The record-union., 1899-11-26

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Stories to the normal child are as
necessary as the air it breathes, but
the true and inspired story-teller is
rare. That number of young women
gifted in this particular should turn
their talent to financial account is quite
a natural sequence. One young wo-
man in this city who has adopted this
work as a distinct profession, not only
goes from house to house, telling stories
to children to relieve tired mothers and
distracted fathers. but applies her gift
as we'll in general way in the conduct
of childrens parties where stories,
monologues, games and songs furnish
entertainment for the young company.
1t has been found that mentally de-
ficient children can often be reached
by means of "a story, and this work is
included usually in that Of the profess
sional story-teller. Her presence, too, in
the room of the convaleScent child is
almost as important and beneficial as
is that Of the trained nurse during the
critical part of the illness.
A nerve specialist told a patient re-
Gently that he rarely cut off coffee en-
tirely from patients addicted to its use.
What I insist on, however, is that it
shall be largely diluted with milk or
cream. if the latter can be digeSted by
the patient. l sometimes find a person
taking one cup of clear coffee at
breakfast. I let him take two if he will
make each half milk" Another point
suggested by the same physician is that
the cream is often the real cause of the
trouble after the breakfast coffee.
over and over again l have advised a
patient to substitute hot milk or con-
densed milk, with the result that the
forenoon dyspepsia, before attributed to
the coffee, disappeared
All filters should be often cleaned
Any uncleaned filter is much worse
than no filter at all. Even the so-called
self-cleansing filters should be fire.
quently looked after. Following an out
break of dysentery in a children's in
stitution two or three years ago, it was
discovered that the water after it was
boiled and filtered contained twice as
many germs as it had before. Inquiry
showed that the filter was never
cleaned. The accumulation in it was,
of course, the best sort of place for
breeding microbes. 1t has been sug-
gested that the hotels office buildings,
public institutions, and similar places
should be provided with filtering plants
Chocolate cake is a variety of the
sweet that is especially popular with
children. A simple and inexpensive re-
ceipt, long in use in one family, gives
particularly satisfactory results both as
to flavor and digestibility, and calls for
one egg, one cup Of sugar, a half-cup of
milk. cup and half of -four one
tablespoonful of butter, and two table
spoonfuls of baking powder. This re-
ceipt should be baked in two layers
only, and the chocolate mixture spread
between and also on top and sides For
the filling melt square of unsweetened
chocolate. Dissolve a teacup of pow
dered sugar in a little cold water and
add to the chocolate.
"A golden rule for gravies and
sauces" says an expert cooking-teach-
er, ''is that wherever flour is used. the
liquid whatever it may be, must be
cool when added Flour and butter or
meat fat is the base of gravies, over
which the ignorant kitchen-maid pours
boiling water. The sure result is poor.
lumpy gravy. Straining will take out
the Jumps, to be sure, but will not take
away the raw taste from the uncooked
Hour. In making tomato sauce the
Juice should be slightly cooled before
1t is poured over the flour and butter.
and cool milk should be used for white
sauce.
An old method to get rid of cock
reaches is both simple and efficient.
This is by the use of the common red
Wafers that may be had at any sta
toner's, and which are it seems. a
food much esteemed by the insects.
Ihey eat them greedily and die from
the effects.