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One of the New Year's resolutions made by a good many families is to live according to a budget or definite spending plan for the coming year, but unless there is also a good meth-- od of keeping track of money as fast as it is spent so that the outgo may be frequently compared with the es-- timate, the resolution may fail to bear fruit. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agricuiture.) To meet this need for a practical housebold financial record, the bureau ot home economics of the United States Department of Agricuiture has designed a convenient loose--leat ac-- count book which may be obtaineg from the superintendent of docu-- ments, goveroment printing office, tor 50 cents. However, any ruled blank book may be arranged in a similar way, using the page--toa--class of--expenditure system. _ A square note-- book opening at the side rather than at the end, so as to permit ruling col-- umns entirely across two pages, will be found desirable. Many Farm Women Keep Household Accounts in Connection With Their Home Demonstration Work. How much money do you expect to bandle next year and from what sources? Set It down at the begin-- ping of the book. Work out an esti-- mate of probable expenditures for the entire year, getting the whole family to help remember what will be need-- ed, and when the estimate fits the in-- come enter it next. There are a good many classes of expense in most fam-- llies--food, housing, operating, fur-- pishings, -- clothing, -- health, -- develop-- ment, personal, automobile, and sav-- Ings, including fosurance. . Allow 2 page or more for each. 'FThe edges of the book may be cut out for a mur-- ginal index. Provide a summary page to be filled in at the end of each montlu, (Kher pages you may wish to include will show--"property owned," "household inventory," "record of in-- surance policies," "record of invest-- ments." The bureau of bome econom-- ics bas kept the needs of the farm woman especially in mind in planning the loose--leat account book with spe-- cial pages for such items as "products furnished by the farm," "garden rec-- ord," "poultry record," "canned and preserved goods record," "accounts receivable," "accounts payable." Pages that do not apply to one's needs may be dropped under the toogse--teaf plan. At the bead of each class of ex-- penditures, set down the amount shown in the estimate for that pur-- pose. Make a sort of game of trying to keep your expenses for that itewm within the required fAgure. Compare results as showo in the summary with what you expected to have to spend. This will give you an idea about plan: ning your next budget. The record A suitable lunch disb for the younger children and a tasty one for the whole family is ground beef on toast. This is one of the simplest and most at-- tractive ways to prepure the cheaper euts of beef. When cooked under a broiler for just a few minutes the ground beet has all the rich flavor of As a matter of fact, there's no rab-- bit in it; cheese is the principal in-- gredient. Twenty or thirty years ago Weish "rarebit" as it is more correct-- liy called, was jJust as popular as It is today for serving as a late evening anack after a drive on a cool fall eve (Prepared by broiled steak. and the jJuices 'which cook out of the meat favor the toast. In case a broiler is not available cook the ground meat for a very short time in a bot skillet and serve it on but-- tered toast. * (Prepared by Excellent Lunch Dish for Children is Ground Beef on Toast. the United States Department of Agricuiture.) the United States Department of Agricuiture.) impare tucking It down e y with | by sewing it down spend. Note the canvas plan. | of this sketoh to recordbraided skeins in t! and the estimate, taken tagether, will show very conclusively what you are getting for your money and awhether some departments of living are cost-- Ing more than they should. The home demonstration agent in this picture from Ohio is conferring stowing gifts o her best belos suggestion--a I footstool. _ Th paratively litt] and taking it footstool toppeé plece of nove makes about a one to be talki ents, butre frantic elevw ways comes or done T( doing" there is embrol en 1A even upho tep _ mu n na Toast slices of breud on one side. Butter the other side and spread it with a layer of ground raw beef about one--fourth incb thick. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and det with butter. Cook under a broiling fAlame in the gas oven until the meat is done hbut not too dry. Serve with parsley garnish and pickleg. 'If you are serving the disb to children omit the pickles. Select large orunge and grapefruit Peel and skin out the #gections. | Pluace lettuce leaf on plate. Arrange two se. rles of fruit, grapefruit, drange and pear, across the plate. Stripe the top of each with a thin cutting of green pepper. Oranges, sllced and covered with sliced bananas and walnuts. Four dates or soaked prunes, stuffed with cheese on sections of grapefruit or orange. ning, or in colder weather after a skating party. The mailn thing was to concoct something hot and tasty as quickly as possible, and in the days of chafing dishes over alcohol --!lamps, the making of a Weligh rarebit was considered a test of a girl's culinary ability. The chafing dighes are usual-- ty electric nowadays, but npone the less attractive when brought right to the table so that the cooking is done while the party waits abpd watches the cook. The advantages of the method described herewith by the bureau of To the es, we irt mel t tomort n it US y OUu Un no to generation in V t} ineo H th n 1 Y e Wo! n 1 OW The, mate little, the it all in nped with 1 f. ill to ive to man _ of hs OVE an nth in 1 Ni# t 8 W th ly with a I tapestry worthwhi N wl fri« € » deli wn on ht in be with & farm housewife on her budget for next year. She is showing her bow to plan her expenses and muke an estimute, and bow to record in a copvenient -- and -- pructicat way the varions items that complicute the rural housewlife's records. . Daddy about it. \"But there was something strange about the apartment where they lived," the children said. t _ "Yes? said Daddy. Then Nick went on to explain that most of the apartments--and the one in which their cousins lived, was one of them--did not have any fireplaces, and they wondered how in the world Santa Claus could get down their chimneys when there weren't any chimnevys. ® Nick ard Naney had been to visit some cousins wlho lived in the city, and wifen they came home they told Daddy about it. BDOOOGOOUOOOOOOOOOOO O 0O0OOOO OO 0O 00000 0O O 0O O t--o-- 0 00-- 00-- 0 6 00-- 9--H0--40--H0--40--0--0--HOAO C--t--t--O OO CA C &&:}QWME "I never heard," Nick said, "that children did not have visits from Santa Clius because they lived in apart-- ments, but it puzzled me." * "Ah, I can explain that," said Daddy. "Please do," urged Nick. ® "Yes, please explain," said Nancy. "When they began to build these great, big apartment houses, years ago," said Daddy, "Santa Claus was on the lookout. * e By MARY GRAHAM BONNER * s BOOOO O OOOO O 00000 0O 000 00000 & 0 0 0 0 0--0-- 0 1 0 0 06 --©--O 0--+8--O--O--0--©--O--HQ--t--T ©--0--O--4--L--6--0--DH6--G--0--C--0--T--C--0--H0--THO--O--C--TATH--T--AT--O--ATAC--AS + Nick amrd Nancey had been to visit ' "And then the people began to build | roof, and down he goes on the fire es-- some cousins who lived in the city, | fre eseapes. For, they said that when | c#pe to every single home, and in he and wifen they came home they told | the buildings were so large and there | gets with his pack. Daddy about it. were so many reoms, and so many "After the children are asleep the ~"But there was something strange | families they must have a way of get-- | mothers and daddies unlock the tire Lbout the anartment where they lived." | ting out in case of fire. . escupe windows so they're all ready "The people went on building, and they were so interested in watching the floors grow--one went right on top of the other--that they seemed to forget all about Santa Claus and his one trip of the year, which is worth more than anything else that happens. "'Now,' hbe said to himself, 'I must think of a way to get to the children who will live in those big buildings." home economics are that the "rabbit" can be prepared ahenrd of time except for the egg. Then it can be rehedted and the egg added jJust before setving. Incidentally, any teft--over rabbit can be used as a sandwich filling, or as a sauce for rtice or macasoni. in the latter case it may need thinning slightly with milk. © + ® 1 pint milk % tsap. sait 4 tbs. butter _ Few dashes ta-- $ tbs. flour basco % pound American | Few drops onloa _ cheese, faked 1 egg, beaten LIBERTYVILLE TNDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, Evening Story for the Children basco Few drops onilona jJulce ¥Few drops soy sauce y Squaw Dish.--Fry several slices of bacon, eut into small pieces, in an iron skillet and when brown add a pint of fresh corn cut from the cob. Mix all together and fry until well done. If a green pepper is at hand, eut It and cook for five minutes in the bicon before adding the corn. * Prune Cottage Pudding. -- Prepare, the pudding jJust as a plain cake bat-- ter, sprinkle with sugar when putting Into the oven. Serve cut into fancy shapes or squares, lopped with a "And from top to bottom of every building, on every side, they put fire escapes, so that no home was without one. * 'Welt,' said Santa Claus, as he drove his reindeer over the roofs of the city that night, to see about his Christmas trip, 'that is something 1 like!' ' "'Now I know what to do! "So when Santa Claus goes to the city homes where chere are no chim neys, he leuves his reindeer on the Heat the milk in a double boiler. Mix the melted butter and flour, and stir Into them a small quantity of the heated milk. Add to the remainder of the milk and stit until thickened. Add the cheese and the seasonings, and beat lightly until the cheese has melted. If it is not to be eaten at onee, set it aside to cool. When wanted, reheat abd pour a little of tihie cheese mixture into the egg. Then add this to the "rabbit" and cook for two or three minutes longer. Serve on thin crisp.toast or crackers. "I1--Know What to Do." Apeto«l Auate«! S uiNts For HousExerpers 2 Tomatoes au Ritr.--Prepare toast @and lay on ench buttered slice a few slices of tomato to well cover, season well with salt and pepper, cover with grated cheese, pour over a rich white sauce> and bake until well beated through. Serve vyery hbot. Poached Peaches. -- Lay half a canned peach on a slice of cake. Put round it a ring of meringue and brown in the oven. Serve with a cus-- tard sauce around the cuke. (D. 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) ove the sunned er W Buy them | tke foot for When _ kitchen k« reom in that is n show soil "After the ch mothers and da escuape windows for Santa Claus "Ro you see 8: find a way of ge "Oh, yes,. Santa Claus visits the cities and the villages and the farms. "He just has to do a dittle different-- ly in some homes than in others. 4 "We knew he could, we knew he could," said the children, "but we are so glad to know just how he does it." (@, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) :"l"l"l"l"l"i"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"l"i"l"l"l"l"l':! i Can Vegetables Promptlyi uze oBe obe obe ofe ohe ihe ol abe obe ofe oBe oo afe obe afe aBe abe ofe ie afe ote ofe ofe ie ofe "There keop him mas Eve. "But it makes no difference to him what they may build, for, after all, children are children, and Santa Claus is Santa Claus, and so you need never be worrled or puzzled again. "He can always find a way to make his visit to children every year." Vegetables should be canned as soon as possible after they gre brought in Trom the garden. Flat--sour may de velop if vegetables are allowed to stand in a warm kitchen. * Train the Man | Marriage would have fewer wrecks ) if it were as plensant to live with aA | man as it is having him drop around | evenings bringing can€y. flowers and | tickets . for _ the shows.--Cincinnat Engquirer. * i Precept and Practice Some people spend so much time and energy in condemning evil that they have no time or energy left for the business of overcoming it with good.--The Congregationalist WI are ite U 8 )O)8€ M Short lor ost INTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS 3 ra welGaGuaSpalSna Sn Z oa 3e S en e waliea tna t ns tas To t on n tad L eates" e ce 'hen using Aa meat chopper to pre-- » bread erumbs,. put a paper busg the month of the chopper to keep crumbs from scattering. ® ® * attresses which are turned and ned -- regularly and protected by habte pads will not only la«t long:-- ut will also aid sound gleep. ® # ® ¢ ariety and contrast in the foods sen inuke the ment appetizing and resting. 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