Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-02-04

n SERMON TO tlRLS-ON COOK ING.
Cooking classes have been popular
among fashionable young ladies Of late
years. But there Is no cooking class
which quite equals in its opportunity
for excellent information, that which
you may feel at home. Presuming that
| am talking to girl who has Just left
school. l4advise you to make use of your
leisure IN taking lessons of your mother
There is an absolutely splendid feeling
of independence in knowing how to
make perfectly light, sweet. substantial
bread. Then try your hans; at biscuits,
mullins, corn bread, toast, aud all the
different forms into which breadstufs
may be blended. Toast seems a simple
thing enough, but it ia frequently SO
poorly made that it does not deserve the
name. Toast, g necessity Of the sick
room, is often . hopeless mystery to
women who have the vaguest idea OF
how it is evolved from the raw material
After you have mastered the bread
question, try meats and vegetables
Any bright girl who can comprehend
an equation, or formulate q ayllogisrn
can overcome the difficulties which be
set her when learning to cook. Lucent
syrups, golden cake, deiicateiy Drowned
bread, quiyering jellies, melting creams,
and the whole set of material things
glorified. because made for loves sake,
and for the good of ones dear ones, are
fit expressions for any woman. The
charm Of this accomplishment lies in
the fact, that it ilnparts to it's owner a
gratifying sense of power, 1t bestows on
her, too, the power of blessing and rest
ing thOse she loves best. Wherever the
cook goes she takes ner welcome along.
One may tire of the sweetest singing
of the lCveliest poetry, of the finest
painting, and of the most witty CONVEX
sation. but of good cooking, never But
l would be sorry to have you contented
to be only 6 cook, only domestic ma
chine. That is not my meaning or
intention. Be artist, poet, inventor
aud we'll woman be the most and
the best that you can, and add, as 8
matter Of course, ability to keep house
well and to do all that good houselaep
ing includes.-M. Z. Sanga5ey.
To YOUNG AUGHoRs.-Unders
in the first place, that few writers ever
gain fortune by the products of theil
pens; and, to earn money at all, yoU
must gain experience in your calling
serve an apprenticeship to it as to s
trade or profession. Many young
writers with the egotism of youth, fancy
that their best thoughts are also the
best thoughts of others; they also place
a high paeuniary value on their first eff
fort, send it to some paper for publica-
tion, and deem themselves on the high
way to fame and fortune-a delusion
speedily dissipated, in most cases, by
the Cminous words, Respectfully re
jected.n 1t is long before they can com
prehend that, so far from being paid for
their crude attempts, they are fortunate,
indeed, if they find publisher who
will give them space in his paper to
make acquaintance with the reading
public without equivalent. If in earn
est in their work, they will gladly avail
themselves of the privilege, and per
haps succeed in making e name fol
themselves after that, whatever profit
there is in literary labors falls to their
share But it's hard work, with com
paratively little "money in it." Ener
SON is now "A years old, and his last
volume is the only one which has ap
preached remun erative sale. Bryan
died in his 85th year. and he could no
| bay q modest house with sill he received
| in his life from his poems. Washing
ton irving was nearly 20 years old be
fore the sale of his works at home NE
the expenses Of his simple life at Sun
| nysi;le And yet these are men of ex
ceptonal sbility. If you are wise
young man, choose some humber call
ing, by which you will gain asurer live
| liho0d.