The National tribune., 1885-08-20
LOYAL WOMAN'S WORK
The Household Conversation Club.
Puzzles, etc.
The Happy Household.

The Happy Household.
HAPPy HOUSEHOLD: wish some of the readers
of THE TRIBUNk would send mamma good re-
cipe for canning peas. And now L wall SEND the
recipe OF a cake for the girls of the Cooking Cluo
j make it for mamma, and would be glad TO near
from the one who tries IL.
Sponge Cake.-Four eggs. cupful sugar, one
small cupful flour, small teaspocniul baking pow
der. Beat the yolks of eggs and sugar Tor lo MIN
utes then add -four beat well. and then the whites
of the eggs beaten stiff. Last OF ALL add the bak-
ing powder.-Edith G. Brown Cooperstown
Grggs Co, Oak.
Harry HOUSEHOLD: know the girls will all
like this delicious pie, when once they have tried
1t. Who will bake one and report?
Cream Pie.-Make the crust 10y mixing one cup
full of butter two cupfuls of graduated sugar, one
cupful of milk, three and half cupiuls of sifted
-four five eggs, and three teaspoonfuls of yeast
powder. Bake in two iciiy-cake pans The fill
Ing for the cream pie: One and half pints of milk,
one cuIfuI OF sugar three eggs, two tsbespoonfuis
OF eornstarch, aud one heaping tablespoonful of
butter Boil the ingredients until thick as
starch. When the cake II cold, cut IT open ana
fresh, but better cold.--Alaude Essex, New Haven,
Conn.
Editors Chat.
VIVA Brewer, onondaga, Mich, says he Is
the author OF the second charade in THE TRIBUNE,
No. 81, and the answer is 'grain-bag."
Julia p Inge's questions have all been asked and
answered in THE TRIBUNE.
Levi Goodell: All questions received have been
inserted, from any source.
Thomas j. West, Woodside. Mimi, should mail
song direct to Herhie L. Davis. Sand Lake, Mich.
Benjamin Dyer. Westfeld Mass: Letter too
late. bu, well expressed. Come sooner next time.
Conversation Club.
Ra,cs Of The Gub.-1. Write briefly. 2 Write
side of the paper. 3. Write to the point. 1.
Write on snbject. s. Write your best. 6.
Send answers TO ali puzzles for of Editor. Each
week the names of those writing the best letters
style, composition, spelling, penmanship and gen
eral merit considered-wiil be named at the head
of this column the Honor Roll. First honor viii
include all of these requirements. Second honor
will include a deficiency IN some one point No
Others will be named.
HONOR RoLL-BEST LETTERS
First Honor-Frank welct, Wayne Me-; Lydia
E Day. Francoaia, Mimi; Wesley w. Rugg, New
ark. y.
second Honor-Annie NJ Aichorn, Fail River,
Mas; Harry Davis, Eaglewood, H.; Lucretis NJ.
Mericle, Box G. Toledo. Iowa
WHO WERE THE GREATEST PATRIoTs9
FRIENDS THE CLUB: Great and grand as were
the achievements of men during that terrible crisis
In the history of the American Republic, in my
estimation they were greater and grandcr
than the achievements of women. In the Is Colo
MES there was hardly dollar. and the whole num-
Der OF men hardly sufficient to cope with the
armies of Great Britain.
Under these circumstances il is plain to see that
much depended on womans work. While many
q woman went forth to engage in the battles of her
country, others cared for the comforts of the home
and a the time the comforts OF the army.
1t Is true thai woman could not carry the heavy
implements OF war, but she could and did, by her
tender words and by her care the life of many
weary, weak sick, wounded and dying soldier.
She very often acted spy, and by carrying in
foruationiD regard 10 the movements Of the enemy
many times saved the American army from
AT home, woman was obliged TO act fatherand
as mother. She cultivated the SOIL raised products
and defended the home from the cruel attacks of
the red man. TO her, mainly, the American army
looked for supplies.
One afternoon during the Winter at Valley Forge
the soldiers under Washington were on the point
OF open revolt. Nature could endure more, and
b-,tfr
and clothes. the patriotic cause seemed likely TO
fail. Punched with cold and wasted with hunger
the soldiers piIed beside their dying campfires.
Suddenly sho;i: was heard from the seutineis who
paced the ut. lines and at the time caval-
cade came Slowly through the snow up the valley.
Ten women III carts, each cart drawn by 10 pairs of
oxen and bearing tons of meal and other supplies
passed through the lines amid cheers that rent the
air. Those devoted women had saved the army,
anu independence from that day assured.
Most certainly woman Is OF the founders of
Rspubiici GRASP the pen my friends, and defend
yoar iorenioii'cre who did their part SO molly ia
the great struggle for American independence
Prank He.cii, Wayne. Ne.
FRIEsDs OF THE CLUB: would not claim with
f. WEIGH that the women did more than the men
In laying iAe foundation of our Government" but
think tha; Z r. does moi give the full credit
for the part which they played in the War Of the
caring for the hoJsehouid and its Interests in
cluded great deal 1T that time. Among other
duties may be mentioned the tiliing of the SOIL
caring for the animals feeding British officers and
soldiers with the bread for which their children
hungered and often hand-to- hand fights with the
Indians LIZ was a WON an who removed her shoes
and listened al the keyhoe, while her husband
slept. and overheard order read for all the Brit
fish troops to march out and surprise Gen. WASH
lngton's army. then eacamped at White Marsh
unconscious of their plans and FASTENED bear the
message TO Gen Washington, thus saving his army
from capture defeat,
Woman may never have risen TO the top of the
oratorical iaioer. bun 1t the eloquent appeals
OF woman t.sat caused the cold hearted Tareton
10 excIalIn: General, You have got into hornets
nest -
Woman may never have travelled to France for
troops" but filed the husbands place and
bravery guarded his post of duty while he was en-
gagged ia so doing
Woman may not have " fought at Bunker Hill
but she killed her share of Indians at home 40 in
number) and then. with helpless child each
arm, walked seven miles to place of safety
traced by The blood which flowed from wounds"
received In the fearful conflict.
The wife and sister of Mai Buchanan nodded
their spoons and plates into bullets while he an
his brave men were firing their last bullets And
when the house servants and family were aroused
from their SAUNDERS by the war-whoop the men,
paraiyzed with terror exclaimed: oh we shall
all be murdered! Get up and fight them" Mrs
Buchanan said III be ashamed to sit crouching
there when others fighting ~ and putting gu..s
in their hands AID hor own she led the Wv To
victory.
Hundreds OF such incidents could be given but
space for5ids. Honor TO whom honor is due Z" NV
husband and boii of my brothers were in the Union
army, and. although the sacrifices required of
women Ia the iate war were not those of the Revo-
luton, II required small courage To meet the
trials and SORROWS we enoured.-M. III. Woolpert,
LestsTille, Mich.
FARMER RERRY.