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    TIIK NOHKOliK WEEKLY NKWS-.JOniXAL , KHIDAY , AI'HIL lf > , 1010.
The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
The NUWH , JiBtablliihcd 1881.
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IJtlllorTul Department
No. 22. HuslneBH Olllcc nnd Job Rooms
No. H 22.
The donth of Robert Wilson Patter
son , editor In ehlcf of the Chicago
Tribune , removes from earth's actlvl-
UOH one of the great news editors of
the country , an able successor to
Joseph Medlll.
The Irish people arc surely gaining
ground and tuo day Is piobably not
fnr distant when old England will re
cognize the fact and concede to them
nil It does to Canada , which would be
no more tlmn justice.
The crusade for n safe and sane
Fourth Is extending all over the coun
try and many cities are being urged
to enact ordinances to prevent the
ale or tiroworks especially the toy
pistol and the Chinese firecracker. It
is n move In the right direction.
A genius In Connecticut has Invent
ed a llshlng rod with a device In the
liandle which registers the weight of
i-nch llsh as It is brought to the sur
face. Tills rod should liml a ready
tmlc if for no other reason than that
It will enable nlmrods to tell the
weight of the big fellows that get
nway.
Dr. Norwnlk of Chicago claims to
have discovered a perscrvatlvo which
will keep eggs fresli for fifteen years.
H Is to bo hoped that lie will keep
the secret from the cold storage- com
bine , otherwise it will buy up every
egg on the market and charge us
nbout two dollars a dozen during the
winter months.
The CJermnns are not going to see
the south pole borne triumphantly off
by the English without making a try
for It. An expedition supported by
the ( .lOrmnn geographical society will
be led by Lieutenant Filchner of the
army general staff.
The successful candidate for mayor
of "hoyvillo" at Hammond , Ind. , ran
on tills terse and 'to-the-point plat
form : "If anything gets started that
oughtn't to bo , I'll take the blame
nnd then smash it. "
Can that be beaten by any grown-up
candidates pledge ?
A news item says that the women
are trying to run the government of
France. Trying to run it ? They are
doing it. For centuries the women of
France have virtually pulled the wires
which operate the government machin
ery. They are the diplomats the in
triguers of the nation , while the leg
islators are mere instruments in their
liands.
Plttsburg lias again given the world
an object'lesson that It seems to be
sorely In need of. A city can have
big buildings , big factories , great in
stitutions , Carnegie libraries and edu
cational foundations but it can't have
a reputation that is satisfactory un
less it is inhabited and controlled in
its individual and public business by
honest men.
Texas cotton raisers have found a
new product which cnn be made from
cotton and it can be ground Intu iloui
which makes palatable food. The cot
ton plant is certain' } ' widely iliversi-
lied In its usefulness , Its lloss is mada
into cloth , its stalks Into pa nor. its
seed Into bread , its oil into slorton-
ing for food and machine oil.
The largest business enterprise in
the world in the expenditures involved
the number of persons employed and
the service rendered is the United
States postollice department. ' Hence
it is perhaps not strange that it has
not yet been so adjusted as to keep
Its expenses witlrin its Income , but
the country awaits hopefully such a
businesslike adjustment.
The much discussed subject , "Does
higher education tend to lesson the
number of marriages , " seems to be
answered in the afilrmativc by the sta
tistics furnished by Smith college.
Only U4 percent of the graduates from
this leading school for girls have mar
ried. It looks as though the men of
America did not have a high appre
ciation of educated wives.
Dr. Gunfell's Importation of rein
deer Into Labrador has been as suc
cessful as was Dr. Jackson's impor
tation into Alaska. They are far su
perior In every way to dogs and make
winter trallic between settlements
possible where without these hardy
animals it was impossible. In time
their Increase will furnish valuable
food to the scanty tables of thcso
struggling people.
A ship subsidy would not bo a bad
thing if it could bo repealed when its
necessary work had to bo done. All
ngreo that this nation ought to build
up R merchant marine , but all fear
that to grant n subsidy would be mere
ly to start more corrupt corporations
to fleece the government The whole
connection between legislation and
business Interests must be done away
with. Human nature will not stand
the pressure.
The Smithsonian Institute has al
ready received from the Roosevelt
hunting party so many specimens that
It is going to tax all the present room
to house them. Walt until the strenu
ous colonel has all the hides of the
European nobility that ho will tan
hung up on the loof to dry and ready
for shipment and there will bo need
of calling a special session of con
gress to erect new buildings In which
to place them.
If you were to accost the first doz-
people you meet as you go out on
the street to your dally work tomor
row morning and ask them what they
most desired the chances are that you
would have a curious medley of an-
bwers. Humanity Is so taken up with
things that attract It that It Imagines
that it would be satisfied with the pos
session of beautiful houses , elegant
clothing , better served tables , and the
equipages which only money and
a good deal of it can buy and main
tain.
It Is nearly a hundred years since
this country had a war in which Can
ada took a part. Since the war 01
1812 we have dwelt in peace with our
Canadian neighbors and it lias not
been necessary to keep an Imposing
naval force on the lakes , either. It
Is proposed that the two countries
unite in celebrating this century of
peace in some fitting manner. The
idea is a happy one.
The desire for wealth Is so ram
pant now that even the members of
the burglar profession want their
booty in wagon loads and arc no long
er satisfied with what can be secured
by the old-fashioned single-handed sys
tem. The latest style in burglary Is
that of backing a wagon up to the
rear door of the place selected nnd
when the vault is pierced with steel
drills to lead the plunder on and de
part. This method was adopted at
Richmond , Va. , in separating Uncle
Sam from ? GS,000.
National friendships are shifting
and undependable. A small change in
a nation's policies may turn a friend
ly neighbor into a hostile one. For
tunately national animosities arc also
easily forgotten and in spite of the
growing fierceness of commercial com
petition open hatred between nations
is less common than it ever was be
fore and a spirit of Rood will and a
willingness to arbitrate differences
proves that the wor'.d ' is becoming
more civilized.
In the present state of the world
there are few who question the wis
dom of maintaining our navy but there
are many who doubt the wisdom or
the necessity for entering the mad
race which European nations have for
some time been engaged In to main
tain a superiority in armament. The
building of two 154,000 ton battleships
next year in addition to two 27,000
tons for this year and live submarines
for the Pacific coast looks like a
heavy tax to .most people.
Half a century ago or more , more
men wore shawls to protect them from
the cold than had overcoats. The
shawl being a lineal descendant of
the Scottish plaid and Indian blanket
was then a perfectly suitable article
of masculine attire. Later the shawl
was worn exclusively by women and
now it has almost disappeared from
common use. Queen Victoria was
fond of rich and beautiful shawls and
continued to give brides of the royal
circle costly camels' hair shawls long
after they had gone out of fashion ,
but they were never the less prized
by the recipients.
A traveler on the high seas who
hooks on n first class steamship in
this year of our Lord has all the com
forts and conveniences of home , even
unto a daily paper which gives the
news of the world. This Is , of course ,
made possible by the wireless tele
graph system , which has been much
Improved during the last few months.
A man may now read the proceedings
of congress , markets and all important
world events while crossing the ocean
in a modern liner. On the Lusltania ,
for instance , is published a dally pa
per which has an average circulation
of 2,000 copies n paper of thirty-two
pages of six by ten Inches.
Charles H. Hoyt , national superin
tendent of roads construction , does
not believe that talk alone will con
tribute much toward the improvement
of our public highways It requires
money to construct and Improve the
roads. In a recent address at a Farm
ers' institute in Illinois Mr. Hoyt said :
"The inevitable truth is that talk and
enthusiasm alone will not build many
good roads. State aid Is accomplish
ing the most in road building. Where
the state maintains a highway engi
neering department to have general
supervision over the highways , and
where the cost of building and main
taining the roads is divided between
the state , county nnd township In
specified rates , the most is being ac
complished. "
THE "WETS" FIND COMFORT.
The "wets" have found more hope
In the election just past , and inter
pret the results as indicating that the
prohibition wave which has been
sweeping the nation , Is losing ground. >
Losses to the "drys" In Nebraska , II-
llnols and Wisconsin have been taken
by the ' "wets" as a sign that more
and more towns and states are fallIng -
Ing off the water wagon and that the
old argument that "prohibition doesn't
prohibit" Is being exemplllled. They
also find signs In the fart that The
government Is sending out seventy-
live special luvomie men , nil into dry
cities and states , to uncover "blind
Pigs. "
OTHER ROADS DO IT.
The Union Pacific and M. & O.
roads consider Norfolk Important
enough to run their trains Into town.
Why shouldn't the Northwestern ,
which profits from Norfolk's business
to much greater extent than those
two ?
Thi1 Union Pacific gives Norfolk an
excellent service to and from Omaha ,
picking up passengers In the heart
of the town and bringing them back
to the same place. The M. & O. road
likewise renders a splendid Norfolk-
Omaha service , making it possible for
passengers to take trains and leave
them , in the center of the town.
The Northwestern has a station lo
cated In the city's heart. All that
it would have to do would be to run
its trains another mile. And expert
railroad men have in the past de
clared this to bo perfectly feasible and
practical.
WHY NOT FOR NORFOLK , TOO ?
The Northwestern railroad sends its
trains by a roundabout route and over
the Union Pacific's tracks for the sole
purpose of entering and leaving the
city of Omaha at a point convenient
for the traveling public. It could save
fifteen miles on every train by using
its own depot on Webster stieet , In
stead of going far around to come in
at the union depot there.
That shows what the Northwestern
railroad Is willing to do for the trav
eling public nnd for a city when it
thinks the trnlilc nnd the city are
entitled to consideration. But it
doesn't seem to think the traveling
public of north Nebraska and Norfolk
are entitled to even such a slight con
sideration as to make it worth while
to bring Norfolk trains clear into
town , instead of stopping them a mile
away and forcing passengers to get
the balance of the way by any means
they see lit.
That the running of main line trains
up to the Norfolk station would be a
very simple matter , has been repeat
edly stated by railroad experts. Yet
the people of this vicinity continue
to be dumped off out in the country ,
practically speaking , and when Nor
folk people want to spend their money
with the Northwestern for passenger
service , they're compelled to make
their way to a point a mile out of
town before they can board the train.
Norfolk , the Northwestern railroad's
literature will tell you , is a point on
the main line of that system. So far
as revenue is concerned , Norfolk is
one of the most important towns on
the Northwestern's lines. Yet this
town Is getting service inferior to that
which hamlets are entitled to.
The Northwestern has no adequate
depot facilities at the Junction. It
has a ? 2o,000 depot up town. Why
doesn't it run its trains into that de
pot , as it ought to ?
Norfolk is entitled to better treat
ment from the Northwestern railroad ,
in this regard , than it Is getting. And
there's going to be a concerted de
mand made until relief is accorded.
TO PATRONIZE UNION PACIFIC.
Norfolk business men believe that
tills city has developed into a commer
cial center and shipping point which
entitles it to better treatment at the
hands of the Northwestern than was
given to the old hamlet of Norfolk by
the F. E. & M. V. railroad a half cen
tury ago. Norfolk believes that Its
freight business today is of enough
importance to warrant Improved train
service from a railroad that is get
ting a big share of the shipments.
The Union Pacific maintains a splen
did freight service from Omaha to
Norfolk , as well as a superior passen
ger service , and there is a growing
sentiment In Norfolk favoring recipro
city in the matter of freight in favor
of giving freight and passenger busi
ness wherever possible to the rail
road that treats Norfolk fairly.
The Union Pacific passenger ser
vice to and from Omaha can't be beat
en. Leaving hero at 11 a. in. ( at an
uptown station ) the passenger catch
es a fast train nt Columbus , with a
dining car service , nnd readies Oma
ha about 4 o'clock. Returning , it is
possible to leave Omaha at 4:10 : later
than on any other road and , getting
a dining car train to Columbus , reacli
Norfolk at 9 : SO ( landing , let it bo re
membered , nt an uptown station. )
Likewise there's good service from
Omaha to Norfolk on the M. & O.
The morning train brings Omaha pas
sengers Into Norfolk at 11 a. in. , an
hour and a half ahead of the North
western and at an uptown station.
The evening train reaches Norfolk at
7:45 : and at an uptown station.
Other railroads built their lines Into
the city of Norfolk without bonds.
The Northwestern could easily now
run Its trains uptown. Norfolk's good
will , when organized , is worth a good
many thousand dollars a year to any
railroad and Norfolk people are be
ginning to think pretty seriously of
patronizing the Union Pacific when
ever < possible , out of appreciation for
the fact that It runs Its trains up
town , and has agreed to build a hand
some new depot uptown this summer.
IF NO ONE CAUGHT THEM.
It's a very easy matter to hold up
one's hands In holy horror when some
one who has been doing n wrong act
against his fellows or ngainct society
Is convicted. Hut it needs to be borne
In mind constantly that the graft and
corruption which the press Is so fre
quently disclosing could not prevail
unless there were many people who
are easily receptive to It. Every get-
rich-quick scheme In the country Is
shared In quietly by hundreds who
are willing to share in the proceeds
but who would not for the world want
to bo known as In any way connected
with it.
Down In Omaha Mnybray recently
was convicted of a nefarious swind
ling project. Ho Is In the penitentiary.
Ho deserved his fate but ho has
struck a chord of public sympathy by
voicing his disgust for some of his
"pals" in these wotds : "There's one
regret1 in this for me , nnd that Is
that all the "Mikes" who tried to beat
the game aion't hero with us. They
were Just as crooked. They had graft
in their white hearts when they fell
for it. 'Respectable business men'
and church members and 'honest farm
ers' and 'worthy capitalists' willing to
sneak n few thousands If nu one
caught them. I'd bo glad to serve an
extra two years to have some of
them hero with me.1 It is one of those
eras in the life of the nation when
every man wants to take account of
ills own stock of personal integrity
and value it highly as an asset.
DON'T TREAT CHICAGO THAT WAY
Why don't the Northwestern rail
road establish its Chicago passenger
terminals out in the edge of the city
far out in some distant suburb , in
stead of in the heart of the metropo
lis ? It would save running trains a
good many hundred miles a day , and
would avoid long delays over innum
erable crossings , and reduce the ex
pense of frequent accidents. Passen
gers could be dumped out in the sub
urb and allowed to get into town any
way they could find on street cars
or in hacks or by walking.
That would be no more outrageous
than the service rendered by the
Northwestern to Norfolk. Norfolk
trains never get to Norfolk. They're
stopped n mile out In the country for
the purpose , It may be inferred , of
saving the Northwestern a few dollars
lars a year. And the passengers ?
Well , they're dumped out and allowed
to find transportation the balance of
the distance any way they can. When
they're leaving town , they have to
make their way n mile out in the
country to board the train.
Yet Norfolk is popularly believed
to be one of the Northwestern's Im
portant points. It's so important that
the Northwestern would very deeply
regret to lose Norfolk's freight busi
ness. It's so important that the head
quarters of the general superintendent
over the whole system of the Mis
souri river are maintained here , to
gether with the division superinten
dent , trainmaster , train dispatchers ,
etc.
But in spite of its importance as
a city , and in spite of the money Nor
folk pays to the Northwestern annual
ly for freight , that railroad gives this
city probably the poorest railroad ser
vice endured by any town of its rank
in the country. Where is there an
other city of Norfolk's importance that
has to go a mile and a half to get
on a train , or that has to walk n mile
and a half after It is dumped oft
trains ?
The traveling public is complaining
about this and lias a right to.
AROUND TOWN-
They cHight to run the trams up
town.
"It will be so after while , " a Nor
folk man said , "that they'll charge ad
mission just for the privilege of lookIng -
Ing Into a butcher shop. "
Last year there were no flowers for
the May baskets. This year the violets
lets and cowslips are out and It's
only the forepart of April.
"They always send valuables by ex
press , " said a man peering through
the crate that held a pair of pigs ,
which were being expressed through
Norfolk.
Some towns have races on Saturday
afternoons for the amusement of vis
itors ; Norfolk has fires.
All roads for the "boys on the road"
out of Norfolk , will lead to "Tho Trav
eling Salesman" In Norfolk next Fri
day night.
Norfolk 1ms had more fires during
the past two weeks than ever before
in that period ; and that , despite the
fact that the town hasn't had any In
tention of going "dry. "
"What are you trying to do , get
the Northwestern to run Its trains up
town ? " asked n man who had been
reading The News for the past week.
Ho had guessed It the very first thing ,
ho was told.
If you care to know just how n wom
an feels on Easter morninsr when her
new hat doesn't take the way she hoped
it might , buy a new pair of tan shoes.
The woman whose opinion you most
esteem will glance sldowlsse at 'em
and confess that she never has been
paitlcularly partial to anything but
black , anyhow. It's a discomforting
sensation that's worth experiencing ,
Just for the sake of being able to sym
pathize with womankind on Easter
morn.
The Northwestern inllroad has Just
refused to build a depot nt the Junc
tion. Norfolk doesn't want the North
western to go to the expense of a new
depot at the Junction. All Norfolk
asks is that the depot that Is already
built at Norfolk the one up town
be used for the trains that ought to
run clear Into Norfolk but which dump
passengers off n mile and n half out
In the country and let them get the
balance of the distance any old way
they can find. Mr. Gardner In his let
ter to the Commercial club expressed
the hope I hat no drastic action would
be taken to compel a now Junction
depot. And It won't. Norfolk wants
to'save the North western money on
the deal. Let them economize by us
ing the depot they already have.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Another word we hate : Anent.
Don't tell a He unless you are will
ing to eat it.
Every man who owns a show , is too
prominent In It himself.
When your cow gets out , how the
neighbors enjoy running and telling
you about It !
It is the Joy of our life to watch
the women on Easter Sunday ; they
look at each other's clothes and hats
so critically.
The reason a widow succeeds so
much butter than a girl , is that a girl
depends upon love , while a widow de
pends upon schemes.
We bad hoped to finally settle the
cost of a bride's outfit , but so many
people are complaining of being bored
that we are compelled to give It up.
Many a woman is honest about her
father being n private in the civil war
until she meets some woman whose
father was a captain. Then she ele
vates her father to a generalship.
There should be a law punishing
meanness. Many people are naturally
mean , and justice will never be done
until a means of punishing them is
found.
When we approach a man for ad
vertising , there is always one argu
ment that knocks us ; when he says :
"I have more business than I can at
tend to. "
If there is anything more depress
ing than rain falling on an over
turned tombstone , or the sight of a
dining room table covered with dirty
dishes , what is it ?
There is a man in Atchison who is
known as "a great talker. " When lie
grabs us , and we can't get away , we
never pretend to listen to what he
says ; we let him talk as long as we
can stand it , and then make a big ef
fort to escape.
It was said of an Atchison woman
for many years that she was dying of
a broken heart , because her husband
did not love her. Her husband has
been dead several years , and it is now
said she is dying of a broken heart
because lie is dead.
"Speaking of procrastination , every
day for a year , I have intended to go
Into a jewelry store , and get a new
spectacle case , my old one being worn
out. They are given away , nnd I pass
jewelry stores twenty times a day.
But I am still In need of a new spec
tacle case. " Parson Twine.
Story for men only : "Pa , " a boy
said to h'.s father , "are angels men or
women ? " "Always men , my son , " re
plied his father. "But , pn , " replied
the boy , "I have never seen pictures
of angels wearing whiskers. " "Well , "
replied the father , "it is only possible
for men to become angels by a close
shave. "
When a woman begins to econ
omize , she saves the string around the
packages ; a man carefully hvards his
cigar wrappers and tobacco tags , hopIng -
Ing some day to have enough to get a
Jointed fishing rod. ( Note. If this is
a joke , we beg pardon ; economy is
already too much of a joke in this
country. )
It doesn't cost much to get a man
ready to be married. He buys a new
suit of clothes , two suits of under
wear , three extra pairs of socks , has
his hair cut. and Is ready. But think
of the stuff a girl thinks she must
buy when she gets married. Are
girls so superior to men that they
cannot get married without fifteen or
twenty times more clothes ?
You have noticed the old buggies
that stand back of blacksmith shops ;
buggies taken there for repairs , nnd
finally left as not worth repairing.
They do not belong to anyone ; any
one may have them. The Lysnnder
John Appleton family drives a buggy
as tough-looking as the buggies that
stand back of blacksmith shops two
or three years , nnd do not belong to
anyone.
An Atchison girl Is wearing such an
Immense bow this spring that it an
swers for a spring jacket. She wears
It pinned to her "Dutch" collar , nnd
It Is so big that It entirely covers the
front of her waist , and gives n jacket
effect. The American Women's Dress
Department of The Ladles' Home
Journal should take notice ; it is an
original Idea to wear a bow big
enough for a jacket
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
III. Cost of Food In
Moderate Homes.
By EDITH G. CIIARLTON ,
In Charge of Domeitic Economy , Iowa
State College.
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Copyright , 1910. by American Fr
Atioculion.
was Ruskln who said , "Sure good
IT is first In feeding people , then In
dressing people , then In lodging
people and last in rightly pleasing
people with arts or science or any oth
er subject of tlioi ht. "
If Ruskln is right , and we know he
is , then It behooves all those who are
Interested in homcnmklug and house
keeping to see to it that their duty is
well performed ; that the results of
their labor are not only bringing good
to people , but also making good people.
This means improving their physical
conditions , training them to higher
ideals and truer standards of living.
The standard of life will determine
the character of the home , and when
ever homes and family life are not
what civilization anil Christianity
teach they should bo the cause will
invariably be found to bo wrong stand
ards.
The cost of living depends on the
ideas and standards of the persons
spending the money , or else It depends
on the total disregard for them. The
question ot now much our living
shall cost Is more ot education than of
location , so a scale ot expenditures
cannot be given that will be suitable
in every particular to any locality.
Local conditions must be taken into
consideration to some extent , though
it is generally found that large expend
iture In one department ot Housekeep
ing can be readily balanced by various
economics in another.
Any woman who has a right stand
ard of life will not lie sntlslied to spend
all the Income for ( jliysieal needs. She
will want a balance for those things
which are termed higher life , educa
tion and all those advantages which
develop the mental and moral side of
the family , ft has been repeatedly
proved that when the family Income
is adjusted so as to leave at least -5
per cent of It for matters not connect
ed with material living there is con
tentment In the family circle and a
desire among the Individual members
to reach the highest attainments of
true mnnhoud and womanhood. It is
not my purpose in this article to at
tempt to do more than show what pro
portion ot the income should be re
served for food nnd how that amount
cnn be spent in order to keep within
the margin and to satisfy the physical
needs ot the family.
It has been said that one-half the
cost of living Is the cost of food , and
it has been shown over and over again
that it is nut the food actually eaten
which costs so excessively as it Is
what is wasted by poor cooking , pre
paring too large quantities and buying
out of season. \
Meals at 18 Cents a Day.
An income of from $1.000 to $1.500
should allow no more than IS to 'J5
cents a day for each person for food ,
or not more than U'J per cent of the
total Income . To feed a family of
five persons on ! (0 ( cents a day. or 18
cents each , requires thought and con-
s-iderublo planning on the part of the
housekeeper. But on that amount it
is possible to provide good nourishing
meals every day and In amount sulli-
cient for all the needs of the body.
This is not a mere theoretical state
ment , for in many homes in this coun
try less than $1 a day is being spent
on the table.
To buy wisely on a small margin
requires some knowledge of food val
ues , because it is necessary to have
the daily meals represent : n given
amount of proteid. fat , sugar and
starch , mineral matter and water.
Those food constituents must be pro
vided every day It the body is to be
kept In normal condition.
AMOUNT FOOD MATERIAL , THAT WILL ,
FURNISH HEQUIRKl ) NOURISHMENT
FOK ONE DAY FUJI MAN AT AVERAGE
WORK.
Or.
MILK I 10
BREAKFAST
.Mackerel
IWKAD B Creamed Potatoes
Tout Coffee
BEEF 8
POTATO 8 DINNER
Roast licet
SALT 4 1'otiitocs
MACKEIIEI.
Cbcc8e Teft
TWO EGGS "
IIUTTEK
SUPPER
nollcauico
HICK m -
' "
Scrambled EBBS
lircad Butter
'
SUGAR | IX -feu
CHEESE
Total. \ , \ oz. proteid , 2 oz. fat and 10 oz.
htarclj.
The question now is , Which of these
foods can be provided for \ & cents
a day for each person ? Not those
out of season nor quickly perishable
nor those brought to the consumer
from a distance. Such foods are al
ways expensive and may not con
tain any moro nutriment than foods
produced In homo markets. For in
stance. In nil Inland localities oysters
are high priced because they are very
substitute they nre not nearly as val
uable as mime other articles of the
diet. A porotm would need to cat four
teen oysters to derive a quantity of
proteid from them equal to that con
tained In ono egg. and one pound oC
beefsteak Is equal In ( Issue bulldlntf
matorlMl to IWi oysters , or about the
number contained In three quarts.
Thus It readily run be seen that Indi
viduals or families may be well led
and never oat an oyster , in provid
ing food on an economical basis the
line must sometimes bo drawn rather
sharply between appetite and hunger.
Prices differ In various localities , anil
It Is impossible to suggest definite
menus that everywhere can be pro
vided for a certain sum of money.
However , In the greater portion of this
country n selection may be made from
the following list of food materials by
persons living on from 15 to ' . ' 5 cents
a day :
Beef , mutton , pork or any meat not
over 110 cents per pound.
Wheat bread , purchased or homemade.
Uutler for the tnble.
Common cereals.
Huot , lard for cooltlnc.
Whole mlllc.
Dairy cliepse.
Dried fruits.
Cabbage , carrots and other veeotablen
In season.
Cano or beet sugar.
Flan.
lincon.
CofTcu served with hot milk occasion
ally.
ally.Tea
Tea occasionally. '
Local trulls In Benson.
Serving Cheap Materials.
This list of foods can be varied from
day to day by the skillful housekeeper
and will furnish not only pleasing va
riety In the meals , but the required
nourishment. Hut when the courser ,
cheaper foods are used greater care
must be taken In their preparation.
Any food , no matter how rare and ex
pensive , can be spoiled by careless or
Ignorant conking , and the commonest
food material , presenting perhaps few
possibilities for a tempting dish , can
bo made most appetizing by careful
preparation ami serving. So it all
comes back to the original statement
that the cost of the table does not de
pend so much on the price of food ma
terials as It does on the knowledge and
skill of the cool ; or on the luck of
those essentials to success.
When the variety ot food from which
to make a selection is limited it Is nec
essary to know a number of ways In
which to serve the same article as it
appears on the table day after day.
If outmeal must be the staple break
fast dish live mornings out of seven ,
try the addition ot a handful of dates
from which the stones nave been re
moved. Cook the oatmeal thoroughly
In n double boiler or tireless cooker and
add the dates about halt an hour be
fore serving. It will be necessary , too ,
very often to use the cheaper cuts
of moat when the tamlly is living'
on IS cents a day. but these are more
appetizing if carefully prepared than
the expensive steaks or roasts that \
have been Improperly cooked. The
following recipes may afford variety in
the dinner menu and may suggest to
the housekeeper Ideas In serving some
of the cheaper meats :
Cannelon of Beef.
Two pounds ot lean beef cut from
round , grated rind of half n lemon ,
one tablespoonful of finely chopped
parsley , one egg , one-halt tenspoonlut
ot onion Juice , two tablespoontuls of
molted butter , little grated nutmeg , one
teaspoonfiil of salt and ono-quuiter teaspoonful -
spoonful ot popper. Chop meat finely
and add remaining ingredients In order
given. Shape in a roll about six Inches
long , wrap in buttered paper , place in
a dripping pan and biittu thirty min
utes In a moderate oven. Haste every
live minutes with one-quarter cup of
butter melted in one cup of boilii g
water. Serve with osporano sauce.
Esperano Sauce.
Two tnLHcsponnfuls butter , two tablespoonfuls -
blespoonfuls flour , half a ( easpoonful
salt , one tablespoonful chopped rod
pepper or pimento , cup hot water , throe
tcuspoonfuls Worcestershire sauce and
a lemon thinly sliced. Molt butteradd
flour and salt and. when blended , pour
on hot water. Cook thoroughly , stir
ring until thickened. Then add chop
ped pepper , Worcestershire sauce and ,
last , the sliced lemon.
Sauce.
Half cup stock , half cup cream , two
tablespoonfuls ( lour , teaspoonful salt ,
half teuspoonful popper and tablespoonful -
spoonful capers. Add salt nnd popper
to flour. Dilute with cold water. Add
to stock nnd stir. Add cream nnd coot
with capers.
Pot Roast.
Two pounds chuck beef. Sear all
sides with hot fat. Put In kettle and
cover with boiling water. Add half
bmall onion , a cup diced carrots , two
tablespoonfuls vinegar and four cloves.
Simmer four hours. Serve with raisin
sauce.
Emergency Sauce.
Strain liquid In which pot roast was
cooked. To two cups add half cup
sifted peas nnd thicken with table-
epoonful Hour blended with two table-
Epoonfuls moiled butter.
Stew Supreme.
Three pounds voal. half pound lean
bacon , three sliced carrots , six small
onions , three cloves , blade of mace ,
salt and pepper to taste , half cup of
tomato catchup and tablo.spoonful of
Worcestershire sauce. Cut meat Into
small pieces and brown In butter. Add
the vegetables and seasoning and pour
over enough boiling water to cover.
Let simmer for nn hour < ? r until moat
is tender. Arrange meat on serving-
platter , rub sauce nnd vegetable *
through a sieve , add the tomato and
Worcestershire sauces , pour around the
vent and serve with small piece of
toast.
A Subtln Difference.
"And so. " began the browbeating at
torney to the blmbl'y ' witness , "you live
by your wits , do yc'i ? "
"No , sir ; by other folks' lack of
them , " corrected the witness modestly. \
He Kntw.
Wife I wonder why there are no
marriages in heaven ? Hnsband Be
cause it is heaven , of course. Illus
trated Bits.