The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-28
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

Australia is the only civilized country In
the world which prohibits women from en-
tering the medical profession. Russia and
China permit them, and the queens Of Italy
and Roumania employ women physicians.
In st. Louis, Mo-, there Is a society Of col
ored women, numbering forty-three nem-
bers. which has raised recently the sum OF
| $1,000 for the support of the home for color
ed orphans.
Lydia Fairweather, OF Richmond Hill. N.
T., has invented a clothes-horse and ironing
board, consisting Of main frame with UP
per and lower brackets, cloths frames being
hinged on the main frame, while an ironing
board has pins at its inner end adapted to be
hooked on the brackets. and is provided
with leg, the device being foldaDle In small
space.
At least 60 per cent. Of the multitude Of
typewrlters In Chicago are women, as are Is
per cent. OF the typesetters, 30 per cent Of
the telegraph operators, and perhaps 70 per
cent OF employees In dry goods stores.
Mrs. Frances H0dgson Burnett was earn
Ing small salary as school teacher down
In tennessee when she wrote her first stor-
les 1t Is said that the stamps with which
her hrst story was sent to Peterson's Maya
zine were made by picking blackberries.
Her early stories attracted little attention,
and it was not until That Lass 0'Lowrie's'
was published that she became known as q
popular writer.
Rosa Bonheur's most constant companion,
IL Is stated, Is an artistic little pet monkey
Often, while she is painting with her NOM
key, the latter Is monkeying with her paint
ings, but Is careful not to damage them.
Helen Reed OF Boston, who for the past
eleven years has had studio In Florence,
Italy, Is to return to the United States In the
spring. Her latest work Is a beautiful To-
male figure representing the woman OF the
future. Ii has been cut In marble for q
wealthy New York lady.
In England there are nearly 10000 women
nailmakers and 347 blacksmiths.
An American woman writes from London:
"One thing will say, without fear Of con-
tradicti0n, and that i TO my sister working
women OF America, that no women Of any
land enjoy the same privileges and oppor-
tunities that we do; none receive the homer
age and thoughtful kindness from men that
we do; and none have the same opportunity
to expose wrong and indtgnity or demand
redress for 1t. Then let us strive to culti-
vate these privileges, and by our intelligence
aud wOrthiness make life so pleasant for
ourselves ana easy for those who may fol-
low us that they will say with the same fer
vor that We OF today say, THANK God i am
an American woman"
POTATOES EsCALLoPED.
Cut cold potatoes in very thin slices.
Make one pint Of white sauce as follows
Put two tablespoonful Of butter and two of
-four into a small sauce pan stirring them
together until the mixture bubbles but be
very careful that 1t does not scorch, then add
the seasoning-one small salt spoonful of
celery salt, one small salt-spoonful Of white
pepper, one seant teaspoonful Of salt, than
add gradually one pint OF boiling milk when
the last Of the milk is added the sauce Is
done. When making this sauce always stir
II rapidly with the bowl Of the spoon on the
bottom OF he sauce pan. A perfect whits
sauce mas no suspicion Of a lump and is aa
smooth as cream. There should never be
more than two layers In an escall0ped dish
for 1t should be cooked quickly lest the top
be Overdone before the middle Is cooked
through; this is especially true with oysters
when the top layers will be tough and shriv-
eled before the others are cooked sufficiently
Tor serving. Butter the escallop dish and
put IN layer OF potato, about a teaspoonful
OIL chopped parsley, then pour over II one
half OF the white sauce Repeat the layer OF
potato and sauce and cover the whole with
one half cup of cracker crumbs, mOistened
with one-fOurth cup Of melted butter. Bake
in quick oven until the crumbs brown
Boston Cooking School.
ANCIENT COMBS.
The Oldest specimens Of crumbs preserved
in the British Museum belong tn the period
of the second Egyptian dynasty; they are
made of wood, with coarse teeth rather wide
apart; where there is only single row
there is rough attempt to carve the back
into a semblanee Of a sacred animal, such as
the cow Of Athor or the goddess Of beauty.
Inc formation OF one specimen, In bone, six
proDged and rudely cut at the edges, sug-
geSts That IL was worn as an ornament for
the hair From that time to the middle ages
there |, no evidence to show that decorative
combs were in use. The Greeks were spec
tally faStidious in the arrangement of their
hair, and the SpaTtans, whose generals habits
were more severe, were no whit behind them
In the care lavished upon 1t, calling II. very
shTewdlS, the cheapest of ornaments, ana
before proceeding to battle the c0mbing and
dressing Of their locks partopk OF all the
sOlemnlty OF a religious rite. Before the bat
tie of ThermOpyl9 Leonidas and his follow.
ers were discovered by the Persian SPY n
the performances OF this act That 1t was in
some way associated with preparation for
the worship Of the gods among the Romans
also is evidenced by the presence Of combs
in the cista, or cylindrical vase with q
cOveTered lid. which contained the articles
used during the rites Of Ceres and Bacchus.
APPLE TAPIoCA PUDDING.
Soak over night 4cup Of pearl tapioca; In
the morning take quart pudding dish and
put in layer Of sliced apple. layer Of the
tapioca, and sprinkle cup Of sugar ovss
them; then another layer Of apple and
tapiOca and another cup Of sugar. Cover
over and bake slowly until the apples look
red. To be eateu with cream and sugar.
-M.F.