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Show Woman's Page How to fight the High Cost of Living Reader of Woman's Page Reduces Cost of Living by Using Less Meat-Makes "Leftover" Dishes Live Nicely and Save on $16 Per Week a Few Seasonable Rocipes USE LESS MEAT In reducing the cost of living I am governed by the rule to let my head cav my pockubood as well as my , leet W'c cat food to make the substance sub-stance of our bodies and to give heat and vital force, therefore we buy Lbfl most nourishing food which can be obtained for the money available. Here arc a few rules that may be I helpful to others as they have been io me Instead of buying the expensive expen-sive cuts of meat and canned vegetables, vege-tables, prepare the cheaper meats and legumes in the fireless cooker. Oatmeal Oat-meal and corn meal mush may also ; be placed In the cooker at night and bo used fcr breakfast. Make wholesome whole-some loaf cakes Instead of expensive I layer cakes. Bake your own bread and plan to do all the baking possl- J bl? with one oven heat Use less meat and more vegetables, fruit, and eggs. Let nothing wholesome go to waste, but use in "leftover" dishes j Soap should not be left, in dish or wash water. Tons are wasted yearly I In this way. Don't create and develop a pampered appetite in your children Simple, nourishing food at regular meal time Is best for them Pennies and nlckelR spent daily to satisfy an fbnormal appetite, for which you may be to blame, may lead to the spend ing of dollars In riotous living later c on. By earnest thought, a woman may prove to the world that she does not "throw out by the spoon more than a man can throv, in by the shovel. shov-el. MRS H. W . DRAWS $16 A WEEK TVe are a young mai ied couple. My husband is a butcher, drawing lf n week and getting our meat and lorn, for nothing. Every week we put $12 in ihe bank reserving 4 for groceries and incidentals We pay cash for e -erything. We check out of the bank for Insurance, rent, fuel and clothes We find that this method works fine ' and have quite a little nest egg paved already. C.C. ANGEL FOOD CAKE Editor Standard Woman's Page "Will you please accept a good recipe for angel food cake from a new member'' mem-ber'' It is fine I don't understand just how to send things to your department, de-partment, but I trust this may reach you. "Whites of six eggs, beaten stiff: three-quarters of a cup of 6ugar, silted silt-ed twice. Stir Into the eggs slowly, adding a small quantity at a time, f Half cup flour, with a half teaspoon ' cream of tartar sifted with it six times Add a little at a tune to eggs and sugar Flavor with a few drops of vanilla, and bake in an ungreased pan MRS M H " FOTATO CAKE "One and a half cups sugar, two-; two-; thirds cup butter, one cup mashed potato, used while warm. One-third cup grated chocolate, one cup walnuts, wal-nuts, chopped, one and a half cups flour, one teaspoon each cloves, cinnamon, cin-namon, and vanilla, three eggs, one and a half teaspoon? hakins powder Bake in layer and use any kind of , lining you wish, H. R. S. RECIPES Peanut Brittle. Boll together a cup each of molasp-es molasp-es and brown sugar, a tablespoon vinegar, and two tablespoons butter When a little of this dropped into cold witer Is brittle stir In a cup blanched peanut?, remove from the fire add a teaspoon baking soda, beat hnrd. and pour into buttered pans Mrs. S. F. P Marshmallow Pudding. Beat whiles of four eggs to stiff froth, add three-fonrUis cup sugar, dissolve tablespoon of gelatin in one-half one-half evip cold water, and let stand two minutes, then add one-half cup hot water add to whites of egc, and beat until stiff. Divide and add chopped walnuts to one-half, chopped pineapple to other half dissolve half of a pink coloring tablet In a little water and add to one part, turn Into tins to harden. Put pink layer on top of white, and serve with whipped cream. MRS. J. S L. oo |