Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21
DOINGS OF WOMEN FOLK.
How Mrs Gladstone Makes Her
Christmas Pies.
The reitor of "Barper's fssEzr''-C Capital
ists oner None. for Woasn's
Hotei-oiiys Harper. nsr Bo1
aud His ChFistmss Tree.


A lady once asked DR.. Psrroh what day
1t was proper To begin making mlnee
pie Begin on % SSpientday replied
the worthy doctor. whereby, Willingly
or otherwise. he conveyed double mean
ing, FOR few invocations could be more
appropriate than the summoning OF wis
dom and discretion 10 ones aid ia the
consumption Of such e highly complex
dainty. But DR.. Parr mad too much gal
lantry 10 bid lady look TO her digestion;
he was simply reminding her that mince
pie is Christmas pie, and that one should
taste IL first on December 16, the ecclesi-
Rstical beginning Of the Christmas holi-
day, day which takes its name from
hymn sung during the Advent. Logic
ally. one should abjure the compound
after Twelfth Night, but mince made &c
cording TO an old rule given TO me in
England this summer is warranted 10
keep until spring. The rule, by the by,
If the personal mention lends interest, ~
Mrs. Glad dstone's, used in her family fer
generations, and prepared in her kitchen
every Christmas. Il came 20 me through
Newham girl, for Miss Helen Glad
stone. who is Vice President OF Sedgwick
Hall, and who inhesits her fathers diges-
tion, whether with or without his habit
OF chewing every mouthful thirty-two
times. has introduced her mothers pie
at the woman's college. and here IL Is
eaten by Miss Philippa Fawoett and other
lights of Cambridge University, whose
mental briliaRcy seems not to have been
clouded by It's sopsrinc influences
boil a meats tongue two hours. then
skin it and chop Il as small rs possible.
chop three pounds of fresh beef suet very
fine, three pounds OF good baking apples,
four pounds OF currsnts, washed clean.
picked and well dried. and one pound Of
raisins stoned and cleaned. mix all these
well together. with one pound Of pow
dered sugar. half an ounce Of mace. half
nn ounce of nutmeg grated, quarter OF
an ounce each of cloves and cinnamon.
and one pint Of French brandy. Make a
rich puff paste, and as you ill the pie
put in a little cendied citron and orange
eut in small pieces; what you have 10
spare cover up in an earthern jar. AID
add no citron or orange until you use it. -
The Editor Of "Harper's bazaar.
Very often ! see on one OF the lerry
boats crossing from Brooklyn a tall.
finely formed woman with pink cheeks
and snow white hair. She seldom lingers
in the hot and badly ventilated "lad'rs'
cabin" but passes through % the forward
n. "A 4.
ing in, however cold the dav, tho salt air
and the invigoratiEg prospect OF sweep
ing guls and laughing waves. The
birds seem TO perform their best evoln-
tions for her especial benefit. and one
1ay last week one Of them caught "a esh
close 70 the boat and on her side Now
and then there comes a day when the
gulls sulk and the water l. gray. Then
.he may button her sealskin more clogely
about her and stand her ground, or she
NAY re sign her place before the Kew
York side is reached and, fresh aud glow
.ng. ST. down for q minute in tie cabin.
In such case you have a chance
n look At her You think
nor face one of the most
reUnenfri Tnu nave ever tNen- X ReaFH
no marks Of the nervous fret and hurry
and worry that scam and line the
,ountenances of 80 many ~ ,hs
women Of our generation II is net
mpassive but. Ola the contrary. full Of
Expression. especially about the month
and eyes The eyes are the most hesuti-
ful feature large poetic snd very kindly,
hut il is the face as whole that you
note. a ouict face with smooth coils of
hair. the face you think, ~ an eKoep-
tionallr we'll balancei woman. She
doesn't carry rolls oi manuscript Or IN
anv way hetrav her vocation. bot for All
hat she SITS On one - ths moss SIM
porrant editorial tripods erer occupied
~ woman editor FOR she is hrs Ma
ea7es r Ssnastsr of the Bazsar aad
ne says The ferry trip Il one - tie
,hiefrst of the pleasures = her dsy Shs
puts herself hesft aui sonl inio her
work and - thoroughly interested 10
every depsTtrnsn en-. even that 0f the