The Wingham Times, 1894-05-04, Page 7T IE 'QUEEN'S TABLE, 1
JAPANESE WOMEN.
rani: P J?(iHA 44 IMS', MAY 4, 1894.
Ok 1 1 Honey nn4 A ttractive New, rust )ituroreeis
6OMS OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE.equations Will spell Them.
M1•'•
ROYAL KITCHEN, As a rule, the young and middle-aged
I ;Japanese women are quite flood looking,
t --•- ___ ' subject to the peculiarities of their type,
,'mite Queen's llreyktast—A ("neer custom They have anipoth, round faces,often
with fresh color, liquid black eyes, ex-
t of fisc I.ritish Storni house—Salaries quisite bands and well-rounded arms.
.
, And wore of the Aoolcs and Their Their feet are not so attractive, being
Asslstluus. spread out by the use of clogs or pat-
• tens. This footgear tends to give them
" • (�lueen Victoria's table is clistincily in, t Iungraceful
rcoi side ed the correct thing gt toe
(error to those of her brothel sovereigns iii. Their costume, almost always •ofAustria and. Russia.cook The ' but the coining as to, material and color, makes
fube-
officialiis not the bearsahimself, but the them look • a little dumpish. This is
functionary who the title of the:. p�
clerk of the lcitohens. Ile has a salary . espel est, the effect of n thetg great
of
of $4,000 a year, and does all the order -or
ing and marketing. The • chef is a the .back, as much as a foot square. In
- Frenchman, and receives a salary of most cases the faces wear amiable, con-
, .$5,000 per annums and was until a short tented. expressions. They aro not worn
time ago a man by the name of Pasteur, ; by care or thought,
who had held his post for nearly a'quar= ' The women of Japan are much better
ter of a century. He is assisted by four treated than their sisters in other East•
master coolcs, who each receive 42,000 a ern nations, but they are considered dis.
;year, and who enjoy the right of talcs tinctly inferior to the inen, and are
• .zng apprentices, or marmitons, who pay , taught
rm hir earliest
rl1e tchldhood
them a premium of $1,000 each for the oieneofistetap id
privilege of assisting in the preparation to their husbands, and filially to 'their
•of the dishes for the royal table, Then . sons when they become the. heads of
there are the yeoman of the kitchen, the their households. But this does not ap-
'cook's assistants, the roasting cooks, the near to weigh upon the Japanese woman.
scourers, the kitchen maids, a store- the is cheerful.. docile and g;ontented
keeper, two green -office men and two with her lot, happy to serve in the sta-
:stealn apparatus men. tion appointed her, with simple tastes
The confectionary department of the and good digestion, and politeness which
'kitchen has its special officials; there is • never rails. They are said to be good
.a first yeoman who receives s2,000ayear housekeepers tl the a observant
bs rvy tooff their
for making crustsyeofor pieso and tarts. housekeeping relieves them of a great
The lsess, superintends yrwho has Xco -a measure of the care which wrinkles the
pots lice, nlerines tc.;pudthen theree brow of the New England housekeeper,
posed, ices, meringues, eta ; then for instance, s Their houses, even the
are apprentices istthese trio yee inn Tamade as- best of thein, are the (simplest structures
siead an to puttwo yeomen, besides a imaginable, containing almost nothingof
.head and deputy baker and three coffee g g
women. what we call furniture, and their dresses
A queer custom which prevails at no require no art in their cutting and manu-
•other court than that of Great Britain is facture, .
the announcement at the beginning of Thus the two greet causes of worri-
•each course of the naive of the cook who ment from which our women suffer do
has pretested the dishes served. The not exist for these simple creatures..
announcement is made i1Lan audible The introduction of Occidental dress is
tone by oue.of the clerks of the kitchen: . obviously a great Mistake. It means a
The origin of this custom dates back to complete revolution of the Japanese
the reign of King George II., who made household. It means the change from
a great favorite of ode of his . marmit sitting . on • the clean matted floor to
ons, promoting him to the rank of, chief chairs and sofas, It means wrinkles for
cook over the needs of all his seniors. the smooth face of the Japanese woman.
.This; of course, created great jealousy, Besides, it means the loss of her charms
and every effort was made to ousthim and ne. compensation; for the Japanese
from royal favor by rendering' him re- woman in European costunleis a dwarf.
sponsible for the failures that appeared ish; dumpish little creature, as Much
upon the King's table. out of her element as a duck on dry
Greatly distressed thereby and fear- •land;. But tvllat has a traveler to (lu
ing to lose his post, he complained to with these questions?
the King in person, who immediately • Condition et Eggs.
• gave orders that thenceforth wheneverThe flesh of diseased animals is very
aL dish was placed before hien the name properly objected to as food. But the
of the cook responsible for its success or egg of a diseased lien is as much is.
failure should be announced in a loud eased as the flesh. Poultry .cholera,
tone of voice.
ases are
The Queen generally breakfasts alone morr e prevalent and
in ther virulent
than seany clic
whenat in
n Windsor, in
a room adorned eases in other animals.. Almost every
with the portraits of her (lau •hters•in- farm ,flock has its•receptacle for depart -
law, the Princess of Wales and the ed sick fowls back of the barn or in a
. Duchess es of Coburg, tea of �a peculiar fence corner, and in little graves in the
unci known as Marl Greys mixture garden under the currant bushes or
forming Her Majesty's beverage at that
meal. Luncheon is taken in the come grape vines. eNggs
notice is taken of the
pang' of Princess Beatrice or any other bfact gathethat.tred
eggs of these boils have
member of her family who may happen ceding
gathelecl rind event,sold for to theeks ig1
ceding the final or a thought
"to be staying with her at the time, given that they were • virulently un-
game, very high, and a cold sirloin' of wholesome. Yet we have been told that
• beef constituting an invariable feature hens hail received the germs of diphthe-
•among the viands on the table. At din- Fla .(which is roim in their case) and of
, ner the lords and ladies in waiting are , tuberculosis front human subjects. But
generally present, but only on personal who has seriously considered the danger
invitation by the Queen. 1 of infection by diphtheria or consutnp-
Beautiful In Middle Life. ! tion, or of intestinal fever (which is the
Helen of Troy comes upon the stage fowl cholera) froln the eggs we eat. And
at the age of 40. omes a was 85 when yet there is imminent clangor"of it that
married to Pericles and she was a bril- has been heretofore unannounced, so for
liant figure thirty years thereafter. as we know. Hall's Journal of Health.
+Oleopatra was past 30 when she met semi' eseohc Peet.
Antony. Diane de Poitiers :was 80 The craze for small feet is not nearly
when she won the heart of Henry IIx so pronounced as it used to he, and
The king was half her age, bat his de- ladies do not feel diegraceel when they
notion never changed. Anne of Austria
was a8 when described as the most
beautiful woman in Europe. Mme. de
Illaintenon was 43 when united to Louis,
and Catharine of Russia 38 when she
seized the throne she occupied for thirty
live years. Mlle. Mar was most beau-
tiful at 45, and Mme. Recamier between
the ages of 35 and 55.
The old saw about sweet sixteen is ex.
•pioded by the truer knowledge that the
highest beauty docs not dwell in immatu-
rity. For, according to Science Siftings,
beauty does not mean alone the fashion
•of form and coloring, as found in the
waxen doll: The dew of youth and a
complexion of roses sometimes combine
inaface that is unmoving and Wore•
sponsive. as though lacking utterly the
life spark. In the course of years, how-
ever, a dine arrives wnen the coming of t keit Icli,n hi Hearses.
.age must be recognised, when the mus -An An original idea for a hearse Inas oc
•Glee begin to relax, the skin to lose its 'curved to a Baltimore Ivan, which, 1f it
polish and roundness and seftness give' conies into practical use, may revolu-
place to angled. Coutentnieat and geed ti0nize thsecustum at funerals which re -
humor will still outrival all medical in- quires the mourners to accompany the
ventions as apreservative of youth. ,-A remains to the cemetery in coaches
woman beautiful in all else, but watt- specially hired for the occasion. The
ing mirth, will grow old, sour, thin and coffin'rg,'sts in a compartment on the top
sallow, while the merry, fun -loving WO- of a vehicle, being put in position by,an
man will be fresh and sweet, despite apron which is lowered on the inside.
:life's happenings and'sorrows, . In the forward part of the heard) is an
• apartment where the chief mourners
Give it a Trial.
aayi olit themselves, providing ng Cloy
Have au easy, cushioned rocking -Chair are not too numerous. The rest of the
—not some uncomfortable old cull—and vehicle is for the friends: When the
if you, have never tried resting yourself mourning party els a small one such a
be simply sitting down and elevating hearse will commend itself to people of
the feet so as to relieve the strain upon • small: means, although the vehicle would
the back, 'do so and prove its wonderful unquestionably attract more attention.
efficacy.,on the streets than fttuoral processions
• _do now.
(,Treat Expectation. i_ —
r Where to Mark Linen.
.Peals expects to soon be mt. Thotur A handkerchief is to be marked only.
ing electricity out of sunlight. Memo- y
son has an improved process for well in one corner, and, when ironed, that
ing metals. Another inventor has a corner is' to be the one exposed. Table•
storage -battery which will drive Cars cloths, 'ar'e to be marked at tho' middle
twenty miles per hour. The electri- of the end; if with small letters, they
clans are all hard at work. If states- are place's near the hem; if larger,
manship developed as fast as engineer..at a corresponding distance from the
ing and mechanical talent, we would edge. In any case, there should be not
have better times. • less than the height of the lett s he.
--.• -.. tweon their lower edge and the linin of
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