The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-01
SUGGESTIONS FOR WOMEN.
How an Appetizing Dessert May be
Cheaply Made.

ent calling himself Zone Of the Maligned, -
whatever that may mean, begs me to bear
in mind in all that write and all that I
say. the somewhat startling fact that no
two persons are made alike. Ths gentle
man seems to think that my advice and my
suggestions are only applicable TO cranks,
and in support of this theory, informs me
that there is one member of his family, viz
his wife, ''whO might profit by my remarks
upon dress and diet If she were not such a
double and twisted crank l hope my
friend will excuse me, but if there Is not
more than one crank in this family, then
cannot understand the written page.
MY wife," he says, "is always i'll. She
eats literally nothing but rich desserts and
candy. She laces, she sits up half the night,
and makes up her sleep in the day time.
She has no interest in life except taste for
trashy literature, and new and expensive
costumes and the gossip of society. You
cannot do her any good, because you are as
much of a crank to her as she is to me. The
woman next door does not need any in
struction, because as far as / know her
corsets are the right size, and sine finds
something else 10 do in life beside
turning day into night and logging herself
out in clothes her husband cannot afford to
provide for her. So what good can you do
any way! You can't reach the folks you
hSsuH6 10 TedcD, anu BDOSe WHO I1dke
your appreciative audience do not need
your miuistrations. When l sometimes
venture to read aloud a paragraph from one
of your letters my wife. invaribly says,
with her most disguised expression: "Thatll
do / go to church every Sunday and get
my dose for the week."
To a pessimist such a communication
would be very discouraging. Upon me it
has produced just an opposite effect. Per-
haT hac Of &c fbaT ,1a
vanity is tickled by the study which lone
of the Maligned" has made of my work.
| am obliged, however, to pick flaws in his
argument, and to pronounce him the re-
verse of scientific. However, he is on the
road to common sense, and do not despair
of his wife, Some pretty, healthful cos
tune will attract her eyes one of these
Jays and she will suffer 50 from dyspepsia
on account of her outrageout diet that she
will be glad to come down TO simple and
regular meals. If Zone of the Maligned''
could see my daily mall made up in a large
measure as it is from women who have
weakened their constitutions by improper
eating and dressing, he would be compelled
to alter his opinion of the number who can
be reached by genuine desire to help.
am able TO fully sympathize with those
who have written me that the best part of
the dinner to them is the dessert. 1t is to
me. There is one sensible way of dealing
with this desire, and that is not to partake
so heartily OF the dinner proper as to make
the dessert a superf1uity, and not to indulge
IN any dessert that cannot be thoroughly
and easily digested have been asked to
give some simple and healthful recipes, and
| shall be very happy to do so
from time to time. Those of my readers
who know the healing qualities of sea
moss. and have partaken of the delicious
blanc mango that can be made from it, will
agree with me that there is nothing nicer
IN the long list of nice things. l presume
that sea moss, or Irish moss, as it is called
by many, can be found at any drug store.
Take scant half tea cup of moss and, after
washing carefully in tepid water, pla ce in
double agate boiler is better-and
let it slowly boil until the
milk is well thickeaed. A pinch of
salt is an improvement. Strain through a
sieve, pour into molds and cool. Serve with
sugar aud cream. 1t saves a little work to
tie the moss into a cheese-cloth bag and
have it thicken the milk in this way. Then
the bag can be carefully squeezed and the
sieve will be unnecessary.
Not few of my readers will elevate their
noses when recommend well coos ed cereals
for dessert. But know by experience that
one can learn to like them. To the question,
Can you tell me how to make stra berry
short-cake that will be sure not to disagree
with sensitive stomach" I must confess
my inability. Some persons ought never to
eat cooked fruit, and to some, anything in
the line of warm bread, however carefully
prepared, is a direct poison. l have an
unfailing recipe for this delicacy, one that
has been used in my family for several
years. This dessert never injured me,
because as like it very much, always eat
light dinner SO that | may enjoy it with
out fear of heaviness, lassitude, headache or
any other ache. To pint of flour that has
been sifted three times add piece of sweet
butter the size of an egg, three-quarters of
Fleischmann's compressed yeast cake dis
solved in little warm water. Then mix
with warm milk to a soft dough. Set to
rise. When very light roll into two sheets
and bake in a quick oven. Immediately
before serving place the,,strawberries, which
have been carefully picked over, washed and
sugared, between and on top of these
sheets. Serve with cream. well known
novelist of my acquaintance is always on
hand at my strawberry short-c AXE festi-
walls, but he can never be induced to eat
the preparatory dinner. As my friends
may imagine, the short.eake recipe has
always to DO doubled on these occasions.
for a healthy, hearty man who saves all his
appetite for one dish can dispose of a goodly
amount. But | heartily approve of his
method, and agree with him in his con-
demnation OF conglomerations We all
require variety in the matter of diet, but
we should be cautious how we crowd our
varieties. Several new dishes in the course
of a week is one thing, and sever i differ
emit dishes at one meal is quite another.
ELEANOR KIRK.