Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-01

hood she has always been interested in
the mysteries of the culinary art and, as
she phrased it, twas never SO happy as
when she could get her nose over a
saucepan, and she was never satisfied
until she had got at the root of the mat
ter, spending a great deal of time in
original research.
In order to get at better methods Of
doing things, she went into the bakers
methods and into the fish market to
learn the proper way to skin fish, ap-
plying her common sense to the various
operations and working out original
ways of her own.
She has been employed by several
American firms while in England and
finally decided to come to America, as
she had always great liking for this
country, a liking lat her brief sojourn
here has but in sifed People talk
about the AmeriSlsAs running after the
English she exclaimed, with her
broad Yorkshire accent, "but we Eng
lish are just as crazy after everything
American " And she asserts that the
people are far more friendly and open
hearted and ready to lend helping
hand than in her own country In fact,
she says that the CLAIMS are the only
things she has found in this country that
don't agree with her.
Although she has been here but
month she has visited several of the
leading cooking schools in the interests
of her work, observing the differing
methods with keen instinct for what
is best. Although she does not find the
work as far advanced here as in Eng
land, she thinks that the methods, as
far as her observation serves her, are
superior. Comparatively few go into
the work there as thoroughly as they do
in this country, and she considers the
Americans more exact, more accurate
and, alas, more extravagant in use of
materials. The amount of cream and
butter that the average American house
wife uses would break the heart of an
English woman, to say nothing of her
purse,
To see Miss Haxworth preparing va
Tious dishes before her class at the Y.
M. G. A. building is to take several
practical lessons in the possibility of
cooking meal without soiling the i'm
maculate purity of ones toilet. She
wore plain skirt and pretty blue
shirt waist, with full white muslin
apron, her only ornaments being the
medals which were fastened to the bib
A gas stove was on the platform, and a
table covered with a white cloth, with
all the necessary utensils for work, was
close at hand, while an assistant stood
ready to do her bidding.
With deft fingers she prepared the ma
terials for the several dishes in the most
expeditions and skiIlful fashion, talking
pleasantly the while, relating many an
eedotes of her life and work in London,
of her visit to Billingsgate and Covent
Garden and her early morning walks
and adventures i'll the markets in search
Of various edibles.
She has bright, engaging manner,
giving the necessary instructions in the
most simple and matter of fact way. A
large and interested class watched her
operations ns-Prcvidence journal.
The Rage For Smart Looking Gowns.
Because there is so much expensive
hand embroidery ON the bodices of all
smart gowns, women who will not
wear a gown unless it is smart looking,
must decide to employ much Of their
time in doing all that kind Of embroid-
cry and in making up empiecements,
plastrons, vests, collars, etc. In the pres
ent mode accessories count tremendously
and form the costly feature of enormous
dressmaking bills. These little things
are, as we know, the main things in
dress. 1t is saving of many hundreds
year to be deft with one's fingers, to
fashion jabots, boleros, cravats, fichus,
wide belts and the many little neck fin
ishings SO much in vogue
The talent for reproducing at sight
to carry things in the eye, :" as the
phrase goes-is something to be very
proud of and to be encouraged in fami-
lies with daughters This point is dwelt
on in this paper from time to time. be-
cause many women possess the gift but
are too timid to try their hand. 1t is for
their encouragement especially that
hints are given Of how many things may
be made at home, and the choicest
things at that
4 A good plan for beginner is to buy a
collar or a Dlastron and use it for a