Show staff of life and its cost the high price of wheat conveys a an ominous significance to the housewife A grocer predicted a few das dabs ago that before spring brands of flour costing 6 50 a barrel formerly will go to 9 00 or more this idill ft ill be less than the record price of abent 10 for these grades last year but the advance will come closer home to to working people than any other pre present ent result of war in spite of american prosperity there are large section of our or population for whom bread is a the main am article of subsistence to great numbers of 0 recent mi iro meat is almost a prohibited luxury they may pie pick it up some remnants nd ad boneri cheap but only for use as an appetizer bread and soup are the namn A touch of onions oman or other pungent vegetable may be used to give the meal some tang A well seasoned soun has a surprising effect to gite gie an otherwise dry provender pro ender some flavor and makes a meat meal seem more substantial t than an it really is with this added ral relish ish many new comers to america will gnaw along for das on their loaves baked after the foreign 1 manner wheat bread of course is a food of the most substantial character people of indoor life and finicky appetites would not eat enough of it for full nourishment the man an ual laborer hungry from his fatig ema tk ta puts it down dawn with avidity if he cams came from the old count y he way may have learned to eat it without butter the present high wheat pit pi ices will gion again encourage the farmer ammar to stuff every possible acre with th the staple grain and borrow money easy to pay his hia help but the wastes of trench life are great the demand for cor wheat flour is enormous and the american workman will pay high for his loaf while the war baits it will certainly be a great sear for the nock back yard vard garden A fou square rods put into potatoes oi will 11 RO go far to reduce the flour bill and provide a nou ribbing substitute |