The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-07
Home-C Canned Goods, Soups,
and Oatmeal Among Chief
Articles Of Diet Now.
CRACKED EGGS BOUGHT, TOO
Meat Gravy Substituted for
Butter, Day-0Id Bread Used.
Cooking In Furnace.
Washington housewives ar. .conomi.

washington housewives are sconomis-
ing.
a positively oermanic ability for con-
servation OF resources.
Among the drastic measures revealed
In the course Of q canvass Of women
were making soups. DAT meals, and
torn sheets together instead OF demot-
ing them to scrub rags; gravy from
meat instead Of butter; buying cracked
eggs; walking to work; mendfng your
own shoes; buying day-old bread; max
the furnace instead Of the gas stove.
Homemade Soup,
Mrs. Grace Porter Hopkins. chairman
OF the District Federation press COM
mittee. when asked how she saved. de-
clared that most OF the ordinary cooked
establcs. bought In the stores, could DO
more cheaply made at homo, and cites
as an instance the preparation Of con-
.G S, drGm t sGSp o0s asd onsSs
the market price OF the canned product.
"IIousekeepers could also make q ma
terial saving In their grocery bills by
depending less upon prepared brands
cartons. Wheat, for example. just as II
comes from the mill, ground In coffee
grinder and cooked IN fireless cooker.
tastes better than the prepared break
fast foods and I, more rs,r nut TIT. at
nounces Mrs. Hoptins-and, incidental
IT, she can tell you how to make your
own fireiess cooker, too. at total cost
OF IS cents, In case you should want to
know.
Save Bread Crumbs.
Mrs. Addie w. Foster, of the Excelsior
Literary Club, regrets the fact that the
birds will have to scratch for them
selves, 80 far a. her help this winter 10
concerned, for her bread crumbs are
being relig1ously saved for puddings and
ham paint made from scraps or bread
and ham cut from the bone, mixed with
the tomato that's left. and baked. And
I've been told It's good too" Mrs. Fos-
ter announces.
Also, IL you make every drop Of srsvy
that your meat viii stand for, you can
cut down your butter bill. Which butter
bill may be still further reduced by sub
stituting a marmeiade composed OF
equal parts Of carrots, orsnss .,r ana ~; ~,
aviation squad as yet. either.
Do Your Own Work.
Mrs. ]. Edison Briggs. chairman OF the
home economics department Of the Dis
trict federation. thinks . good house.
keeper should be as wen able to do her
own work as to direct others to do II
for her, and will endeavor to demon
strate this theory during the present
epidemic Of awaiting prices.
Mrs. William z. Andrews. president OF
the Day Nursery and Dispensary, 10
making a careful study Of food values
and balanced rations In order to plan
menus in which less food will give equal
| nourishment and satisfaction. And
| our bed linen isn't denoted to tho
cleaning rag class so rapidly eitner.
II began to wear out In the middle and
sewed the other edges together" Mrs.
Andrews added. conhdentially.
The Egg Question.
Mrs. James Hugh Kelley, a member
of the Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION and believer in preparednes s
against high prices. lays in her win
ter supply OF eggs In summer. while
the laying Is good and the evil days
have come not. and by the use of
few cents worth Of LIQUID glass dis
which, by Theoretically sealing the
eggs from the air. assures their youth
full freshness until the lay OF the Amer
lean hen Is again heard In the land
each dozen, at a modest cackle-ation. =,
And, speaking OF eggs. II you DOM
mind. you can sometimes get crack
ed eggs at a bargain from commission
merchants. OF whose freshness-of thu
eggs, that is-you can be reasonably
sure. inasmuch as consignment Of
cracked eggs isn't in active demand fol
cold storage purposes.
Takoma Housewives Combine.
The members OF the Home Interes
Club Of TakomA Park. realisins tha
cooperation IL the soul OF economy
decided to combine their weekly wants
as far as possible into one big order
thereby taking advantage OF reduced
prices. and then distributing the order'
among themselves after delivery at on
central point.
Learn to Walk.
Learn to walkv was the promp
and emphatic advice offered by Mis-
Caroline Farmer, of Golfers informa
ton bureau. III city people could b,
pried loose from the street-car habi
and taught to use the means Of looomo
Gon with which Nature endowed them
they could rent plenty Of vacant house
half a mile from a suburban car lin
for IS q month and no water rent, no
extra charge for fresh air and sunshine
and with a useful absence of innumer
able expensive distractions. Or. II yo'
must live In the city In order to b.
happy, get up a little earlier and wall
to and from work. Yes. II will wea
out your shoes sooner. but II you'll sub
stitute a few lessons in the simple ar
of half-soling your own shoes. in plac
OF a course In embroidery, you will I'm,
II a much more useful Accomplishment
in these days when leather IL q luxury
, My father half-Boled the shoes for a.
of US numerous young ones, and wa
proud OF his ability to do Il. too.
: "AlBo, did you ever discover hoy
! many metamorphoses one piece OF roas
meat 10 capable Off 'Mary's little lamt
: In our family makes its debut as
roast, and there the consumption o
gas practically ends. Thin slices o
cold lamb make their appearance tn
second day. The third day, II respond
to curtain call In the form OF lamb pie
On It's return engagement the fourt
day II 10 dressed up in barley broth
And whatever remains thereafter make
its farewell appearance disguised in
stew. Its nose well powdered with currJ
Cooking on the Furnace.
"And. incidentally. did you ever In
! vestigate the possibilities OF your fur
: mace fire for certain lines of cookinl
such as frying. boiling. etc. instead 9
: using gas or another set of Goals
the kitchenf II not, try II once"
The Bread Issue.
did you know that bread a few day
I old In not only more wholesome. bu