Show IJtff J 1 ti n t 11 IN THE HOUSEHOLD 4htt c I1tt J chJ t n When a feast Is reduced to rcmiiantV I ql n Bald Kconomy HI nm usually asked ton to-n t 11rohlcI Scott OConnor s I I r l t tr To be economical without being meant mean-t 1 Faring without being parsimonious j t frugal without being grasping these I nl 1J 1tJ < nro the qualities which the ladles of f I I I Cranford strove to attain In Ihelr ele I i i 1T1 t gant economics While the modern J I 1t1ti woman must of necessity take Issue I 4 r with those delightful ladles In nuiny I rJltI of their expedients for making a little great way the spirit which 1 1 go a very 4r animated their gentle hearts Is to bc 1je commended I I ij the trouble with many women is I kIl their Inability to discern the true proportion + i > pro-portion of things Many a wife and jq mother will rush along at high pressure I for vcars taking upon her own shoulders t shoul-ders the various burdens which husband fl tai hus-band and children should have carried I for themselves refusing all vacations JZ j with a cant spare the tlmeonlY to jI3J break down at the last Then years of Qr rfd1ty rest of nursing of weariness must In I e torvonc when weeks would have sufficed ftt1 suf-ficed before Poor economy this Another rig l 1 An-other woman feels that she must keep mtl up appearances and though the in iWl It6 come be but small present the same ft front of luxurious affluence the pub 1111 Mo as her neighbor with quadruple the means These are the poor creatures arlr whose outer vesture of purple and line talyy linen with abnormally long phylacteries i phylacte-ries of the latest style covers a lamentable lamen-table dearth of comfortable underwear I whose parlors dreams of modern cle pAtice t though they be do not atone for the faniily beds hard and lumpy 11 the r family table skimpy as to food untidy and mean as to dishes and linen and the kitchen destitute of all coup en Mices for doing tho work easily and In r a sanitary manner Then there is J that sl h1 other mistaken soul who cant afford j a sufficient help to care for the children cant afford a washerwoman + cant tyt + ft rn afford a good warm floor covering for the nursery cant afford 1 various needed comforts for herself hut can as a consequence blow In unlimited dollars for the druggist the doctor the trained nurse the sanitarium Poor policy thlsl I I The problem supplying the family I I of limited Income with satisfactory ana 1 delicious meals means continual man I dgcmonl and the constant ocr lhl uf an Intelligent mistress Firm li the I i buying Many things will be found to i bf much chcapur purchased by tho quantity This presuppose of course cellar or cloreL room A wall goes up once from the woman who lives in a j Hat but the fact remains that even the Hat dweller usually has a storeroom In the cellar though it Is more frequently tilled with surplus furniture and trunks Ihnn used art u store place for food Where this room docs not exist it Is I quite possible to keep a covered barrel or box In the coal 1 cHar If tJic family I Is sizable It will be found much cheaper to buy potatoes and apples by the quantty when they are cheapest I cheap-est oranges by the boa and bananas by the bunch Should the family be sinall time cost of loss from decay may i be reduced to u minimum by two or three families purchasing fruit In this way and dividing u Canned goods maybe may-be purchased at the large grocers by I the case with ndvriuupG to the purchaser pur-chaser Many oinon of limited means are prejudlrM ugalPbl the large grocery gro-cery establishniLnlsi 1 on account of their wealthy patronage and Imagine that their prices must be extravagant In I the matter of dry groteiles thin is I particularly par-ticularly erroneous On account of their large purchases such firms yet larger discounts than llio smaller grocers and the patrons get the benefit I Tea coffee 1 soap which should always al-ways be purchased 1 by the quantity In order to let It dry null and Jill package I goods of standard brands can be purchased pur-chased cheaper than at the small groceries gro-ceries I Quite the reverse however Is true i at the establishments when it come I I I to the matter of butter eggs fruit I and vegetahiesrCtimneilcd 10 meet the wants of superfastidious customers I who since the egg lad tame in Insist upon having autographdated eggs i from the Vanderbilt Astor Morton I Havcmcyor or other Ien tlermnraIh1 > r estates the fancy prices charged make such giltedged butter and worth thelrwclshtlngold egg manifestly bc yond the reach of the housekeeper t I I of limited income If eggs and butter I I cannot be bought directly from the farmer the creamery offers the best i substitute Butterla usually the largest I larg-est Item of expense except that of meat j in the family of limited menus If the j winters supply of butter can be laid I In by the firkin In the fall the average j price takeover It the year round should not be take-over 2a cents Secondgrade butter should be strictly tabooed as I both butter and eggs should like Caesars I Cae-sars wife be above suspicion Hums bacon and1 other smoked meats i are usually bought at best advantage at the grocery stores These however I should always bear the stamp of sonic wellapproved packer Fancy sausage Kcrappel headcheese and the like which conic from those much advertised farms which make a point of this supirloi scientific treatment of stock and charge accordingly must be passed by the shopper of moderate means In selecting a butcher try and flivl an honest one for In spite of lectures demonstrations galore on the buying buy-ing of meal the housewife is i bound TO j I bo more or loss dependent on the knight I I of tire cleaver I Any woman can and should know the I dlfierent tutu of meal the food value I and the general signs that Indicate good healthy beef veal mutton and j I pork but she cannot know how long the meat has been hung whether the 1 beef be cow past its usefulness for i dairy purposes and fattened for the market on slop prime steer beef from I the cornfields of the West the lich alfalfa al-falfa pastures of the Southwest or I rangers toughened with leagues of j I travel in the effort to eke out a precarious precar-ious l existence Much must be left to the honesty of the butcher who Is I usually quite willing advise the pro f pltlatory woman about the best and I most economical cuts of meat i i While the best of beef is none too i i good for any family the socalled I best or most expensive I cuts are to he avoided by the woman of frugal mcrmi Nor Is this any rJaus deprivation depriv-ation The expensive tenderloin HO highly esteemed by gourmets UI Cur C-ur UM tenderness han very little flavor of its I ownnot half so much as the I round or sirloin and furthermore is always open to suspicion unless taken from the choicest steer beef It Is Inside e In-side tho animal where the blood do < > snot s-not now through it an trcely OM through the upper pai of the leg and shoulder The cystlccrcl of tiitnii found often in the liver of Inferior animals Is nisi apt to be found In the tenderloin aiul I internal muscles Somewhat tougher to he sure but much cheaper and vastly more nutritious are such pieces as the neck the round or rump An I excellent roasting piece for a small I I family Is the aitch bone and this in 1 also the best piece for n beer stew Other good pieces for slews arc iwo or I three pounds cut from the middle of the shin or the think end of a large sirloin roust I Coqullles are among the dainty entree and luncheon dishes which maybe may-be made from scraps of cooked chicken game or any delicate fish sauce as salmon 01 halibut Cut the meat of the chicken or game of dark meat In dice or flake the fish Melt a table I I spoonful of butter In a saucepan stir t In a tablespoonful of loin and as soon I as melted and bubbling add half a I pint of white stock or a half pint of I equal parts milk and water Let It simmer slowly five I or six minutes I I adding a few mushrooms If you wish j or If It is chicken a tablespoonful of I I minced smoked tongue or a tablespoonful table-spoonful of cold sweetbreads When I fish Is used omit the longue but use the mushrooms adding If you like a little lobster coral to give the coqullles I I a brilliant color Lastly add the chlck 1 en or fish seasoning well with salt and I pepper Fill the little china pannikins I the tiny Individual silver shells which J I fishmongers sell al a Irlfllng price with either of these preparations sprinkle a I few sifted buttered crumbs over them and let them bake live or six minutes in t quick oven Serve as soon as possible pos-sible after they come from the oven I with a garnish of parsley I I A roast left over may be as good as new a second day by brushing over with butter scaring In the oven or on the range until brown on both miles 1 I then taken out and nleamcd until heated heat-ed through then returned to tho oven a last time for Just two or three mo men Is I Excellent dishcloths may be mad I from old white holland curtains el the stiffening has been boiled out j Whalebones one of the most expensive expen-sive Items on dressmakers bills can be I used several times over by soaking Jn cold water until straightened + An Inexpensive and excellent silver polish elm be made by mixing a few i drops of ammonia with whiting and I acldint enough water to make It the consistency of cream It can TJC bottled I bot-tled and kept on hand Instead of throwing away the wick of a lamp when it gets too short fasten It to the new wick which can then bema be-ma eto do longer service EMMA PADDOCK TI3LFORD |