The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-26
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sumMER ~HoUsgkEEPlNa.

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Philadelphia Pies.
1t IL in the dog-dRys that the souls o
houseksepeEs are most severely tried
Appstites ara c~Apricious; dishes hearth!
eaten one day are sent away uutAsted tn
next, while the praissWorthy sCOnom!
praCticed at King Arthur's Court, Wherl
"What they could not eat that day, Thu
Queen next morning fried" becomes Al
impoHSibility, Cooked meata will not keel
long, even in the refrigerator, while cook
ed vegetables sour out oil the ice-chesh or
ff kept in it become "aAt, stale and IN
profitable"
In this state OF affairs 1t 10 well tc
follow the example Of jewellers In
hot climates, who live principally or
fruits and fresh vegetables. Dates and
bread form the chisf diet Of the desert
Arab, and the hardy East Indian eoolis
subsists almost entirely on rice. Bouil'
Ion, that is, light soup, fresh fruit, 4
salad and coffee 10 the FTenchman'I bill
Of fare for the hot weather. Indeed, ma
ture in this respect as in 60 many others,
is y law unto herself, and he who Sata
much meat in hot weather 10 apt 70 pay
the penalty iSr 1t in q cloggsd brain and
feeling Of general hsAviness. Breakfast,
especially, should in warm weather be 9
light meal. Milk and oatmeal or cracked
wheat, soft.boiled eggs, bread, which,
however, need not be stale, fresh butter
and fruit are far more refreshing and
healthy die. with the Thermometer up
among the uineties than hot cakes and
fried meat, washed with hot coffee.
The athletes In training Tor the Greek
games were restricted 10 Q diet OF bread
and milk and fruit, and in u own day
the prospective prize fighter 10 strictly
limited in his supply Of animal food. Do
Lewis gives 1t % his opinion that meats,
except lambs and chicken, should be o..
cheWed in hot weather, but then Do
Lewis would make. oatmeal the staff Of
life, and Ascribes most oil the Ills that tesh
10 heir to 10 intemperAuCe In eating. Yet,
while zone mans meat 10 another man's
poison" the TACT remains that in warm
weather much less animal food Ia mecca
sary than in cold, when the fires, o. TO
speak, need 10 be kept up and an exCesS
OF carbon Is required to keep Us warm. In
this state Of affairs 1t 10 . matter Of con.
graduation that nature provides us with
80 many dainty dishes, oil ready 10 DO
eaten. Strawberries, raspberries, bluebar-
riss, blackberries, and peaches may all
come 10 the table without the smell Of
Are having passed upon them, and eaten
with fresh country cream, are "a dainty
dish to set before . King" Tomatoes, eaten
raw, are q sovereign remedy for bilious
meas.
10 the county, where fruit and milk are
abundant, Ice cream, that most delicious
othot weather dishes, costa but very little.
Given q Ave minute freezer and q pailtul
oil ice, the rich milk, or, still better, cream
has but TO be mixed with the crushed
fruits, s%weetened, and left to freeze itself.
Covered with an old blanket or piece OF
carpeting, the process OF c~ongesling will
go on slowly but surely, with small aid
from you, even II your treez4r be bat q
tin bucket, only In that case you must cut
up the cream two or three timeA from the
bottom with q knife while l~ree1ing, In or.
der to prevent the formation Of crystals Of
ice In the freezer.
A popular fallacy condemns soup ss too
hot for warm weather. On the contrary,
1t Is one OF the best OF summer dishes. In
Q wellmade soup the process Of digestion
10 half Accomplished, and nothing else, ex.
Cept beettea, containing as much nouE.
ishment can be eaten with so little effort.
Vegetable soups are easily made, and well
made are delicious, ..lL
Oil and gas stoves are blessed inventions
to lessen the laboTs OF housekeeping in
sumner. The ire may be lighted 10 an
instant, and aA. quickly eKtinguiahed.-
There ~ no coal to carry, no ashes 10 ~
move, and the cooking oil an average fam.
lily may be readily doUe OF one, . that
there 10 no necessity for kindling Q fire In
the range, except on washing and ironing
days.
Against flies, that plague Of summer,
two weapons are observation-disclosures
and dainiinesa. The tables should be
cleaned % o 20 meals are over and all
crumbs carefully brushed up from table
and floor. The dlnlng.room should DO
kept dark between meals; but It will mot
do simply TO shut up the room, shutting
the lies In II. Close every door aud win.
dow but one, and drive the flies out
through that. This 10 by no means 8?
difficult as II appears upon paper, and
practice enables one 70 become quite d.
expert at the task.
Air ali sleeping rooms thoroughly every
morning, and Il possible sun the mat
tresses occasionally. Often at might, whom
the heat Ia unbearAble, 0 wet cloth stretch.
ed over the window blind will cool toe
room as though q shower bad fallen, and
every D knows how watering tho pave
ment in front Of the door will freshsn the
hot, dry air. This principle OF the reduc.
ton Of thu temperature BY evaporation s
capable Of much pr6ctieal application. IN
India and other tropical countries, where
iceis almost unknown, the natives cool
their water, for drinking BY s~uapendihg
their water bottles, which are Of porous
eArihenWsto, In q brisk current Of air,
caused by the punAShs Or large ianS |oi
the county. which process g BSld 10 rSol
il rapidly aud thoroughly. But above 81,
the great secret Of doing Homework With
comfort In warm weather 10 TO do 1t, ,as
much as possible, 10 the early morning,