£ s. d. 1¼ lbs. beef skirt 0 1 0 ½ lb. ox kidney 0 0 5 ½ lb. mutton suet 0 0 3 1½ lbs. scrag of mutton 0 0 10½ 1 lb. fat for rendering 0 0 2 1¼ lbs. buttock steak 0 1 3 Rabbit 0 1 5 6 herrings 0 0 6 8 lbs. potatoes 0 0 8 1 lb. sprouts 0 0 2 1 lb. artichokes 0 0 1 1 large cabbage 0 0 2 Tin cocoa 0 0 6 1 lb. cod (tail end) for curry 0 0 5 12 eggs 0 1 0 Milk 0 1 9 1½ lbs. fresh butter at 1s. 4d. 0 2 0 1 lb. brown sugar 0 0 1¾ 1 lb. loaf sugar 0 0 2 ½ lb. bacon (to cook with rabbit) 0 0 4 Flavouring vegetables 0 0 2 ½ lb. tin mixed coffee and chicory 0 0 9 ¼ lb. tea 0 0 6 8 loaves at 3¾d. 0 2 6 1 quartern household flour 0 0 5½ Sundries (ground rice for mould, etc.) 0 0 6 ------------ £0 18 1¾ ------------ With this account of her expenditure she was perfectly content. Her aim was to keep the money spent on food below ten shillings a head, and this week she was well within the margin. (_To be continued._) ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. MEDICAL. ESTHER.--Feed the child on milk diluted with an equal quantity of barley-water. Do not give her any patent foods, as these are one of the most fertile causes of rickets. A little meat gravy or a very small amount of chicken or hashed mutton might be given to her occasionally with advantage. A teaspoonful of rich cream twice a day is useful as a preventive from rickets. TORQUAY.--Why concern yourself with troubles which may never occur? How can you tell that you will have such anxieties as you suggest? The chances are very much against it. Again, the measures you mention are exceedingly prejudicial to your own health, for many of the most intractable cases of hysteria can be traced to this cause. A LOVER OF BEAUTY.--You should try either brilliantine, cantharidine pomade, or a hair-wash made of rosemary to make your hair soft and wavy. You must not, however, be disappointed if you find that no preparation will produce the kind of hair that you desire.