Judge, 1895-05-18 · page 5 of 16
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This *Judge* page satirizes late 19th-century domestic economy through multiple pieces: **"An Inexpensive Dinner"** mockingly details preparing a meal for one dollar by essentially advocating theft—borrowing/stealing beans, vegetables, chicken, and cranberries from neighbors and farms "unknown to him." The satire exposes the hypocrisy of ladies' home magazines claiming impossible budgets by suggesting the only realistic method is petty larceny. **"Too Many Bites in View"** shows a thin man at a door; Mrs. Goodenuff's charity offer of "a cold bite" is undercut by the caption's implication he represents multiple potential thieves ("bites"). **"A Critical Wolf"** uses the idiom "keep the wolf from the door" literally—a poor man's daughter maintains a piano despite poverty, symbolizing how genteel pretense persists regardless of financial reality. **"The Royal Roads"** satirizes class mobility myths: the wealthy believe poor people have better chances at advancement, while the poor understand their daughters' prospects depend on their father's station. The page collectively mocks American hypocrisy about wealth, charity, and class aspiration.
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Suage good handful of the cranberries may be grabbed hurriedly ata stall in the mar- ket while the huck- ster is busy with another customer. If you prefer chest- nut stuffing the nuts may be secured in a similar manner. If you live in the suburbs a few vegetables ought to be secured in the same inexpensive way. Scarcely any farmer would miss a peck of potatoes or onions if ab- stracted from his winter's store un- known to him; and while you are about it a few nice tart apples would be useful either for ap- TOO MANY BITES IN VIEW! MAIL! MAIL, YE. KING !" ple-pie or as an in- Mrs. Goopenurr—"' Poor man! you look hungry. Come gredient in making right in and have a cold bite.’ AN INEXPENSIVE DINNER. act yer kin hand frosts Tin gs node a8 Gintal Greate THE directions for getting up a dinner for company - on an inexpensive plan, as detailed in the various mince-meat. But circumstances should govern the dessert. It ladies’ home papers, do not suit me at all, I don't } might be that a pumpkin could be more readily secured, in which know how they strike the women who undertake to case pumpkin-pie should figure as the pastry. There should be but get up dinners according to the plans and specifica- little difficulty in securing a few stalks of celery. tions there detailed, and who keep (or try to keep) Several other things absolutely necessary for the within the appropriation quoted as the cost of the h <= dinner may be obtained by the careful housewife in an meal; but when I compared a recent menu for four, inexpensive manner. which the directions said could be prepared for one neighbor, sugar of another, coffee of another; or, if dollar, with the prices actually ruling in the market- this is impossible, they may be ordered of the nearest place, I thought that the person who prepared the de- | yy) grocer, who should be told to put it on his slate. ceptive bill-of-fare should be compelled to furnish the Of, By following these directions carefully a very nice materials at the cost stated. dinner can be prepared at the very trifling cash outlay There is one way in which an excellent dinner can J airy of three cents for the beans. be provided in an inexpensive manner, and as the la- Lay dies’ journals will hardly like to suggest it I shall have \ 2 A CRITICAL WOLF. to detail it here. Begin with bean soup. Buy three cents’ worth of beans and soak them over night. Butter may be borrowed of one WILLIAM HENNY SIVETRR, B HEN old Dawson had lost all the fortune — 1, he had made %, He was poorer each day than before ; Take a soup-bone, which you can beg of your Y But his daughter still kept her piano, which she butcher if you have been in the habit of pay- JG played, ing him regularly. Boil the beans and the = And that kept the wolf from the door, bone slowly for six hours. For the roast take a turkey or chicken, whichever is most con- 2 THE ROYAL ROADS. venient. Very few people keep turkeys, so that it may be necessary to make out with chicken, Select it from your neighbor's 3 spective of his station in life?” chicken-house in the dark of the moon. A ocean er RT —— Native—" Quite true. If you live in a good time to do this is while your neighbor DIVINE ASSISTANCE. Eich Ge oa 4; | log cabin your son has a good chance to be- is at prayer-meeting. Cranberry-sauce g0¢5 te ogt nights, will oa?” come president, while if you reside in a man- very well with either turkey or chicken. A Geoxce (poker fiend)—" 1 hope not. Pray for me.” sion your daughter is apt to marry a count.” Foretgner—“\s it true that there is a chance for every one in this country, irre THE WILY CHINESE ROBBERS.