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sugar, 1-1/2c. Total, 42 cents, or 7 cents for each individual. DINNER Tomato Soup with Croutons Baked Potatoes Mashed Peas Rolled Wheat Whole-Wheat Bread Orange Rice Cream Hot Milk _Cost:_ One half peck tomatoes, 7-1/2c.; one fourth peck potatoes, 5c.; one half lb. rolled wheat, 2-1/2c.; one fourth loaf of bread to make croutons, 2-1/2c,; whole-wheat bread, 5c.; one half doz. oranges,12-1/2c.; one half lb. rice, 5c.; two qts. milk, 10c. Total, 60 cents, or exactly 10 cents apiece. The following four days' bills of fare,--the first two served by a Michigan lady to her family of four persons, the second used by an Illinois family of eight,--although made up of much less variety, serve to show how one may live substantially even at a very small cost. BREAKFAST NO. 1 Apples Graham Mush with Dates Toasted Wafers Bread Dried Apples Stewed with Cherries Milk Cream _Cost:_ Apples, 4c.; Graham mush and dates, 3c.; toasted wafers, 3c.; bread, 2c.; sauce, 3c.; milk and cream, 5c. Total, 20 cents, or 5 cents apiece. DINNER NO. 1 Baked Potatoes with Gravy Mashed Peas Oatmeal Blancmange Whole-Wheat Bread Stewed Fruit Milk Cream _Cost:_ Mashed peas, 3c.; baked potato and gravy, 3c.; whole-wheat bread, 2c.; milk and cream, 5c.; Oatmeal Blancmange, 2c.; Sauce, 5c. Total cost, 20 cents, or 5 cents apiece. BREAKFAST NO. 2 Apples Graham Grits Zwieback Cream Milk _Cost:_ Apples, 4c.; Graham grits, 2c.; Graham gems, 5c.; Zwieback, 2c.; cream and milk, 5c. Total, 20 cents, or 5 cents per person. DINNER NO. 2 Pea and Tomato Soup Scalloped Potatoes Graham Rolls Rice Custard Milk Cream _Cost:_ Soup, 4c.; potatoes, 1c.; rolls 4c.; milk and cream, 5c.; rice custard, 6c. Total, 20 cents, or 5 cents each. BREAKFAST NO. 3 Baked Apples Graham Grits with Cream Cream Toast Graham Gems Graham and Whole-Wheat Wafers Stewed Prunes BREAKFAST NO. 4 Oatmeal with Cream Blueberry Toast Breakfast Rolls Graham and Whole-Wheat Wafers Stewed Apples DINNER NO. 3
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