These are things every young housekeeper should have a knowledge of to be able to plan nourishing, wholesome, well-balanced meals for her family.

And not to serve at one time a dish of rice, cheese and macaroni, baked beans and potatoes.

Serve instead with one of these dishes fruit, a vegetable or salad.

She said, "beans have a large percentage of nutriment and should be more commonly used." She also said graham and corn bread are much more nutritious than bread made from fine white flour, which lacks the nutritious elements.

Indian corn is said to contain the largest amount of fat of any cereal.