The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-30
DYSPEPSIA AND WRINKLES.
Suggestions as to How Both May b
Avoided.

DYSPEPSIA AND WRINKLES.
Suggestions as to How Both May be
Avoided.
BROOKLYN, March $50 many ques-
tions are asked about cook books that feel
as if ought not to disregard them any
longer. But cook books are delicate and
sometimes touchy subjects, and to give a
preference for one over the many good ones
on the market seems an act of unkindness
and by many would be Immediately con-
strued into personal interest in the author
of the favorite volume. The cook book in
use at the Pratt institute of this city is Mrs.
Lincoln's, and have found this volume ex-
ceptonally helpful and economical The
trouble with most of this domestic literature
is that it makes too large demand upon
our purses and our stomachs, especially the
last / have yet to see what | con-
slider the proper authority on this
all important subject of cookery. / have
in my mind book that shall teach the
young housekeeper in the most practical
manner how to buy and hygienically pre-
pare food at price which she can afford to
pay, but this is an ideal volume. and as far
es l am personally concerned, will exist
only in my imagination. A housekeeper
whose family consists of husband, wife,
baby and maid, told me the other day,
that her bill for meat alone was never
less than IS week.
What kind of meat do you buy"
asked.
20, of course l always order porterhouse
steak, porterhouse roasts, and French
chops" she replied.
AS the head of this lite establishment was
a travelling salesman with salary not ex-
ceeding $4,000 year, this kind OF market
ing seemed to me cruel and reckless ex-
travagance. A little more than $500
for meat alone. For a moment | was
strongly tempted to give this foolish young
wife a little instruction, but wisely fore
bore. If had known of any printed and
generally Endorsed advice on the subject
could have dellcately suggested a reading
Another housekeeper once told me that she
really believed she should sometimes pur-
chase less expensive meats if it were not for
her cook, who had always lived in high
toned families. This seems very ridiculous
but such extravaganza concessions to the
mistresses Of our kitchens are by Eo means
uncommon.
There is no sweeter, juicier or more nu-
tritious meat than is to be found in good
round steak, and none capable of so many
ways of treatment. There is nothing more
delicious, more appetizing, and more nu-
tritious than a round steak chopped or
ground-I prefer the latter method-and
tbhuo luLO Odlios DEOlI carefully anu W0Sn
served on hot plates with nicely made and
inexpensive corn bread, or raised rolls, one
| has dish for the gods. What is the OBJ
| lection to having somi-occasioual break
| fast and an occasional dinner of meat pre-
pared in this wayl As refreshing con-
trast to the two examples given above, |
know of well ordered house, where the
salary OF the bread winner is not less than
| $1,000 yearly, whose meat bills
per week. But this housekeeper is grad
ate of Vassar College and knows how to put
into practice all she has learned on the sub
| Ject OF domestic economy and chemistry
| She is also a natural COOK and is not
| ashamed to say that she considers French
chops a totally unnecessary article in the
| ordinary bill of fare. The kitchen helper
has been taught to prepare the daintiest
dishes in beautiful and economical style.
| There is no dyspepsia under this roof be-
| cause the mistress has no desire for vain
show, and possesses deep and abiding in
terest in everything pertaining to human
welfare.
This has been a long depression, but if
| there is any object on earth better calcu-
lated than cook books to lead to the ques-
| ton Of invalidism, extravagance-and to
| quote DIR. Watts-"damnation and the
dead" have never heard of it.
| nopelt will not seem an ungraciouS
| thing after the above remark to men on
| Mrs. Rorer'S cook book which seems to give
| general satisfaction. The lady's classes al
| the health food exhibit now in full blast al
| the Lenox lyceum, are well attended and
calculated to do great deal Of good.
| Great-grandmother' writes me q charm
| ing letter in the sweetest and Quaintest and
plainest chirography l have ever seen. She
was born, bred, married and has always
lived in Richmond. "If you will find me a
| professional" she says, "who will eradicate
just one line in my old face will make my
| will in her favor"
My venerable friend had better not be
too rash in her offers, because it is quite
| possible that the comparatively new science
| of massage could accomplish even more
than this. 1t is only recently that l have
| fully appreciated the value of this method
| of manipulation. am not speaking now OF
| facial massage, but of general bodily treat
ment. When found that Prof. Koch had
all Of his lupus patients treated in this way
| for two weeks before the introduction OF
the lymph l realized more than ever its
wonderful worth as a therapeutic agent.
Observation-Disclosures suggests that
| women should school themselves not to
| scowl or scold, and should early learn that
| 1t is no use to oppose the inevitable. Most
| women, she adds, 'spend their lives groan.
| ing and complaining, and of course they'll
have wrinkles"
"Most women" are few too many, but
in the main my pleasant correspondent i.
correct. ELEANOR KIRK.