The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-07


particularly exceIs in making kidney
stew. which she considers Just the dish
for a late breakfast, or quite as appefsziug
as Welsh rabbit" for a midnight repast.
Those who ought 70 know say that the
Southern beauty and her husband are
leading a most ideal existence these sum-
uer months and enjoying domestic bliss
such as we seldom hear OF in these de-
generate days. II may or may not be true.
but il is certainly refreshing 10 hear.
Another accomplished cook is Mrs. Her
man OeErscls, who prepares herself the
fancy dishes for her swell menus, al
though of necessity she has many assist
ants. Mrs. Oelr1chs lived for many years
In the West, and 1. was there that she
learned the art OF broiiing. for which she
is famous Her broiIed lobster has delight
ed many an epicure. She prepares IL in
the following manner: Split live lob
ster and place its split side uppermost
upon large broiler. Place over moder-
afely hot fire Of wood or coal for ten min
utes. or shorter time IL the shell turns
red DO not turn the rooster over or you
lose the fat, the best part of lobster. A
female makes more delicious eating than
male on account OF the roe"
Miss Gould is also a cook of more than
average ability. although she gives most
Of her attention 10 the preparation or
dainties for invalids The idea first came
10 1eF several years dE-D when fttt AACN-&-A
was ILL., and would eat nothing that was
not prepared by her daughters hand
During her fathers illness she cooked for
him al sorts OF appetizing dishes, ana
since his death she has sent many savory
morse,s TO the little eriPples or Woody
Crest making a special study OF things
healthful for them to eat
In matters OF prudence East thoughts
are best: in matters Of morality first
thoughts. ROBERT HALL.
Among the interesting "reminiscences OF
Christina Rosssti is an anecdote related
by a correspondent who met her at a
country house some twenty years ago.
The poet was then middle-aged, tail and
gaunt with a somewhat sallow COM
plexion and dark. striking eyes Tea was
being served in the garden. when CHRIST
tina Rosseti, TO the establishment OF the
company present, said she had never seen
a sunrise in her life. How poet had ever
lived to such an age without taking pains
to behold such pageant struck her hear
ers with amazement, for a sunrise is al
ways suggestive. Whether the lady took
the trobule TO rise early and satisfy
iaudable curiosity is not divulged, but
we are sorry for her IL she never saw
this fairest sight on earth.
A very fetching tennis costume worn
at one of the fashionable resorts last
week was Of green and white cheviot,
very loosely woven and showing the I'M
derlining of grass green silk. The skirt
was very full at the bottom, but was not
stiffened at all, the heavy silk lining hold
ing it out sufficiently. 1t fitted snugly
about the hips, and had FIVE godets in
the back. The blouse was cut without
seams-except of course the under arms
and was buttoned diagonally across the
front with huge old ivory buttons. 1t
falls a trifie below the waist and has a
belt of scarlet fastened By an ivory buckle
in front. The blouse is finished about
the edges with bands of ivory melton.
The collar is likewise fashioned of this
material, and is fastened on the side with
two small old ivory buttons
The cap was a jaunty tam o'shanter
woven in alternate stripes of red and
white. Shoes and gloves of white suede
completed the toilette.
Literature and politics are to women
today that which religion was TO them
formeriy-the last asylum of their pre-
Observation-Disclosures.
A writer in an English magazine calls
attention to Some Objectionable We'd
ding Customs" singing out four for spe-
cial condemnation. The first is throwing
the slipper after the carriage of the bride
and bridegroom. which is declared to pos
sess neither the virtue of symbolism nor
antiquity 1t is supposed to have been
derived from a German custom of the
bride throwing her own shoes back to
the assembled guests, but no one can say
what that awkward performance signified.
The second practice with which AN Old
Lady" finds fault is the scattering of rice.
which she declares to be a silly and I'M
meaning, disagreeabie and dirty practice,
ia ~ ant
that uncooked rice contains many mi
crobes. and is therefore particularly I'M
suitable to shower upon a bride and
bridegroom ought to have weight. The
third protest is against boy pages, and
the fourth against the aggravation of the
offense by dressing them in theatrical
costumes. As a substitute for these COM
paratively modern and questionable fea-
lures of wedding festivities the sugges-
ton is made that flowers should always
be strewn in the path of the bride and
that strips of rosemary should be given
to husband and wife as they leave the
church. The significance of this old Gus
tom is that rosemary was used at funer-
ais well as weddings. and the idea OF
presenting IL to the newly married was
that they should live together till one
should lay rosemary on the coffin of the
other. In some parts of England in the
middle ages the bride was crowned with
wreath OF wheat. As this grain is ev-
erywhere the symbol of prosperity there
would seem 10 be a poetical fitness in
such a garland.
cruel story runs on wheels. and every
hand oils the wheels as they run.-George
Eliot.
The old-fashioned autograph album.
with its plush covers and variegated
leaves. on which you were requested TO
write "a verse or something please" has
long been relegated 10 the shelf. but the
spirit OF the autograph hunter stili sur
wives. The up-to-date collector now hands
her guests a popular novel in which she is
interested and requests that they write a
criticism on the merit of the work. toeeth-
or with the name and date OF reading.
somewhere on the blank pages inserted at
/ the end OF the book. I saw a book OF this
! sore recently II was none other than '"Tqsl-
/ by" and the question propounded was.
/ Should "Trlhy have married Little Bill
1 leeg" The answers were unanimously in
/ the Affirmative. and many OF them were
( intensely funny.
Women who have been vexlng their
! brains over the sleeve-trunk problem
would DO well 10 return ia the old-fash-
! toned champagne basket. or those pretty
/ hampers Of rattan or willow so much in
vogue for travelling a few years ago. A hin
/ here and there would secure the collars.
I belts and Wristbands 20 tho cloth Innings
I OF the baskets. so that the waists would
I be uncrushed at the end Of the Journey.
( skirts may he packed in trunks without