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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

work was the straw that broke the back OF
| home decorative art
Ii is gratifying 10 society TO know that
| craZy quilts are "A thing OF the past. Inc
| intentions of the inventor OF this afialr
were good. In her bosom blossomed the
! flower of economy and thrift STRAY bits
of silk stray bits of thread, stray bits OF
| time-the whole fascinating diagram,
monument TO memory, memorial sacred
| 20 the past, 10 gowns and dear ones long
since laid peacefully TO rest
The silk counter was besieged Tor sam
plies. Men put a paddock on their hat linz
ings and crayats, and gentle woman be
came more then ever before a victim 10
headache and hysteria.
For the sake Of acquiring scraps or SILK
women became vandal self Instituted.
Table sIreads, tides, scarfS, banners, PIN
cushions, sofa pillows. chair seats, shop
ping bags even, all in their turn con-
structcd from crazy patchwork
Women expended the last penny in the
domestic treasury for embroidery silk and
storks in applique. They made fancy
stitches an object in life. They begged,
fought, stole or otherwise surreptitously
acquired silks TO cut up and sew together
again, 10 embroider, hand paint. applique
and otherwise deface i'm the service OF the
crazy quilt; nerves, brains, health, happl-
ness-all were offered at the shrine OF this
malignant affair. Domestic decorative
art reached high tide and then the change
came.
Then gentle woman turned her attention
TO painting. She painted everything.
She knows what she painted. IL was
easier 10 mention the few things she has
not rather than the countless things she
las decorated and desecrated with her
brush The articles were placed on the
mantlepiece and on the walls and in
frames and on easels and racks for "A long
time. She has taken many of them down
now and no one knows just what she did
with them. She paints yet but not so
much, and she paints better Her aspira-
tions are of "A more modest nature. She
paints china more and large canvases less.
She uses less paint and more method.
Home decorative art has now gone out
of fashion. Even the chintZ furniture is
no longer fad. A few handsome orna-
ments of intrinsic value have taken the
place of the Thousand "gim-cracks "
which made navigation in modern par
lor n perilous undertaking. Even the
crayon portrait executed by the daughter
of the house, no longer occupies the place
of honor il once adorned.
The coming woman has already come.
Her time Is too valuable To be occupied in
tatting work. She cultivates her mind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
MINCE PIE FOR THANKSGIVING.
Here Are Some Reliable Receipts which
VIII Please All Cooks.

Mince meat, like fruit cake, is better
when it. has been made "a few weeks before
il is needed. Realizing this, housewives
are now preparing the spicy compound for
their Thanksgiving pies. Until within
few years IL has seemed To be almost i'm
possible To procure a reliable recipe for
mince meat. The old-timc housewives,
with whom the delicious mess originated,
were wont to use their judgmnet in regard
To the proportion of meat and fruit, and
If, as the writer learned To her sorrow,
one attempted To learn their mOdus oper-
audi, the invariable reply was " oh, just
season TO taste, you know, and use what
ever fruit and things happen to have"
In these latter days the apostles of cook
cry have convinced us that il IL both more
convenient and more economical TO make
use of accurate recipes, about whose re-
suits there can be no question or doubt.
These recipes, however, are not always to
be- found where one would most expect TO
s-~l them. The average cook book too
often errs in presupposing fund OF
knowledge on the part OF the reader that
does not in reality exist. Hence some lu-
dicrous mistakes. An amusing recipe OF
this sort recently went the rounds Of the
newspapers. An attempt was made TO
give elaborate directions for n lemon pie
Last of all the writer says: "Sit i'm n very
hot stove and stir constantly" which
teWpts the humor of soms facetious
critic who demands; "Wouldn't il be
rather difficult TO sit on the stove
and not stir constantly But 20 return to
the consideration of the mince meat
\ mistake is frequently IN ide in the
cooking of the meat. IL Is, perhaps, put
over the fire in cold water, slowly brought
60 the boiling point, then simmered until
tender. Now, this process makes excel
lent soup stock, but the meat is dry and
tasteless IL should be put on 20 cook i'm
boiling water. aud cooked slowly. The
juices are then retained in the meat IL is
still further improved II allowed to remain
I in the liquor In which IL was boiled until
cold. u may then bc taken ont. the bones.
Tat and gristle trimmed away and minced
fine. II cooked in n metal kettle. turn into
an earthen dish to cool Both of the fol
| lowing rules may be- relied on implicitly
/ The first j. u rich mnCe aud an expensive
one
MiNCE MEAr No. Five pounds ~
l minced boiled beef. eight pounds Of apples.
I weighed after being peeled and cOrcd.
/ then minced line. one pound of butter.
/ one half pound ol sweet lard or a little
more inely chopped suet, one pint Of mo
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
A New Society Writer.

Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger and Mrs.
Burton Harrison have for two years mo-
nopolized literary fame In the swell social
circles of New York, but there now has
come forward another writer who is doing
so we'll that these two women will be com
PEELED to look to their laurels If their new
rival fulfills her promise. She is Mrs.
Poultney Bigelow, and though she is n
younger woman than the other two of
earlier fame yet she has made her con
quests as the belle of the Patriarchs' ball
and bud of the Murray Hill reception
rooms. Moreover, she is a very beautiful
girl, and though her grandfather +. :.
,Taffray, made an immense fortune selling
dry goods, he is delighted with her liter
airy successes, and there is no way in which
the old gentleman can be more highly de
lighted than to allCde to the success Of his
granddaughter as n writer of fiction. Her
latest story is published in LippncotrS
Magazine, and they are saying on Murray
Hill that il is good deal healthier in
tone and contains more accurate
picture of social life in New York than do
Mrs. Cruger's latest books. Mrs. Bigelow
is pretty we'll fixed in worldly goods, for
she is one of the few young women who
possess more than Il 100000 in their own
right. and one of these days she will have
n million or two 10 add TO IL. Her hus-
band, Poultney Bigelow, used To be a
chum of the Emperor William when they
were SCnOOlDONS tOKtlner. MIS-. ifugcr
was recently completely upset by criti-
cism which appeared in one of the city pa
pers of her latest novel, Vampires" The
critique, though courteously worded, was
nevertheless almost brutal in its ferocity,
and the worst of IL is, there are good
many people who believe that the book
justified the treatment The critique ap-
peared one Saturday morning, but Mrs.
Cruger did not see 10 until Sunday, and il
was most miserable Sunday that she
spent They say upon Murray Hill that
she actually took to her bed and shed bit
ter tears, 80 that her friends thought that
she would be seriously i'll. IL Mrs Cruger
is going 10 take criticism so seriously her
literary career will probably be short
as..s
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

spinning wheel stood in one corner and
rag bag of some substantial material was
principle of economy not ornament.
Waste not, want not" was the religion
of the time.
Thrift was finally blessed with prosperi-
ty. In addition 70 spinning, women made
patchwork and the children worked the
sampler. Then they braided carpet rags
and attempts at home decoration were
visible
There was very little higher education
for men at that time and an exceedingly
meagre primary education for women.
Woman adapts herself easily Few fem
inine spirits rebelled against the mode Of
life and the scanty recreation marked out
for their sex. In our own new country
necessity rendered submission eXpedient
In England Fanny Burney published her
. Evalina" with trepidation aud Harriet
Martineau rose at o'clock in the morning
20 pursue the studies that were Co unseN
her and TO steal time from the stitches in
the hated sampler. But the world was
moving.
Woman has utilized her resources in
home decoration always. Ii is only gen
Grafton or two ago that she gathered cones
and acorns and constructed hanging bas-
kets with glue and varnish. This marvel
of skill and questionable object of beauty
and admiration was filled with artificial
flowers gathered from the bandboxes of
the family and was suspended from the
centre of the ceiling in the best room
Then she made a clove-apple and tied IL
with bright ribbon aud hung il on the
triangular bazaar known as "what-not. -
in the corner of the best room. What wo-
man does not remember the clove-apple
from which, when a child, she now and
then surreptitiously drew a coveted Glove
for obvious purposes.
About that time women made wire pa
per-holders out OF the crinoine wire which
then formed an essential adjunct To the
feminine toilet. These wire paper-holders
were embelished with gilt trimmings, and
we're "A straw OF promise, showing "A hint
of woman's artistic ability.
About this time the home artist turned
her attention TO the walls. She made pic
ture frames. She made them out of every
thing she could think of. straw and
thread and sphnters and shells. and raisin
stems, and birds eggs aud dozens e
things were utilized. About this time sLa
made wax howers and hair flowers auj
embroidered notices. She hung the walls
with mOurniul reminders Of the dear de
parted, aud she did the "Old Oakeu Buck
et' and the "Old Arm Chair" and "Mel-
come and Home, Sweet Home in
worsted and cardboard
After he walls were covered she turned
her attention 90 the furniture She made
pincu-hions aud tidies and pillow shams.
She made macremc aud rich rack and
darued net and tatting work and crochet
cdging After she adorned the furnitur,
aud her own attire, she turned her atton.
tion TO crazy patchwork. Crazy patch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
A Christian Girl from Baaibcc.

A pretty maiden, whose soft, dusky
eyes and glittering teeth make up for
other lack OF beauty in her dark face has
been lately an object of interest to women
whose thoughts are much given TO Chris
tian work and progress. In Baalbec, from
which historic point the girl comes. hers
is the only native Christian family. She
gives her name as slit In Bib ah Beedt.
which sounds very pretty IN her soft ac-
cents. She has addressed a few parlor
circles invited 60 meet her and spoken nc
cepiably TO sunday schools, but she asks
nothing for herself, depending for support
upon the sale ot rare aud beautiful Per
sian embroiderics. which she exhibits with
pride n her own and her mothers handi.
work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

lasses, four pounds of granulated sugar,
two ounces of ground cinnamon, two
ounces of ground cloves, three tablespoon
fuls OF salt, "A large bowl OF current jelley,
three pounds OF seeded raisins, one pound
of well washed English currants. Mix
thoroughly and set over the fire. When
the butter, lard and jelly have melted,
add sufficient sweet cider TO moisten.
Cook slowly couple of hours, then add
one-half pint each Of brandy and wine.
Stir well, cook few moments more and
take of the fire. In making the pies III
they are wanted especially nice add a
little finely shredded citron and French
preserved or candied fruits.
The second recipe is more economical
and perhaps more wholesome also. Mince
meat No p -Four pounds chopped beef,
eight pounds OF chopped apples, three gem
erous cupfuls Of minced suet, one aud one
half cups of butter, one pint of molasses,
three tablespoonfuls OF ground cinnamon,
three tablespoonfuls OF ground cloves.
two tablespoonfuls of salt, two pounds of
seedless raisins, two pounds of light
brown sugar, two pounds of granulated
sugar, pint of currant jelly, pint of
picked peach liquor and cider sufficient
To moisten. After cooking couple of
hours add pint Of brandy. Good pies
may be made without either brandy or
wine, but the liquor assists materially in
keeping the meat from fermenting.
However excellent the mince meat, a
good pie must depend largely for its sue
cess upon the quality OF the pastry, so last
of all Is given a simple and reliable rule
for tender pie crust. With one generous
pint of flour, sift one half teaspoonful of
salt and two salt spoons of baking powder.
Into this cut with a silver knife scant
cupful of shortening-half butter and half
lard-chop it up till quite fine, then mix
to "a stiff paste with ice cold water. Pastry
made in this way is more fiaky than the
old fashioned sort, though, of course, it
can hardly rival the wonderful French
paste which requires so large an amount
of time and patience TO insure perfect sue
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
AS 1T LOOKS TO WOMEN.
Some of the Changes in Modern
Home Decoration.~-
THE CRAZY QUILT AND ITS KIM
From Cone Baskets to Glove Apples and
Amateur Picture Frames and Cushions
and Tides and Pillow Shams.

Human nature is fickle. II is therefore
no assumption of weakness that is par
ticularly and exclusively feminine 20 say
that woman is tickle. She enjoys change,
whether it be of seasons, gowns or TIDES;
she changes the position of the furniture
about in her home and hangs the pictures
in different places and rearranges the
draperies, and does it with zeal, and the
change affords satisfaction. Man enjoys
trading watches and horses on account OF
the change, and cherishes discreet
amount of concealed enthusiasm there
upon. Children of nature-"by natures
kindest law, pleased with rattle, tickled
with straw"
Character rand culture are both revealed
in home decoration. In early pioneer
DAYS, when life was very real and thor
oughly earnest, when our ancestors en-
dured all sorts of privations and discom-
Iorts for the sake of principle, when their
natures were stoical and uncompromising
ON account of il, there was very little at
tempt at home decoration. Cleanliness
was paramount and the atmosphere of
godliness pervaded everything. The weak
nesses of human nature were in subJec-
ton and the soul of the housekeeper was
not more spotless than the sand-scoured
floors nor more shining than the polished
andirons. The kettles sang cheerily, and
the interior of rough log cabin became
home. The Lares and Penates were
draped with no crushed raspberry scarfs,
and no wood violet sachet cushions were
hung about their necks. There was
no bag for the dustcloth in those days. a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
ODDS AND ENDS.

Some Things which Are Convenient for
Housekeepers to Know.
That four cups OF -four weigh pound.
That three cups Of corn meal weigh q
pound.
That one tablespoonful Of butter weighs
one ounce.
That one cup OF butter, solid, weighs
half pound.
That one rounded tablespoonful Of -four
weighs half an ounce.
That two cups OF granulated sugar or
two and half cups Of powdered sugar
weigh pound.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
The News.
Do you like the NEws3
Pretty we'll on the wholeY

DO you like the NEWSP
Pretty well on the whole9
Find some little fault with it,
don't you
Would like 10 see the headlines
bigger or smaller, or larger type
or smaller type, or more telegraph
or less telegraph or more editorial
or less editorial or something or
other, wouldn't your
The ideal newspaper never yet
existed. II never will exist. You
needn't look for IL. II will never
be possible TO suit exactly all tastes,
90 avoid all errors, TO smooth away
all difficulties, but the NEWS will
come as near the accomplishment
Of this high ideal a. the utmost EN-
deavor, the most liberal expend-
lures, the most untiring efforts
will permit.
You like IL pretty we'll already9
Then IL has made good beginning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

Mrs Henry Ward Beecher's pet fad is
the keeping Of Java sparrows, canaries,
goldfinches, cockatoos and love birds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

Black, red, violet and black is not good
combination, as red and violet injure each
other, and it is therefore advantageous to
separate them by black, but the latter
does not produce as good an effect as
ybita
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

The higher education of women is making
its presence felt, but the first notes of the
reconstruction were heralded when the
crazy quilt bowed itself out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher's pet fad is
the keeping of Java sparrows, canaries,
goldfinches, cockatoos and love birds.
The fair Duchess of Portland has $50
women pledged TO her Society for the Pro-
lection of Birds. None OF them will wear
or encourage the wearing of any song
birds plumage.
Nmerica today possesses over 1000
women physicians, and nearly 100 ordained
women ministers Fifty-six of the sex
became lawyers as early rs 1882, and the
number has greatly increased since then.
Black. red, violet and black is not q good
combination, as red and violet injure each
other and il is therefore advantageous TO
separate them by black, but the latter
does not produce as good an effect as
white.
The German Empress has formed n
League for the Preservation of Good
Habits among the Prussian ladies. The
members bind themselves to discourage
luxury to wear simple dresses and to
practice economy in the household.
One of the richest young women in
Philadelphia is Miss Estella Pardee. who
is engaged to be married TO n minister
G. Pardee, the millionaire coal dealer, and
she will divide about sl4,0O0,0OO with her
sisters.
A Delaware cobbler gave his wife GER
tain sum OF money each week for her per-
sonal use. He never inquired what she
did with it. but after thirty mine years of
welded life the wife died, and in the
drawer of an antique table the husband
found bag containing gold; also roll of
greenbacks, amounting In all to $4,000.
The daughter of Alliance Congressman
Baker of Kansas does a mans work on a
farm owned by herself. Miss Baker goes
TO the field in mans garb and plants and
sows, attending to all the duties usually
followed by man, and has made money
ever since she began to do the work. She
has never been compelled to borrow a dol
lar, and to-day owns the farm, debt free,
with an enormous crop on it,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
Jerome
Kennedy

&C CO.
Will offer
This Week
800 Mems All-Wool
Panta1OOnS
At $500.
500 Mems Suits
OvercoatS
At $3.50
500 Boys Suits
And
OvercOatS
At $500
Mems Underwear
One case Camels Hair at SEC.
Worth sl.Oo)
One case broken line sizes,
Suits Conde Underwear
At Sl.00.
(Reduced from 81 50)
One case White Wool Un-
derwear at $I.5o.
Worth s2.O0)
One case DIR. Warmers Health Camel's
Hair Underwear
At $2. so to "a So
One case Black All-Wool Stockings at 25c.
Worth &c.,
IS cases of best
Derby Hats
At $2.c0
Bring $3.50 TO $500.
100 Westminster Street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13

Smerica today possesses over 1000
women physicians, and nearly 100 ordained
women ministers. Ffty-six of the sex
became lawyers as early rs 1882, and the
number has greatly increased since then.
The morning call., 1891-08-05

$1,000 had been paid aud had received just
$500 in cold cash for the whole business.
Other property in the neighborhOod had
deprecated in proportion.
When the electric road came along there
was a ray of hope in the breasts of those
who had held on till patience had almost
ceased to be virtue. These residents are
now asking very earnestly whether the
electric road is a reality and whether it is
true that the Omnibus Cable Company
views its progress with as friendly an eye as
is freely alleged.
One thing is certain. The Board of Su-
pervisors at brief meeting held yesterday
afternoon awarded the contract for con-
structing steel bridge across Second
street at Harrison to the Pacific Axle Com
pauy The city is to pay S4333 35 of the
cost and the electric road the remainder
that is, S2l66 Go, the total being $500. 1t
is a small amount, and the expense will fall
on the city at large, not on the local resi-
dents. Nevertheless the latter have had
some experience in the past which they
would scarcely care to repeat
Some of them can recall the day when
John Middleton, prominent dealer in real
estate and owner of large lot on the cor
ner of Second and Bryant streets, conce lived
the idea of grading Second street for heavy
teams by cutting through Rincon Hill. He
foresaw big business along the line from
the Pacific Mail Dock, but the vision
proved as illusory as Harry Meiggs' idea of
a big boom for North Beach when Powell
street was graded Mt a runous expense. In
both cases the money was spent and the in
vestors were richer only by large fund of
experience. The Powel-sIreet grade proved
useful subsequently for street-car purposes,
but the SecOnd-Street cut of 60 feet has been
a dead loss to this day. The direct expense
of the improvement was $3.50 The
whole loss to the city was over million.
There are signs, however, that G portion of
popularity may be restored to Rincon Hill
and that Second-Street bridge and Second
street cut may once more resound to the
rumble of the wheels of commerce. The
fact that the Omnibus Cable Company and
the electric road are working with a per-
fectly good understanding atthe crossing OF
Steuart and Howard streets, as well as at
other points, is held to be evidence that the
new enterprise will find solid support, and
if this be the case the natural beauties of
Rincon Hill, its peculiarly genial climate
and freedom from dust and gusts may revive
all the prosperity and all the elegance of the
silver era, when the hill was the fashionable
center OF San Francisco.
The morning call., 1891-08-05
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MECHANICS FAIR.
Perfecting Arrangements for the Annua
Exhibition.

Perfecting Arrangements for the Annual
Exhibition.
At last evenings meeting of the Mechan-
les Institute Trustees the time was en-
thely taken up in perfecting arrangements
for the twenty-sixth annual exhibition,
which opens on the 18th inst.
A large number of applications for space
we're received, all of which were referred
TO the proper committees.
The Secretary stated that negotiations
are now in progress for the Hazeltine art
collection, numbering 1870 choice pictures,
which will be very desirable addition to
the already elaborate display entered. There
will also be on exhibition in this department
a great deal of local work.
A communication was read referring to
convention of the American Library Asso-
citation to be held in this city in October.
The organization comes here at the invita-
ton of all the libraries in California, and
the Mechanics Institute will join in ex-
tending to the members hearty welcome.
1t is proposed to give them a dinner,
cruise on the bay and an escort for visits to
various points Of interest in and around
the city.
The Secretary was authorized to notify
the Chamber of Commerce at San Jose that
itcould not be furnished space for an ex-
hibt In the coming fair. This was passed
after long discussion, and only when the
Trustees had been informed by their agent
Of the limited room at the disposal of the
board.
A communication was read and referred
to the proper committee from the Book
binders Protective Association asking the
board to abrogate their contract with
Ackers IL Williams, and stating that the
work Of this house was of inferior quality.
1t was decided to open the exhibition with
exercises at the Grand Opera House on
August 18th at O'clock In the afternoon.
The programme On this occasion will be as
follows:
Overture First Regiment Band; prayer, DIR.
Jacob Voorsanger: Introductory remarks Presi-
Nine. lisa de SeminarIo; oralion Hon Thomas
Barry; quartet, members Of the band; march,
baud.
Fl. A. Graves was appointed Superin-
tendent of the exhibition.