New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08
THE PIE-PHILOSOPHER.
A WOMAN SIyTY.THREE YEARS OLD WHO
MAKES NEARLY A THOUSAND
PIES A WEEK

PIES A WEEK
al am proud of my blood. nv age and my pies .
said the Pie Philosopher senentIousy as she Gu, the
rich creamy dough with practised hand from the u
| rim Of jaunty little pie plate.
Well may she be proud Of her blood. She comes
/ from good thorough going. law abiding. stanch oiu
Yankees, clever and thrifty Connecticut farmers
scons of Americas patriotic stock. She was rearei
on farm and was Taught to do everything and size
is proud Of it.
she is sixty three years of age, straight IAN lnds'
alert a squirrel, and as trim and neal rs wren
| Her heavy coil of dark brown hair has no visible
streais OF gray. She is as clever. enterprlSne' anu
thrifty only Yankee woman can be, and she makes
pies as only Yankee woman can! "Old shall
never be old" she exclaimed al am A natural woman
and obey the laws of nature. don't XIII mysen
aworryng. II my feet get wet let cm eet Dry
I'm not going 10 kill self with frcttnG and Innnhs
myself up. MY sister died OF canton. The VIII Is
to the body what the steam Is 81 the engine I'm
always going to be young. As man thinketh so ne
is" she quoted cutting into the delicious mound Oh
dough on the pic-board IF keep thinking Pm OLD
and ! can't do this and can't do that, III GIT oid'
| and that's all there is about it,"
A lady at an exchange eating piece OF mincc
pie, and she sighed she left some OF II sfyhS'
"That's the best mincc pic ever ate wish had
somebody give the rest of to-" Il saw 1t baked
last night and can testify 10 it, richness answered
]
baked 1t makes nearly thousand pies week
As this bit OF news retailed the Pie Philosophers
bright face grew luminous, and her big dark ewes
beamed. Nothing peases me better than 10 hear my
pies spoken we'll OIL The little dudes she SAID
afectionatey. she patted the dough into PIC
plate. " believe in everybody doing what they have
to do the best they know how. make my pes TIE
very best l know how. and II gives NE pleasure 10
know that people putting good pies into Their
| stomachs. To do good work you must have good
BRAIN and 10 have good brain you must have sound
stomach, and 10 have sound stomach You must have
weIcooked food TO put into it. You must feed people
well to make ZEN amount 70 anything and be happy.
she said gathering the dough with light toucAcs Into
pat. ready to roll out under the rolling pin. \, she
pattcd, rolled ana utcd the pic paste she told how she
began TO make pies for a living.
1 brought up 10 do everything on tic farm
so ] knew how TO make my own dresses and wAcr
mother ard father died, started 10 d. dres-madns
worked at il for thirty years in Albany and in tbs
CITY, until at last tired % death. SICK disguised
and miserable just soon have committed suicide
as not. hated 10 sec dress c1ne in TO b. male.
| A lovely woman who interested II. the WDmsa's
Exchange, said, Why don't you II you can't get
something 10 do there p wcnt-that when 70
first bcgan-and thought there was nothing i1r me
there and ! plugged away al drcssmiaing foi two
years more, unit: one morning saw IN one ~ The
daily papers Advertisement for someone 20 make
pics for the Won,an's Exchange. tell You h wlrAt
fifteen minutes before had my hat and shawl and
was down there. l found out they did want pies and
knew / could make 'em 80 went In determined u
make the best pies that could be made. Here's the
first pie plate ever used. 1t leaks now and /, Old
and useless but I'm going to paint 1t day when
have time. Guess I'll put chicken on II or
picture Of Woman's Exchange Just for remembrance.
/ think Mrs ChOate is the gTandcst woman on this
continent, East. West, North South. or on any
continent In the universe for starting these exchanges
for womans work. tell You she's done lots Of g0oi.
and the PIE Philosopher gave an enthusiastic twirl
10 her rolling pin she brought II down with a
vigorous pressure on disk Of dough. Well she
continued my PIES in demand from the Grst
tried to improve 'em. They say I've driven out all
the other pie makers"
Her pie business increased 30 such degree that sho
was enabled to help someone herself by hiring woman
20 wash the cooking utensils and prepare the fruit
She had to move into larger quarter Like a good
old fashioned housewife, she elorcs In big kitchen
which answers for her tho purpose Of kitchen dining
and reception room. The range which Will accom-
modate dozen or more pics at once IS polished and
bright The walls are tinted Light green. The
muslin curtains at the window Of simple texture
but as white and clean as brides veil The big
homelke kitchen 50 deliciOusy clean seems foreign
TO crowded NewYork in whose great apartment houses
are stuiy little rooms and for a brief nomlt il
seems as If Whit Of new mOWn hay comes In al the
window, breath Of country air. the chummy cacklc
Of hens as they scratch In the fresh grass the cheering
crow OF rooster a. with tho pride Of an old Brigham
Young lie marshals his brood, and thc--but the
voice Of the PcPhilosOpher saying Of could only
raise my own chickens for my chicken patt.cs ia
take the flag Of everything destroys the illn ion
and the wistfu energy in the speakers voice cmpha-
sizes the fact that this big kitchen with il, rural sug
ge9tions Is In the great city where everybody Is
sAnHyng and mrrying along, TO escape the keen
prod Of poverty and win at any cost
n "A llep Eifehlp
has gas stove In it. which she also uses for baking
pies, especially Oh very days Here too IS |
the ple-board where the PicPhiosopher sits rolling
out her pies and thinking ont the problems Of life and
living.
II the aphorism is true that the way 10 n mans |
heart Is through his stomach you could number your
admirers legion, If they alto your Dies To this re
mark the iePhilosopher answered "Oh I've had |
my romances in my day. had bcanx But one |
who had no right to do allus interercd and JET |
'cm all go. One Of my flames is a millionaire now |
out West But, I'm better OF making pies than |
many women VINO are married. can do a. I please |
and have nobody nor nothing to worry about If ] |
rich, thor she added rolling the dough ont with
a slow movement, I'd adopt Six little girls | love
little girls Ia teach em to be perfect little women
They should learn to do everything abont a house
and then they had talents for accomplishments I'D
give 'em 10 them"
The Pie-Philosopher had the honor Of initiating
Engand's three representatives Of the bjstronic art
Irving and Mr.. and Mrs. Kcndal-into tho toothsome
delicicusncss Of our National pie. When their en-
tertaincr wished with true patriotism, goody spec
Of American pastry. she sent 10 the Pie Phlloso
phcr for her pumpkin pies, and the genial English
people understood by tasting Eve did the apple,
that American pie is good and why the Americans
do eat thereof with exceeding 10y
The Pe-Phosopher's pastry is in ready demand at
all the exchanges and goes faster than she can sup
ply it. Buckwhcat cakes and maple syrup at good
housewives table. disappear no faster than The
" little dudes" sell.
She sometimes works all night At Thanksgiving
time she worked two days and nights consccutivcly
without any sleep She always works late AT night
and carly in the morning getting up at . O'Clock
that her pies Will be fresh
Her grim humor. quaint comments on people and