The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-02-25

an overture was to an opera" Soup prepares
the stomach for what is to come. and should be
carefully made to be palatable and nutritious.
Nothing. perhaps, will refresh person more
quickly than little good hot soup. Long and
slow boiling is necessary to extract the strength
from the meat. If boiled rapidly over hot
fire the meat becomes hard and tough. and will
not give ont its juices. Fresh, lean, and juicy
meats make the best soups. Cracked bones
and grstIc also should be used, as they possess
tho gelatine matter necessary to soldify the
stock into q jellicd mass when cold. Meat
alone will produce broth like beef tea
One quart of cold water for each pound Of
meat is the rule for common soups. but less
water will make richer stock. Keep the
kettle covered closely and let the meat only
simmer over q slow fire for several hours. or
until the meat is tender. AS the meat cooks
scum will come to the surface, and it should be
carefully removed with skinner. Strain
the soup when done into stock pot, for which
q stone jar is best. Put aside uncovered until
the liquid is cold and the fat has CONCEALED on
the surface. when every particle may then be
readily removed. A greasy soup is not agreo-
able to take or look at and is unwholesOme.
This stock will keep some time If put in cold
place and kept covered. An endless variety of
soups may be made from it by heating por-
ton Of the jelly and adding different flavor
ings, vegetables, seasonings and chickering's to
suit the taste. Thiekened soups should be
more highly seasoned than thin soups.
Delicate favors should be added to the soups
just before they are taken from the fire. or the
flavor is lost by evaporation. A filed stock
pot is necessity to every housewife, for it
makes the foundation,for all sauces, soups and
gravies. A white stock is made from veal and
chicken and is used for cream and white soups.
Left-overs, bits of meat, bones and pieces of
poultry and game may be made into a stock
that is excellent for many things but will not
answer for clear soups. Pearl tapioca soaked
in little cold water and then put into clear
soup and cooked with il looks nice, beside
being great addition.-Nsw York Sun.
Queen Victoria has travelled very little, and
has seen none of her great colonies. Canada,
India, and Australia are strange countries to
her.
Speaking of the Venus de Milo and her
proper proportions, one is reminded of Scho-
penhaner's harangues against women, wherein
he says they are an undergrown. small-shoul-
dered. big-hipped. shortlegged SEX; that
woman is entirely without comeliness and
continually on the alert to squeeze the figure
in one place and build it out at another; to
look as little like natures plan and proper
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and many other devices with like object.
He calls attention to the noble proportions of
man. Tho sour tempered German cynic has
enough right and reason in his argument to
make it worth quoting, and no more.
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One of the new ways to amuse ones self and
ones guests is to have Baby Show" or an
Exhibit of Photographs" All the possible
pictures of the young and old folks. taken when
they were babies, or, at least, when they were
very little boys and girls, are arranged on the
walls of room, and are numbered. The
hostess makes for herself catalog with the
number and names. To every guest she gives
a catalog containing the numbers, and it is for
them to guess the originals of the photographs
ouu Pus th0 hdmO oPpoSiso VIC uumoSIs Aho
one guessing the most is, of course, awarded
prize; and second prize may be given, with
also consolation gift for the most unsuccess-
full guesser.
party like this will prove very jolly, pro.
vided the guests are we'll known to each other,
and provided the hostess keeps it ever in mind
to guard against the fun growing too personal.
The photographs will be often misleading. A
picture of a beautiful child may represent an
unattractive young lady, and she will not de-
light in the fact that it is not recognized. As a
rule though, the mistakes are fattering or else
simply ridiculous. There is story of one
photograph of a sturdy baby that everyone as
signed to certain athletic young man,
whereas in truth it represented the infancy
of one of the petite aud charming young
ladies.
ELSIE PoMERoY McELRoY.
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