SUPPLIES on hand. This list includes, beside the necessities in one column, the luxuries in the other. These bought, he may bargain for his milk and cream to be left at the door and may also arrange for his butter and eggs as he wishes. Then the vegetables, fruit, meat and fish will be bought as he requires them. It is always well to have a few canned things on hand in case of emergencies. Necessities Salt Pepper, black and red Soup herbs or poultry sea- soning Mustard Sugar, cut and powdered Ginger Macaroni Wheat flour Spaghetti Indian meal Onions Cereal — whatever desired Biscuits in variety, includ- ing sweet biscuits and water biscuits, as wished Oil Vinegar Worcestershire sauce Tabasco sauce Rice Laundry soap Coffee Tea Cocoa Condensed milk or cream Olives 24 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Stocking the Cupboard Lard Eggs Lemons Bacon and salt pork in jars Tinned soups Tinned fish Tinned vegetables Cheese, American or in jars Luxuries Pickles Curry powder Chutney Anchovies and Anchovy essence Kitchen bouquet Tarragon vinegar Tinned French vegetables Tinned or dried mush- rooms Tinned red peppers Marmalade Jam Potted meats Caper3 Caviare Celery salt Chow chow Macedoine in glass Mango pickles English relishes Cooking sherry and white wines Rum and brandy Bottled Mayonnaise Noodles Parmesan cheese Soy Tinned Truffles Pate de Foie Gras tinned or in jars Asparagus in glass German sausages in jars Jellies for use with game Foreign cheeses Preserved fruits in glass Irish bacon Virginia ham Garlic Caramel Essences of vanilla, lemon, and pistachio Cocktail olives and cherries The bachelor in an apartment, who has limited space and wishes to confine his cookery to a few chafing dish dainties, may invest properly in one of the handy chafing dish cabinets that are so attractively fashioned in mission style with a " place for every- thing." Perchance he may also have — and probably will — a cabinet in which to keep his bottles, mixing glasses, shakers, etc., which is styled appropriately enough " the Bachelor Cabinet." 25 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Stocking the Cupboard He may get on nicely with a half dozen plates, his steins, some silver knives, forks, and spoons, and possibly some small plates for toast, bread, or biscuits. These, vnth some small dishes of cut glass for salted almonds, olives, celery and such relishes, will be quite sufficient for ordinary use. In his cabinet with the chafer he should have the alcohol, salt, pepper, mustard, Wor- cesterhlre or Harvey sauce, chutney, paprika, bicar- bonate of soda, oil and vinegar, and possibly some an- chovy essence, which so Improves many chafing dish specialties. These, with some saltlnes and a jar of potted cheese — unless he desires some of the more per- ishable varieties — ^will be quite sufficient with the usual accompaniments, In case he wants to make a rabbit, an English Monkey, a Newburg, or some other simple del- icacy for an after-theater supper. The other things in the other cabinet — what bachelor needs to be shown what to buy? He surely ought to have a few bottles of carbonated water and some limes always handy, as well as a little Imported ginger ale in case he may en- tertain a teetotaller.

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SUPPLIES on hand. This list includes, beside the necessities in one column, the luxuries in the other. These bought, he may bargain for his milk and cream to be left at the door and may also arrange for his butter and eggs as he wishes. Then the vegetables, fruit, meat and fish will be bought as he requires them. It is always well to have a few canned things on hand in case of emergencies. Necessities Salt Pepper, black and red Soup herbs or poultry seasoning Mustard Sugar, cut and powdered Ginger Macaroni Wheat flour Spaghetti Indian meal Onions Cereal — whatever desired Biscuits in variety, including sweet biscuits and water biscuits, as wished Oil Vinegar Worcestershire sauce Tabasco sauce Rice Laundry soap Coffee Tea Cocoa Condensed milk or cream Olives Stocking the Cupboard Lard Eggs Lemons Bacon and salt pork in jars Tinned soups Tinned fish Tinned vegetables Cheese, American or in jars Luxuries Pickles Curry powder Chutney Anchovies and Anchovy essence Kitchen bouquet Tarragon vinegar Tinned French vegetables Tinned or dried mushrooms Tinned red peppers Marmalade Jam Potted meats Capers Caviare Celery salt Chow chow Macedoine in glass Mango pickles English relishes Cooking sherry and white wines Rum and brandy Bottled Mayonnaise Noodles Parmesan cheese Soy Tinned Truffles Pate de Foie Gras tinned or in jars Asparagus in glass German sausages in jars Jellies for use with game Foreign cheeses Preserved fruits in glass Irish bacon Virginia ham Garlic Caramel Essences of vanilla, lemon, and pistachio Cocktail olives and cherries The bachelor in an apartment, who has limited space and wishes to confine his cookery to a few chafing dish dainties, may invest properly in one of the handy chafing dish cabinets that are so attractively fashioned in mission style with a " place for everything." Perchance he may also have — and probably will — a cabinet in which to keep his bottles, mixing glasses, shakers, etc., which is styled appropriately enough " the Bachelor Cabinet." Stocking the Cupboard He may get on nicely with a half dozen plates, his steins, some silver knives, forks, and spoons, and possibly some small plates for toast, bread, or biscuits. These, with some small dishes of cut glass for salted almonds, olives, celery and such relishes, will be quite sufficient for ordinary use. In his cabinet with the chafer he should have the alcohol, salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire or Harvey sauce, chutney, paprika, bicarbonate of soda, oil and vinegar, and possibly some anchovy essence, which so Improves many chafing dish specialties. These, with some saltines and a jar of potted cheese — unless he desires some of the more perishable varieties — ^will be quite sufficient with the usual accompaniments, In case he wants to make a rabbit, an English Monkey, a Newburg, or some other simple delicacy for an after-theater supper. The other things in the other cabinet — what bachelor needs to be shown what to buy? He surely ought to have a few bottles of carbonated water and some limes always handy, as well as a little Imported ginger ale in case he may entertain a teetotaller.

A bachelors cupboard