Morris tribune., 1882-02-02
The Serving Maid.
From the Philadelphia Press.

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She is master of dialect, whether Dutch,
Yankee or Hibernian; her witticisms, un-
conscious or deep laid; her faithfulness to
the children in their mischief, or the heads
of the house in their trouble, and her USE
fulness in her station, make her position one
to be envied. Nor is the picture Of this
tenefcent being necessarily an exaggera-
ton.
Real life until lately furnished the basis
for them. Such angels eyist and not I'M
Rwafes. Every one can recall some visit to
q house either in city or country, where
Bridget or Mary Jane occupied place of
honor. She was cook and maid of all work,
she had been in the family for generation,
che was a capitalist in small way, had
snug sum laid up against rainy day, about
which she had frequent consultations with
her master, she was comfortably housed, on
Sundays went to morning service more gor-
geously arrayed than the queen of Sheba,
had time for reading or mild gossip with
her fellows, could shelter her nieces or her
nieces' children, and in fact was mighty
power for good to her whole neighbor-
hood.
Changed is the thingi in most Households
to-day. new "girl" every week or two,
untldy, slatternly, wasteful. false. lying,
thieving, determined to do the least work
for the highest wages, breaking dishes
recklessly, feeding her poor relations sur
reptltlously, taking advantage Of domestic
crises to seek green fields and pastures
new, and causing weary housewives to wish
they had never been born. The picture is
dark and doleful, but none the less true
Why should capable American girls who
could earn good wages, be treated decently,
live respectfully and be worth something,
choose to stand all day in heated stores, or
slave in mills, when, by looking realities
square in the face-for instance. becoming
cooks or second girls in respectable fam
lies-they might be more useful to the
world, live happier lives, and run much less
chance of shipwreck?
One or two girls who sincerely desired to
do this could scarcely turn the tide in favor
of this much neglected occupation, but if
several hundred should unite to bring it
about places would be found for every one;
for no walk in life is so glaringly under
filed, or fl led with such disreputable char
acters. Would not this be worth trying?
Decent families would welcome such a
change. and the influx of good blood would
soon raise servant girlisn to respecta-
bility.
Recipes
WHEATEN GEMs.-One egg, one cup of
sweet milk, three cups of -four, one even
tablespoon of butter, or two of cream, two
teaspoons of baking powder; bake in gem
pans in hot oven, filling the pans one
third full. Have pans hot and well but
tered when the batter is put on. Water
may be used in the place of milk, and the
egg may be omitted. Very nice.
COTTAGE PIE.-Mince any kind of cold
Y,oof Jonathan (baof ,orffo,, voo1 ,,orJ, ~,
lamb) put it about an inch or an inch and
half deep in pie dish, and cover it with
gravy; do not spare salt and pepper; cover
it over with mashed potatoes, smooth at
the top, and cut it across in diamonds with
knife; bake till it is crisp and brown at
the top. A little Worcester sauce may be
considered an improvement if onions are
not objected to.
CHEAP BEEF SoUP.--Cut into bits three
quarters of a pound of lean beef, put into
kettle with gallon of water; bring to
boil; add half q cup of washed rice, q car
rot, turnip, two or three stalks of celery,
(all minced), and little parsley and onion
if liked. Season with pepper and salt and
two or three whole cloves; boil very gently
two hours. Add water to increase the soup
to its original quantity.
BAKED Po1AToEs.,Baked potatoes are
the moment they are done. If delay is
unavoidable, wrap the potatoes closely in
cloth, the moment they are done, and keep
in warm place. They will be found al
most as nice as if eaten at once.
Creampot Cows.
Col. Samuel Jacques, of the Ten Hills
farm, In Somerville, Mass, having OBJ.
served that one COW in herd might pro-
duce three pounds of butter per week, and
another nine pounds upon the same feed,
thought to affect an improvement which
should give the greatest quantity Of rich
milk, affording the largest return of butter.
He is said to have found native" COW
raised in the town Of Crotch, giving milk
SO rich that it not unfrequ atty was con-
verified into butter by the simple movement
Of carrying. It is worthy of mention that
short horn blood was the selected means
Of fixing permanently II heavy milking tend
ency which was doubtless hereditary In this
indivi iual. The bull Calebs, imported in
1878, was used, and q course Of in-and- in
breeding was practiced for four generations.
so that the progeny became almost full bred
short horn, and yet ms tead of lnjuring the
power of milk secretion, the eSperimenter
was able to boast that he had COW whose
milk produced nine pounds Of butter in
three days. The creampots are not now
known, however; permanent breed was
not established. As there is no evidence
that the care and effort were continued,
even with or without q similar degree Of
skill, it was inevitable that the suspicious
beginning should fade into failure.
The Famous German Rouladelof Veal.
nj. I.n.. 40 80 a.. n 1o~.s, 6.c.ck