Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-17

Tentative. A. culilvators Of the Chris
tlnn grnceH. these Cuban ranges are
without parailcl:and when one has 80
possessed her soul In patience that she
can prepare a throo-courae dinner With
out once mislaylng her temper she II
surely ripe for a better world.
our servants match the Kitchen 10 4
T. They are elderly negresses. with
families Of their own. and like mother
birds. they nightly convey 20 thc homo
ncsi every mnrscl OF food not carefully
locked up In the warirohe. Their
everyday costume a. distinctive u MOI
appropriate. II consists OF a single.
voiumlnous white skirt. very shor. In
front and trailing behind, with a low
nccked bodice ana Hhofs, puffcd sleeves,
leaving the skinny arms bare 90 the
shoulder. The front of The c1raagc IL
deliberately embroidered and secured
by a string 40 The top. iied "a loosely
II tied 80 an, trat strip " bare bronze
back stands confessed 20 the waist
line. The woody heads, gray with the
weigh. " years. are topped with gaudy
turhanH. the bars feHt are thrust into
slippers Of white canvas. and WHEN my
lady walks abroad she covers her gap
inE back with a hcdragglpd white Hllk
shawl. both women consider them-
selves monuments ~ vlrtuouH Industry
IN c0nssn;lng g. lend a helping hand %
las Amerlcinas-for could thCy not
like All their nrlghbora. b. well led
without work. Hl long AZ Cuban rullef
supplies hold out. iui thcy are not
lnjuring their constitutions by hard
lablri when noe altllng In the front
wlndowa, smoking ciElromca and gua-
,lplng with friends outside, their aim.
less Htcp-shnd feet 80 slnpping about
the marble doors, like the stars, 'un-
hlatinE yet unrca.lng." The SLOW
monotonnus slap, slap, slap, u chose
Needless slippers so wears upon the
nerves that one INDUCES IN strange
flights OF fancy as TO what might ace
celerate their movements. Should the
seven angels Of ths Apocalypse, carry-
ing the seven golden Walls nllcd with
wrath. heralded by trumpet notes and
wrapped about with awful glory, come
Knocking come fine day at our front
door-alap, slap would 80 chose same
slow feet toad mli them.
My family ~ nineteen includes Miss
Aunle Wheeler, a daughter Of cN-Glv-
ernor Packard Of Louisiana. several
ladies' from Nov orleans. two Cublnas
from Key West, ami several uthsra
from various parts OF the South. all
madly lmmunca, recruited Tor the
work by Mrs, Cui'ls " Washington.
As every moment Of ume mus be
spent 90 the best advantage, where
such an ocean u suffering Is 90 be
stald by few frall hands, we break
fast az $3.50 am, and Immediately
Afterwards ouch goes on her own APP
pointed way, 60 hospital, dlspensary or
eonsultarlo. The dinner hour IL vet Cor
1896 but often Il Is s. or even . pm.
before the tired ladies' can leave their
pressing duties, to snatch a hasiy
meal; ana then 10 straight 20 bed Tor
A Few hours needed rest. N your
Imagination N fertile enough. you may
perhaps fancy some of tine experiments
| have tried by way 81 making
change In the daily menu with the ma
terlals at thanksgiving French toast,
or bareback soaked In condensed milk
and fried IN bacnu fats hash VI canned
Deer, minus potatoes and a chopper;
corn bread, baked In a frylng-pan over
an uncertain charcoal fire. and slv1ry
rigonts compounded OF an the odds
ANA ends ohtalnablC. Occaslonally I
ranalek the city market In search Of
something new, ami then my expert
enees are indeed varied and entertain
ing.
on such occasions ! am accompanied
by pnf or b0.h OF the elderly hand
maldens, who, In addition 10 chelr
trailing white skirts ana sllkeu shlwls,
wear each wide smile, which she
would faln make wider were Il not FOR
the position Of her ears Up ana down
we steep ana dirty stress WE doll
those everlasting slippers alappng the
stones a few PAGES behind me; until the
market N reached, when they range
aAngslie, as necessary guard
against imp1rtuna,e dealers While
YET ohseured by Intervening walls,
The proximity OF the market
house In announced by new smells OF
extra vlleneas, Ewarma ~ fat green
hlea ana the slap, Shaping OF many