The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
WHAT T4SSdR GIRLS EAT.

WHAT IISSlR GIRLS EAT.
From the New York Advertiser.
There may be a deal of studying
done by the fair students at Vassar
College, but whether there is or not,
certain it is that there is a deal of
prosaic, everyday eating. In the
colleges reserved for the sterner sex
it is quite n sight for outsiders to
"sce the animals fced,n rs the
@irrevcrcnt collcgians put it. This
remark would never do for Nassar,
but the sum total of table destruction
during the year is appalling, just the
same.
Nassar farm comprises 200 acres.
The asparagus beds cover an acre
of ground, and yield from seventy
five to cighty-five punches daily.
This year 1000 dozen of celery were
raised. More than 300 bushels of
onions, 200 bushels of tomatoes, 900
heads of cabbage and 1000 bushels
of potatoes were raised last year.
The Nassar dairy supplies most of
the milk that comes on the table.
There are from forty to fifty COWS in
the herd, all selected, high-grade
animals. The total quantity of milk
consumed at Nassar College during
the year is from 5000 to 100, 900
quarts. About 10000 pounds of
butter are used during the year. The
400 hundred students need about
95, 900 eggs.
The most important item in the
Nassar book of table expenses is
mcat--beef, mutton, poultry and
game. The amount consumed is, in
round numbers, 9S 900 pounds. An
other important item is flour. The
amount required is 5000 pounds,
or $50 barrels a year.
The head cook receives $4,000 a
year. The college kitchen is an
interesting feature in itself, and is
seldom seen by outsiders. 1t is as
clean and neat as a pin, with i'm
proved ranges, patent boilers,
steam, etc. Last year 3 5000 oranges
and $4,000 bananas were furnished tc
the girls. To this should be added
t 800 pounds of nuts, 300 bottles o
+ pickles, $50 quart jars of olives, ant
. 800 pounds of caramels. OF course
a this doesn't include the boxes sen
!, by big brothers and dear friends.
r If there is IL thing more thar
| caramels that the Nassar student
yearns for it is pancakes. The
quantity of pancakes consumed at
the college is enormous. The griddle
is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. The
Nassar pancake has a turn and brown
that are peculiarly its own. About
, 200 are consumed at breakfast.
Sugar is required to the extent OF
80, 900 pounds. Some of this goes tC
sweeten 5000 pounds of coffee and
200 pounds of tea. Then there il
an item of canned vegetables, which
amounts in a year to 5000 cans. Nc
fewer than 5000 oysters and CLANS
are required, and not far from G,00t
pounds of dried fruit. To this mus
be added bags of salt, bottles of oil
vinegar, mustard, etc.
Now we have some idea of what
the Nassar girls eat. In order tC
bring the matter before the readers
5 eye, we recapitulate the principa
O. articles annually consumed at Vassal
{ College as follows: 90, 900 pounds Of
: meat, %, 1000 eggs, 10000 quarts o
, milk, 1000 oranges, 5000 bananas,
10000 pounds of sugar, 25,00(
5 oysters and clans, 10000 pounds o
butter, 5000 cans of vegetables
5000 pounds of coffee, 1,200 pounds
: of tea, 1900 bushels of potatoes
5 1000 dozen of celery, 500 pounds o
! caramels, 300 bottles of pickles ant
f $50 jars of olives.
The Vassar girls consume large
quantities of food in their owl
rooms-just what amount no one hat
t ever been able to find out. Tn,
y larks in college life are the joll,
''spreads" which are supposed no
a to be held at all.
Y One day the word is whispere,
around among a select few to NEE
. in Miss So-and Sos room. At tn
y appointed hour the girls put in a
@ appearances; one brings n bottle o
pickles, another a jar of jam, a thir'
sugar and 80 on.
Books and papers are swept off tn
= table. Pretty china dishes take thei
d place, and in a few minutes tn
d bright brass kettle is singing RICH
merrily.
y Such a spread is all the nor
is enjoyed because it is sub rosa.
SIX DELICIOUS CAKE RECIPES.
n From Good housekeeping.
A. P's.--Ten ounces of pulverize
a sugar, one-half pound of butter
10 thirteen ounces of -four, and tw
70 eggs. Rub the butter and sugar to
cream, beat the eggs thoroughly an
e add to it, then add the flour gradu
IS ally and mix. Roll out very THU
l. cut with a round cutter that has
,r fiuted edge, and bake on tin bakin