THE ECONOMICAL HOUSEWIFE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 278, 25 May 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE ECONOMICAL HOUSEWIFE.

Every housewiie, especially the wife of the man whose salary is sniall, should study food values and prices, and learn how to make a shilling go as t;jr as possible. She should learn how to cook economical, nourishing meals and dress herself, and, where the case apples, her children well and prettily, intiiin the limits of her income, and every week she should try to save a portion of that income, no matter how .small. 'i'lte wise housekeeper >wiJ 1 ids her marketing early in the day, Tvhilo stocks are complete and fresh, and will see that she gets good value for her money; moreover, she will turn from certain vegetables and other goods while tliev arc dear, and buy them only when they are at a reasonable prce.

Keeping an eye to details—the little leaks that sink the ship—will very soon demonstrate to a woman how important they are. Indeed, all big things are made up of many little things, just details, and tho woman who neglects' them is going to suffer, and her family wUI suffer with her.

The careful housekeeper will sec that the kitchen is managed thoroughly and economically, and that all left-over food is developed into appetizing dishes. She should know how to use all scraps to the advantage, and how to mako nourishing soups and stows and pies. Vegetable an dotlier pies, made up of practically scraps, may, in the hands of a clever cook, turn out most successful and appetizing dishes. "I assure you,'' s>aid an English housewife recentv, "my Belgian cook nujclo up from some rice and cold potatoes ;\nd a scrap of meat, that by itself would not have been enough for one, a most delicious pie for six people. She ran the meat through a mincer, thus ekeing it out to the utmost.