New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-16

the sugar Will need constant stirring IL Is not enough
10 have II form syrnp-it must be rich brown syrup
not scofrhed but Just escaping 1t. The milk should
be scaldng not by the time the syrup is ready. Add
the syrup 20 the milk stirring the milk rapidly.
will splinter and hiss and make big fuss. but by tho
time the mixture is cool the portion Of the syrup which
hardened Oh contact with the milk will all be melted
Then add the beaten yolks Of the six EGGS and the
vanilla. Pour in an earthen pudding dish set It in
pan OF cold water and bake AZ you would custard.
When very nearly solid add merlngue made Of the
whites Of the eggs. four tsbespoonfuIs Of powdered
sugar and few drops Of vanilla and set back in tho
oven TO brown.
private letter from American woman IN PARIS
states that 9 In some towns Of Germany and Fran6e
the wearing the trained skirt In the street has been
prohibited. The town authorities are backed by the
Health Board the latter declaring thai the constant
upsrrng OF dirt and causes microbes 10 float In
the air and thus results In disease The dresses made
in Paris Just touch the ground. The styles get to
New York so early now that there is little new TO
describe. Yoke waists much worn here, and the
sleeves still high. wool dress frequently has fe
yoke and sleeves of silk. The present mode OF skirt
allows old fashion TO be revived, 1. e., the six
foundation skirt IS made separate from the outside
drapery which. by the way, Is not drapcry at ALL il
hangs perfectly straight all the way around. with
p!eots at the back. In reality the silk foundation Is
merely petticoat with three pnked houncss ~
the bottom If one has several black dresses and Is
inclined 20 economy foundation can serve for all
The foundation skirts match the drapery In color Of
and IL Is the custom In the street TO pick up
the drapery the back and let the foundation skirt
hang. The newest bonnets and hats now have tiny
bit Of a crown 10 them. / saw in New York before
! sailed. II was worn BE- Mrs. Governor Campbell OF
Ohio, and had the little calotte top. II is the
very latest style and ever pretty
At the bottom Of all the heartache and headache
caused By modern homework, there usually lies only
one trouble-want Of method. Only within the last
hundred years has there been effort made to train
woman. she regarded a being 10 be governed
by instinct or intuition, and all her work was ex-
pected to be done by sweet haphazard method
which should make itself right in the end by some
rule unknown 10 every law Of nature. Thy one who
suggested direct rules Of doing homework held up
to dersion as eccentric. Cooking was Ike game OF
chance and and failure looked upon gen
orally as matters Of luck. The breadmaker who meas
ured the ingredients for her bread looked upon as
little less than daft. The natural result Of want Of
method In breadmaking at home was the coming in Of
the foreign baker whose loaves, though inferior IN
every way TO a good home made Loaf could always be
depended upon 10 be Of uniform quality. The baker
produced leaves which always the same size and
quality, while the domestic loaf though delicious at
times often failure. owing 20 the want OF
method. When home methods become systematic
methods then the home baker may come INTO acuNe
competition with the professional baker Though
there arc thousands Of women who could bake better
bread than the tradesmen bakers, and would gladly
the money for doing So they have not been abs
TO gain any considerable market because they cannot
be depended on for positively uniform result. When
woman conducts the work Of baking by purely
business methods bakes her bread by strict Uniform
rule baker does and charges only the regular price
for IL. she finds remunerative market AZ once for her
work. From remote generations men have been taught
TO do their work by rule. No man hires aborer
without engaging his time for certain number Of hours
The servant knows distinctly when and what time
he must devote 10 his work. Tie female servant alone
is expected to do her work in happy goeasy way AT
time she seriously reprlmanded for what IS over
looked at other times. The trouble with servants Is
largely due to Of order In laying out their work
and making them adhere rigidly to it. The average
mnid- allwOrk has reason in rebcing against
her position when her work depends. it often does.
upon the whimsical fancies Of mistress who drives
her from thing another without system OF order
Strange a. may seem. II is yet true that there
housckeopers who have little trouble with their
help as those who to the uttrost that which is
required but who do not break into the routine Of work
By ordering all manner Of unexpected and unneces-
sary drudgery The secret Of peace in the household.
of freedom from the thousand and petty worries In
duced by domestic mismana cement lies in brief
word-methd. When women trained TO do their
household work craftsmen do theirs, when the head
of house manages her help with the same exaetnesS
that the master workman manages his men. making
sure that every stroke of work tells toward the end.
then shall begin TO see solution OF the problems
OF domestic service These problems present themselves
on every side aud have reached point at which
they threaten to turn homes into vast Eostelries,
TO be managed the cooperative plan.
Sweet potato pie and Irish potato pie are both
well known desserts. To make the sweet potato pie
boil mealy sweet potatoes till about half done then
CRATE them. Beat half teacup Of butter and tea
cup Of sugar 10 cream. Ado the beaten yoiks OF
four eggs the Juice and grated rnd Of lemon, and
by degrees the grated potato Then add wine-gass
Of milk Line the pie-plates with this mixture and
cover with the merangue White potato pies
made in the same way, with half the quantity Of
butter. For Jessica.
It's a common thing for person TO apologize for an
irritable ll-tempered woman. the ground that she
is nervous as if an unseemy display Of temper was
perfectly consistent with Christian character providing
the individual could offer the plea OF nerves. There
are as every one knows abnormal conditions Of the
physical SYSTEM when the nerves arc not under the
control Of the mind and the sufferer % be excused
for all kinds Of absurdites of action. But these con-
dtons occur in fevers and states Of insanity and then
the patient Is put under restraint for the safety OF
herself and others. The nervous person. who IS the
cause OF ceaseless misery herself and her friends il
the one who would resent being treated as Of unsound
mind and yet takes nearly all the privileges OF one
who IS. Persons Of delicate nervous organization are
often the most amiabe long sufferers from lingering
disease seem to acquire power TO bear pain which
seems little short Of angelic The display Of nervous
temper cannot be excused the ground OF illness.
as the most irritable people not those who are
sufferers from depressing sickness, and the much
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