The Washington times., 1919-09-25
Present Day
Marketing
\ Few Timely Hints
For the Economical
Housewife
BYLoretto @. Lynch.

Al ne1noWle1EeE expert On oO0k.
lnE und an mntteE1 Pertnining
O. the hou1ehold.
TIE question OF food is no long
at er one OF moment to the
housewife alone, since Con-
. Eress has been directing attention
{ 70 it Tor some time. At the pres
ent writing, the food situation Is
such that the housewife cannot be
advised 20 purchase On great quan-
Eity even &C she has money to do
50 and the storage space as well.
Time was when the good house
wife. with the old-time country
h1ne had q WOndrOuB supply OF
food stored away for the winter,
but conditions are so changed to
day that q is q rare exception to
and any home with great quanti-
tieB stored away.
Housewives complain that It
talles much Of their time 70 per-
Bonally market every day. Under
nordinary ciFcumatanges, it Is not
wise 70 market livery day-usuaIly
staples one q week; semi-perish-
ebles like butter and some meats,
tWtce = week, and perishables like
milk and fresh vegetables daily.
But today the average housewife
should take time FOR daily or al
most daily marketing.
And right here let me say that
unless q woman iE able to earn q
laFge-yeE. q very large salary
outside the home, there is no profit
n working outside the home. Oue
woman I know gtili retains her
wartime Job, but her husband has
returned now. She earns S25 q
week She tries to keep house.
she hastily dashes into the market,
and without due consideration or
derg her food supplies quickly.
When she is too tired 70 DO this
the family Of four eats out. She
never has time 20 consider dishes
EFom loft-oVerg or TO make such
repairs &c would Iengthen the use
fulnesg OF the family linen or cloth
ing. yet she 81 40 poor q tInathe-
maticisn she believes she Is really
profiting ~ working outside Of the
home.
But 20 return. 90 the subject Of
present day mafketinE. Neat, es-
peciRlly the expensive cuts should
be purchased IN just such quantity
as win provide q moderate portion
Tor each member Of the family for
one meal Try 70 purchGse only
such vegetables ag are local and On
season. These, bf course. viii be
cheapest Price and repric9 the veg
etableG and study and compare be-
fore you purchase. The hOmelier
vegetables Of the fan season need
more careful preparation than the
delicious vegetables OF spring. but
an their own way they are valuable.
OccasioRally, when you do buy
dollhouse lettuce and incidentally.
pay q fairly high price for Il, be
sure 70 make use Of the unattrac-
i've, perhaps torn, outside leaves.
After they have been cleaned roll
Them tightly as q cigarette -naper
is rolled and cut into slices about
one-eighth inch In thickness. These
shaken out viii be- shredded let
tuce and may be used as EErnfsh-
ing In salad or sandwiches and in q
doEen other ways which viii suF-
gest themselves.
Now, as 70 canned goods. The
prices have been ductuatinE 50 that
OF tomatoes at 20 cents have been
8 bit disturbed to shnd sthem down
20 IS and even I6 c, uts a little
3aJer on. But scarcely any house
kold is too small 90 have q few
cans Of fruit and vegetables upon
the shelf for emergencies. There
are times when the housewife is
s fudispOsed, or there are extra
guests, or the weather is incIem-
ents when she would be glad to
give these few extra pennies to
hcTe these goods on hand.