Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-23
should be trained and shaped. What to

read, and how to read it, should be learned
there. Children should be taught to read
as if they were talking with friend.
This can be done only as feeling of SYM
pathy exists between the author and the
reader-a mutual feeling of interest in the
subject discussed. How much the parent
can do to arouse this feeling of sympathy
by talking the book over" with the child,
enlarging upon the authors statements,
drawing out his meanings and analyzing
his sentiments, adding anecdote and Illus
tration, until the child feels at home with
the writer and familiar with his thoughts.
have been to-day with one of my little
friends Through London by Canal" 1t
was a glorious ride that we had over the
water, Lit up in the open spaces by the
bright sunshine, then falling into deep
shadows where tall buildings looked across
or the arched bridges spanned the stream.
Part of the time We had Dickens for COM
pany, and some of his immortal characters
spoke to us from across the way. We
found them, too, down by the docks and
under the old piers. We shall never for
get that slow sailing through that wonder
ful city on this cold and placid byway,
where now and then the trees stopped
,, down to the waters edge to whisper us
! welcome and the voices Of the past called
to us with the softest echoes. The work
was beautifully illustrated, and when we
had gone through it London meant more
to the child than it ever had before. Her
minds eye could guide her to many fa-
miliar spot in the great city, and hence
forward all that pertains to it will be of
interest to her. l had an old book that
brought in here, with perhaps twenty-five
illustrations of different parts of London,
and few stereoscopic views, that alto
gether gave us SO many glimpses of this
great metropolis that was not surprised
to hear the exclamation, 81 really feel
Miss Ward, as though l had been in Lon
DON"
We can 60 abroad with our little friends
in this way, if in no other and we can 60
anywhere, where human thought has ex-
plored, hand-in-hand with them by the
help of books carefully read and under
stood. As the mind is fed there always
comes the everyday consideration of bread
and butter. l am not sure but that it
comes first generally.
FOOD WELL PREPARED.
Wholesome and tempting goes good
ways towards placing us in fit condition
to enjoy our mental pabulum. Let me
suggest few dishes to be prepared by
what is 'left over," that may prove ac-
ceptable to the good housewife The
table is the place where most waste can
occur, so guard it well and pay strict at
tention to the second preparing of food.
The people who prefer an economical
table, which, in their own mind, means
broiled steak and roast beef, are the most
difficult to cater for. Study to make the
warmed-over dishes something decidedly
more than hashes. Employ iudicious
| combinations and pleasant seasonings; for
| instance, use sage with warmed-over pork,
parsley with poultry, sprig of mint with
your mutton or lamb, and a little onion to
stimulate your beef. Cucumber sauce, in
expensive if you make it yourself, hightens
the flavor of fish. An acid jelly with tame
| duck and tomato sauce with warmed-over
veal. For warming over dark meats use
sauces made from brown -four and butter;
| for white meats, cream sauces, which, of
course, are made of milk. One or two
potatoes left from dinner will make COM
! Portable dish of Lyonnaise potatoes for
breakfast The two tablespoonfuls of
canned peas may be turned into an
omelette for another meal. Broiled rice
may be made into croquettes. Fish into
scollops, outlets or cream fish. Ham into
croquettes. Beef into hash, meat balls,
ragouts, rissoles or warmed up in its own
gravy. Soup meat may be pressed or
potted. Game or duck made over into
salmis. Chicken or turkey into salads,
croquettes, rissoles, boudins and timbale
Pieces of bread left from the table may be
made into toast, delicious blankette or
cromesqui.
Many vegetables suffer but little from a
second warming, and if only in small guam
tity may be served as garnish for a little
meat dish, thereby rendering it palatable
and slightly.
In all these little points we must be on
the alert, or the garbage bucket will de-
your our substance. Those who have the
responsibility of the household manage
ment must not forget the necessity of prac-
tical work in the kitchen. The power of
! giving directions so clearly that the maid
will from them produce the desired result,
is, perhaps, all that is required in some
instances, but to teach others thoroughly,
SO that no waste will occur, one must be
able to do the thing oneself.
Ewes GREAT-GREAT-
GRANDDAUGHTER.