HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-2-20, Page 3c.
HAV30 s0 lately written a PaPer on
the woman who lunches: alone that
this article may seem to be along
the some linos, but the former
dealt especially with the woman who
IIOos to lier home to take her solitary
meal,
This has to do :with the womeet or
girl who must get her midday repast
ea her places of badness or to a nearby
restaurant.
After I had been asked to treat this
subject I made a point of Inquiring of
several working girls' with regard to
the Matter end style Of the luncheons
with which they were supposed to re-
vivefalnting nature and strengthen
weary bodies.
One Of the girls whom Iquestioned
to so fortunate as to be in the employ
ofa largeandfashionable department'
store.
She baa the usual hour for luncheon
and recreation, and her employers
have had fitted -upin their building a,.
comfortable restaurant, whore the
girls and Women may eat. Attached
to this Is a "rest room" or "lounging
room," containing couches, comfort-
able armchairs, a fete good magazines,
and an abundance of fresh, although
warmed, air.
Near it Is a lavatory in whlclh soiled
hands and faces may be washed and
disordered hair arranged. After the
process of eating has been dispatched,
always, I tear, too quickly, the par-
taker thereof may take her weary self
to this rest room and there lie or sit
and relax nerves and muscles until the
time of her"nooning" has expired,
Would that more employers were as
humane as the man for whom this girl
works:
Another young woman whom I con-
sulted tells a different tale.
To be sure, there is in connection with
the emporium for which she labors a
lunch -room, but so 111 -ventilated, poorly
lighted and wretchedly served that, un-
less a girl Is too weary to leave tate
building, she will not attempt to eat
there. .
This particular employe told me shud-
deringly that the dishes were "so dirty"
In this place she simply could not sum-
monup courage to use them.
HUNGER VS. BUSINESS
There is much said of the need of
regular intervals between the times of
eating, but some girls find It Impossi-
ble to regulate their times to suit the
;dictates of physicians and dietitians.
For instance, the young woman whom
I have just quoted say tbat 1100 "turn"
to go to lutuheon does not arrive until
S o'clock in the afternoon.
She comes in to business from a sub-
urban town, and this .fact necessitates
her leaving the breakfast table at 7
12 she would not be late to work.
From 7 A. 14I. until '3 le M. Is a des-
perately long stretch, and she tells me
that, at first, she thought she could
never stand or overcome the faintness
that seized her at 1 o'clock, but that,
after year's of training, she has "drilled
her stomach" into keeping patient until
the time set aside for satisfying its
needs.
Other young girls In the same store
go tolunohoon at 11, and this -leaves
their long fasting periodat the other
end of the day, that is, from 11.80 or 12,
until they reach their homes after 7 at
- cam
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d ?'til`,
night. "But," adds my philosophical the
ferment, "of course. all of us cannot
be spared between the hours of 12 and 2,
80 some must go early and some late."
Sonie of these evils the working wom-
an is .powerless to overcome, Others
she can remedy.
The habit of rapid eating is deadly
to the digestion and nerves.
One reads advertisements of "quick
lunch" places, but a "quick lunch:" Is
a digestive sin. One young man says
that he has learned to oat 111s food an
his restaurant and to "do without
chewing." If he keeps up this prattles
many years longer he will be where
food for the body Is no longer need-
ed, or will wish he were there, which
la a worse condition of affairs.
Fletcher has written .and spoken on
slow eating until "Fletcherizatlon" 10
a newly coined word much used.
We cannot afford to smile at his
Steele,.
Briefly, it consists in masticating
the food so thoroughly that It Is re-
duced to a soft pulp, almost like a
thick fluid, before It passes Vito the
stomach. In other words, It is mak-
ing the teeth do the work for which
they were designed, and thea spare
the atolnaCh•
The American business man or
woman seems to be laboring under
the idea that thee°is a supplemene
tars, set of molars in the stomach.
It is almost a wonder that some
enterprising American scientist has
not tried to Introduce teeth into the
digestive -apparatus, since,' by so do-
ing, they •might savetime` which is
pow spent in the seemingly unnebes-
eery work of feeding the much -
abused poly:
When one watches the working girl
take her luncheon, the marvel is not
that so many of them are sickly.
looking, but that any of them live
long enough to accumulate gray
hairs.
As soon as the hour strikes for their
release from desk or counter they
"wash up" (in vulgar parlance), don
hat and coat and rush to the nearest
"eating place," there to insult their
stomachs with food convenient for
them.
They bolt the viands as if their
lives depended upon their disposing
of e. currant bun, a glass oe iced tca
Warrri/p'' A/dmarz
.,Ceefietrear •/lace Tietz.
"'rare/42frTz a./ .2"-elffeneair�T�rvral ��z�Qzz.
and a saucer oe lemon ice In record
time.
It is too dreadful tobe amusing,
too sad to be disgusting.
In any ease, it is evil, through and
through.
Right here let me say that the em-
ployer is not to blame for the hurry
habit at the lunch counter,
In all reputable stores and offices
there is enough time given to 801-
ployos. for them to get a decent
Mechem-) of nourishing food.
That they fall to dothis is their
own fault, andthey pay for It in their
own future suffering. They. have the
habit of rushing, and they do not care
to stop it.
Years ago a Wetter pointed out to
me the - difference between his two
horses. One was sleek, ]round of limb'
and glossy of coat; whilehie cOln-
Panton In harness was thin, gaunt and
with a coat that looked dulland life-
less.
The owner explained to me that the
thin animal was a ravenous eater, swal-
lowed hie oats and hay without half
chewing then], finishing its meal In an
Incredibly short time.
"Title horse," adder] the farmer, giv-
ing the glistening coat an affectionate
elap, "doesil'•t Nest 3101E as mute; to peep
and looks three timesas handsome.
"He takes in his mouth just enough
oats to eat comfortable, and then he
chews and thaws and chews until there
ain't no substance left 1n the teeniest
One of them grains.
"And his food does him good, as you
can sed,"
The countryman was a Pletcher., in.
h15 way. •
I would that we could train our Amer -
kens to "Cham and ehaw until there's
no substance left" In what they. eat.
We wouldhave fewer dyspeptics. But,
then, we Would have fewer rich stomach
specialists. IL's an ill windthat blows
nobody good! •
T30re lies before me a popular period-
Ieal containing tile everyday luncheon
bills -of -fare of several :business women.
As I run my eye ()Ver them, I note
that ono "tapes crackers, peanuts,
lemon wafers, teed tea." Another
"makes a luncheon of cheese, apple Pie,
coffee." And still another confesses 10
"crackers, choose, peanut butte:', balls.
nos and M1110,"
The last-named leneb000 c=rtainl' pan-
not be conslderod as lacking in neer-
felting propertlee, but when one con -
elders that It was probably eaten in file.
teen minutes, one rejoices vicariously in
the kind of a digestive apparatus that
girl must have,
140051 owners of a stomach s0 fed at
one full 02000» Would pay the penalty
111 a sick headache before the day was
0000,
The crackers and cheese are all
right, but it should be borne in mind
that cheese le a food to itself,. and
Must be eaten algwly, and not follow-
ed by peanut butter, a grease -laden
article, too heavy to rest safely upon
ono stratum of (Meese and under an-
other of Bananas,
These, lige cheese, are very good In
their Way, and one .physician as -
Serie thee
s-Serio-that the reason they disagree
with so many people is because they
are taken in eonoeetton with other
equally.. substantial foods, and the
stomach is notequal to the task 1m -
posed upon 1t. - -
TE CROWNING FOLLY
Lastly, the whole mass just men-
tioned Is washed down with milk; The
eater of this Luncheon would have
tared better on a glass of milk and a
51100 of whole wheat bread and but-
ter.
One has only to go into a restaurant
at noon time to be convinced that the
average woman doss not understand
how to treat her digestion..
If she wouldbut learn that a Cup of
good broth, accompanied by a roll and
butter; will stand her In better stead
than ice cream and lemonade, or, for
that matter, than cocoanut cakeand
strong (or weak) tea, probably "stay-
ed,"
A meal that will satisfy the hun-
griest worker is brown bread and
• baked beans, after which. one may.
have, if she. wisllos, a demi-tasse of
black coffee. One could go o11 the
strength of that meal for many hours.
Sweets are all very. well in their
way, but they must not form the
staple of the meal. They maybe used
safely to finish the repast and are, at
that time, an aid to digestion.
A chop and " baked potato w111
strengthen the laborer more than
would twice their bulk In pastry and
confectionery. 1 amaware that good
chops and steaks "come high,' but I
would suggest that one cannot cora--
plain truthfully of the extortionate
prices charged for soups, broths, reale,
milli, cocoa, chocolate, the cereals,
mak toast, sweet potatoes, baked ap-
ples and cream, custards and a score
of other articles that are both nour-
ishing and digestible. '
A safe dessert Is fruit In - some form,
either raw or 00oked,although, as
has been said, bananas should not cap
a hearty meal.
Ono man 'tapes during the entire
summer a bowl of mills toast and a
glass of mi11t for his midday, meal, and
tirlvas on it.
When possible our business girl
should- leave the building in which.
she works In order to get her lunch-
eon.
Unless the weather be very inclem-
ent, were she to walk to and from a
restaurant every noon her digestion
would be better, and,in consequence,
her Complexion would improve..
Bating in a hurry and when one Is
tired ruins thetexture of the skin.
There 1s no surer register ,of the
condition of the digestive organs than
the complexion..
Thewomen who read eagerly about
the latest cosmetics aro w. -sting their
time if they do: not, -first of all, un-
eo THE HOUSEMO HERS' EXCHANGE
OST those who have never lent
an attentive ear to the argu-
ments
- con Vn
tah
la
g
Bala pro
ism might think we bestow too much
time and thought upon the matter,
lot ol6 say that the letter which fol-
lows
lows this.. preface is but one of 1110ny
1.0010110tra1100s to the like :effect re-
colved since the publication O1 the
article supporting. a Strictly vege-
tarian eiet by passages from the
Bible.
The first pageof the communica-
tion soleeted fren1 the pilo, of matter
before me fa a repetition of texts
prtnted here several Weeks( ago,
The writer-eont111ue51
Leviticus, chapter eleventh. Is takenup
by instructions from Jehovah to his people
Israel ea to what manner or 110x11 May be
oaten and what avoided,
The tourteentlt chapter of Deuteronomy
Is w11011Y given to the horde of /,Lowe em-,
bodying a repent1513 of the divine .IoW upon
this sable separation of clean from unclean
110ah-100110.
In tho sixteenth chapter of Lrxoehus wo
205 3110 told provision v1iof en it 1113 be food
and
10 the fifteenth chapter- qt Acts, verso
twenty-ninth, tho apostles Manila new con-
verts to abstaiA from meats offered to idols
▪ and from 111ooi1 and ' from tllinge
strangled," There la no mention of meat
as unclean and un-Christlen,
e d ntllat Pani nvegetarian''00 eater," Iet ia the.
term Is understood In Its narrow sense, But
my faintly, meltallog mys011, partake Of.
Meat once a day,
*1.`110 serf 111t1a ere int' often Made the
0round of 11arr01101,1 ded d ex,a,eltt, and.
. f the word should examine both
sides e s reader0 on as lm lemon es thin,
eldce of a question
Ii, U. (Milton, Pa,),
It 10 unquestionably true, that WO
slmuld ad act wis0ly in following the
example of this pato:' fa10111183 and
eat meat but once a day, 'especially
In stu nnor. It Is as true that the are
noivhore told in the I1o15, Sorlptetes
that We ought not to eat flesh 0oo0a.
"Breakfast Sulks"
As practical housemother. I should like
Q, have rout• vi9wo as to what I wall
lareakfant Fate: Is there motion et dee
sonny In coming down to a family break-
fast with a fano litre a thunder -aloud; n1
sitting all through the meal silent and •
gloomy, speaking only when addressed and
then shortly and sharply? When Iramen-
stratc with those- who have tale habit—
taking advantage et a pleasanter mood—I
am told that nobody Is. 0331 to concert plied
until alter he has had his breakfast and
that every sensible person reeognlses a fol -
low's right to be glum at the breakfast
table.'! Clve tis a motherly word on this
Lead—please! M. 1. D. (Camden, N. 1.).
If I were to free my mind on the
Bead you indicate, I should take up
all the room wecan claim On this
page and then leave half .unsaid, 13Or
I feel strongly In this direction, hav-
ing heard a world of stuff .of the kind
you quote. It 13 absolutely •untrue,
unkind and un -Christian to arrogate
the right to darken the snood of all
within the reach of theoffender by
"breakfast sulks." If one 'cannot feel
bright until he has "fed," he should
be man' enbugh tO assume the appear-
ance of serenity until his stomach
and temper settle into - decency, The
fashion of exeusing a gross breach of
good malmers by alleging that. It is
not natural 1.0 have a cheery break-
fast mood is childish and absurd.. We
all'•appreciate the fere() Of the dys-
310ptic's assertion that some time must
elapse after the morning aweltening
before he can hope to bo on speaking
terms with his digestive ornate. Mere,
Is his opportunity for the practice Of
113.3, t Tapley's -philosophy Of being
jolly under djlHenitieS, I. wish other
lmusonhotltors would let 110 have their
experiences of "breakfast' sullts" and
their views thoronpon,.
In Montana
trot. ale Menthe we WPM been living 1i0
3,10,10110 where aver 11110 from. mettles t0
1)007111Ons. smalls of money, The family
00001018 of my 1,00hand. mw
myself Mid 1,. 0
ohudr0l. a hey of 13 and a guirl o9 tie. Tine
children come home (rem 000001 starved,"
are sad In the morning until they nee fed
Mid positively unchristian when ob110011 to
Walt 101' "mar np011 their return fr01n,
Sunday school. In short, they have the
normal 10- and 18 -year-old appetites.
.011 of usare well nourished, yet here,.
Where eggs ole. fitj contra per dozen. b0nana0,
spu
40 cents. - d0, ' 2 cants a pound, and so
on—my faint) was fed duringAugust for
011.30 nor week; In September, fer 33.00,and
in October. for 58.10 ;per we(.ek, we have
Wholesome food and '8om0t111ng geed at
eaoh meal Fruit and fresh vegetobleb we
have dalb'I cornmeal, graham and 201,010•
w1,011 flour we 1100 freely. Apples are al-
ways where any one can get 'them, and
so were graben 1n the season.
At the end -ofOotobI had op hand
netat enough to n0 104 a. months and
vegetables. home-made,lolly, canned fruit
and p10kh0e to last much huger, Well t
meat In moderation and iso but lithe
hoe
to and coffee. This is not•frOm motives
of seenomv, ,We vee 0rea5iery butter, and
rather irwtally. Soaringit flet ht oeosoning
and at table, Our milk costa S1 per Week,It would be more did' not the chh0100
fancy that It tastes 031 sago Muth.
I do not think the proper plane for coon --
pray is in the feeding of a. family, but I
AO think that 12y earele55, t110ugittloss buy:
Ing and molting 'a Sot of money may be
11000 Lvfthont pra011001 advantag0 to 0uy
Ono. i bollevo that wo psople ,nay bo
able—on
,x011 fele when prides Oro 00000)1-
able—on 84 3) v0el,.
I 0001 everything mvsolf am waste 00111-
3111g, but a glim1150 oh t 000-
y1000,onn the.t w•t are 1100108811{(57M"
t.O oho111i0 delight In Hying Agit eking by
the "meals fora week. with extras from
seer department, at•tmOnt, but 1 cannot afford to
01ond tit a dor on the table and t0 keep
hvo or three maids to OoDna serve the
a00,) things. So wb 511011 lust 113170 10 10003)
along 1n Our 302011 way, notating up my dry
bread for(10,1,1111801. frying "much and 0800
for b0030l1000t ami buying chlokon for a
treat, 048 as a luxury,
11, T. (300007th; Mont).
As the readersOf 081' BxOlhange who
canafford to spend $5 a day upon the
table are so far lin the minority that it
is hardly worth D1th while to cater for
them, we will not spend time In di0-
01158111g their ways and mane, Ia
preparing the menus that appear in tb0
Olxabange' under the caption, "Family
Meals for a Woele," .1. try to bring
them within the means of housewives of
moderate incomes, 22 such an one will
follow the moms canaille front week
to week, she cannot but observe that
nothing in, 'tho Way of 'left -overs" Is
wasted. Slaving had acourse In prac-
tical :housewifery fifty years 1011g, 1
gg
FAMILY 'ig � MEALS
li.r S F i.9
life 8.� 1'],
SUNDAY
)IROIAICrAST.
(i1.opefrlllt, arrowroot fe11y and cream
deviled kidneys,. »533010110, toast, tea
coffee.
LUSO-BMX,
Veal loaf, sally lune, 'graham• bread
toasted crackers. and 0110000, lettUo0 and nut
salad veli mayonnaise, probe jelly :with
cake, ten. Emma.
Tomato erealtl soup, braised beef a 1rt jar-
diniere, cauliflower,eesele9011 sweat .pond,
toes, mincec1110 n1(Meese, Huta and rale- •
Ins, laolc
IFI
ONDAY
B0h0AI(FA5T.
Faulted ap1h150 and proem, frlOe00eed ogee,
brown anti white bread, toast, ten nod Cof-
fee,
LVN0117014.
COM roast beef (a lett-over), =110 of
caullfloWer (a loft 0001', stuffed 80101, beta•
t0en, marmalade pudding, c0Coa,
none noun. Went Indian stele of mutton
with carry, ours and tonl310000 (matte Elam
0aturde3 0 rhea luutton), n as o
Oompony. the atety boiled flee, baked Mate
01301Ord pfd, {1laolt coffee.
TUESDAY
TranA1(PAI3"1:
0330113;80, 0000111 and Crean:, fried teem
and :Melee snick b1neent%, toast, tea and
coffee.
i LUNCHEON,
Mince of .beef and 310t01000 (a lott-ovor)
fried nlunh, 050190 tomatoe0, Dream puffs.
and 1a01, tea. DINNBB:
130an and Celery noon (a'loft-over),-lard
ed calfs liver. (Deiced macaroni, -spinach,
suet pudding with hard Donee, black Coffee.
WEDNESDAY
1I127UAI�P
",AST,
(grapes, hominy and cream, salt,nutakerel
K eyed tomatoes, -hot rolls, toast, to. (n1l,
comae X.,170 C 311ON,
Basra,{ of liver 012(1 macaroni (a left-
o ver),- SOnple of 0110000, belted toast, apple.
and celery 5aiud, bot rlingerbreatl end
011000. tea, DINNl01.
M11111g01awny soup, roast thlekette baked
rico, string beans, blown botty web liquid
tame, Meek coffee,
TSUZIODAY
i31tgagrAST,, -
. Fruit, era/11100Sweat 0110 arcane 1100(1)
bellCd eggs, rice 041111110, tease. toe. :0111
°o lltuNenuon.
t ham,tomato tenet salad alettoo0 and steins bonne '(a foft•o6°r), breed
pudding, tea, -
Inelletne.
Yesterdny'0 soup warmedover, chicken
filled
• (a left -suer), baited sweet ttpotatoes,
filled .hominy, apple dumplings with ha
sauce,' bleak coffee._
FRIDAY
fl1080A1C1PAST.
Oranges, mush and milk breaded and
frlo,1 nod roes, minable, tattat, tea and eat -
f°0. LUNCHEON,
Pineto blankets, hot scones, orange mid
nut rund lvit11 mayonnaise dro#OIng,' headed
crealtors. and (Meese, chocolate Mane mango
and cake, lea. bINN10R,
Clam chowder breaded lamb chaps, green
ua1114, stowe Jerusalem artloholtes, tipsy
SATt)RDA'E'
Ii11A1Cl,4A8T,
Fruit, cereal and (roam. ha1notnolat,
corn bread, .00ast, tea, torten,
LUNCII103.
Ii1ot/s0tst,rcer11mao steak,
mulled21oat' end
reale pudding, tol,
D1NNhs11.
Cream of marital, soup, Stetted lain of
anal, teal -loped 00mato18, eetene. of arti-
ch01t0a (a lett-over), tried haute (a. left -over),
'smelter plum pudding, b11001 coffee,
know better than to set before my:fel-
low-housemothers tasks impossible to
perform. My first effort in arranging
the weekly bills -of -fare Into make them
practicable ter tee; average marketer
and "good, plain cook." Ivey second is to
achieve wholesome and tempting va-
riety. Tito cold meats of yesterday are
never served in thesamo shape teddy.
Every tablespoonful':; of Vegetables sent
out from the dining room is destined to
reappear in a different -guise tomorrow
or later. So with soups which improve
With the -second and third0001chng.
Our Montana correspondent is wisely
frugal. It does not pay in stint grow-
ing Children 101 theeir daily foal, 1780
of those wh0 believe in fastilgs, m nY
-
exempt minors from .the obligation to
abstain from generous faro that feeds
the muscles, brain, nerves and flesh into
healthy manhood and Svonlanbood:
I W1s11 Other, housewives would relate
their "oxperiteces" .and air their
theories: upon this vital. subject, For a
child to go hungry from day to day'Is
to dwarf its growth and undermine its
'health.
Taking Out Candle Crease
1'1000 1 rat' a. recipe 11 tato .our
ahaogo°rel tekIn 0 ranl1tet ease out of
gtet:n :0101),. I 110320 to Mee it in next
wa01c's nnpar,
Mrs. E. E. W. (Wilmington, Del,).
I Can tell you how to get otlt candle
grease, but you will net read It in the
lasue 7011 name. The1'e aro too MAW"
ahead of you on the list. If yeti desire
11.
mgtanllolr. response yon must send a self-
addressed and stomped envelope. by
'
Bold a 'bit of hot iron or steel over
The spot, A knife-btada will do. Bold
it about half an inch 0731 the grease
until the latter melte. Thele covet with
blotting »epee and set a Wat'rt1 100e cit
the paper 10 absorb the Crease. ,
.�1
derstand that the secret of a clear..
akin and healthy color lies wither,
themselves—that is, in the 2011010 alae
mentary tract..
I think that I am safe in asserting
that, all oonditlons being equal, the
woman with a perfect digestion Ss -the
one with a good Complexion,and the
converse is also true. To have the
digestion good, cne must .not maltreat.
it,
The o1d. adage, "Show me your
friends and L will tell you what you
are,' might be parodied to read:
"Show me what and how you eat, and
I will tell you what your digestion'
Is."
Dietary for a Delicate Boy
Mrs, D„ Pensacola, 111a., says her 12-y0001
old boy is delicate. It strikes a responsive
chord In my bosom, for I, too, have a son
who was delicate until a year or so ago.
The mother 10 wise in asking for a whole.
tome 410tary. Careful feeding brought mY
boy from a state of pale -faced debility to
the sturdy roaln0ss of his present condition..
I glue him fresh eggo for breakfast.
stirred up the. white alone, or whiten and,
yolks separately with the juice of some
sub-0rld fruit, or the pulp of a ripe fruit.
and. a 701.7 little sugar, If any, r dinner.
be has a well -steamed l ocereal—cooked. tor
Ma or three hours—and a. glass et now
.milk. For supper he has a baked potato or,
other vegetable, su011 a5peas or beans; a
11Lt10 bread and Letter aid a Blase or male
Sometimes I give him a baked ap010. 101
breakfast and a tablespoonful of pure olive
oil, which he - ewes. Ito does net know'
what It is to eat candy. and Bever takes a
drop of medicine.
I avoid sp ar in his dietary on account
00 a little d a10rl1l1ante of the liver. Some-
times this might be Introduced to ad-
vantage in proper combination,
It. 1s hard to prescribe unless one knows
the ,ondltlons to be treated. I am now
making dietary studios, maimed primarily
U l010rart 10 my: boy.
If Mrs, I), 011ould-wish to write to me
for particulars about her 800'0 ease I will
try to 11019 her further, as I know •what It '
fa to worryover a little, delicate lewd one
and I feel so
so hag y over the improvement
in my boy that Ip want every ono elseto
have the like cause for gratitude
hers.. a, M. mallviilo, n1,).
You say truly that one cannot pre.,
scribe in a ease one bas not had a;
chance to diagnose. The dietary that
agrees with your boy would not suit
the idiosyncrasies of another, and vice
versa, Livery mother must studyi
the peOullarities of her own brood-
mentally, morally and physically. Tn.
a largo family .there are almost e.8
many varieties Of taste as there are
members. While I do not believe 1n
indulging the capricious appetite of a
child who has "notions about his
food," 1t is manifestly unkind and
Injudicious to force 111un to eat what
makes him Ill, or Which he cannot
learn to like after repeated and hon-
est telale,
A ."Ravishing" Compote
DO you re,011oot publishing 8, ranlpe. for
what- the inventor—or 001np0000 or what
ever you may call the maker—named
Marlen 'I•Iarinnd Compote"7 WEI11' we
have had that dellelnus compound half a
110500 tlmos during the month and yester-
day I ventured uponati improvement upon
T minced althea fine and mixed 11 with the.
- ahapppd 01)10. To n cupful of nut-nloats -II
added o, euul'tor pound of citron, d pippins
well; 11110,) the cored and urm0red pnP the
with 1110 sprinkle alrang0)1 them In the
bake-dish,boated
sprinkled l 0 11111oully with sugar;
poured 1n enough wader to rico halt wiry
tip the apples; 00, 000,1 11001)7, 0,115 cooked
tender. when they were eery 0010 I dished
00,1 we ate the 'soutpato" with Sugar and
I1 was ravishing! I write now to axle if
Yoe wnl eeetpt 't the am0)111ment to the
"Marlon Harland tt. Compote,
141101,.).
The very day your charming letter
errieed I made personal trial- of the
"alnendm0n1," Vire had the result
that evening at diner. The verdict -
was prompt and' unanlinous; The ad -
Olden of the citron imparted spiciness
to the compote, already delicloue.
aceeptl'Ig the amendment we passed:
a vote of thanks to you and a reste
lutton that 11 bo inco. porated with tho
original recipe.
Ridding a I -
louse Of Ants
I have 0001 Lir ulrle in Tho 0
0 s 10 o3) 0n ante ne to the bests way or ed to l5i Rid of snus
Ino• ;dune. 7 was 080 03) n Iit03 my auger
haws 31 mewing2,1bmasa of ants cne da00 z
lead 01heedbound It In ne to 10 lilte
with complier, 1 and It atone to use
2 01 a
nate) that Y )10 heard of tilt use M gum
soaked
t hrehierng ants. I fold the
soaked hnnd)tocahler on the their, then,
semi ed R11nt camphor around. 131. T have not:
seen , out since, 0,b0 tint wits ),
»,unthk,ta80. M, l,I, 0. (ChlCsga).
Camphor is e, valuable hid 1n tho
dleperslon of vermin of all kinds, 1'ho.
Only objection to the use of It in die-
ing room and k1te110)1 is that it lends
odor readily and strongly to food that
may be _near It. 13uttee, breed, 1111118
and menta acre ebeateble.. if internee
anted with 000',p110r, Itle very Vela.
tile and 1151111111 eeeepen it,• ., ...4,