The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-20
SUGGESTIONS FOR WOMEN.
Points About Horseback Riding and
the Making of Angel Cake.

Points About Horseback Riding and
the Making of Angel Cake.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. April 19.-The COM
munications received in regard to the new
fashion of horseback riding are not as
rabid as l supposed they would be. True
the opposition is in the majority, but as
most of the protesters deal only with the
ungracefulness of the innovation, many of
them admitting its probable healthfulness,
there seems reason to believe that they will
finally fall into line. Make riding astride
fashionable and there will be found very
few equestriennes who will insist upon
the side saddle. 1t is not true, as
has been stated, that only women
Of doubtful regulations, and women Of
radical ideas, and women whose only desire
is TO make themselves conspicuous, favor
this new idea-on the contrary, it is the
result of the most intelligent thought.
Physicians, happily, are abreast of the
| times in this movement, and while many
| of them admit that a woman astride of n
| horse will not be as fascinating an object
at first as the woman who distorts her
spine and kills her horse by side saddle,
| they also insist that their patients must
learn to ride like men or they cannot ride
| at all.
| | can fully sympathize with the CORE
| spondent who likes piece of cake once in
| awhile. Sometimes there is q real cake crav-
| ing, desire that cannot be- met by any
| thing else, and when, as in my friends case,
every kind of cake is harmful, the situation
is decidedly unpleasant. 1t seems to me
| that the wish for especial kinds OF food by
| dyspeptics or other invalids can DO divided
into two heads--a whim aud a genuine de-
sire--and if the latter, the coveted dainty
will help instead of injure. l once knew a
| case of gastritis which was considered by
| the physicians almost hopeless. For several
days the patient had been unable to
retain either food or drink. and her suffer-
| ings from thirst and fever were excru-
| eating. At last the cry went up for baked
beans. OF course no reputable physician
| or capable nurse would humor SO dangerous
| a whim, and the result was an increase of
| nervous irritability that threatened the
| worst. An old cook who had been with the
| family for many years took the matter into
her own hands and brought the patient a
teaspoonful of baked beans. From that
moment she began to mend. Physicians
themselves relate many of these stories, and
| vet in case like the above IL is almost i'm
| possible to tell the difference between a
whim and natural craving. But to return
| to our cake. / think / can give recipe
for angel cake that even the dyspeptic
| who longs for a moderate slice can
|
| butter in cake that makes it particularly
| indigestible. Put teaspoonful of pure
cream of tartar into teacup of -four, and
| sift three times Add teacup and three
| quarters Of granulated sugar, the whites of
| eleven fresh eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and
the fiavoring that is most agreeable. Beat
well aud bake three quarters of an hour in
| a moderate oven. 1t is a mistake to thiuk
that the oven door cannot be opened while
the cake is baking, 1t is absolutely neces-
| sary to see what progress it is making, but,
| of course mischief will result If the oven is
suddenly cooled. Angel cake must always
| have pan of its own, and must not, on any
| account, be CREASED.
| In response to southern Housekeeper''
who writes me funny letter about ''Squir-
| rel's TaiIs,n am compelled to say that
| know of no way to make them at the mo-
| ment. Tine genuine article must be raised in
| the orthodox manner with yeast. DO not
| think that these delcacies are particularly
| good for weak stomachs. but they are really
delicious and agree perfectly with the ar
binary digestion. Sift quart Of flour three
| times, add little salt, piece of butter the
size of an egg, and Fleischmann's yeast
| cake dissolved in little warm water. Add
warm milk enough to make soft dough,
| and set in warm place to rise. Make a
creamy sauce of one cup of graduated
sugar and quarter of cup of butter.
When the dough is light roll 1t into thin
strips abont an inch wide and eight or ten
inches long. Spread the sauce upon these
strips and roll them together in the shape of
biscuit, taking care to have tho center a
| little higher than the rest. Such are squir-
rel's tails, now all the rage for luncheons
| and tea parties.
Some Of the Partisan costumers are en-
deavoriDg to induce the leaders of fashion
| to have their promenade dresses long enough
| to sweep the streets. But the endeavor is
meeting with little enthusiasm. Even SO
radically..stylish journal as LArte de Ia
| Mode remarks editoriallv that sit is to be
hoped that this absurd style will be frowned
| upon, as such fashion is altogether devoid
| Of common sensen This is word from an
unexpected quarter, and shows how steadily
| common sense is being developed among
those who not very long ago had little
| thought for anything that did not repre-
sent the last and most radical fashion, idea
or folly. The signs of the times are truly
encouraging when in less than a week
dozen or more letters have been
| received in which the writers
wish to be directed to some physiology
which shall in a simple aud untechnical
manner inform them concerning the use
and intention Of the organs that are not
visible TO the eye. One lady writes that
she has never had the least desire to know
anything about her internal construction,
bat she feels that she cannot afford to live
in ignorance. / will look into the matter
of books for my readers, though / very
much doubt il there is physiology in ex-
istence that is simple enough 10 be perfectly
comprehended by those who have never
studied this science. But there will have
ELEANOR KIRK.