Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 26, 1916, Page 7

2t HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: Miss Jackson Stands by Her Guns. Bellevue, Neb., Nov. 25.—To the Editor of The Bee: In reply to let- ters which have appeared in The Bee's Letter Box criticism of my statement that my grocery list for $2.50 a week would furnish sufficient food for a family of five for one week, I wish to make the following statements: When the menu was made out it was an answer to inquiries which came in, from some asking through curiosity, who were interested to know how economically, in my opin- ion, a family really could {ive. if necessary; from others, asking through the desperation of straitened circumstances, for help to learn if they were.sepnding too much for the necessaries to keep them able and fit for their hard work. To those asking me through curi- osity, I sent the menu, but also re- plied that for people who really have the money to spend, it is poor econ- omy to save money on food, which, although, being plenty scientifically, to keep‘ the body in good condition and satisfy hunger, does not satisfy the appetite for fruits and vegetables and other things, nuts, sweets, rel- ishes, etc,, which, although pleasant, are rather expensive. To those who have the money, let them by all means indulge. Too often money thus saved is used for clothes, furniture, shows and things which the family all like, but which are not truly necessary. But let us not discourage the efforts of those in poorer circumstances to live on what, to the more fortunate, would be a mere existence. To the people who were really in need of advice from someone ex- perienced in dietetics, or scientific study of food in its relation to the needs of the human body, I sent the menu which can be prepared at an expense of $2.50 a week. In speak- ing of a family of five, I had in mind the usual family, a man and wife, with three children. For a family of more than two adults there would have to be food in greater quantities, as grown people require different food properties than those needed by chil- dren. Thus the cost per week would be slightly increased. This diet, $2.50 a week, was esti- mated exclusive of milk. 1t is espe- cially adapted to people who are re- ceiving some aid from social settle- ment centers, where there is a special milk fund. The menu will not in- clude meat frequently. Meat is not necessary to the life processes of the human body. In fact, we could well live without it. My list has been criticized by some of the inquirers, who say that the prices are inaccurate in some parts of the country. Prices vary widely in different localities, Co-operative baying is one of the greatest advan- tages in keeping down the high cost of living. Another, very important,| is the careful preparation and serving of the foods which are available, I also said that my diet is “whole- some and contains the necessary‘food ! principles for health and strength, al- | though in minimum quantities.” That statement is correct and can be dem- | onstrated scientifically. | I will be glad to answer lettersi| from those desiring help in either food expenditures or food prepara- tion, provided they enclose their usual market list for the week, giving prices in their locality, and the maxi- mum amount they will be able to allow for their food. ALMA A. JACKSON, Home Economics Department, Belle- | vue College. High Cost in the Sand Hills. | Seneca, Neb., Nov. 25—To the | Editor of The Bee: For the last year or more prices have steadily risen until the mose common household necessities are almost a luxury. Time and again the top has been reached and we have thought that prices could go no higher, when again all previous records would be broken. The price of such stayle articles as flour, meats, sugar, coffee, etc., are almost prohibitive. In former times there were nearly always some staple articles of food that remained cheap, but now all are higher than Gilroy's kite; therefore it is hard to substi- tute. It is a dead cinch that we must have something to eat, and a great many of us are looking for something cheap, only to have our hopes blasted at every turn of the road. It is a very serious question with the aver- age individual to make both ends meet, and unless something hap- pens to reduce prices there is bound to be much suffering among the poorer classes, especially in the larger cities. We have been thinking very seriously of boiling bunch grass and using the residue as a large part of our daily diet. Cattle turned loose in the spring soon put on a glossy, fat-looking appearance, so we have figured that if cattle can extract fat from the bunch grass, why not man? Horses, hogs and sheep thrive by hundreds on the surrounding hills and all on the same diet 365 days in the year. So do not be surprised if you see in the paper in the near future a re- cipe for extracting the fat from bunch | grass. Others of you seeking a cheaper means of existence might ex- | periment along the same line and let us know the results, T'll not partake again of beet, Or beans, or kraut or slaw, On mutton chops I cannot look. And when I eat my frugal meal No sausages I draw. For sauce I have a lonely spud Without a bit of dressing, And if they go much higher I'll cut it out, I'm gussing. ‘The plece of ple of which I'm fond 1s cach day growing smaller. If this keeps up I'll have to have A microscope to see If there's a swallow. I'he situation that confrents me, | say s far from nice, 1I'd like to have good things to eat, But I can’t afford the price. The only thing that's left to do As day by day must pass Is to figure out a means whereby 1 can live on good old home-grown Bunch grass, M. A. HENRY, Living on Fifty Dollars a Month, Omaha, Nov. 25.—To the Editor of I'he Bee: | would like to offer a few suggestions to Mr. A. B. Mickle. | am one of a family of five children d on $50 a month. We had a comfortable home of seven rooms, hought from savings, rooms stove heated, warm always in the winter, Plenty of clothes, music, books and magazines. and an occasional “party.” Consider Present High Cost of Living Various Writers Debate the Topic With Suggestions as to How the Ex- pense of Existence May Be Lessened by Following a Regulated Dietary. I had a four years' course in the high land a back yard of homegrown toma- | I have inherited will get me into mis- school, one of the boys a three years’ | toes gave us the foundation for loads | chief, as sure as there's an old man commercial course, and the rest could |of catsup, pickilili and chili sauce;|/down in the nether regions who have done likewise had they wished. Now my step-father (and no real|as could be grown on two lots (we | hands. to dg." father could have been kinder to us) was a wise man. He brought home his $q0 every month and gave it to his wife. When my mother died she left him a substantial bank account, saved out of that $50 a month, and I'll betywe lived ten times better than Mr. ickle's family lives, judging from his own statements. We ate beans, to be sure. All this happened back in Massachusetts, and every Saturday night we had baked beans and homemade brown bread for supper, and, my mother being of Puritan descent and a church woman who disbelieved in cooking on the Sabbath, we had beans all day Sun- day. If Mrs. Mickle can bake beans the way we used to have them I'll give her 50 cents a plate. But to bake beans right a fire must oe kept all day steady in the range, and I know Mr. Mickle would never let her use that much coal. Then, too, New England beans are baked with a good big chunk of salt pork on top, and pork costs money. We used to buy it in quantity, prepare the brine at home and have the best. Once a week we had boiled kidney beans, and | my, they were good! Sometimes we varied with dried peas, boiled, and 1 would suggest to Mr. Mickle that he substitute these sometimes for beans, as they cost no more (or didn't when I was a kid), and one doesn’t have to eat so many, as peas contain 93 per cent nutriment, whereas beans contain only 87 per cent. We had fresh meat twice a week (all the fam- ily), and the rest of the time we lived on codfish and potatoes, tongues and sounds, fried fresh halibut and mackerel (our home was on the sea- coast), lobster, fried eels, fish chow- der, made with haddock, hake, etc., and clams, a “mess” of which could be dug at any time of season on the beach half a block from the house. My step-father had inherited a small interest in a farm in Maine, which his brother worked, and sent for our share enough potatoes and other veg- etables to last all winter. My step- father used to buy apples and russet pears on the trees at a very low price, and with the aid of the boys pick them by hand, so that we had enough apples and pears to last all winter. He was not a churchman, and, as he couldn’t bear to be idle, he used to go berrying out somewhere in the woods every Sunday in sum- mer. My mother preserved his find- ings, so that we had bottled (not canned) raspberries, blackberries, huckleberries, blueberries, gooseber- ries, barberries and cranberries in such quantities that we had to give away what was left over in the spring, besides all that could be cooked or eaten raw during the summer, But it takes sugar to preserve, and I sup- pose that if Mr. Mickle got the ber- ries for nothing he wouldn't spend the money to preserve them. But my step-father didn’t drink or use to- bacco in any form, so we had that much more for sugar. We had plenty of fresh “greens” in spring and summer, dug by the boys, ) rhubarb and a few other things, such | lived in a city of 30,000) helped out. [My grandfather kept pigs and hens |on his two lots, and by saving our | “swill” for him, we got several choice | | cuttings of fresh pork in the fall and | occasionally a chicken and some eggs. | We sold to the “tinman” all rags, | papers, old rubbers, bottles and every | bit of junk that we got, getting in| |return tin and woodenware for the | | kitchen. Oh, my mother was a great woman, | tell you! 1 forget to say that we bought a | quart of milk a day the year around, | had butter, tea, coffee and sometimes cocoa, different kinds of breakfast | food (as to weevils I never heard my | | mother say), while we gorged our- |selves with great squares of puffy gingerbread. johnnycake, shortcake land blueberry cake, such as nobody |in the west knows how to make; pies | galore, including mince pies an inch | | thick with real homemade mince | meat inside, homemade bread, hot | biscuits and bread puddings, and, on state occasions, cake with as many | | as four eggs in it and frosting on top, | real fruit cake, plum pudding or cus- | | tard pudding. | We children often made candy | (didn't have much bought except ml | Christmas and Thanksgiving), and oh, those old-fashioned meolasses candy pulls! Wouldn't Mr. Mickle's | children’s eyes “bug” out of their | heads to get into one? We were sometimes permitted sugar candy, and popcorn and cornballs were common things at our house. Oh, I tell you we lived swell on $50 a month, with a woman managing the purse strings and a man that didn't have a lazy streak in his whole body nor a selfish one either, to do the bread winning for us! Of course, mother did all her own work, washing and all. She made our clothes ,and made them over as long as the cloth would hold together. All our bedding was homemade, even the “bed ticks,” the under one invariably filled with straw, the upper on with feathers, carefully hoarded for years from our few fowl. The rugs that covered the floors were all “hooked,” or braided by hand; stockings, mit- tens, caps were hand knit. All quilts were made at home. When | was 12 years old I knit my own stock- ings and mittens, crocheted my tam-! o-shanters and mufflers and made over | my own clothes. I often think that if T had a chance I could do as well as my mother did. But, ah me! If I got a man like A, B. Mickle wouldn't there be war in the camp! He'd have to do more than work downtown and plan how to save the pennies—get out, for instance, like my step-father did, and hustle| half the living in spare time! I for-| got to say that my father picked up all the wood we needed to burn, great logs of driftwood that he brought home on his shoulders and sawed and split himself. We didn't have a horse and buggy or an auto- mobile, but we had a dory. Many a! time I've had hairbreadth escapes from being run down by tug or ferry boats in the harbor, or been caught| in the breakers when the tide started to go out, and had the time of gy life pulling ashore. And we had sleds and skates and plenty of play- things! Well, after it all, here 1 am in Omaha, an “old maid” and out of work. If 1 don’t get a job soon I'm thinking the New England thrift that “finds some mischief still for idle Hague Rfiies Tffat Word, as Applied, | Insulting to Germans (Correspandance of The Associated Pross ) The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 15 The Hague court has solemnly ruled that the word “Mof,” the universal nickname applied to Germans in the Netherland: insulting, and a mem- ber of the Second Chamber of Parlia- ment has been sentenced to'a fine of $40 or five days' imprisonment for writing “Mof" under the nameplate | of a German merchant here The story has provided the whole country with a feast of entertainment. | J. H. Q. W. Ter Spill, who is the recognized humorist of the Dutch Parliament, was out walking with his wife and family when a name in big | gothic characters, “Carl D. A, Gosch,” | caught his eye. y | decorum and the restraining influence of the omnipotent elector notwith- | standing, Mr. Ter Spill's sense of | humor triumphed, and amid the laugh- ter of his children he scrawled the fatal words thereunder. Unfortunately for the Dutch legis- | lator, Mrs. Gosch witnessed the | merry-making from her window and | at once dispatched her daughter to | read the writing on the wall. The master of the house, quickly apprised, gave chase, the insulter was fiercely arraigned, hot words passed, the po- lice came upon the scene, and the sequel was the culprit's appearance in court. The plaintiff told the court that he considered himself insulted by the word “Mof,” as all Germans did, and further, that Mr. Ter Spill had said: “You are a mof, anyway! What are vou doing here? 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