Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-15
THE COOKING LECTURES.


The course Of cooking lectures under the
auspices of the Industrial union as an
nounced last week opened Yesterday after
noon at Red Men, hall with an encourag
Ing Attendance, some - or 10 ladies being
present. Upon being introduced by Mrs
Warder, president of the union, Mrs D.
\. Lincoln, the lecturer, whose name is a
familiar one in many households through
her various books, spoke Of Bratteboro rs
one of the places she had intended soon to
visit had she not been summoned by the la
dies, and expressed her qualification at
meeting So many Of them She had spec
tally pleasant memories in connection with
this locality, for when "A school girl part Of
a vacation was spent in Dummerston with
her aunt tn, wife of Rev. Mr. Foster, and
later in the same town she taught her first
and only term Of public school and the
impression made upon her at that time
coming as she did from an inland town, by
our beautiful hills and rivers, was one
which had always remained She spoke Of
her one visit to Brattleboro in those former
days, the two things which she remembered
clearly in connection with it being the old
mountain across the river aud the dish
Of mashed potatoes served for lunch at the
house where she stopped
emphasized the need, so often overlooked
by bousekeepers, of having the proper uten
sis as in cooking like all other work much
depends ON the tools used, and she request
ed the close attention Of the ladies 10 the
utensils and materials used in all the les
sons accurate measurements were also i'm
portant After little scientific talk on
why We eat and what our food does, and the
different kinds of food and their varied Of
fees in body building, the speaker came
to the topic for the afternoon, breakfast
Dishes The need of the right kinds of
food for breakfa fast was shown, the especial
call at that meal being for the heat giving
or starchy and fatty foods, the first in the
form of cereals, bread, potatoes, etc, the
second in milk or cream, aud plenty Of liz
uid some easily dgested flesh forming
food is also needed to provide against the
waste of tissue before the more substantial
meals of the day.
This brought the speaker to the prepare
ton of the dishes which were to form the
bill Of fare for the lesson, and as she deity
measured, toasted chopped and stirred,
every motion was closely watched aud the
clearly given directions carefully attended.
frequent questions showing the interest
The lecture abounded in useful hints as to
best ways of doing things and the why's,
best utensils saving of time and labor, etc.
The rules given were for white sauce, egg
vermicelli and eggs poached in tomato, and
incidentally, though not "A breakfast dish,
the rule for our grandmothers' pound cake.
At the conclusion of the lesson the dishes
for which rules had been given aud whose
making had been follc wed step by step,
were served, and proved as delicious to the
taste they were pleasing to the eye
Mrs Lincoln spoke of the new departure
in the public schools Of Boston and other
large cities, of making cooking part of
the curriculum, aud showed the text books
and cards which are used. She has with
her not only these but also copies of her
various other cook-hooks and some new
and improved utensils for facilitating the
work of cooking, for which she seemed to
find quite demand.
These lectures are an innovation for
Bratteboro, none of the ladies' present
having before attended lessons Of the kind,
and they bid fair TO he very successful
| The course has opened auspiciously, and if
the promise Of the first lesson is fulfilled in
the remainder of the course, as it unques-
tionahly will be- it will have been profit
| able venture Two lectures were an
nounced for today, that for the morning
upon bread making and for the afternoon
| upon pastry.
MIR. CHARLIER ENUMERATED.
From the New York Evening Post, Nov g.
The general term of the Supreme Court
| yesterday reversed the judgment obtained
/ by the Panama Railroad company against
Ellie S. Charlier for Si3, 1928 a. Mr. Char
lier has been ia the employ of the railroad
company at Panama, and had for time
acted as its cashier. The company claimed
TO hold him responsible for an alleged def,
cit in their accounts. Mr. Charlier claimed
that there was no deficit while he was in
charge, nor at any time so far AS he was
aware The general term holds that as the
deficit if any, arose months after Mr. Char
lier left the lsthmus aud that as he had
nothing 10 do with the entries made in the
books 10 create or conceal this deficit (which
entries were also made when he was not at
Panama. he is not responsible for the loss
if any, and the Judgment should he re
versed The opinion is written by Judge
Daniels, and Chief Justice Van Brunt aud
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