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Show THE PRICE OF BREAD Tho sensational rlso in tho price of Hour makes a higher prlco for bread Inevitable If tho bakers do not advanco the prlco of tho slngto loaf, they must rcduco its bIzo, or dilute its finality. For the poor Immigrant, who ofton pnys not over $1 a week for food, bread Is tho main dependenco. Ho may -have his kettlo of soup, browed from bony hunks of meat thtit no one else wi I touch. Hut this costs llttlo, und Is merely an nppotizor. His long rolled loaf, serving for dov-oral dov-oral meals, Is tho main backbone- for his muscular task. When ho acquires ac-quires a family his board bill Increases, Increas-es, but a household of bread cators Uvos cheuply. Hut a 25 to CO per cent advanco is it blow. Mrs. Jullun Heath of Now Yonr, Proldent of tho Housewives Lcaguo, tays thut In this oxlgeney, moro families fam-ilies should accustom themselves to tho uo of corn bread, tho prlco ot which has not risen appreciably. Also much might bo said or the vuluo and hculthfuluues of rye. f It Is a (lingular fact that a great many well to do families always use corn and ryu Hour prominently, pio-I'errliig pio-I'errliig their llavor, whllo many poor amlllus continuo to stick to whltu wheat Hour, oven lu times of scarcity, scarc-ity, und in Bplto of tho fact that much of tho nutriment of wheat is lo.n In tho process of bolting. In many old tlm0 homes, coin Johnny enko was a spotlal treat that uiudo the children's eyes jpurKle. Served steaming hot, It brought thu comfort of summer sunshine on a lutry morning, and Its golden color mado It Bcem almost Hko upongo cake. Hasty pudding was another ttaplo that tho old timers would prefer to thu most fancy dessert your modern cook will devlso. White Hour pio-ducts pio-ducts will comu high beforo tho new crop is on tho market, and thrifty vooks will seek substitutes. |