Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-03
INTERESTING 10, LADIES.

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With carssa yaIuA Bile work with the abor
ttitle, whfTizprssertsr 4 PRACTICAL system TO
the use Of privatef4mili.s. ID town and coun
try; with directions for carving, and arrang
ing thetable for parties, etc.: also. prepars
tions of foodfor sinval.ds and children. Il
Long and Brother are the publishers
1ssCookery," says the author, sis an art be-
longing TO woman's department of knowl
edge; its impor, anes can hardly be over ,es
Itlmoted, because it acts directly on human
health, comfort, and lmproveln mt. Whe,
studied, as it ought Always to be, for tn
sake of the duties involved, it is an art tina
! confers great honors on those who under
stand its principles, and make it the medium
Of social and domestic happiness. The ia.
bic, if wisely ordered, with economy, skill
and taste, as the central attraction of home
the lady who presides there, with kindness
carefu.ness and dignity, receives nomay,
from the master Of the house, when b. piac /
| At her disposal the wealth for which he toiis
| The husband earns, the wife dispenses; are
not her duties as important as his? Ii this
| truth were acknowledged and acted upon, BY
giving the science OF domestic economy q
prominent place in semnaries for female ed
ucation, We should soon witness great i'm
provements in household management. Miss
Sedgwick has asserted, in some of here use
full books, that sthe more intelligent wo-
man becomes, other things being equal, the
more judiciously she will manage her domcs.
tic concerns And we add, that the more
knowledge a woman possesses of the great
prin -iples of morals, philosophy and human
happiness, the more lln. ortance she will at
tach to her station, and to the name of a
GOOD housekeeper.' 1t is only the frivolous,
and those who have been specifically educa-
ted, Or only instructed in snowy accomplish
ments, who dcspi:e and neg lect the ordinary
duties Of life as beneath their notice. Such
persons have not sufficient clearness Of rea-
son to see that domestic economy includes
everything which is calculated to make peo-
pie love home and feel happy there. One of
the hrSt duties of woman in domestic life Is
to understand the quality of provisions and
the preparation OF wholesome food. The
powers Of the mind, as we'll as those of the
body, are greatly dependant on what we eat
and drink. The stomach must be in health,
or the brain cannot act with its utmost vigor
and clearness, nor can there be strength of
muscle to p rform the purposes Of the Wills
We copy u few passages that will be Of n
terest 10 our lady readers - el~ TIIt
To preserve in dressing the full nourish-
ment of meats, and their properties Of d.
gestiveness, forms a most important part Of
the art Of cooking for these ends the object
to be kept in mind is to retain as much as
possible the juices Of the IN eat, whether roast
or boiled. This, in the case Of boiling meat,
is best done by placing it at once in briskly
boiling water; the albumen on tie surface,
AMI to some depth, is Immediately coagula-
ted, and thus forms kind Of covering which
neither allows the water to get into the meat,
nor the meat juice into the water. The water
should then be kept just under boiling until
the meat be thoroughly done, which it Will
BE- wa n every part has been heated to about
one hundred AMI sixty live degrees, the tenn
perature at which the coiarlng matter Of the
blood coagulates or fixes; at one hundred
and thirty three degrees the albumet sets,
bat the blood does not, and therefore the |
meat is rtd and raw. The almost everywhere-
agreed upon notion that soup, which sets into
strong jciiey, must be the most nutric;ous.
is altogether a mistake. The soup sets be-
cAuse,it CONTAINS the gela,ine or glue of the |
sinews, flesh an bones but on this im y incd |
richness alone it has, by c-nt experim "a 8.
2ecn proved that no animal can live. The
eiy OF bones boiled into soup, can furnish
ouly jelly for oar bones; the jelly Of s,new
or calf's feet can form only sinew :. neih
lesh nor its juices set into a Jelly. L is on
y by long boiling we obtain soup that SETS,
nut in much less time We get all the nour-
shing properties thai meat yields IN soups,
which are no doubt useful in G uses of recov- !
cry from illness, when the portions OF the
system in which it occurs have been wasted
but in other cases, though easily enough di-
sested, jelly is unwholesome, for it loads the
blood Hot only with useless bat disturbing
products. Nor does jelly stand alone. Nci-
her can We live on meat which has been
cleared Of fat, long boiled, anu has had all
he juice pressed out of il; a dog SO fed, lost |
n forty three days fourth OF his weight !;
n ffty-fye days he bore all the APP carance
If starvation, and yet such meat has all the
muscular fibre in it.
HINTS FOR HOUSEHOLD.
Far the greater proportion of households,
throughout our whole country arc managed |
without the aid Of much hired help, by the
females of each family. The maxim, elf
1ou would be wei served, you must serve
7ourself," has considerable truth in it, at
east those families who serve themselves, es-
cape many vexations Of spirit, because If the
work be very well done, when we do it with
our own hands we are mere apt to be suits
led. There are some sorts OF domestic work
hat of dairy work is one, which no hired
,elp would be competent to discharge. This
must be done by vito. or daughter, who
'ecls deep personal interest in the prosper
ty Of her husband or father. Many Of our
aners' wives are among the best housekeep-
RS in the land, possessing that good sense,
igor of mind, native delicacy Of taste or
act, and firm conscientiousness, which gift
he character with power to attempt every
hing that duty demands. These are the no.