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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-2-29, Page 3gousEll� L MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES, Oatmeal,—Cook this cereal over- night in•a fireless cooker or double boiler, If a coal range is used, cook an hour in the double boiler, then reprove to the back of the ,range, and let it continuo to cook .overnight. If gas is used, cook one- half hour in double boiler, fill the water receptacle with boiling water, turn out the gas and wrap the double boiler in an old blan- ket, paper or any convenient non- conductor, thus retaining the heat, The flavor of oatmeal thus cooked is delicious. Serve warm with 'ere= or add chopped raisins, dates or figs, or mold and serve cold, as •preferred. Radish and Celery Salad.—Six tender red radishes, one bunch cel- ery, one head lettuce, one-quarter cup French dressing. Out celery in 2 -inch lengths, slash % inch and inch apart on each end, throw into ice water and allow to stand two hours. The cut ends will curl up. Wash, wipe and slice the rad- ishes in thin circular slices, leav- ing the peel on for the color. Rub the celery bowl with onion and line the bowl with the lettuce leaves, which have been crisped in -ice water. Arrange the radishes on the lettuce ]eaves, then add a lay- er of celery; continue until all are used. Pour the French dressing over all, taking care each portion is marinated. Serve at the table. Baked Pig Ham.—Procure a choice ham from ayoung animal. Remove rind, stick cloves over the surface at intervals of 3 or 4 inches, coat with sugar syrup and cover with sifted flour. Place in roaster and bake in a moderate oven until well clone. Baste with warm water and drippings each half hour. Re- move cover and allow the ham to brown. Serve hot with apple sauce. Sponge Cake.—Six eggs, one eup sugar, ono tablespoon lemon juice, ono cup flour; salt. Separate eggs, beat the whites until creamy. To the beaten yolks acicl gradually the sugar and seasoning and half the whites. Then sift in gradually the flour and salt. Add the remainder of the whites and bake as a loaf or in small cakes. This recipe is used for ladyingers also. Potato Apples.—Two cups mash- ed patatoes, one tablespoon melt- ed butter, two tablespoons hot milk, one dozen whole cloves. If left -over mashed potatoes are used, heat thoroughly in a double boil- er. When warm heat until thor- oughly mixed. Divide into eight portions, form into a ball, dent the top and insert a clove, pushing well down, to represent the bloom end of the apple. Dent the opposite end and insert a clove as a stem; cinnamon sticks may be used if pre- ferred. Brush apple with melted butter, sprinkle one side with pa- prika or cinnamon to give a red 'cheek. Bake ten minutes in a me- dium oven. Serve hot. Cereal with Fruit.—Ono cup water, one-quarter cup cereal, one- quarter cup chopped dates, one- quarter teaspoon salt, one-quarter cup chopped raisins. Cook tate ce- real in boiling. salted water five minutes. Place over water and cook several hours as directed in case of oatmeal. Before taking from the cooker add the fruit and 'mix carefully. Mold and serve with whipped create. Veal Birds.—Twe pounds veal chops (about), one bunch parsley, two ounces bacon, one-half onion, one-half cup bread crumbs, one ealtspoon salt, one-quarter salt - spoon ,paprika. Cut veal in three- inch. squares. Put bones in soup kettle. Pound each piece out flat, place on top of strip of thin bacon three inches long and a hrilf-inch wide, a spray of ,parsley and a tea- spoonful s poonful of bread crumbs. Sprinkle l with salt, paprika and add a few drops of onion juice. Boll the veal tightly and skewer in place in ear•• iherole, With the fat in which the birds have been browned make a thin brown sauce and add to the casserole, covering the birds. Bake till tender. When ready to servo arrairge the birds on tate platter, remove the skewers, cover with brown sauce and garnish with spring of parsley. Bird's Nest on Toast,—:P.ceparo four slices of biktercd toast. On each slice make a ring of white of eggbeaten stiff, the yolk .into Slip the center of the ring. Sprinkle with salt and place tinder the boi- ler until the egg is "set." Servo very hot. Tomato Green Pepper Salad,— Ono -quarter cup French dressing, three medium-sized tomatoes, one email green, sweet pepper, ono bunch head letttiee. Select firm torna,toes, pool and slice, ,Remove the seeds from a fresh green 'pep- perand slice the i ver tail n podn y n strips with a, paring -knife. limb a small salad bowl with a bit of, et - len, and lino with , crisp lettuce leaves. Arrange a layer of sifted tomatoes. sheen , the lettince and sprinkle with the sliced green pep= pers, then another layer of the to- matoes and the remainder of the green peppers. Pour the dressing over all. The salad is intended to bo served at tato table. Larded Beef Tenderloin.' --Select ilio tenderloin from a prirne beef if possible and have your meat cutter "lard" it for you, Brown in hot fat, remove to the roaster, baste well and bake abeirt forty-five nun- utes, basting every five minutes. Beetled Bananas with Bacon.— Two bananas, two slices best ba- con, half bunch cress. Select firm bananas, peel and split through the center lengthwise. Arrange upon ,a broiler with cut surface upper- most. Cut the bacon into narrow strips and arrange on the bananas. Close broiler and broil over coals or under gas flame until bacon is crisp and bananas well cooked (about ton minutes). 1f coals aro used be careful to avoid smoking the bananas. Serve on hot platter garnished with cress. HOUSEKEEPING HELPS. Don't try to save coal at the ex- pense of the viands; always have a steady and sufficient fire for cook- ing, A. stock pot should always be handy, and bones and odd pieces of meat put in for the making of soups and gravies. Every drop of dripping and bacon fat, etc„ ought to be saved. The former, when clarified, will keep a long time, and the latter is excel- lent for making pastry. A discarded wire bonnet frame can be bent to any desired shape and fitted in the mouth of a jardin- iere or wide vase, forming just the support. that certain long-stemmed flowers need to keep them in grace- ful position. If you use kerosene lamps and do not personally see to having the inner parts taken out and boiled in vinegar and soda, you do not realize how bright the light can be made. Half of a dress shield fastened on the under side of baby's bib pre- vents the moisture from wetting his dress and underclothing. Perhaps few people know that china silk waists should be washed, then starched in a thio starch and ironed while damp. This makes them look just as they did when they were new. If in search of a soil covering for potted plants, invest a few pennies in a packet of Jonopsidivan seed, known as diamond flower, and you will be rewarded after ,sowing, in a very short time, with a beauti- ful green carpet, set with diamond - aliened blossoms of a pale blue color. A corn broom (floor or hand) which has become worn so the cor- ners are round, should be cut off across the bottom until they are square as wen new. The broom will do better work as well as look bet- ter. Ordinary baking soda, either as a powder or dissolved in a little water, will put out a small fire im- mediately. It forms a gas, carbon dioxide, which smothers the flame. A small handful in a cup of water or by itself is nearly always suffici- ent, For removing smoke and dust from wall paper, especially the in- grain, nothing is more effective than cotton batting cut into con- venient squares. As the work pro- gresses, peel off the soiled cotton and burn. Every now and then, instead of allowing the carpet to remain in exactly the same position as first placed, the tread of the carpet should be rnovecl a couple of inches or so either tip' or clown. This ban the effect of keeping the pile of the carpet in a uniform condition, and, besides retaining the fresh appear- ance of the carpet, it helps tolast much longer then it would if left exactly as laid. It costs nothing to do this, yet saves mush. A substitute for the mirror or window frame as a place for drying handkerchiefs is a sheat of glass large enough for two handkerchiefs on each side. This can easily be kept clean, and the handkerchiefs can be more Conveniently exposed to light and air. TIVI;NTV-ONE BRO JIERS MET. Introduction Miele. at Homo lay Grey-haired Mother. A meeting of twenty-one sons, some of whom had never scee each other before, took place in Lon- don on the birthday of their' mo- ther, Mrs, Corfield; a grey-haired' Lincolnshire (England) woman, The sons, who are all grown up, came Iron all parts. Two had jour- neyed from fruit farms in Canada; others who aro soldiers lied ob- tained special furlough. But the strangest feature of the meeting was that the mother had to intro - duets some of the sons to each other, They met as strangers. For the first time,, for instance, the oldest eon saw his two youngeab brothers. I3e had left his mother's home for distant lands before the others were born, Only tite ' happy, smiling mother with the silyet-grey hair. was able to recognize each member of this ''vast family, NEW SPRING MODELS FROM. PARIS. These three models are early Spring fashions which show in de- tail some of the important features that will soon be popular. The gown on the right is of pearly grey satin, fastened at the side with fiat glass buttons and collar and cuffs of embroidery. The middle gown is of whits taffeta with a deep girdle of black satin with a bow, and sash ends to hem of skirt. The gown on the left is of marine blue voile with corded puff of taffeta at all edges. On this skirt is shown the new accordion pleated flounce, SIMPLE LIFE OF JAPANESE WAGES MEAGRE AND EXPEN- SES ARE LOW. 1Vell-to-do and Poor housed Near- ly Alike and All Enjoy Themselves. In Japan n remarkable feature of the industrial and social life is the great uniformity in the manner of living, among different classes, says the Westminster Review. They all live in very similar dwell- ings. Tho poorer people have four wooden walls, and for furniture a few mats and blankets and a coal pot. In Manchuria Japanese settlers are beginning to build steno houses with steam heating, but they a're bare inside.. Nor is this feature con- fined to the working classes. It is found through all strata of the pop- ulation. The fend, save in the very highest classes, is in the main very uniform, rice and green tea, with sake as a, stimulant. Among those who have not yet adopted European fashions, even the dress is in substance the same brought out in the middle and the lower classes. HIGH WAGES NOT NEEDED. The question of the balance be- tween wages and the, cost of living is the one that in. the long run makes revolutions. It has not come into the open yet in Japan. Wages vary exceedingly, and no real standard can be given, but they are, as a rule, very email, though recent years have witnessed a steady rise. They are given sometimes by time, sometimes by piece, mostly by weird combinations of all possible meth- ods. But the weekly budget of the Jap- anese working mean ie very small. His rent is a more trifle; the same may be said of his food, His only extras are a hot bath regularly every other day, twice n month or so a family trip to the theatre, a few pence for toys for hips children and wifely more to propitiate the deities or the priests, Counting the family at two adults and three juveniles, and including ovary necesenry and likely outlay the weekly bill will come to about three dollars a week. WORK HOURS VARY. House of labor are to western notions outrageous, on an average eleven a day brit frequently twelve, thirteen or even fourteen, At= tempts hove been made repeatedly to Malt trade rations, but never elle- cessfully, Where they have strug- gled into wretched exis•tenee they are of no account whatever, because they do not as yet answer to a need of the. people, It is signifsoant that men,y, of these attempts were brought to is ruinous end by the dis- lroii tty and corruption of their pro- mo tors. Insurance .against old age and in- firmity is unnecessary in Japan, so long as the present firmly anchored tradition endures, which ascribes it duty upon sac s It person on to con - as n tribute to the maintenance, of an aged, incrtnable or infirm member of his family. Flour tri '.'l1 lose its goodness if kept in ie damp plana, WHEN HUME WAS ORTHODOX. David Hume, famous for bis his- tory, his philosophy and his athe- ism, was once, we are told, reduced to a very humble and obedient or- thodoxy -although that state of mind did not long endure. The story is thus told by the London Chronicle: Having fallen into a swamp at the back of Edinburgh Castle, he called for assistance to a 'woman who was passing. At first she took no notice, but presently she asked: "Are na ye Hume, the atheist?" "Weel, weel, no matter," Hume said. "Christian charity commands you to do good to every one." "Christian charity here or Chris- tian charity there," the woman said, "I'll do naething for you till ye turn a Christian yourself. Ye maun repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Creed, or faith, I'll let ye grate (grovel) there as I found ye." And he had to repeat them. '1 LORD. PENTLAIN/0, Son-in-law of Lord Aberdeen, who gives up the Secretaryship .for Scotland, JOHNNY'S MA OBJECTED.. Complaint is sometimes made of the home work necessary in connec- tion with the schools. 1t will be seen there is only a qualified objec- tion in the following instance re- lated in the Youth's Companion; This is the note which was Banded to ono of the grade teachers the other day; "Dear Mum Please ineuso Johnny to -day, ]Ie will not be at school. Ho is seting as timekeep- er for his father, Last night you gave hien this ixarep]e, if a field is 4 miles .square how long will it take e man walking 3 miles an hoer to walls 2?,,, times around it? Johnny ain't no men so we had to send his ‘tlesldy, They left Carat this mon- ing and my, husband Bard they ought to be back lite to -night, though it would he hard going. pear Burn, pleasemakethe nixt problem about ladies, as my husband can't Afford to lose the day's work." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH O. .Lesson IX.—Tho call of the float Disciples, Mark 1. 14-28; Luke 5. 1-11. Golden Text, Matt. 9. 37, 38. MARK 1. 14-20. Verse 14. After john was deliv- ered up—Imprisoned by the order of Herod, whom the fearless pro- phet of righteousness had rebuked for his open disregard of the laws of morality and justice. Jesus came into Galilee — Front Judaea, where, according to the re- cord preserved for us in the fourth Gospel (John 1. 19 to 3. 36), Jesus had already taught in public, clean- sing the temple courts, discoursing with Nicodemus, and preaching pear the Jordan. It was on his way from Judaea to Galilee that Jesus had stopped in Samaria, speaking with the woman at Jacob's well and preaching the gospel at Flychar. ;. 16. The time is. fulfilled --Every loyal Jew expected the early ad- vent of the kingdom of God. This Messianic expectation of his coun- trymen furnished. Jesus with a point of contact for his public teaching and gained for ibhn the attention of the multitude. Before, how- ever, giving his own interpretation of the significance of that Messia- nic hope or the character of the Messianic kingdom, Jesus took pains to indorse the preaching and ministry of John the Baptist. This he did by linking his own message on to the message of his forerunner, upon whose exhortation, Repent yo, and believe, iia places a new emphasis by incorporating it into his own gospel message. Between versos fifteen and six- teen of Mark's narrative belong: two events not recorded by Mark, namely, the healing of the noble- man's son (John 4. 40-64), and the first rojeetion ataNazareth (Luke 4, 10-30), From Nzareth Josaa pro- oeocled to Ca cr•naum (Matt, 4, 13- 10; Luke 4, 31), in and near which all the oveetS recorded in the re= mainder of our lesson passages took place, 10, By the sea of Galilee—This beautiful inland lake is about twelve and one half `miles long by eight miles wide at its broadest part, t is very deep and -lies six hundred feet beneath sea level in the deep gorge of the Jordan, which enter it at the north and passes out from it again ab the south, It has been compared, by reason of its charm and natural scenic beauty, to the lakes of Lucerne and Geneva. Simon—Given the name of Peter by Jesus (John 1, 42), Both Simon and Andrew, as probably also James and John, had met Jesus be- fore (compare John 1, 35-42; 2,11), Mark's account of the events which follow (verses 16-20) is consid- erably abbreviated and reveals sev- eral important differences from the longer account given in Luke (5, 1-11), which compare below. Many commentators have thought that we have in the two gospel narratives accounts of separate though similar events, but on the whole it seems easier to regard the two accounts as records of the same event in spite of their differences, which a comparison of the two accounts makes clearly evident. 17. Come ye—toike pictures Jesus as adclressing himself to Peter, who doubtless on this as on other oc- casions was the spokesman of the group. Fishers of Wren—A beautiful figure of their later work and min- istry, which, like their secular cal- ling thus far, -would require the qualities of alertness, energy, pati- ence, and promptness in the seizing of opportunities. 19. Janes—Or, Jacob. He is always mentioned first when spoken of in connection with his brother John, who seems to have been the younger. 20, Left their father ... with the hired servants --Zebedee was not left helpless. Tho family was ap- parently in comfortable circum- stances. At least one of the four men here mentioned had been a disciple of John the Baptist, and all of them, doubtless, had often spoken of Jesus. 'Their determine, - tion to became active disciples of his may hisses been already farmed; his unexpected appearance and call at this time supply furnished the opportunity for earrying their, re- solve into effect, LUKE 5: 1-11, Luke's Amami' of the enli of the four disciples, Simon, Andrew, James and John) sleds many 'sir- ctutistantial detalks to the ,eonerse statement ofMark. At this :point sn his narrative Luke's iufortnefien is clearly taken from another fill - ler account which it seemed to him important to incorporefe in his no•rralive. Verde 1. Gennoaaret-•-The, name of 'the Rifle trl,'tin touching the northwestern shore of the Son of Galilee (Matt, 14. 34; Mark G. 63); and hence frequently also given boJpRivILELES OF °il TO the lake itself, I ` d � L rJ rJ • 2. Two boats ---One belonging to Simon and Andrew and the other probably to James and John, 6. Master—Simon's use of this title indicates that he already re- garded himself as a disciple of Jesus. 0. They inclosed a. great multi- tude of fishes—Th-e fourth Gospel records a similar miraculous draught of fishes at the end of our Lord's ministry and following the resurrection (John 21. 0). The dif- ferences between the two narra- tives, however, warrant their be- ing considered as accounts of two separate events. 7. Begato sink—Were :n da'rger of sin kingn .. 10. Jesus said unto Sim to—Ad- dressing him as the sporcosinan of the group and in resp prise to his own words. 11. They left all, and followed him—This is the important fact re- corded in the narrative, and for which the other events entrained simply form the appropriate act ting. MARK 1. 21-28. The remaining verses of our les - eon (21-98), together with six addi- tional verses not included in the lesson selection (29-34), record the successive events crowded into a day of helpfulness which Jesus spent at Capernaum. A parallel account of this day of miracles and teaching is found in Luke 4. 31-41, one of the passages which Luke seems to have taken from Mark, as suggested in the introductory para- graph above. -- Verse 21. Capernaum—Situated near the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The exact site has never been determined, Caper- naum was for some time the head- quarters of Jesus during the period of his Galilean ministry, and a cen- ter to which he often returned from shorter teaching journeys. 29. As having authority, and not as the scribes—The scribes were in the habit of citing various au- thorities for the teachings they set forth. Jesus spoke in his own name, without this usual deference to the recognized authorities in matters of law and doctrine. 23. A man with an unclean spirit —A man with a malady which made on those about him the impression of being under the control of some foreign, hostile power or spirit. For a fuller discussion of the whole problem of demoniacal possession, see Introduction to Text Studies for March 10. 27. They were all amazed . What is this 1 ... he commandeth even the unclean spirits—This verse gives us the key to a correct under- standing of the narrative which precedes. We have in Mark's ac- count of these events, as in all of our gospel narratives, a record of the impression which the words and works of Jesus made -on his contemporaries, including the dis- ciples and evangelists. HOW TO STOP STAMMERING. Pathetic as it is, one can hardly help ,smiling at the story of the little stammerer who, when asked by a gentleman the way to the station, stuttered out: 'You'd be there be fore I could tell you, sir 1" Stam- mering is due to a peculiarly ner- vous temperament, anal only very sympathetic treatment can effect a cure. In a child it should have im- mediate attention, and the, first thing is to improve the little one's health by means of plenty of sleep, fresh ,air, and good food, Every day he should take deep breathing ex- ercises in the spot air, to strength- en the muscles of the throat, and counteract a spasmodic habit of breathing. Notice should be taken of thesounds which the little stam- merer has most trouble with, and sentences containing these sounds should be composed for him to re- peat each day—very slowly and clearly. Re.,should be asked to read aloud every day, and, what is very important, he sibonld never be laughed at or scolded, AH-TIS&•OO 1 The only attention we pay to a sneeze at the present day is to en- deavor to get rid of the •chill which causes it; but a sneeze in the days • of old Greece, was •n, matter of great concern and import, There was then a goal of sneezing, end great undertakings would even be aban- Boned if is man snoeze.si at an inap- propriate moment, the act being looked upon oe the oracle of the god, A seem between midnight and noon with looked upon as a fors innate sign, but between noon and midnight it betokened great dnsp- fortutle, To sneeze to ;your right way lucky; to the left unlucky. Iliac q 1 foto' sa11ee3rrs Vers ,clkyl ogle or tilrree wiry u+uluelcy,'ant stiy nectar - taking in Maud should, 11 possible, be abandoned; 'inose 'thee four sneezes diel not count. Aare $4c.• a,. saying in many parks of England to- clay, " Oecc is wish, twice a three i,imcs, a letter, four times solve I h'.'. better." 1fpeople enosz.. ed togaa rr err it was a good sign, par tieul.arly if they happened to be dis- otreaaing business, ANCIENT CUSTOMS TIEAT STILL EXIST IN ENGLAND. Celebration That Makes ri Profit for One Village—hlitelr of ,Bacon, To this day there are many towns in Great Britain that enjoy special and peculiar privileges of various kinds. It was the custom until re cently for manorial courts to hold juriediotion in oentadn areas, and their rights to punish, reward, levy taxes and make focal appointments were recognized as thoroughly as are, to -day those of the local assizes of the county councils. These courts were known as courts lest, courts customary and courts baron. In many places the sites where these tribunals sat are still pointed out. Near Leominster, for instance, which is a Hereford- shire market town, a magnificent old elm goes by the name of the court legit elm. The court sat be- neath its shade, At Montisfort, near Romney, court baron still eurvives, but its powers, are limited. The village of Beaconsfield, in Buckiugha nehiro, occasionally holds a court lout, the members of which are selected from the freeholders of the place. This court assembles for the purpose of choosing the parish constable, town crier, ale taster and pay warden, The court must be convened by the word of the manor, and meets very infrequently. There was a meeting hast year, THE FIRST SINCE 1899. However, if these manorial courts have for the most part disappeared, it i$ still possible to find a large number of towns or villages which enjoy peculiar rights of some kind. When, some years ego, an act of Parliament robbed the cinquo ports of their most ancient privileges. Brightlingsea, a cinque port limb or appanage, was in .some way ever - looked, Consequently its inhabi- tants are still exempt from serving on juries, they cannot be taken by the press gang and the town case still appoint its own ale taster. It is at Brightlingsea that the ceremony of electing the mayor takes place in tale belfry of the parish church, and there is an an- cient statute ;sti.11 unrepealed to the effect that the inhabitants have the privilege of wrecking the, arouse of any freeman who is foolish enough to refuse the honor of election to the town's chief civic. dignity. In at least one manor, that of the Earl of Carnarvon, the inhabitants May cheerfully disregard the enact- ments of the .ground game act, pass- ed twenty years ago. The,aucient right of free chase and warren• over freehold land is still in force there. Indeed, it wes actually exercised a very few years ago, and a private bill was brought into parliament de- signed to do away with it. The hill, however, FAILED' TO BECOME A LAW. The freedom of the city of Lon- don carries with it nominally, at any rate, the right to keep pigs in the parish of Saint James, Picea- dilly. But even were anyone lis- posed to avail :himself of this liber- ty, and if the sanitary authorities failed to object, land in that part of London, is somewhat too costly for profitable pig farming. Much more sensible is the com- mon field system enjoyed by the people, of Knockholt, Rent, and at one or two other places. A common field belongs to ,separate owners and is divided into keg, narrow strips, each about ten yards wide. Cer- tain rules regulate its management. The whole field is put under ono crop, to the cultivation of which its owners contribute equally, They then share the proceeds of the crop,, and, after the, harvest is in, each and all of them enjoy the right of shock—that is to say, they may turn their cattle in to feed over the stub- - ble. Chetwode Manor, in Buckingham- shire, is by ancient law permitted collect what is known as THE .P,,HYNE TOLL. For a certain' period of the. year in tate ]ate autumn all cattlepassing on any road in the liberty of the manor have to pay a toll at the rate of two shillings a soore, The beak tenants are permitted to composted for an annual payment of ono shil- ling. The commencement - of the Rhyne toll is announced by the sounding of to horn, first at Church Hill, Buckingham, andthen on the Oxfordshire border of the manor. Dunmow's ilitct) o baeop, eIleh>~t tion is a valuable asset in that it. yields e, profit to the town of about/ 200 a :year, It appears that thio toren of Widmer, in Staffcrdaitrre, '. has •a tourt roll of the, elate of King Edward II. which likewise permit's t�to lord Sf the snakier to pre,;ent.15 r. . flit r of bacon .ted sen tl�i'- c c n io a snarl coup 11-4 have lived happily fora yeas anti a day. There has never yet been a claimant for alio Wiehnor flitch but it is extremely probable ' that the old right may he revived. ar'cl Dunmow provided with to rival. i,r