The National tribune., 1896-11-05


recipe for ginger waters from The Ladies
Home Journal makes delicate little cakes to
serve with afternoon tea or with light
supper.
Ginger waters may be made by Dreaming
quarter of pound of butter; add half a
pound of brown sugar. one dessertspoonful OF
ground ginger, the grated peel and juice of one
lemon Beat thoroughly, then add half n
pound Of -four and pint of golden strip; beat
thoroughly and vigorously. Butter your pan,
and spread the mixture in each as thin as pos
sibIe and yet perfectly even and smooth. Bake
in rather brisk oven. When they are partly
done draw the pan to the oven door and roll
each wafer into tiny cylinder. This must be
done very Sex peditionsjy. Then return them
to the oven until they become crisp aud brown.
NJ
pretty little story Of whistling girl comes
from the Detroit Free Press:
Talking about whistling." said the young
man WHO WAS spinning yarn in the smoker,
reminds ne of curious incident that hap
peBed to me in hotel 0nce--not exactly q
tragedy comedy, but involving features Of
both. 1t was a country town hotel. and went
TO my room early 10 escape the dizziness OF the
office aud write letters to the house. There
was gas in the room, but after searching /
could not discover any matches. and there was
no hell to ring for them. decided to waylay
some attendant in the hall, and sat down TO
my writing. But no sooner was everything
still than | heard some one whistling in the
next room. First it snatch from an
opera, then tender and musical rendition of
Annie Laurie | could not write lire for
the witchery of the whistled numbers. Once
! applauded but there was long silence, and
! did not repeat the indiscretion. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY some young fellow who whistled I'M
consciously. and when reminded of it ceased
to pipe his sweet music.
when he stopped whistIing resumed my
pen and wrote my letters. Then thought of
the matches and raped OIL my neighbor's door.
- say, young fellow, oblige me with a
match, will your
"TEere was no response, but / could hear
movement and kind Of chuckle. became
interested and raped again.
"'S Say. there! don't be dog in the manger.
Anybody who can whistle as sweetly as you
ought to be obliging
with that the door opened and there stood
before me demure but very pretty young
woman, who handed me solitary match. and
shut the door and locked it 80 quickly that
| could not even say Thank you,' even If had
not been struck dumb with surprise"
"She was the whistler2"
"She was"
"And did you meet her AGAIN."
"Well. rather. | had great big apology to
make the next day, and / made it; and-weIl,
she is my wife now. and / owe my happiness
to the fact that she whistled."
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With people who are careful in their speech
there is preference in the use of the words
"lunch aud Luncheon" for using "lunch u
| only as the verb and luncheon as the noun
| form. 81 invited her to lunch with me II
would be correct, but Is invited her to take
lunch with me" would be wrong the sentence
this time requiring the noun form Luncheon"
Twill You come in time for lunch }" is as pain
| fully wrong to these purists as it would be tc
| say viii you come in time for dne2" It is
| preference, / must admit that Webster does
not support. He gives luncheon as verb and
noun. and lunch, likewise, can be made to dc
double duty. However, despite Webster,
| whom we rarely deliberately neglect, it seems
more correct to use luncheon for noun and tc
| use lunch for the verb as the purists comm and
| ET Mel