Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-13

CoLUM. Oxford Democrat. South Paris. No
Stretching the Weekly Allowance.
"Ohl Mrr, Harvey, came over thi.
morning for some advice, to sort Of
throw myself on your mercy ~ 1t were, !"
Mrs. NeWlywed hesitated. :.
"Yes, my dear, 60 on" encouraged
the older .housekeeper, lyon know that
anyt thing can do or say to help you
will be pleasure. What 10 itP'
Loath to mako the little admission
which Mrs. Harvey was more than sus-
pectipg, the bride flushed and then went
directly to the cause OF her carly morn
Ing call.
ats Just this-my allowance for the
week has almost given ont, and / hate
to ask Bob for more. have only one
dollar and quarter left, and still two
DAYS remain to be provided for before l
get my next money"
The older woman laughed at the seri-
Gus young face before her. "Oh, dear,
how tragic" she said. "Of course,
might invite you and Bob to dinner ono
night, that would leave only one to pro-
vide Tor, but Pm not going to this time.
for believe 1t is kinder to help you plan
1t all out, and then next time when there
is shortage you will know just how to
manage"
Reaching for a pad and pencil, Mrs.
Harvey began her calculating, while her
companion looked on. Zone can OF to-
matoes with pint OF your mornings
milk will make cream Of tomato soup.
A pound of chopped steak will make six
delicious meat cakes, fried In butter or
broiled, at twenty cents. You say you
have plenty OF potatoes on hand, SO
boil aud mash some.
"Three lunches of carrots, at ten
cents, will make good vegetable, after
you scrape, slice and boil them, SEASON
ing with butter, pepper and salt. Use
jar OF your preserves With ten-cent can
of sweet crackers with coffee, and you
will have an excellent dinner, with out
lay of 6fty cents, for your staples"
"You are q wonder; that dinner is
good enough for any two people with q
big substantial allowance" said the
younger woman, as light commenced u
dawn upon her problem.
Now for dinner number two," con.
tinued her adviser with . laugh, sand
We have seventy five cents left. Suppose
We start with half q grape fruit, each
fine, heavy Florida fruit is to be had q!
sx cents each. Then buy pound Of
top round steak, cut in small pieces, put
it in the casserole With two fine-diced
Carrots, one sliced onion, butter, pepper
and salt and as many potato balls, cut
with a scoop, as you think there Will DC
need of to make two generous portions;
adding gill OF milk aud gill of water,
cover the casserole and cook in the oven
from one to two hours.
"Aud you make some quick, hot bis
cult to 90 with it in place Of broad. A
ten. cent cauliflower, boiled and we'll sea-
soned, completes this course; then get
ten cents worth of cooking apples and
make a nice apple pie to 60 with the
cuffee. We might afford an eight.ceni
head of lettuce, If desired, which would
leave twenty-five cents margin; so II all
goes we'll you and Bob can 60 to the
movies after dinner and be able to
stamp your letter home, telling your
mo, her how we'll you managed to get
through on your first weeks allowance"
"Well, you are born fluancier, and
call getting two three. course dinners, q
movie show, and two.cent stamp, all
GU, of dollar and and q quarter, over
working the cash, but l won't tell BIB
word about it until it's all over, then fol-
a good laugh"
III you take my advice, my dear,
never tell him word about 1t, for ex
perience Is our great teacher, and the
sooner we digest our lessons and deliver
the goods, the more capable We will
show ourselves, in providing aud living
within our means, which is the secret oil
true success, and aids materially in
founding the fortune We all hope some
day To acuuiren