The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-13
Things We Throw Away.

| have been told by many ladies that
they never throw away anything. |
have been defied by others to mention
anything except dirt which they did not
cling to like rich aunt. Now, to begin,
does any housewife ever throw away
crusts and odd pieces of bread, or does
she only slip them into catch-all
when no one is looking? All We that
are liable to be tempted in this way
know that crusts carefully saved can be
made into griddle- cakes, puddings,
meat-dressings, iish-cakes, and when
dried in the oven and ground up with
the rolling-pin they can be used for
thickening soups and gravies, or for
any purpose for which rolled crackers
are used. The pan of crusts care
fully kept will save the measure of
meal or crackers, and leave another
little coin in the purse to be generous
with, or wear away the barriers of mar
row means. You have heard of the
lady whose cake disappointed her in
the very face of company coming to
tea. Did you also hear that she was
mad and threw it away She did moth
ing of the kind. Instead, she cut it up in
slices, made dell6ate custard, brough.
out her preserves, and rriumphantly
placed on the table a very palatable
charlotte russo. Another lady, in re-
lating her marital experience, said her
husband objected to having rhubarb
sauce brought to the table more than
three times in successioul OF course
she threw it away, and, of course, he
twitted her with being wasteful. Oh,
if one had but dared to suggest to the
unhappy woman that she might have
taken her rhubarb sauce, or any
other sauce that CHANGED to offend
by its too great familiarity, and
have made of it nice large tart,
with fancy twisted bars across the top,
and thus she would have Modified the
tyrant man. l wonder if every living
housekeeper knows that apple jelly and
vinegar can be made from apple
parings? Save the parings in the ice
chest till sufficient quantity accumu-
lates; wash, cover with water and boil
quickly for an hour. Strain through a
Jelly bag, add half the quantity of
white sugar, and boil gently two hours.
Flavor with vanilla and pour into
heated glasses. For the vinegar, the
parings are put into jug, little
water is added and they are allowed to
ferment in a warm place behind the
stove. Do we throw away old clothes
before all use is got out of them and
they are rags? Some don't, more do.
With the scientific housekeeper the
shining robe of state descends in regu-
lar gradations till its lowly lot is cast in
comfortable mat beneath the feet.
With the less industrious and the i'm
mature, who are constantly taking their
places in the world, clothes are often
thrown into the rag bag before they
are half worn out. A child's dress
gets short in the sleeves, and in it
goes A skirt shrinks and demands
piecing out. The demands, like the
demands of an oppressed people, are
consigned to oblivion, the oblivion OF
the rag-bag. Changing fashions con-
denim many garments to that pit OF
darkness before their time, and the
point at which discretion judges
best to take stand against outside
pressures must ever remain an individ
ual matter to decide. While some may
overstep the boundary on one side OF
the other, the woman of reflection viii
generally do what is best.-GOod House
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