Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-05

struction above to the presumptlve cook,
whose mind resembles an unwritten page.
Should the girl possess talent fol-
cookery, and comprehend readily, it may
happen that many mistresses may feel
recOnciled with past misconceptions. The
first successful roast prepared entirely by
the cook, fragrant and adjoining the table.
fills her with an exultant feeling of that
excusable pride which makes any result OF
our personal endeavors seem so precious.
In the meantime only too easily, those
same chords ring in the soul of the cook
which vibrate in the bosom of the house
holder The latter, it IS known, some
times takes occasion TO increase the rent
for the very reason that his tenant with
great trouble and expense has known
how to arrange his dwelling in pleasant
and comfortable manner For, thinks the
landlord, the dwelling which is now so
lovely as matter of course must be bet
ter paid than the former ugly and taste
less affair. Thus the cook after her
teaching becomes conscious of her own
increased worth, and the mistress can
thank her good fortune if the girl only
demands increased wages. AS rule the
ambition of the well educated cook fol-
lows hlghhying level, and as thanks for
the instruction she has enjoyed, she gives
warning and advertises herself as per-
fected cook where broader and more
paving field is offered to her activity.
The perfect cook distinguishes herself
from the other category out of which she
| has developed according to nature,
among other things, in making increased
demand upon her employers purse, for
discreet treatment and the recognition of
her authority The perfect cook stakes
40 words''-with the obstinacy of q
father in the church she holds fast (nst-
withstanding the outspoken wishes Of
her employers to the contrary to that
which she has in the course of her exper-
fence come to regard as dogma. The
housewife may explain to her ten times
that the master does not like sugar on
green beans The perfect cook knows
better; 1t stands written on her soul
it is her inalienahle right to
ence of higher power can hinder her in
feared that she will smuggle in at the
last moment the forbidden ingredient
should the mistress turn her back. If
she has once won the conviction that it
suits the customs Of a perfect cook to
envelope the patridges in smoked bacon
preparatory to roasting, no weight of ar
gument can compel her to use unsmoked.
Should she cook Belgian cabbages with
bouilleu, every other method Of prepar-
ing them is a gastronomic barbarism. And
if the mistress in modest guise suggests
that an old adage runs de gustsbus,
* she shrugs her shoulders and
mutters something, usually phrase in
the turning of which runs, "never in my
life," and shows during the remainder of
the day in slight ironical behavior.
Any reprimanding pretensions on the
part of the mistress on account Of any
spoiled dish, the perfect cook will abso-
luteIy not endure. and it is remarkable
fact that the disappearing criticisms of
the master always happen to fall at the
very moment when the cook least deserves
them. Should her master find the soup
unsalted, he can reckon with certainty
that exactly this time she has put in an
unusually large quantity of salt. She
cannot understand or account for the
pretended freshness, and moreover she
tasted the soup before serving and found
it savory II the roast is too pale, she
has had the greatest anxiety on this occa-
sion lest it should be too brown. In
sauce too peppery, she has put the least
possible quantity in, not nearly as much
as the cooking receipt demands. The
gentleman must have eaten something
which has disagreed with him; perhaps
the wine was too sweet. In no
case can she deserve criticism
or reproof, for the term ''per-
feet COOKE is so taken literally in her
case, absolute perfection and Instability
are essential factors of her comprehensi-
bility. Should perfect failure occur in
a meal which no denial can cover, as for
instance, the budding burned to coal, a
soup in like manner permeated with
smoke so that only starving person
could eat it, a chicken so favored with
gall that no excuse car help; then
there has been constellation of opposing
circumstances, an evil fate, which has
maliciously crossed the endeavors of the
perfect cook. The bell has rung so often,
the waiting maid was out, and she must
answer; or the hateful east winds drove
the smoke down the chimney; or the mis-
tress has expressly wished this or that so
made and not otherwise, or the trouble
was in the meat, vegetables, water, fire,
or the wind, anywhere except in the sim
gle, faultless one among all these faliable
things, in the ever perfect cook.
Not alone as preparer of food, not alone
as goddess of the range does our cook
play notable part; her influence upon
our veal and woe discovers itself IN her
position as marketer. And here
she also does not do violence to
her grand and talented nature
which free from all prejudices goes its
way self-reliant and untroubled by the
institutions of public morals. And here
another handsome trait of her character
appears, i. G. the disposition and abil-
ity for clothing disagreeable things in the
folds of harmless pleasant expression:
What the ordinary individual usually
characterizes with very brutal but ex-
pressive word, the perfect. cook in her
testing cheerful manner terms the
"market penny" The theory of this
market penny should be explained: A
bundle of asparagus which can be bought
at 20 cents is charged to the mistress at
25, the five cents is the private dot of the
inventive purchaser. CHOW Mrs. Cook"
one may hear the huckster women call
ing to the basket-laden servant girls,
''wont you buy something from me?
Here is q chicken. I'll let you have it for
IS cents and you can charge it to your
master at U.s." Huckster women and