The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-05-22


life and a careful avoidance OF
all unnecessary waste.-Mrs.
Wocdallen Chapman.
II - wasn't for the necessity Ct
eating, one could live quite inexpen-
siveiy and easily build up a good
bank account.
Bat we must eat, and at present
We must pay good high prices for
our food.
T. is quite possible, however, that
we eat to much. Miss Annie Peck,
who has won some fame as a noun
tain climber, and by the same token
is nc weakling, says:
Anyone can live on rs cents a
day. 1t is the simplest thing in the
world. 1t is appalling how much the
average person wastes on food.
For breakfast I make my OWE
coffee and use evaporated milk in
stead of cream. Sometimes l have
rye bread and peanut butter. Ihave
No regular lunch. Sometimes I eat
a cake of chocolate and occasionally
a banana.
For dinner 1 make an ome1et
with plenty of milk or have a bit Of
spinach or onion. Shredded Goldfish
is very nice and occasionally I buy
a chop or macaroni."
The advice of Prof. Robert B.
Stoltz of the college of agriculture,
Ohio state university, is:
Eat cheese and reduce the cost Of
living"
Economy in the substitution Of
cheese for meat, Prof. Stoltz points
out, goes clear back to the COMPARE
son of the cost of maintaining beef
and dairy cattle. Keeping cows for
milking purposes is much less ex-
pens;ve than breeding and feeding
neef cattle. A beef animal is Of tenn
pofary value only, while a milk pro-
ducing COW is an almost continuous
producer for eight or ten years.
The recent rise in the price OF
bread in some sections, due to the
higher cost of wheat, led scientists
of the United States department of
agriculture to suggest that the ordi-
nary household will find it advanta-
gecus to eat more potatoes and less
bread. They have computed tina. On
the basis of potatoes at 60 cents a
bushel, 10 cents worth of potatoes
would give the consumer more actual
rOurishment than two one pound
loaves of bread at 5 cents.
o. H. Benson, of that department,
SAYS: "The American people live
largely upon a diet made up some
thing as follows: Meat, coffee, bread,
butter, eggs and supplemented daily
by a liberal dose of patent medicines,
while out in the back yards and or
chards are millions of bushels Of
healthful vegetables and fruits, rot
ting tor want of proper method of
caring for this surplus"
Buying provisions in quantities is
often urged as true economy, al
though there are many who advo-
cate the purchase of package goods
only. claiming that quality and
cleanliness are worth a good deal.
Many people, however, cannot save
by buying in large quantities be-
cause their incomes are small or I'M
certain.
81 have lived through such a peri
cd of financial difficulties and know
that a special system of marketing
is necessary for that housewife" says
one woman writer for the press.
"She cannot economic by getting
discounts on big purchases. Her
savings must each come in the lit
tie individual things. This woman
must take advantage of the sales ad-
vertised daily. The one who practices
hand-to-mouth economy must either
be thoroughly posted on the market
advertisements or visit them daily
aud learn first hand what the best
values are
"In any case personal daily mar
keting is of the first Importance. The
telephone might be called the root of
all shiftless marketing. Vegetables.
meats and fruits should be selected
nv the housewife herself. The most
reliable salesman cannot serve your
interests as well as you can yourself"
We wonder if most wives realize
how much the success Of their hus-
bands depends upon the practice of
sensible economy in the home.-T.
p. MacGregor.
j G. SCRUGHAM. dean of the
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