Ten cents per day is a small sum for a useful citizen to live on, yet thousands of people are compelled to do so every year, and for these the following pages might be of assistance. Economical management, self-denial and abstinence from luxuries are the lessons to be studied. Look over the chapter on protein foods carefully. Never economize in these in order to buy cake, pastry or sweets. All who, for some reason or other, have to fight off starvation, will find that whole wheat bread and pure water or oatmeal porridge are the most perfect foods to keep them in fair health. They prevent diseases which might be the result of such conditions. To keep up on tea, coffee, sugar, white bread and liquor might result in dangerous breakdowns, insanity, murder and suicide. Coffee, tea and alcohol are medicines; they are valuable at times for the sick, when the system cannot digest food, or under conditions where not sufficient natural food can be obtained. On such occasions they may prevent disease and death. HOUSEHOLD BOOKKEEPING =====+======+===========+=======+========+==========+======+========== | | |Protein|Cereals | Green |Fruits|Stimulants |Income|Expenditure| Foods | Bread |Vegetables| Fats |and Misc. | | | |Potatoes| | Sugar| =====+======+===========+=======+========+==========+======+========== 1 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 2 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 3 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 4 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 5 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 6 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 7 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 8 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 9 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 10 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 11 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+---------- 12 | | | | | | | -----+------+-----------+-------+--------+----------+------+----------