Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1912 — SAVING ON THE DESSERTS [ARTICLE]

SAVING ON THE DESSERTS

How One Busy Housewife Bolved Problem and Saved Time to Devote to Children. ’ During my first five years of housekeeping I was able to manage very well, doing all; the cooking and most of my housework. When our second baby came, however, I found I would have to economize somewhere, as I had neither the time nor strength to do everything as before, nor could I afford to hire extra help. After thinking the matter over carefully, it seemed to me that my simplest plan would be To dispense with the fancy desserts on which I had always prided myself, and which had become a regular part of our dally menu. By substituting raw or cooked fruit, a quickly prepared gelatine and sometimes merely a dainty piece of cake with tea, I saved considerably time In the kitchen and spent it, Instead, in tbe open air with the children. This was a decided gain to the three of us, and my husband and I were none the worse for the simpler dessert at the end of,our dinner. —H. M., in Harper’s Bqzar.