New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

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which we buy of countrywomen az 40 oe'''n'S' VI
s cents. bunch. bunch contains as mHch ~ Il
woman can carry on her head. Ordinarily Duh'h
will last ten Says Fo. OTHER cooking vr ne charcoal
for which We nav about - cents for - lou''uS'
q sufi,irnt quartitv for twenty day. con
SUMPTION. Tie Italian cooking apparatus ia'hS
many of the cor ycnicuccs Wlurh ar l"inlS"'" -.
the American ranges Int il Ia, %: least the ineT q"
economy in its favor. II j. also to te conin'ho'"
for the reason that il throws very Htlf h'a "u'
into tbe Kitchen with the kitchen on the sh'"y
side of the house the Italian cook - "rThhly COM
tor,olIe on t,e hottest .iays: the ocation Of her
lines m this respect mus be preferred 10 that OF me
American cook whose vocation ia 20 'tcw, fry roast
and ners,,;r. j., connection with an American range"
The thing that American housewives living III
italy desire most of all in the kitchen they have n''
| bavsin mind the oven. Our lan'ladY cent over
Yesterday what she called "Couniry "N'h' a''
although il was a most uupromising looking o't"'
the mistress of the house, grown desperate III w
cravings for pudding determined 10 give II "
trial II had been covered with oil to Keep IL ir"ni
rusting but the landlady guaranteed that 'h' on
would move off under the influence OF neat inc
heat was applied and apparently the "idid m"''""'
Then fine rice and rasins fort was thought
10 have simple thing orthr first trial. w'rclnlN''
mt into tin pan ofdouhful antcccdcntS and so {"
WAS a triile ludicrous. Imagine round pan oil
sheet iron. eighteen inches in diameter and four
inches deem set on legs three inches high INT -
bolf the "corntry oven" The other hall is another
sheet iron nan like the first but without legs ana
and it's function 10 that Of cover tn the hf'' h'"
from the top half Of the oven rises sh''' non
chimney When in use the oven l. put over one 81
the little charcoal fires in the stove. and another
fire il kindled ON the cover that the food Il H.
orally between two frs II the cook wants
10 see how tho baking is progressing She must
run y hroomsick through the STAYS 81 the chimney
aud resolve the oven into its component paris '
unified and unccaSnU cXPriOnS of the four inmates
Of our house put forth for the space Of ninety MN
utes were awaiting that ~ ne en-! nl INA, 'i,'I
rice and Taisins came forth from the oven lhihv
of perfect beauty. But am sorry 10 say thi' ]" Wa
not destined that the pudding should give ia graz
JOY. We hal very good illustration OF tnal ~
wisPacreism that the proof of the pudding rs III re
eating In the first place the oil which We tIohtnI
had moved oil had not moved OIL NJ ali anu w ,r
second place the ovens chimney had aprafInlS
been acting under the impression thAt the phduI1k
would not he good for anything without % SEASON
ing of smoke and charcoal and cindrrs ii lh Puu-
ding had not been ulenttullv stocked with rasns we
could not have adhered Ia our solemn resolution u
| in advance to eat II, no matter "hat II Snoulu
turn ont TO be- person of courage and dctrriina-
| tion can worry down almost anything in the pud.
ding line il only il be well spotted with ralSnS: III
none xplosive oil stove could he Introduced mo
Italy should say that il would sell rra lily. Int
| il one would make the venture hr must elther ~
! monstrate the absolute non-cxploSiveneSS OF nlS
stoves or sell them with life insurance atla'hcn,
| The general impression in Italy, and IN iact thc
world over is that the oil stove is VAN thlhS ior
safety Most cautious people would prefer 20 I'VE
| caketess puddingless and pielesS lives, than To
! get cake pudding and pie by the Introduction
| into their homes of an oil stove
TIE CONSULTATIONS or PHILOSOPHY.
After all perhaps Italy quite as we'll of without
ovens and other c0nvenicnccs for pie and pudding
making l fancy Americans have more pie and
a.. ftnrn hat
should be an occasional palate-tckler into a
staple article of food. There is no American.
however low his estate, who is content
to eat a dinner without one Of the p's III it, People
who cam afford il are perhaps not TO b. criticised
| if in free country they eat what they liz. Such
people have a right 10 hang mp in their dmnSr"oms
in the place of the favorite dining-r"om motto The
| Lord will Provide" that other scntnrnt 50 dear to
sef-indurent people: q De gustibuS non dlSpu' in-
| dunn" But poor Ancri' ans, who are compelled -
practice economy in living should be taught not 10
p their harl-earncd money into that which i not
! food.
Ono Of tho nice things ahout housekeeping IN Italy
! is that servants are cheap and good They are not
above their business. They recognize those whom
they serve MS their ,upcrors, and they make the
recognition without GrumhlIng or even rrpnIng. II
is almost worth while to come all the WY from
America for the sake of finding ont hat an agree
! able thing it is 10 rule your own household In
America if you hand Bridget pair Of luots and say
| to her: Bridget, will you have tn" Kindness, II
YOU are not too much fatigued, to blackcn thcse
boots" Bridget drops the boots as if they were a
q pair of contagious diseases, and presenting you
with her copy of the Declaration Of Independence,
asks YOU to read what II SAYS about all mrn being
created equal etc. In Italy, servants black boots,
| clean clothing and do everything else that they
! should do Certainly one can blame person for
diSliking the lot of servant but IL does seem rca-
| sOnablc that when undertakes iOrValuc received
! 10 do certain kind of work work should be
| done Summer visitors tO the White Mountains are
| i'm some of the hotels waited upon ht undergrad
| mates Of colleges and female scmindrics Which
might he all well enough it, while they were sr' in
| as winters the young men and women would forg' .
| their connection with the several institute of
learning from which they hail. They not
only will not forget IT. Int they. insist
who have the misfortune to receive food
at their hands ard on rubbing il in. They keep all
the boardcrs of the house in tiind suhj"ciion, and
| woe to the newcomer who in the Innocence ot his
heart treats them waters are ordinarily treated.
| For newcomers they keep large assortment OF
rods constantly in pickle" Peril Us the case Of these
| condition of things in America n rcgIrd- ~crVGns.
| II will not he long before American dictionary
| makers can dispense with the word u" servant
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