The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-01-19

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/ is the best in the world, the present |
method of milling produces a coarse -four, |
and this is excellent for making bread, |
| but is not fit forpastry. 1t makes coarse |
! grained, tough cake greasy pie-crust and |
heavy biscuit. The regular pastry flour |
is perfect in its intended use. For ccon- |
omy 1 would advise two sacks of flour |
in the pantry to be used as they are in. |
tended to he used. Mixing two brands |
of flour makes a better quality of bread |
sometimes than first using one kind. The |
| baker who does not look into this matter |
unconsciously drifts into an extrava- |
gance. The present price of -four makes |
it necessary that we should be even more |
careful to use it to the best advantage. If
in fancy we follow grain of wheat from
its home in some vast wheat field of the
west to our kitchens, we would he more
careful and gather up "tbe crumbs" 1t
seems a very small thing to take into
consideration-,iust grain of wheat, but
it should be, for in appropriating it to
our use millions of grains that it would
produce are sacrificed, yet if il serves the
purpose for which it was created, it has
not been harvested in vain, but should
some careless housekeeper leave a hand
tul OF flour and a quantity of dough in
her bread bowl, all the energy spent upon
it will have been for naught. 1 heard
Mrs. Ewing read a paper on culinary
rubbish. 1 imagined from her title that
she was going to tell us the uses of what
might be termed rubbish that accumu-
lates in our kitchens. We can construct
very good dishes from odds and ends. 1
am reminded of an incident of my sum-
mer outing. liked the soup at the place
! where I was boarding, l happened to
, say so to a friend who liked the pancakes.
She said. with chukle, that she had been
told that everything went into the soup.
1 told her l had been informed by one
having authority, that everything went
, into the pancakes.
a very good soup can be made from
what might be called rubbish" but one
, wants to know that ii is not the indis-
criminate savings of boarding house
b dinner. Soup should be served frequent
t ly. 1t is wholesome and takes the sharp
!, edge from our appetites. We eat slower
> and are more socable. One naturally
begins to chat over bowl of good hot
t soup. Cheerful conversation at the table
II lis one of the best digestivcs. Good diges-
>. tion is a matter of economy, as one of the
eXtravagances of the age is patent med
icine, which is frequently bought to help
: digest i'll cooked food, or to alleviate the
}. misery caused by eating it.
q There is an old adage which says, "The
.e nearest way to a mans heart is down his
l. throat" 1t frequently happens that the
whole man is lost by some woman trying
IL to find his heart in that way.
Ie "We may live without books,
IS What is knowledge but grievng7
We may live without hope,
d What is hope but deceiving?
~ We may live without love,
- What is passion but pining?
ir But where is the man
That can live without dining?n
1t is the little foxes that eat the vines
J. we are told, so l dwell at length on tn
little eXtravagances. II is said that
French family will live on what al
ne American family wastes. France is
or perfect garden, and doubtless was mad
is so by the frugality of the people.
/ am not writing this for those VIII
> have to fight the wolf from the door eac
IT, day, but to those comfortably situated
ut Plenty is provided. The bills are pal
en- by good-natured husband. or maybe
!, is not good-natured. and the bills ma
~ not be paid, but the substance is spei
ne in riotous living, and wicked was
tci makes woeful want. We find vei
m graphic description of the drunkard
Proverbs. 1t suits him today as well
,ue it did i'm SolomOn's time. We also fin
''N in the last chapter the duties of the hous
&C. keeper delineated, which we are not
mi willing to apply to ourselves, yet thin
Ext if one is entirely correct the oiher mu
rty be, too.
.nd would say 10 the mothers: Tea
tie your daughters to cook. Get them int
i've ested in their homes; look after the
nv domestic education as carefully As Y,
one look after their college career,
rty Parents look over the eXamlnat
papers their children bring home fro
their teachers and show great pride
their literary attainments, and pra
them for good marks in studies that m
Of never be of any material use to the
L. You should take as much pride and gi
- as high praise when loaf of bread is
result OF mental and physical effo
- know some tolerably good cooks W
"ou owe what success they have attained
ioe' the interest their father took in tn
Sest early efforts.
"The praise that spurs thee on
lb And higher lifts thy quest,
edit Heaven send thee!
dora Better none than in it,
~, Thou shOuldst rest
In Daughters should be thoughtful
,iab their mothers and lit some of the b
day ueuS 'io'' 'iie 9'lou'uels ma '''o 80
years and the life Of toll. There is o
S"s one mother in the world for us, and
uu' should cherish her, and do the little
tha' vices for her that arc so grateful wi
,lne' given ia love. l think this advice g
line for the sons in the family, too. 80
Item boys" are problems l leave TO some
lnus more able to solve than l could do
e. subject justice. They are our fut
presidents, our representative men,