New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15

"vI-hs, N Rome do as the Romans do" This
,ru!sm a one OF the fest OF all rules 10 roiio"'
and We: II OF those excellent pieces or ADVICE
ia. e generally disregarded. People more
,ba, an. n carry their own Individual convention
su-,es win them wherever they 20, and endeavor
N make a SQUARE patch fl a round hole. however
difficult the task may be, and unsatisfactory the
result Adaptability Is one Of the most charming
o, traits and YET II IS very seldom cultivated ms
Principle applies also 20 many other things besides
manners and customs. Brtons and Americans gen.
.railv not only carry their ways OF living into the
countries they inhabit. Ike sna:with It's house on
is pack but even their food. which In many cases
Is not adapted 70 the climate constitution o. even
the appetite AprOpos OF this tendency 10 disregard
"-ba good TIE gods pro, ide." weil-knoWn club
ma and epcu-e speaking the other day o the
dual disappearance OF what is known distnctiye
Is southern cookery and the olG-rime dishes that
med 20 be the pride % every Southern housewives
|heart
Never will forget" he exclaimed waxing en-
IthYsias,ic those ante-bellum days. when.
vo,,z collegian 7 was invited b. some classmate
20 pass 2 holiday week IN the South The memory
Of -hat fried chicken. win IL inimitab!e cream
sauce Il have tried again and again 10 nave u
done in my house without success that indescro-
saiv delicious corn bread. Tho roast sucking pig,
IN. stuffed turkey (surely no stuffns was ever IKE
tns., -bs cakes ard breaktast breads 10 say moth
ing n me er-.o-De-forgo,ten desserts pies and
Whe, received an Invitation from y. VINO has
bought a me place IN Virginia % come down with
house party for Thanksgiving week, I was de-
lighted for those memories Of my boyisn days came
hack 20 me- bringing g beatihc vision OF the good
os fa-s which fondly hoped 10 repeated.
Gofng dow, in our special Jack r. and l talked
o. The delicious Southern dishes that ach femem-
bsred 80 we'll until the longing WHILE w. gre"
really quite Intense Well We arrived with cold
wave tired hungry and chilly and my frs d:sap-
pon.nen, was 70 see instead O. the smiling darke,
mer servants Of azure foss and ebony maids ia
ba,4aras a couple Of correct English footmen
waiting 10 receive us this sign OF the times my
hear sank
Now / feel sure. said 10 Jack r.. that We
will have BIS execrable chef know OF Old; how be-
can stand that man. I can't conceive ana
alas. my sorebodIngs proved true. long. tedious
course dinner OF made dishes Of questionable
merit cold and badly served. for which our host
apologized on the score OF wretched range and IN
convenient household arrangements, was only the
precursor % other Ike repasts II is so very am
cgl, gei the kind OF provisions here th2t We To-
euire ard are accustomed TO- said Mrs b.. cnaFm-
ing woman bu, ore who il feel bound 10 say, no
hossekeeper: otherwise her instinct would have told
her that her cue lay IN going back 70 the radi-
tons OF the country. and organizing hef household
on me lines Of an Old Virginia homestead 'befo' de
war
Speaking Of those good Old soUtheru dishes r.
minds one 0, what a lavish use OF material they
required, Only IN land flowing with mix and
honey would such an extravageni disregard Of the
amount o. eggs cream and butter employed NJ
possible Many od-fashiOned people stil remember
Aunt Randolph's" cook book, when used 10 Dc re-
s-Tdei by the conscientious young southern house
keeper with reverence little short Of thai accorded
10 her Bible as a light unto her path. ~ man
Gates 10 be followed almost unques onnsly a. nose
q sacred writ A splendid old booh ard q splendid
Oh lady. so they say whose virtues and good deeds
are enumerated on her tombstone Ia Nirsinia-all
ave one and that perhaps her greatest. that she