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Show Economy In Flour. Tho scarcity of flour drovo tho British Brit-ish privy council to some remnrkablo sumptuary recommendations In 1793. All families wero begged to give up pu'Mlngs nnd pies, and tho privy councilors coun-cilors announced that thoy proposed to set an examplo by confining themselves them-selves to fish, meat, vegetables and household bread, partly mado of rye. Ono quartern loaf a week was recommended recom-mended as tho maximum allowanco per head, and tho loaf should bo put on tho tablo for each to help himself, so that there might bo no waste. Rich peoplo woro urged to do without soups nnd gravies, to tako only tho prtmo cuts and leave tho rest for tho poor. Tho poor should be taught how to make soup and rice pudding, rice being a new food which until than had been little ussd, |