A Puzzle

(The following letter from a lady in this city to the Detroit Tribune, in reference to a recent article by Mrs. Bwlng, which wae published in the Courler, may be of considerable inteiH'st to some of our readers): I read with inuch interest In your Sunday'e Issue an article written by Mrs. Emina I'. Ewlng on "A dollar and a half a week, or how a faniily oi four may have'Choice fare at $1.50 and $1.75 per capita." It included the bilí oí fare for each meal of the entire weck, and gave the result of hor owii experimenta with a family of four adulto, which was $7.00 for the weck or $1.75 iper capita. Mre. Kwiiijr's article having proven to be a good ized bomb Shell tlirown into our Ilttle camp, I leg permission and space to ask tlirougli the columns of your paper wliat were the market prices for the raw material used in making the experiment ? She havinp; just completad a course of lectures on cooking in Ann Arbor, we know that the best of everythlng ís ust'd. In fact, Mrs. Ewlng tel Is us that in the above stated case the best quality of everything was used and an abundance of it. I have taken pains to make an estímate of one ilay at our own marki-t prices and, in quantities nccording to my Judgment for four adulte. Takins her Sunday's bill of fare, that being the plainest on the list, I am appalled at the result, as compared with Mrs. Ewins's figures. For the benefit of those who are interested in Rood, nutritious and even luxurious liviag, at the minimum priec. I will give it: BREAKFAST. Oranges, 1-3 (I02. 50 - - - $0.17 Erlizfed beef, 1-2 lb, ,20 - - - 0.10 Boiled potatcx, 1 qt. 35c bu. - 0.02 Mufflns, 1-2 doz, 10c . - - - 0.05 Bread 0.03 Jiutter, 1-4 lb. 25c - - - - 0.0G Coffee, 1-8 lb, 40c - - - - 0.05 ('nam, 1-2 pt. 25c - 0.07 Sugar 0.02 Total $0.57 DINNER. Palsify fcoup. 1 qt. (Mrs. Ewing's recipe) - - ■ - - $0.20 Frir'd oyetera, 1 ca.n, 35c - - 0.35 Baked potatoee - - - - - 0.03 lypttuce salad 0.30 Bread ---.---- 0.03 Butter ------- 0.0G Cotfeo, sugar, creom - - - 0.14 Total ------- $1.20 SüPPER. Tloiled rice witli roarn - - $0.13 Tea 0.05 Total $0.28 rand total $2-11 Now we lfavc $2.11 ifor three of the plninest moals oí the week with no estímate oí the cast of fuel, or material Jor frying and seasoninR. If the rest oí the weck were evon the same as this, it woaild make a total of $14.77 for the week. What are we to do for the more elabórate ones, wben llrs. Ewlng woald treat us to roast turkey and roast beef dinners with their nceompanimonts ? Ann Arbor poOOCCaOB a goodly number of excellent lionsekeepers, who are "judicious" liiiyi-i-s. and both "skilliul"' "ftconomical" cooke, yet I rwager they Iwlll up with one accord and deolare that ro cnjoy the good thinas o.f this world. at such a price, they must live at I'm-due, where her expeiinujils wito conducted. If thrre are those who, like Mre. Ewins, have the art of sumptuous living rcduced to so miraculous n scienee, lt woald le interesting to henr from tliem. i SARAH E. A.MBS. What can he said in New Year rhymes That's not befu said a thousand tunes.' The naw years come, the old years go. We know'we dream, we dream we knuw. We up hnitrluiikr with the liht. We lie dowu weeping with the night. We luier the world anti] it stinur-;. We curse it then and sigh for winga. We livo.we love, we woo, we wed. We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead. We laugh, we weep. we liope, we fcar. And that's the burden of the year. -Ella W&eeler Wllcoz. The motor lia.-i discontlnued Ite Stniday foa-cnoon train. BOY WANTED- At tliis olflce. Apply at once t; secure the place. At a meeting of the state teacher' association In Grand J::ipiis yeaterilay. Prof. W. S. ['crry read Q jiaper advocating tho' teaclüng of physlc Btudis in the public schools by experiments and demonstrations instoad of with text bocfks. The thing we long for, that we are Kor one transcendant moment. - J. R. Lowel).