Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-05-07


and Put Up In Attractive Shape.
at Is such dainty work" she said
"You know a lady can always give touch
that Is beyond even tho hest OF servants"
The speaker was evidently a lady, and
she looked clover and capable woman AZ
we'll as she stood in the oloanest OF clean
kitchens In house in Forty second street
Yesterday afternoon stirring in a bowl n
smooth light colorod mixture of about tho
consistency Of cream
"N hat do you suppose IL isS'' she asked.
Taste il .
Chicken, hesitatingly said the visitor
who had been addressed.
yes, chicken PURGE
1t is one of the most delicious prepara.
tions for the sick that leave that small
kitchen TO go not only through all parts of
this country, but abroad The whole
work OF preparing delicacies for the sick Is
one of the most successful and womanly
ever undertaken by woman and carried
through by her own unaided efforts. It
has stood the test of several years now,
and il is increasing in value as Ii becomes
better known.
There was nothing to indicate the cook
in the woman who started the work as
she stood stirring the chicken PURGE yes
terday. She wore tailor made gown and
hat to match. She did not wear an
apron, and she did not need one, as she
turned the puree into small jar without
splitting drop.
"You know don't do the cooking, +" she
said. II teach others to do that. But
| there is not a part Of IL l do not under
stand, and when there is a rush of work
turn my hand at anything"
She placed rubber band on the top of
the jar as she spoke, screwed on the cover,
| placed the jar in pasteboard box which
| just fitted it, wrapped the box deftly and
daintily in dark blue paper, secured the
two ends with sealing wax, stamping one
with her own seal, all in less time than it
takes TO write it.
GLOW did think of doing this work."
| she went on 1T was through a severe
| illness Of my ister-in-law. The doctor
| said recovery depended largely on her re-
ceiving the proper nourishment. There
| were plenty of servants in the house, be-
sides the nurses, but my brother did not
| dare to trust them To do the cooking, and
he was entirely at "a loss.
You can trust me- l said. Send
everything around TO me, and will do It, ;
"Just out of curiosity after that looked
around TO see if there was place in New
York where delicacies for the sick could be
| purchased, and found there was none.
remarked several times that it would be
an excellent idea for some one to start such
business. l didn't think of doing it
myself.
81 suppose have natural talent for
! cooking. When / was keeping house for
/ myself, l cared more about the table than
any other part Of the house. 1t was my
hobby. 1 hated to have anything to do
! about the scrubbing and cleaning, but
did not see why the things on my table
! should not be served as well as they were
at Delmonico's.
"Then whom took up this work | APP
piled the knowledge of rich foods to the
simple. There Is almost nothing we do
not do, though the special things we send
out are jellies and broUhs.
"We would not undertake dinner, of
course, but have broiled a small bird and
prepared swcetbreads. We have people
who come hero for homemade bread, and
| the funniest order l ever took was for a
chicken bone for "a baby The baby's papa
came here and asked me very earnestly II
| would mind giving him chicken bone,
with very little meat on it, for his baby.
He did not like To give the baby bone
| from "A chicken at the hotel. IL was lit
tie package when it was put up. 1t was
wrapped as anything else would have been
IA white paper next the bone and blue
paper sealed on the outside
81 have even had clubman come in
here He said he was just recovering from
an illness, and nothing anywhere was just
what he wanted to eat He would take
anything | had. He ate some homemade
bread and butter us though he was
starved. "
The kitchen of the establishment for
preparing deicacies for the sick is the
showroom of the place. Customers and
| visitors find their way into IL unasked
from the pretty Office in front. 1t is not a
large room, but it is spotlessly clean.
There is not spare bit of wall space in It,.
There are two large gas ranges, two tables,
a closet with glass front, two large ovens
and big, deep case, with glass sides, In
which the jars and bottles are shut in,
ready for use. A line of refrigerators is
on one side of passageway leading off the
| kitchen. They, too are open for the in
spection OF customer who sees them for
/ the first time. Neat assistants are busy
| WIN Niiithph JSiig1 BibpdiihB SauuNlCn6s
of stale bread and scraped beef and put.
| ting up sterilized milk.
1.-THE order for milk did not come in
until 10 O'Clock this morning. says the
proprietor, land it had to be ready by 5
o'clock tonight for the expressman There
are four dozen bottles They will go out
on the steamer tomorrow, and the milk
will last a baby through the trip. We sent
"a number of bottles abroad the other day
for baby who was to be brought home on
one of the incoming steamers.
~ learned To letter in school when
made charts" she continued as with a
small brush she marked the address ON
| the outside of the wooden box containing
| the milk bottles. II didn't know then that
the accomplishment would ever come in
| play"
The sterilized milk Is poured into half
| pint bottles, made alright with rubber
stopples. They are placed in pasteboard
holes, several in box the boxes are wrap.
ped and sealed, and all packed in a wooden
box in straw for their journey York
| Times.
Room Colors.
For rooms which are in constant family
USE says Womankind, quieter, darker col
ors may be desired A preconceived plan
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