1 solid pint of chopped meat, ID eggs, 2 cupfuls of granulated sugar, I pint of granulated sugar, . I table-spoonful. or I wine-glassful. ^ ounce. I pound. I cupful, or I pint. i pint. I pound. I pound. quart, or 1 pound. I ounce. I ounce. I ounce. I ounce. . I pound. 1 pound. . . ^ pound. I pound. I ounce. 2 ounces. I ounce. I pound. I pound. I pound. I pound. MEASUREMENTS. 597 I pint of brown sugar, . 2\ cupfuls of powdered sugar, I cupful of rice, . . . . I cupful of stemmed raisins, I cupful of cleaned and dried currants, 1 cupful of grated bread-crumbs, . 8 rounded table-spoonfuls of flour, 8 rounded table-spoonfuls of sugar, 8 rounded table-spoonfuls of butter, 2 gills, .... I common tumblerful, . 3 table-spoonfuls of grated chocolate, I pint, . . . . . I pint, .... T ounce, .... 1 table-spoonful, i6 drachms, i6 ounces, .... 4 gills, .... 2 pints, . • . . 4 quarts, .... 1/ UUIUJCS. I pound. \ pound. . 6 ounces. 6 ounces. . 2 ounces. I cupful. I cupful. I cupful. I cupful. I cupful. I ounce. 1 6 ounces. 4 gills. 8 drachms (^ gill). \ ounce. I ounce. I pound. . I pint. I quart. I gallon. SMALL ECONOMIES. " Waste not — want not." " Economy is a poor man's revenue, Extravagance — a rich man's ruin." There is an old saying (which if rather roughly put, is none the less true), that " a woman can throw out with a spoon faster than a man can throw in with a shovel." While all men do not " throw in with a shovel," in reality, there are many women who seem almost to "throw out" by the shovelful rather than by the spoonful of this wise old proverb. A few " leaks in the kitchen " are here mentioned to remind thoughtless housekeepers of the many spoonfuls they are continually throwing out. In cooking meat the water is often poured out without first removing the fat, and quite as frequently the oil from the baking-pan is cast away as of no value. Scraps of meat are thrown out. Cold potatoes are allowed to sour. Dried fruits are not looked after and become wormy. Vinegar and sauce are left standing in tin vessels. Apples are allowed to decay for want of looking over. The tea-canister and coffee-box are left open so that the tea and coffee lose their strength and flavor. Bones of meat and the carcasses of roast fowls are 598 SMALL ECONOMJES. 599 thrown away, when they could be used in making good soups. Sugar, tea, coffee, rice and flour are carelessly spilled in handling. Soap is left in the water to waste. Dish-towels are used for dish-cloths, napkins for disk- towels, and towels for holders. Brooms and mops suffer damage from not being hung up. More coal is burned than is necessary through the cook not closing the dampers when the fire is not in use. Lights are left burning when not needed. Tin dishes are not properly cleaned and dried. Good brooms are used to scrub the floors or sweep the cellar, when there are plenty of old ones that will answer these purposes just as well. Silver tjpoons are used in scraping kettles. Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse. Vinegar is allowed to stand in an open vessel until its strength is lost and it becomes dusty, or is filled with gnats. Pickles become spoiled through the leaking out r'r evaporation of the vinegar.

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1 solid pint of chopped meat, ID eggs, 2 cupfuls of granulated sugar, I pint of granulated sugar, . I table-spoonful. or I wine-glassful. ^ ounce. I pound. I cupful, or I pint. i pint. I pound. I pound. quart, or 1 pound. I ounce. I ounce. I ounce. I ounce. . I pound. 1 pound. . . ^ pound. I pound. I ounce. 2 ounces. I ounce. I pound. I pound. I pound. I pound. MEASUREMENTS. I pint of brown sugar, . 2\ cupfuls of powdered sugar, I cupful of rice, . . . . I cupful of stemmed raisins, I cupful of cleaned and dried currants, 1 cupful of grated bread-crumbs, . 8 rounded table-spoonfuls of flour, 8 rounded table-spoonfuls of sugar, 8 rounded table-spoonfuls of butter, 2 gills, .... I common tumblerful, . 3 table-spoonfuls of grated chocolate, I pint, . . . . . I pint, .... T ounce, .... 1 table-spoonful, i6 drachms, i6 ounces, .... 4 gills, .... 2 pints, . • . . 4 quarts, .... 1 pound. I pound. \ pound. . 6 ounces. 6 ounces. . 2 ounces. I cupful. I cupful. I cupful. I cupful. I cupful. I ounce. 1 6 ounces. 4 gills. 8 drachms (^ gill). \ ounce. I ounce. I pound. . I pint. I quart. I gallon. SMALL ECONOMIES. " Waste not — want not." " Economy is a poor man's revenue, Extravagance — a rich man's ruin." There is an old saying (which if rather roughly put, is none the less true), that " a woman can throw out with a spoon faster than a man can throw in with a shovel." While all men do not " throw in with a shovel," in reality, there are many women who seem almost to "throw out" by the shovelful rather than by the spoonful of this wise old proverb. A few " leaks in the kitchen " are here mentioned to remind thoughtless housekeepers of the many spoonfuls they are continually throwing out. In cooking meat the water is often poured out without first removing the fat, and quite as frequently the oil from the baking-pan is cast away as of no value. Scraps of meat are thrown out. Cold potatoes are allowed to sour. Dried fruits are not looked after and become wormy. Vinegar and sauce are left standing in tin vessels. Apples are allowed to decay for want of looking over. The tea-canister and coffee-box are left open so that the tea and coffee lose their strength and flavor. Bones of meat and the carcasses of roast fowls are SMALL ECONOMJES. 599 thrown away, when they could be used in making good soups. Sugar, tea, coffee, rice and flour are carelessly spilled in handling. Soap is left in the water to waste. Dish-towels are used for dish-cloths, napkins for disktowels, and towels for holders. Brooms and mops suffer damage from not being hung up. More coal is burned than is necessary through the cook not closing the dampers when the fire is not in use. Lights are left burning when not needed. Tin dishes are not properly cleaned and dried. Good brooms are used to scrub the floors or sweep the cellar, when there are plenty of old ones that will answer these purposes just as well. Silver tjpoons are used in scraping kettles. Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse. Vinegar is allowed to stand in an open vessel until its strength is lost and it becomes dusty, or is filled with gnats. Pickles become spoiled through the leaking out r'r evaporation of the vinegar.

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