Dinner—Bread, coffee with milk and sugar, salmon, scalloped rice and tomatoes.
Supper—Bread pudding with raisins, bread, tea with sugar.
Sunday.
Breakfast—Rice with syrup, graham bread, coffee with milk and sugar.
Dinner—Roast beef, baked potatoes, peas, graham bread, gelatine, coffee with milk and sugar.
Supper—Cornstarch pudding, gingerbread, tea with sugar.
Now the dietary given above was prepared with special reference to the physical requirements of the human system. The ingredients are in the correct proportion to insure health and happiness. Let no one think this menu is extravagant. The following table presents the exact amounts given to each person with the cost value. It will surprise many a warden to note that the total cost is little in excess of the usual monotonous and haphazard dietary.
Daily Amount and Cost for Each Inmate.
| Wednesday. | |||
| Oatmeal, 1 oz. | $ .00234 | ||
| Milk, ½ pint | .01743 | ||
| Beef, 9 oz. | .06283 | ||
| Coffee, ⅔ oz. | .00530 | ||
| Fruit, 1 piece | .01 | ||
| Cornstarch, ½ oz. | .00138 | ||
| Raisins, 2 oz. | .01016 | ||
| Bread, 24 oz. | .03375 | ||
| Rice, 1 oz. | .00219 | ||
| Cheese, ½ oz. | .00735 | ||
| Vermicelli, 2 oz. | .0084 | $ .16113 | |
| Estimated value in calories, 3000. | |||
| Friday. | |||
| Puffed wheat, 1 oz. | $ .00235 | ||
| Milk, ½ pint | .01743 | ||
| Salmon, canned, 4 oz. | .05313 | ||
| Rice, 1 oz. | .00219 | ||
| Tomatoes, 2 oz. | .00644 | ||
| Bread, 24 oz. | .03375 | ||
| Raisins, 2 oz. | .01016 | ||
| Coffee, ⅔ oz. | .00530 | ||
| Tea, .11 oz. | .00115 | ||
| Sugar, 2 oz. | .00741 | $ .13931 | |
| Estimated value in calories, 2600. | |||
| Sunday. | |||
| Rice, 1 oz. | $ .00219 | ||
| Syrup, 1 oz. | .00226 | ||
| Milk, ½ pint | .01743 | ||
| Sugar, 2 oz. | .00741 | ||
| Bread, 24 oz. | .03375 | ||
| Roast Beef, 9 oz. | .06283 | ||
| Potatoes, 10 oz. | .025 | ||
| Peas, 2 oz. | .01087 | ||
| Gelatine, 2 oz. | .00375 | ||
| Cornstarch, ½ oz. | .00276 | ||
| Gingerbread, 8 oz. | .02 | ||
| Tea, .11 oz. | .00115 | ||
| Coffee, ⅔ oz. | .00530 | $ .19470 | |
| Estimated value in calories, 3800. | |||
The average cost for these three days for each inmate, 16½ cents.