The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-27

There are several thousand women
doctors I'm the United States. Every one
that marries encounters a problem which,
If apparently trining. is, nevertheless, a
source of some irritation in her social
experience. 1t is this: Should her title
take precedence OF her husbands upon
occasions requiring the presentation OF
their names linked In the one address?
For instance, should the invitation she
sends out read, Mr.. and Dr. Blank re-
quest the pleasure Of your company,
etc? Or should the common title Mr..
give place TO the more distinct one of
Dr.? Certainly the latter reads better;
in announcing the pair at any time, IL
sounds better. Yet there il the prejudice
that the husband should be named first,
a prejudice slurred by every woman jeal-
Gus of the least detraction from the dig
nifty of her husband.
To be sure, the difficulty may be over
come by the woman dropping her title In
her social relation, appearing thus as
Mrs. not Dr., Blank. But this is a sacri-
flee OF professional identity which a wom-
an doctor, as little as a man, would like
to make. For sentimental reasons. she
would naturally be averse to sacrificing
her title in social intercourse, and IL
would nave a fatal practical effect upon
her business success. A doctor more
than any other professional person, de-
pends upon being known in social rela-
tions for the advertising which persons
I'm trade acquire by the vulgar means OF
posters and the press. A woman, there
fore, who was Doctor Smith only In her
office and Mrs. John Smith I'm the draw
ing room and on the street, might Iogi-
cally meet with small financial encour-
agement to keep her Office open.
ELECTION CAN.
A Providence housekeeper prides herself
upon being the possessor OF recipe
which is at least one hundred and fifty
years old. IT is for election cake and the
proportions are: Five pounds OF dried
and sifted flour, two pounds OF butter,
two pounds of sugar, three gills of brew
ers yeast or twice the quantity of home-
brewed. four eggs, a gill of sherry, a
gill of brandy. half an ounce of nutmeg,
two pounds OF seeded raisins, one quart
of milk: rub butter thoroughly into -four,
add half the sugar. then half the milk,
warmed with the yeast: Ten the eggs.
well beaten; the wine and the remainder
of the milk; beat well and let IL rise all
night. In the morning beat well and add
the spice and raisins. Let IL rise In the
pan three or four hours, or TIL very light
If you wish ii richer, add pound of ci-
tron.
COFFEE FORECAST.
A writer I'm the Scottish Exchange
claims the coffee forecast az an In
fallible weather test and appended are
the directions for proving the truth of
this assertion: Drop carefully into the
middle of your matutinsl cup OF coffee.
prepared with n little milk. two Jumps OF
sugar. and without stirring the cup, from
the results draw your auguries. IL the
bubbles ascend rapidly, separate quick
ly. and fy TO the side Of the cup. there
will be much rain within the next twenty
fovr hours. II they gather slowly and
gravitate In n cluster TO the side, only
possible showers may be expected. But
~ they remain placidiy In the center of
the cup. you may wear your best hat,
and leave your umbrella at home, when
YOU take your walks abroad.
TROUT sMoTHERED IN CREAM.
This recipe Is for brook trout. which
are 20 he cleaned. wiped inwardy and
seasoned. They are then laid in a porce-
lain-lined baking dish with a bay leaf,
n ring OF onion And cream 10 level and
baked for half an hour and served imme-
diately.
WHAT BECOMES OF HAIRPINs7
Five hundred millions OF hairplnsl That
IL what the women OF this land annually
buy, beg or borrow. Now, a hsirpin never
wears out: II sometimes becomes pale and
bent with age. hut its aveirdupois is all
there. What, therefore, becomes or these
successive millions?
During the last ten years 5000. mn 0oo Of
hairpins have been made and sold At
present there arc oaly sbey leQ.c9o.co In