THE "HAUSFRAU'S" WAR ECONOMICS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLII, Issue 12823, 15 April 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE "HAUSFRAU'S" WAR ECONOMICS.

lIOMK-MADK IMi'KK It HIKING KOX. KrKL-sA'fxc method^. (Ky Airs. Peter l>:iri>l. . it is inierehiiiLg to he.»r iliai .he ■ German hoit*t".viv»>-. are mnliiK.i*' the most >tn>iniAii% i-tFort-. in rcon«.:*'-i*e. It stvii's ici inotl t-:ise< tint "nvv,iiy

is the mot Iter i»' inrentioti, and I hey are COmpellifl to «lei'i>e lrr:ho(|>> of sarinti fuel and'foodstuff•». mi">lif>(is that are so i-leter as to be »J i(Oiisideratiuu of the British hoH.-v----keeper who is nri»o to coniit the peneo-wberi- Iter koti»eliold is concerned. Mis* Cliarl'it;.- Teller, in the New York Kreniim l*<»t. {lire.-. _a» ilijt tlest-ription of the rookiii;i liox li at ■ Berlin honWlioMers are liiidinj: -s«» conrcnicnt. and übieh they r.L Ih>iiu> on a very cheap anil simple |>i:m. Thp metiicrd i- a.- follows: — Collwi together leu or twelve iew~papers. crush them up till they ios-e their stilTi«>s-. tlien stiuh them together in tb<; same manner as a r.uiiber «f sheets of cotton wool \ repared for a padding. Finally. «nri the sides with a cotton or flannel_n:at*rial and quilt tin l whole as an eiderdown or mattress. Make in the same way two eirc!<>s sli«htl\ larger than the lid of the «wikinsi'i!! pan that «'" '»e usetl. .S«w the edse of the «|iiilUfl p'nve round th* edpe of one circle and complete a kiist of hokt-all into nhicli ilm pars can !:• plaretl. Keep the ember circle tor tin top cover to be put on a> soon as the food, bavins been boiled the nctc«i«.nr> time* is with a ltd placed in the qui! Ed newspipcr cm>kcr. A eomolete c.«-e <-art be made ::r:' »reater heat a<!d«-«l by imitiiis: the p:. , per sack into a nootlen box—stich aa Tate snjiar case —and surrountiiis it by fttraw or hay. This is not :d>. snte'lv iier.~s-.iry. It is important I - note* that the top liottom of ihpaper must lie of the same thickness . tlie sides. Tlie necessity which lia.* tauuls ti" German cumin economy will h~ taiiclU her. not only ltow to *ei a: easily cookwl meal, but how to eslr-r: tlie sreate.-t nourishment from it. ' fireless ec.05.-er encourages the me * the caserol.-. ibe best means of >ete> inp all the natural inices and salithe food w.- eat. All kinds of meat* can be {>n:n;>rl stewetl in this fashion without :\v. more attention than boilinc for twe: | hriute 'putting i", the sr.k Vegetables and firms only require • fire "to ten minutes' boiling h?for» finishing in the cooker. The same writer, tells of other wav? of handling. German fond. Marmalade which is not marmahde at all. bit: plnm butter, and strawberry and :rpri cot jam. are sold like pickles in an oilshop, loosely by the pound. The Herman hansfran preserve; she comes across, nor refnsinp to iki it hecans? snjrar is i-> pensive now. since she realises that the dav must eonie when the cost will K mnch hifflur. Xnmbers of tlun«s M .rl as we put up in tins, are maiiiifacinree in tubes, only mjuirin:: a little lMnhnt.water to roaise them palatable, lliere are also cubes of vegetables, and inchsiaed rubes of fuel which do the ramr work \ for the Bun as the Tomm> s cooker does for our men . The burning of fnel in the tied room is not encouraged; more bedcovers do the " work instead, and these are once more made out of the newspapers, a very practical heat eqnscirer indeed. The paper- are treated in exactly the same WoVas thev are for the conkbos. hut «cwn np in elaborate or plain covering according to the taste of-the maker.*. Another - comfort made from too same.material is th? military pillow. The newspapers here are enfe jnto I .{Sri.fine sbip^^aM staffed. into a «t----ta7lintng: . %ej are. it w «i»d. apJScwteT >a<k m the|.

trenche.-. ami el.-ewhcre. being :;t liic -ime hiii:- •>! so ii'ilr value that tln-v v:in i»- cli-<::n!»<l wholesale wilhoi.i ;liouuiii "l" extravagant c. Strong, libron*. paper is hciiig eni-jd-ived 'for chest warm-is a"d inside soles »f -ho.-, while waterproof paper lined with •'•"ft "-lltiln-'* t 1 - "'king . l '"' ulace of sheet* on sick bed*. i!n- "«- more than one advant-tgc. }i <- -.•heapcr than a -beet, ran he marie antiseptic, and then buret m-tend «t Iviii" washed a vi-ry important factor where soap i- :<l -tti almost abnormal Germain- is. ind.-eil. applying ever* atom of her scientific knowledge to the !ii:din» of siib-tituL-. "Krviiz' is. 1:1 f.ict a- 6 familiar a word to tin- Ui-iiii.i.i :>.- tin' "nrfi-pi »"«■ substitute" is to tlie American. , \ eonsiderahle home economy can be .Mlectcd hv dispensing with ™™ fl 01 " lin-liulitors for th.; kindling of tlu .■rile hv this method: Spread " »«»'«• 100-v paper at the hottom of tile gjatihen take more paper mind twist it as l-ird ns possible, placing a criss-cros-l'ivl-r «f it on top of tin- !"'*'• im** 1 - '< if it were wr.od. If « P IW>P "' .'". J",;. observed it will be spc.ii!.at it i* conducted in Injwrs. P'""' M) !"' ~1 next on Hit- listed P»P- r w,lh ,le lovers upwards auil not aerns*. Hit ,hc fire, /ui'l it will bwni <vc» heTtA- than if wood l»«l '" > l" '""- ployed.