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Show Woman's Department 3 1 How toight the High Cost of living '&';: r Where Does the Money Go?-Are Results Satisfactory?- ep I ' Thr Slpate' Itemized Accounts-Pay Cash-Save jfi;. Each Month for Bank Account Suggestions I f,f That May Be Helpful to J Housekeepers. mi jjl WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? w Aro you satisfied with tho quality !of rood you are putting on the table for your family? If not, what is the trouble? Are you compelled to keep your household oxponseB within a narrow limit? IT J? you carofully watch everv de-fl de-fl i tail, trying to live as well as former- ly on much Icsb money? 1 , Do you go to market' J One of our readers Says in a Veil written, lettor: u Editor Standard: "Through going r to market personally and nsklng ques-5 ques-5 tions I have acquired a practical knowledgo of purchasing the best and A most economical cuts of meat." I There is a good suggestion for I housewives in this letter, Isn't thore? In so many homes the item for meat is often much larger than any other, oth-er, through ignorance on the part of housewives. Ogden butchers, desiring to co-operate in arriving at a solution of the cost of living problem as it applies to meats encoirrago housewives to make a scientific study of meat buv-ing. buv-ing. : They say that butchers through- out Ogden would be glad to show cus-3 cus-3 toniers who seek information what i portions of meat can be cut to economy. econ-omy. The butchers claim that in so far as the Uing cost problem applies to meats, the first great solution of the Frl ProD'em l'es m an understanding by ; - tho housewife of household economy, , which Includejs a knowledge of meat 5 cuts. f MRS. G. H. S. : KEEP THREE ACCOUNTS, PAY CASH. f "When first married we Btartcd out ; with the intention of living within 'JqI our incomo and at the same time savo fa part to place in the bank each month. We kept account of all expenses, ex-penses, but did not Itemize them: fe hence we could not tell at tho end H y of the month just what wo had spent 1 our money for, and also found we S had very little left for the bank ac-j9 ac-j9 count I a "We then changed our plan of keep-jjl keep-jjl ing the accounts. We started three ',t distinct accounts, and itemized -each. I In one of these accounts we keep sro-J sro-J ceres and, in fact, all items that go to keep up the kitchen and table In another we keep what we call incl- I dentals, such as rent, fuel, furniture, clothing, kitchen utensils, etc.; In fact, all necessary expenses other than the grocery or first account go to this one. In the third account wo keep what expenses are not absolutely necessary, ne-cessary, such as theater tickets, candy, can-dy, cigars, etc.; In fact, all expenses expen-ses just for pleasure and not absolutely abso-lutely necessary go to this account. "We soon found that this last ac-.t ac-.t count was far too largo and was tak-.; tak-.; Ing entirely too much of our hard ' earned money. Wo also found we ) could cut down each of the other ac- counts without stinting ourselves in :i the least " "In addition to these accountB wc : keep a cash account and balance this at tho end of each week. "We always pay cash, and since I starting this new method have been able to live we.ll and have found that at the end of eight months our bank account has grown to a nice sum, whereas by the first method wo pjac-tlcally pjac-tlcally saved nothing. L.. H. W ' Eggless Spice Cake. Editor Standard: If you can find a i humble placo for the inclosed recipe 1 I shall feel honored. 11 Eggless Spice Cake One cup sugar, cream with two ttiblespoonfuls of lard, one cup sour milk, one teasnoonful soda, one-half cup chopped nuts, ono-half ono-half cup raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon, cinna-mon, one-third teaspoon nutmeg, one pinch of cloves, one pinch of salt, one-half cup chopped nuts, flour enough for a fairly stiff batter. A. C Pies Are Expensve. Editor Standard: I want to toll you how I reduced our household expenses when I found the cost of living increasing in-creasing to such an alarming extent. I was much surprised to find that cutting cut-ting down the pie item from every day to once a woek lessened the monthly account by $3 alone. Changing the cake item to one of plain cookies reduced re-duced the bill again That meant a saving on the provisions. Then an oatmeal breakfast substituted for one of eggs diminished that expense one-seventh. one-seventh. And so on Peoplo tell me they do not see how I could do it, but is all in the planning and figuring out just what the expense In necessities necessi-ties amounts to We do not indulge In luxuries unless we find we have a little surplus money left over from tho amount laid aside for provisions. T. S THIS WOMAN BUYS BEST CUTS Editor Standard: I want to say a word In defense of the more expensive cuts of beef, so to my mind good, juicy roast beef is a necessity for growing children. Considering Con-sidering the value In nutrition, It can be made the most economical of all meats If used in the following manner: man-ner: "For a family of five personB purchase pur-chase a rib roast of say about nine pounds. The cost will average about $2. Have the butcher cut off the entire en-tire rib in one piece. Pot roast the ribs with onions, whole pepper, salt, bay leaf, spoonful of tomato, and very littlo water; roast peeled and halved potatoes in this gravy You then have brown ribs of beef with potatoes This with a hearty vegetable such as baked bak-ed beans and a light dessert makes a satisfactory meal, especially well planned to have Saturday evening. Now, for Sunday dinner, roast the other part of i.no beef, say fifteen minutes min-utes to the pound, if cut. When serving serv-ing with a Bharp carving knife, about one-half the roast Is sufflcent for dinner. din-ner. The other half carefully steamed, steam-ed, accompanied with macaroni and cheese, a salad and dessert, makes another an-other good meal. Thus I get three substantial nutritious and well balanced bal-anced meals, Including a Sunday din ner, and the loft-overs prepared In some nice way for lunches, for less than stows would cost, and far more pleasing to the growing members of the family. MRS. F. B |