The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-13

II the blood spurts out. Perhaps II ap-
pears on Wednesday night. III IL does,
il is not seen on Thursday. but roast
ed chicken accompanied by broiled ba-
con appears.
BY the bye. how many American
housekeepers know that white meat in
the shape of a bird should never be
served unless accompanied either by
bacon or ham 10 give IL the flavor? on
Friday night there will be some es-
pecially good hot fish, and following
this will come the leg OF mutton 10 he
eaten cold with hot vegetables, or else,
If the host is a bit of cook and an
adept with the chatting dish, he Will
when the mutton appears cut off sew
eral thick slices OF the meat, put pep
per and salt. mustard. tabasco and
worcestershire sauce on each side OF
each slice. and then devil them in the
hot dish before him. After that the
mutton will not he seen again until it
appears in the form of meat pie,
which, as IL has potatoes and onions in
it. besides the delicate pastry that COW
ers it. needs no dish TO accompany IL,
though it may be followed by salad.
The economical housekeeper cares for
were diamonds since in small family
they may be utilized at almost any
time to give a flavor to a dish which
lacks il. She is learning. is the Ameri-
can housekeeper. bit Of economy
which she had not regarded as such.
At her first dinner in fashionable
London house she noticed that toast
racks holding cold toast were passed
around. She grew TO like the taste of
the dry toast with her dinner, and COM
ing home she has introduced the sensi-
bic economy, for of course it is an
economy as we'll as a luxury. Not be-
ing able TO buy silver rack. she may
be glad to know that I'm the best china
shops I'm New York she can, at slight
expense, get dainty porcelain rack
that answers every purpose. Why use
| n rack? Because when toast is laid in
| piles ii grows soppy. To know What
| goes with each other is a something
| that must be learned. The dishes that
| assimilate are eaten with an appetite.
Those that are either too much alike or
too different are wasted.
| IL seemed a bit OF extravaganza to
| the northern housekeeper when she
saw her southern sister serve n small
piece OF preserved ginger with each
/, helping OF ice cream. She did not real
| ize that this was a wisdom that came
| from India. that country where dls>
eases Of the stomach are only too com
mon. and that the rich ginger not only
| gave taste to the cold dessert. but that
| IL kept 1t from shocking the stomach
and causing n sudden illness to follow.
! For every union in dishes there Is a
| sensible reason.
The other morning passed a number
of workingmen eating their dinners. As
] was veiled I dared TO look at them.
! In dirty pieces of brown paper there
were thickly cut slices of bread daubed
with huge bits of butter and with thick
slices Of greasy meat between them.
Each man had either a kettle of beer
or a glass Of something To drink. There
was no lack of bread. or OF butter or of
meat. There was simply "A disgusting
Arrangement of food. / do not wonder
that such men become nihilists or wife
beaters. for no matter how poor
woman Is she can If she will arrange
tho luncheon OF workingman neatly.
Lacking napkin, there can be kept
two clean cloths. each being washed
after it's use Bread could be cut in
nicer way. the butter more evenly
spread. the meat minced finely and
daintlly put in place. while there could
always be at least an apple.
The American workingman Is not
poor. but he will he kept poor just as
long as his wife does not understand
the value of food or the proper method
of cooking and serving IL. our poor
are more extravagant than our rich.
and the wife of the average working
man. instead of thinking OF giving her
husband a luncheon that would sustain
that would bc tasteful TO him, spends
entirely too much time i'm getting finery
for herself or her children. sossiping
with her neighbors. or too often simply
hanging listlessly out Of a window. |
have said about one-twentieth of what
I would like to say about things TO eat.
In this case il was man who tempted
me, and l have yielded.
| don't want To seem severe TO any
woman. but do know that IL is within
the power of every woman not burdened
with the cares OF many children to
make her dining room "A haven of de-
light. her table joy forever. and dim
ing with her pleasure looked for
ward To every day. even by her own
husband. As We feed our men. so viii
they be. lt rests with us to make them
courteous brave. honest gentlemen or
rough. uncouth Doors. Which do you
prefer?