The record-union., 1897-08-22

College students of the feminine
gender are beginning to be seen as walt
G'esses in some of the New England no
els and an exchange describes a, head
waitress Of a well-k known hotel in the
Berkshire Hills who, dressed in black,
with only white collar and cuffs to re-
lbeve the severity, marshals a corps of
assistants in white duck or pique stiffiy
starched.
In Alice Browns Meadow Grass the
narrator Of those fascinating tales di-
lates in her own person, upon the gas
tronOmic delights of a long series Of
greens" beginning in the spring and
stretching on throughout the summer.
These, given in order, include purslane
made notorious by Warmers Summer
in a Garden as "pusley." For those
desirous of novelty, who might be led
to try this substitute for spinach, 1t
may be stated that to the general it is
caviare-and worse. The slippery Shiny
taste is excessively disagreeable, with
no redeeming qualities whatever. In
conjunction with other green things. 1t
is said to make a very good hot salad,
and to prove a. most acceptably differ
ent matter from itself sOlus. The tops
of young beets are delicious greens,
and so are the tender leaves of dande-
lion, which are of so decided a medicinal
quality as to deserve on that account
to be used oftener than they are.
TIC. peel an olive for stuffing is a diff
cut, but not impossible feat. A sharp
pointed boning knife is a necessity, and
with this the fruit should be peeled
away from the kernel, beginning with
the pointed end A little practice and
a deft touch are all that are required
to do this we'll.
Cooked lettuce makes a delicate and
suitable dish for all seasons. To pre-
pare it, select cabbage lettuce that is
we'll headed, and tie it to keep it from
falling apart Put pint of salted stock
in the dripping pam, cover with an
other pan and let it simmer for half
an hour Add more stock if neces-
sary to make sauce, drain the lettuce
and lay it in a hot covered dish. Stir
into the stock a teaspO0nfu1 of -four
one of Drowned butter season with pep
per and salt and strain over the let
tuce.
Lemon ice is rather a disappointment
to most persons eating it for the first
time. and when made according to most
recipes Miss Helen Johnson, the cook
ing teacher, once made an experiment
in her own home with a mold of lemon
iellv which had not been hardened
properly She turned it into a freezer,
and evolved therefrom a lemon ice. The
result was so different from the usual
coarse. rather vapid sweet, that she
has since that time advocated proceed
ing in the initial steps exactly as for
the making of jelly in the recipe given
upon the gelatine package, perhaps
adding more sugar, as this seems to
freeze out in the last process.
Parents as we'll as teachers viii be
interested in the recent decision of the
Board of Education Of Albany, which
abolishes the practice Of Furnishing pu-
pills by OBTAINING them after school
Many parents have felt that the keep
ing-in'' punishment, particularly at the
noon hour, was not a wise one, and
certainly many teachers. forced to stay
in the schoolroom after hours to over
look the detention of a refractory pupil,
must have wondered which, himself or
the pupil was the victim Of the correc-
ton In the Albany schools corporal
punishment is also abolished, which re-
duces the list of penalties very agree
ably. It is a teachers suggestion that
a practice, original with the teacher OF
a country school, might be avalabie
in larger communities. This was 10
make the unruly scholars appear III
teen, twenty, or even thirty minutes be-
fore time. each teacher OF the three
in the building taking in turn the duty
of coming early for week at time to
keep the delinquents at some rather
sharp study
A postoffice mission in a certain
church of a fiourishing town system
atically carries on a most beneficent
work. 1t is in the hands of a committee
which meets once a week in one of the
church rooms to mail to its list of ben
eficiaries newspapers, magazines and
other periodicals. These are supplied
bv the congregation, who aid the work
by regular contributions of their daily
reading matter after it has served them.
one or two advertisements in secta-
rian paper secured the beginning of the
list. and it has since grown through its
own service. One grateful recipient on
a lonely Western rancn VIII ride miles
to tell some distant neighbor OF the OPP
portunity to be had by writing East,
and this one in turn shares the word
with another isolated friend. The read
ing matter sent becomes a circulating
library when it reaches its destination,
being passed around generously and
conscientiously. In December Kansas
woman wrote that owing to the desper-
ate financial condition out there, there
would be no sort of Christmas for the
children of the neighborhood, and asked
if a few Christmas cards could be sent.
The reply was immediate, and hundreds.
of cards and pictures suitable TO the
season were sent out, the whole list of
benefeiaries being included. Many
missionary societies send occasional
bundles of papers: the efficiency of this
work is its permanence and regularity
Occasional entertainments By the COM
mittee provide ample funds TO defray
mailing expenses.
We are all indignant at the British
animadversions against our national
toothpick. We declare with all truth
and fervor that we don't use toothpicks
ourselves. that our friends don't, and
that the horrid thing is just as abhor-
rent fO D11r SanSa af uippfy a f0 any for