Middletown transcript., 1894-06-09

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her charming little home at Passaic
Bridge and have enjoyed the ambro-
sian dainties she is SO fond of pre-
pairing for them with her own hands,
are proud of it, too.
Her housekeeping is first with her,
and if it were necessary to take time
from either it would be her literary
work and not her household that would
suffer from the substraction.
KATE SANBoRN CAN COOK.
Kate Sanborn, at her home at
Breezy Meadows" (such an appro
priately suggestive name for the abid.
ing place of the woman whe adopted
the abandoned farm" to the ex-
treme delight of all to whom she told
"just how,'O says:
Literary women not know low tc
keep house? l will gladly refute that
fallacy. Nine. de Genlis said long
ago that women were seldom given
credit for more than one thing, and
that Mime. Recamer being spoken of
as extremely beautiful, her fine busi-
ness ability and practical qualities
we're all ignored. Both in England
and in our own country there are
many distinguished authors who are
also good wives and mothers; women
in happy, well kept houses. with hus-
bands proud and fond, sure of three
good meals day and every button on.
Go back to Elizabeth Carter and see
if you cannot find old maids in plenty
who were practical as we'll as literary.
Miss Carter was pronounced by DR..
j olIDson 70 be the best Greek scholar
in England He said:-'A man is in
general better pleased when he has a
good dinner on his table than when his
wife talks Creek My old friend Mrs.
Carter could make pudding as well
as translate Epictetus, and work
handkerchief as we'll as compose a
poem. English spinsters were ad-
dressed as Mrs and after fifty) Han
nah Moore, Jane Austin, Joanna Bal
lie, Miss Milford, Miss Martineau,
Caroline Herschel and many others
were famous housekeepers. Eliza Les
lie, one of our bright writer's forty
years ago, published cook book from
tested receipts.
MRS. BEECHER's HOUSEKEEPING.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is an
other woman who, while using
her pen almost constantly, is a noted
housekeeper and an authority on
cooking
Mrs. Beecher was taught to cook al
most be fore she could remember and
says she first made bread at her moth
er's side when she had to stand upon
a stool at the table to knead it, 81
always was fond of cooking" she said,
land my two sisters were not, SO to
my lot fell naturally the task of help
ing mother prepare the meals for the
large family. Besides father, mother
and ten children there were always
the men who worked on the farm, ate
at our table, as was the custom then
and there.
Il have not only personally super
intended my work but during much
f my life have done my own cooking.
When my husband was living and my
family was about me I always tried to
have new bill of fare each day, and
it taxed my ingenuity a great deal.
Now I am quite alone, but my girl
knows very little about cooking, so l
have personally to direct great deal
Of it. always rise at six in the morn
ing and breakfast at half-past seven.
If l have guests they suit their own
pleasure about their hours, but my
own never vary"
"As to woman's literary work un-
fitting her for homework, I believe it
is quite the opposite. 1 think a wo-
man who has brains enough to write
acceptably and well'makes the better
housekeeper because of her broader
II am 80 fond of cooking in all its
branches that hardly think I have
a favorite dish to prepare. Ham
toast is a very nice one: Soften
slightly in stewpan a small piece of
butter, put in enough finely minced
ham to cover round of buttered
toast and add gravy enough to make
it moist, While quite hot stir in one
egg quickly with a fork. Place the
mixture over the toast cut in pieces
Of any shape you may fancy"
MRS. coNNoR ADVOCATES FRUIT.
Mrs. Eliza Archard Connor, one of
oh0 OuciuOoo WOnCA Ill JOuTudllSul,
says she has never been so busy as to
find no time for home work.
She is very fond of cooking, but ad-
vocates more simplicity in that branch
Of housekeeping. "We eat SO much
meat and heavy things" she says,
"when there are such varied and de-
licious ways of preparing simpler and
more healthful food, notably fruits
Now, there are bannas. Wnen roasted
they are delicious and very easy of di-
gestion. Take four large ripe bana-
mas and bake until they are black and
burst open. Then eat with unsalted
butter Or cream, or the creamy pulp
may be beaten up and favored and
eaten like custard Another nice way
to use them is to slice the ripe fruit in
inrings and cover with pineapple juice.
If we would eat dates and figs instead
of meats and substitute fruits fl +
highly seasoned made dishes we