baled paper
demanded a much better price
than loose paper. Now ovel
half the ianitor's wages come:
from this source.
The Scientific American says:
The fact that the loss from
a leaking water faucet is small.
should not lead US to neglect
small leaks, because by disre
garding them we tend to be-
come sloyenly in all things
Furthermore, small leaks d.
not remain small. The con.
slant leakage of faucets wears
small passages through thu
seats and makes tightness i'm
possible. The next thing then
is a new faucet with the &C
complying plumber BILL, which
is VIGOROUSLY not SMALL
According to the United
States Department of agricul
ture, the waste produced in thu
process of canning salmon il
estimated to be from % to 81
. per cent. of the original weigh
t of the fish and over So, 600, OO
is the value of this waste an
t nually on the Pacific coast
The department suggests tina
canneries might advantageous
ly dispose of their waste b.
manufacturing it into fertilize
or fish meat for poultry or cat
: tie feeding.