St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-21
PROTECTION PUDDING.
What Good Republican Did
Rather Than Eat 1t.

f6aener nan Eat II.
New York Times
"What do you call this. Mary?" de-
manded the husband as the wife served
him his dessert, something in a saucer
that he was to eat with spoon.
"Protection pudding" answered the
wife, made after receipt that Mrs
HARRISON gave me-"
What Mrs. Harrison? The presi-
dents wife?''
No, nor no relative of hers; else her
husband would have an Office, wouldn't
he?''
"Well, yes. | suppose so. But what
Harrison is it?''
Mrs. Charles Harrison. James,"
"Mrs. Charles Harrison! Who's Mrs.
Charles HarriSon?"
"Wbv. James, you've seen her fifty
times. She irons your shirts and
things"
The husband said nothing more for a
minute. Meanwhile he made an inveSti-
CATION, prying about in the saucer with
his spoon
Protection pudding. after a colored
washerwoman's receipt" he muttered
after while, and then, looking up, he
demanded: Say. wife, what is this
pudding made of?''
made out of dried apples, James
dried apples, eggs and sugar. Receipt
came originally from the American Pro-
tective Tariff league"
'PShaw, Mary, what are you talking
about?'
Its so, James. Mrs: Harrison went
to political meeting where somebody
told her and the other darkies how
much the government had done for the
Of IN L.
the-the-What was it, James, that the
government passed anyhow?"
1.-The Mckinley bill? Is that what
you mean?"
Eyes, James. that's it. Well, after
the speaking was over. white woman
stood up and asked the colored ladies to
stay bit and form protection club.
They all stayed, of course, and when
the women had the hall to themselves
the white woman told what she wanted.
My dear friends said she, we are
only women. you and l, but we can do
something for our country in the cam
palgn that is just opening, if we only
will. We can throw the home influence
in favor OF that great party which has
done so much for the cause of liberty,
humanity and American industries.
Let us form a Protection club the fun
| damenta principle of which shall be
that it is the duty of Americans to
stand by America, to wear American
goods, to eat American food!'"
"And they formed the club, of
course?"
Eyes, indeed, James, and the white
woman sent the secretary big bundle
OF Protection Cook Books the next day,
and one OF the receipts is what have
followed in making this pudding.
SoOn's Mrs. Harrison told me about it |
| said at once: Jennie, hurry home and
get your cook book. My husbands the
| greatest protectioniSt in America, and
he'll he delighted to have me make him
| a protection pie or pudding took the
pudding receipt because it was easiest
made"
But why do you call it protection
pudding?''
1.-The cook book calls it that. 1t saws
that everything that goes into it is pro
| tected. Here's the receipt:
PROTECTION PUDDING.
| Dried apples, protected, two cents a
pound.
Eggs, protected, five cents dozen.
| Milk, protected, five cents a gallon.
| Take two large bowls soaked dried
apples. ten fresh eggs and three quarts
of milk. Beat them all together anC
bake in hot oven until fit to eat.
"Say. Mary"
"Well. James. what is it?''
"Mary, Eve lived with you twenty
five years and have eaten everything
that you've ever cooked for me, ant
have never made wry face at any
thing. but l can't eat protection pud
ding Pm a prOtectionist and am will
ing to stand by the dried-apple industr,
with my pocketbook, but never ate
piece or dried apple in my life ant
never will. Say. Mary, you just buy
dollars worth of dried apples ever!
week and burn 'em up. That'll ease my
conscience and won't hurt my stomach.
Then James walked round to Mary
chair and gave her kiss. AS h
strolled down town smoking his ciga
he caught himself wOnderingi if it WASH
carrying protection little too far to pu
tax on dried apples.
'Seems to me-" said he, cit ought t
be just the other way; man ought t
get bounty for eating them"