Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-28
4 MISUNDERSTANDING cARoL.


The carpets on the clothes line, and In
cessant whacks we hear;
The holdings in the kitchen and the beds
are in the hall,
The pictures are upon the floor while
some one dusts the wall;
We eat cold meat and crackers from q
wobbly kitchen chair.
For this is glad housekeeping time-so
free from toll and care.
The neighbors line their windows and
hasty census take
OF all the bric-a-brac We have. and calcu-
If it was bought with ready cash or on
installment plan:
We rescue our provisions from the hasty
garbage man,
And life is gay and carelesshke, it makes
one want to roam
To HE away-because the folks are clean
ing house at home.
THE melancholy days are here-the days OF
soap and dust
Stove polish daubs the tableware-there
pie on Wagner's bust
Piano holds some frying pans-the bath
tubs filled with books
The womenfolks-ah, who could tell who
they were by their looks?
Sing hey! The glad housekeeping time
the time of dust and soap,
1t is gladsome sight to see-through
big telescope
Josh Wink, in Baltimore American.
The Little Brides First Marketing.
She was brioe. The housekeeping
had just begun, and she was determined
to have everything of the very best
the marketing especially. When Satur-
day arrived she armed herself with a
small basket and list of things and
sailed forth to the market house. The
first thing on the list was "A small
piece of beef for Sundays dinner" and
about that particular item she was 60
ing to be very, very particular indeed.
Il would like small two-rib roast,
OF the very best" she said to the butch
err who promptly produced one from
shelf and placed it upon the scales.
Seven pounds; he said.
Seven pounds; that is pretty large,
isn't it?" she asked, appealingly. II
am going to have three guests for din
er. Do you think five people could eat
all that?" Just as the man was getting
together reply that would do, she
asked, Are you sure it's good? There
are two things that | am very particu-
lar about and they are good coffee and
good meat
Its the finest roast I have in the
store, madam" he answered, a trife
warmly, as we'll he might
We'll if you are sure it's good, |
think will take it. How long ago was
1t killed."
I'VE have had it in the store FIVE
days. How long before that it was
killed l don't know. You see yourself
dts good, ripe piece of meat" he said
AT that she concluded to take it, after
taking a long, searching look at the
man, the much discussed roast getting
apparently very little attention in the
ordinary way.
Next she turned her attention to get
ting something for breakfast, and de-
clded on sausageS. Just as the man,
says the New York Herald, was polite
ly putting them in her basket, she re-
marked, You're sure they are good"
are your? And whether he wanted to
say something rude or to laugh, could
not tell.
Am apple poultice is held in high es-
TEEN in French hospitals for inflamed
eyes. This fruit is also highly recon-
mended in obesity, and is useful in sea
sickness, vomiting and all forms of
nausea. 1t should be eaten baked if not
well d1gested when eaten raw.
The lemon is next esteemed Tor me-
dlclnal value. Six to nine a day are
excellent in lung troubles, and the juice
or one or two in a goblet of water lust
before retiring, and in the morning be-
fore rising, will soon overcome a bill
ious attack. Lemon juice, sweetened
with sugar or honey, is very good for
cough or for hoarseness.
For ferevishness, roll lemon until
SOFT, cut on the top, add sugar, work
ing 1t down into the lemon with a fork
and suck it slowly. Hot lemonade will
break up a cold if taken at the start.
and piece of lemon bound On a corn
will cure it. Renew the piece every
night and morning. To cure chilblains
sprinkle fine salt over cut lemon, and
rub the feet well with it, Almost ev-
everyone knows the value of lemons in
rheumatism. govt and obesity. Garrod,
the great London authority on govt,
strongly advises his patients to eat
them with great liberality. He also ad-
vises the use of strawberries, oranges.
grapes and pears, for govt and kindred
diseases.
Here is a recipe for egg lemonade.
This drink is said to be very nourish-
ing to the sick:
Beat one egg and one tablespoonful
OF sugar together until light add the
Juice of o ne small lemon and one small
tumblerfnl of water. and beat again.
Now strain into a lemonade shaker half
filled with shaved ice, shake, and pour
into lemonade glass
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'Nhe roast nowadays is served in two
different styles, and one Is as correct
as the other. One style is for the host
himself to carve and the waiter to serve
the meat to each guest on an individual
plate carried on a silver waiter. The
other style is to serve the roast like
the fish, the meat being cut in slices,
yet kept in place on the platter with
decorations Of green and cut vegeta bles.
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