Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-29


 You look pale, said the father of che family, when he came home xo dinner
 T feel pale. hls wife told nina. I've just escaped from Caroline. who is| preparing a paper on the cost Of kitchen equipment and running al household economics class. I hnd- ly volunteered to heip her when l. knots over her lesson.
 Well she began blithely, what does it cost to fix up kitchen2"
 Now went on Caroliueas mother, it cost to make dresg or to build a. house or a hati Is your kitchen on the Lake Shore drive or west of the traeks2 inquired. 1t makes dfffer- once whether the head of the house sits at mahogany desk or shovels coal for e lfyings
 T donst slEnovv.s said Caroline inn patiently. Just a kitchenE That's what Miss BlnRle saidl Thaes the. kind of thing she asks up. What does a dlshpan cost2"
 Well, said slowly, as t1ae possi- Utilities in dishpans began to dawn on me. you can get q tin one. for 25 cents and an agate one for 75 or pay a couple of dollars or SO for one Of aluminum
 
 don't want all thatl' Caroline burst out, almost In tears just have to know what a dlShpan costa.
 Pity centsl' cried desperately. My goodness! What a silly way to put a question. Why doesn't Miss Bingie give you a standardT
 Oh, said Caroline, she's boarded all her life and wouldn't know a dish- pan from a hivver if she met 1t Now muffin tins2
 Muffin tins.' repeated hlankly. bought some long ago. but had for gorten.
 Tt depends on what they're made lsofl argued. Caroline viewed her hand frantically I don't care a. speek l what they're made of slae saids Just muffin tinsl'
 Twenty cents, tin said.
 Now fish pan and breadsticA tins, she went on.
 Caroline, I said with dignity, 2 have kept house a good many years and never bought either of them! boil fish in a kettle and as for bread l sticks, no human family ever makes em unless they have a party and ther l the special cook brings her own ttnE
 Well Caroline answered. inexor. I ably Miss B3ngle said they belonged in a kitchen and I've got to knoW- I Fifty cents. snapped 5ioilt at ll11l1A t1GS1 pt1t d LEr1AS44-E III fCllSgk who had a slight acQuaintance wit her subject
 f What do you pay for matches in year continued my child Now, .i asy you, is that a fair question t ' plump at me- If I didn't answer Car \ oIine on every point she never agail l, would have any respect for my house keeping have never considered tn, question of matches. Whenever VI I5ave required matches there hav seemed to be matches on hand an beyond that have not burdened m. mind. have not sat up nights mak ing tabuIated accounts of the cost rise and fall and percentage of tn match question in my house. Tel : dollars told Caroline, wildly, an, my innocent child put 1t down.
 Whats the average of gas am } electricity a month 2 she de1nanded There is something in my constitu B ton that hates averages. If remen 5 Der it I 5ot down the gas bills sHElel . they come in, but, as I never look a the 1oftings afterWard. the habit ha { sort Of fallen into disuse. Tt depends ! said, artfully. Some families us electricity for lighting, some use gas some use both And then the amour of cooking
 s sBut just want to know the aver : agen Caroline walled. Miss Bingl 2 gets so mad if you don't answe things!, So gave her the first sum g that entered my head