The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-12
OLIVE mARrEn's LETTER.
PurLAprLpura. March 8 Is7a

lecture, illustrated by pots and pans
aud the preparation ia public of some
dish or other. with a running com
mcntary on the culinary arr. The
lady who gives these instructive
lectures is English, aud the dishes
she teaches how to make are thoea
found in history, but very unpalata.
BILE to the average American appetite.
Silas Weggs' "weal aud hamsv aad
many other classical dishes. including
Sam Weller's famous bubble and
squeak" will new become familiar d
our tables, aud we viii soon sit down
to a regulation English dinner 81
roast beef and a pot of "arf ard arf;'
without thinking of our own delicate
aud d~aintily compounded side dishes
and pies and cakes, preserves, pick.
les, etc. Seriously speaking, | musl
say that | think il is tie height OF
presumption in any English person
whatever to come over here ard try
10 teach US how 10 cock. | lived &
year and a halt in England, part Of
the time in London, and oitea 10
other parts Of the country. 10 The
interior, and | can honestly GseIste
that ! never ate che really veil got
ten up dinner. They have no idea
Of condiments, still less of the intiuiye
variety of preserves, %jellies, and
pastry as well as the multitudinoas
array Of cakes, cusrards, creams, and
other dsinties Of our c~oncociing
They have few vegetables, aud do
not know . hundredih part Of the
different ways OF dressing those few
that are 10 common use here. Tney
have very few fruits, aud their pre-
serves are nearly limited to raspberry
jam and bitter orange marmslade.
No family makes i,s own bread
Soups and siews are rare with then
ross, joints and boiled legs of mutton
With nasty sweet mint sauce, or ca
per ssuce and boiled turnips, are
their pieces de resistance, and pies
male of goose heads and necks and
feet. and chicken gibIets and ia short
meat pies Of every conceivable vari9-
~ are their very daintiest di-bes.
That they like those things is no sign
that we will and imagine that the
lady in question will learn more than
she tesGbes.
We are having such a surfit OF
theatrical amusemeu snow than every
one is altogether tired of new stars
and "comhinafions" aud will DC real
ly GLAD when lent has come with its
religious calm. Lent is much regard
ed here by ehe elite Of the city, and
The Catholic element entirely, but
still there are enough of people 10
always take the places left vacant Ia
places of amusement. III. NJ. s. Pima
fore has had a curious success ia ell
the theatres, but now the two best
companies are going away. n to
Wilmington, and the other don't
know where, and it will be a long
day before there viii be any other
play that will so well please the
public.
One of the Sensations" of the day
is the arrival Of the rage for the
Se:keys Tea that is creating such a
furore in France and England where
it is drank now by tue eogsacad
This tea is supposed tt come as near
being the fountain Of perpetual youth
as anything could be, as it preserves
the freshness Of early girlhood to an
advanced age. 1t is a simple tea
made of the leaves of certain aromat-
ic and balsamic plants peculiar to the
oriental countries, aud has wonder
ful properties fer keeping the skin
pure and fresh and giving health to
the body and elasticity to the step.
1t is also highly tonic and curative
and has an aromatic, slightly bitter.
bpt not unpleasant taste. l. should
be drunk eopiously just lise cay 9th
er tea. A teaspoonfnl OF it steeped
10 a quart of water makes sufficient
for a day, and it a be drunk with
either cream and sugar or clear.
have seen it used in Turkey
where all the ladies of the barem
drink it just as we do water. 1t
makes q delightfully."- refreshing drink
with slices Of lemon added. The
leaves stepped In water and used in
the bath have a fine effect on the
skin, rendering it soft and fair as an
infants. Gsman /, is said to have
discovered this and introduced lis
use to the ladies of his seraglio, and
it was then called Tcherkess tea, or
Circassian tea. The Turks call Cir
c~assian Tcherkess. 1t was also used
with great effect during the reign Of
Louis XIV, and it is q matter of
history that the ladies Of that ephoc
were all beautiful, but then cane
revolutions and anarchy and its use
was partially neglected, to be now
revived in Paris, and, as a matter of
course, here. 1t is now brought for
the FIRST time iuto use in America,
aud in philadelphia the Company
have their headquarters, and the
store is thronged with buyers from
morning till night. There is one
thing sure about 1t, there is nothing
in the least degree burtful 10 it and
it can be drank BY infants as well as
grown people.
] drank it while 1 was in Turkey
with what | considered remarkable
results at the time, GDd left 1t oh
when | left there aud thought ii;tle
more about it, bat | beg you to be-
iieye that shall invest months
salary in Serkeys tea, apd commence
drinking II regularly for ! am older
now than ] was then. and need it
more. But all joking aside, The tea
is really all that is claimed for it. p
certain promoter and preserver OF
female freshness q complexion aud
excellent health.
| had q visit this afternoon from
Miss Annie Nj Starr, the lovely young
Journalist ] wrote you about once be-
fore; and the hours sped by a. Cd
wings, for Der conversation is az.
spFightly as her writings, and ] can
do what / seldom do-listen 8 whole
afternoon wiihons wanting to do any
thing but listeD-snd she is so young,
too. | was amused al Der Graphic
description Of a visit to the Il biological
Garden, for she is az ardent natural