The Portland daily press., 1889-11-16
THE no M G.
ABOUT WOMEN.


Every woman who was ever guest at Mrs
Harrlson's home has departed in ecstacies
over the delicious biscuits that were to be
had only on the Harrison table. They were
known as "Mrs. HarriSon's pound biscuits
add the recipe and aIticular methods EN-.
ployed were legacy bequeathed Mrs. Har-
rison by an old colored servant named Hes
ter, who spent over twenty years of her fifty.
five years of life In the employ of Mrs
Harrison. Hester made the proud biscuits;
ana taught Mrs. Harrison, and there have
oeen several Times since Mr., Harrison's
cuts were On the table, aud if not actually
made by, Mrs. Harrison, had ALWAYS thse
benefit OF her personal supervision.
everything that woman NAV do while
r marIl her self-respect is ''woman's
WORK. III woman be physically strong
and without other ties or obligations LET her
o Oe q brakeman on railroad train or pilot an
ocean steamer, If she WILL She NAV follow
any profession or trade. That one woman
Is making money as carpenter and another
as blacksmith settles the questions of suit
ability in these occupations. In all her
WORKS, however, let her rreserve the woman's
characteristics. Let her set an example to
men in their rough-and-tumble greediness by
gentler and more honest business methods,
and by courtesy and sincerity.
An anomaly in the vicinity of Fourth
avenue and Twenty-fifth street, New York
Is woman locksmith. She is a short
sturdy, quick and nervous little woman, and
she carries little kit of tools for doing the
small jobs for which locksmiths are called in.
Her husband has shop, and they take turns
In attending to the calls. Any big piece of
| work is turned over to the man, but the wife
| is quite as expert as he is in fitting KEYS,
putting new locks on trunks, putting on
window fastenings and attending to the
lie nf hnn ahnI6
ment.
Alice j. Wilson. of Abilene, Texas, has in
verted dish-drier in the form of covered
vessel, with a false bottom and perforated
after washing, and hot water poured over
TEEN, the steam passing off through the per-
foratlons OF the cover, and the dishes being
dried by their own heat without wiping.
A man is strong minded being; he goes
to the saloon; his wife goes to the prayer
meeting and takes cup of tea, and when
he has blown out his brains, she takes in
washing and brings up the family.-[North-
| field Conference
Western hcusekeepers sometimes have
domestic service difficulties not found in the
category of the East In thriving Western
city Datnal gas has been introduced lately as
one OF the best modern conyeniences. lii
one family the cook and second girl immed-
ately gave notice. At the expostulations of
the mistress, the cook. explained that she
"wouldn't cook with hell fire." and the
second said she wouldn't stay sin a place
where the fire came from the bowels of the
EARTH"
Mrs. Hayes always declared that perfect
~ adequate substitute for liquor when needed
for a stimulent could be found in hot milk,
and after any cold or wetting she gave
this in place of the wine or whiskey, which
others would have considered necessary.
This was custom of Mrs. Cleveland's also,
who discovered, after the fatigues of many
| long and wearisome receptions she was
| obliged to go through, standing for hours on
her feet and shaking hands with hundreds
| of people. that nothing would restore her so
| quickly as cupful of boiling milk, brought
70 her by her maid, and which she drank in
little sips as hot as it possibly could be
taken. The Washington girls caught the
idea from her. and finding how quickly it
helped them after hard day of calls and
social duties, they began to substitute it for
the varions malt preparations they had been
In the habit of taking or the hot wine and
water, which their maids usually admin
istered when they came in too tired to dres
for their next engagement,