She complained of being in great want, and asked the shopkeeper to give her some waste paper to light her fire. I felt sorry for her. This woman, thought I, is a representative case of many who are suffering from poverty, and to whom a knowledge of how to spend Sixpence to the best advantage in obtaining that food which is the cheapest and most nourishing, would be an incalculable benefit. After she left the shop, I said to the grocer, if that woman had bought

she would have had food which would have been three times as serviceable to her. To this the shopkeeper agreed. Indeed, many of man's requirements are supplied by his Creator, without money and without price. The Sun, with his revivifying light and heat, shines freely alike on the evil and the good. The air we breathe is boundless and free, and costs man nothing. The water we drink is easily obtained.

Wheat, rightly termed the "Staff of Life," can be bought for 1½d. per lb., Indian Meal for 1d. per lb., Rice, Barley, Peas, Beans, and other kinds of grain are cheap and easily procured.^*

It is strange, yet true, that men lightly esteem these things because they are freely and plentifully supplied, and prefer to spend, or rather waste, their money on that which is not bread, and which destroys, instead of sustaining, human life.

Yet the fact remains that those things most necessary to sustain the life of man are not only the simplest but the cheapest and the best. In order to impart a little knowledge on the very important subject of diet, I subjoin a few simple Recipes showing