New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-07
COOKERY.

Internationally, and mortifyingly to the flesh,
do most American urban households observe the
ssn Ramsdan-period Of fasting-not publication
out pensnce.
For the Kelts who adorn our kitchens and kindly
tolerate Us in our humber spheres above stairs like
poppies spread or like the rainbow warm. like the
toreas race, like the fall the river. like
any other fleeing good which Mr. Burns forgot to
mention. or the meter refused to admit
In ante.war days the nomadio nature Of cooks wsl
the theme of jeremiads among housekeepers. But
we have fallen evil times indeed Those something's
between a hindranoe and help. repeat the history
Gilpns hat and wig and we lose them than be
fore For whyi They too big; which being
Cowper cannot be slang. When Mrs. Shoddy offer,
sixteen dollars month. with two afternoons out and
the aid OF sculery girl how shall Madame Cook stay
with Mrs. Nicely who pays but twelve-whose modes,
establishment comprises two servants, all told and
whose privileges only Thursday afternoons and
every other Sunday
The world laments. bitterly but ignorantly We
being philosopher, and observing the evil of what
Miss Nipper desgnates as "temporares," detect the
and know the But shall not tell it here
because we will not anticipate our great lecture
From Chaos to Chemistry. a Claim of the Kitchen"
(Terms. $50. Address The TRIBUSR.) Our business 4,
with the actual
~ The fugacious cook having disappeared, Angelina
sso plays the AdelaIeda divney and translates Les
Nis.r,bS running as she reads makes three frantic
and utterly finn, attempts to get dinner. Edwin re.
turning hungry al n,v, finds his charmcr weeping
among her SPOILED dishes. a Nv Marius above q
culinary Carthage. He remembers sbudderingly that
the too sensitive Vate cook OF the grea Condo killed
himself because a dish delayed Turn Angelina,
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take his meals out, till the cook comes while she
docs somehow"
To morrow. stalks in the new sovereign Iuc.ssu
pate, dea Famine gives place to plenty and the world
is no longer hollow But in brief fortnight cook is
three times found drunk under the cellar stairs Ignom
nious expulsion follows and deSoation again pervades
the kitchen
So cooking becomes the bane Of modern hfe and the
graceful and social service Of the table is a many
beaded monster devouring the time, the hopes. the
courage the strength Of fair young wives who give
fold too much to appease it, and yet, giving
ignorantly. give nothing
Our Concord sage laments the difficulty Of making
he stomach gentleman. Bat is he noti "Look. he
SAYS with what patient and fine skill issue supplies
10 nv great household. The clear BRAIN which meas
area and weighs the atoms Of the univese the slender
electric fingers that ravsh their deep secrets from the
ivory KEYS and dfuse them In musical fame the fash
feet the 1.-THE bs that utter the iuarticulate pas
sion and sadness and mad gayety Of the music; the
elastic uppeness Of the athlete the splendid strength
of the prgst-I feed thsuI keep them at their best
n Won will but treat me with respect ask bot little
carbon. little hydrogen. little nitrogen. much
oxygen. and remain, 10 the hope Of useful future
yoar very obedient, humble servant" concludes the
.tomaeh. after the manner Of wilkins Micswber
There, then. is the reason and excuse OF cooking.
Dinner mus. be well devised and well prepared, or u