The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-05

secretary. 1t elected the sympathy of
the entire Union in the loss to the execu-
tive committee Of the guidance of their
beloved pastor who died during the year,
and though crushed for the time by this
affective providence they had pressed for
ward in the work and with encouraging
results.
in the afternoon session following the
devotional exercises, we listened with un-
abated interest to a number of carefully
prepared papers. One by Mrs. Andrew
Harris, of the Methodist Protestant So
ciety. emphasized the part woman takes
in missions and the broad field lying open
before her. Mrs. Jos. s. Burwell gave an
interesting account of the work as con-
Quoted in the Protestant Episcopal church
beginning with Christs little ones and
drawing all members into this grand
work Of sending the gospel into lands SO
shut out from the light of the Sun of
Righteousness. Mrs. NJ. Parham repre-
senting the Baptist Society read us
beautiful paper on the work and oppor-
tunities open to women in missions. These
papers from the ladies of other denomina-
tions made us realize in sweet sense,
how near we are drawn together in the
same loving work of carrying out the
last command OF our Master to all his
disciples Mrs. Gary read paper pre-
pared for the Union by Mrs. E. Douglas
Brown, of the Kinston church, on Chill
drens Mission Bands showing the i'm
/ portance of training the young and teach
ing them that every Christian is mis-
sionary then she urged the older mem
bers to undertake this branch OF the
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+ results may proceed.
/ 1.-THE reading of these papers was inter-
I spersed with singing, an appropriate duet
being feelngly and sweetly rendered by
Mrs McCoin and Mrs. Medearis Then
followed the reports of the executive
committee of the Union, showing the work
of the past year and the amount raised
for Home and Foreign Missions by the
societies reporting reached nearly 81
900 eco. The societies, through their dele
/ gates. gave reports of the manner of con-
Quoting their meetings, arousing interest
in the cause and raising money
Thursday morning Mrs. B. R. Lacy, OF
Raleigh y. c.. read an excellent paper,
written by Mrs. Primrose, of that city, on
/ the progress made in mission work ana
arousing a missionary spirit throughout
! the churches fer the Twentieth Century.
i Mrs A. r. Shaw gave an account OF
China in Transformation, causing us TO
wonder al the immensely of that country,
i in land and population, in comparison with
other nations. Mrs. Marcus Allen recited
so touchingly the old hymn Here am /:
Send Ne. that it seemed to have charm
and beauty not known before. The dele
gates and members of other societies took
part in a general discussion on missions,
led by Mrs. Samuel Watkins.
'sThe following officers for the ensuing
year were elected: Mrs. Julian Baker.
president; Mrs. ]. B. Morton, vice presi-
dent: Mrs Orren Williams, corresponding
secretary: Mrs Donald Williams, treas
urer; all these ladies being from Tarboro.
THE Union adjourned to meet at the
same time and place as the spring term
of Albemarle Presbytery in 1902. "
THE DEVELOPMENT or ICE CREAM
Ice cream was not discovered; it was
developed direct descendant of the
sherbet of the Orient, 1t traces its ped-
gree back thousands of years. From the
sherbert. made CT fruit juice and water,
sweetened. and then cooled by addition
of snow or ice. evolved the frozen sher-
bet or water ice then came frozen pud-
ding, and quickly following, frozen Gus
tard, the father of ice cream
Ice houses. for the preservation of
ice, were in use in the east in the early
part of the fifteenth century. They were
built similar to those of the present day.
Later they were introduced in Italy Spain
and France. Charles V, of Spain, if en-
titled to credit to nothing else, made
his court renowned for the magnihcence
and excellence of his banquets In 1860
real ice-h houses existed in Paris, and in
1865 they became general in the city.
Just when ice cream was first made 1t
is impossible to say, but in book c'The
New Universal Complete Confectionery
written by Elizabeth Price, published in
London about the middle of the Eigh-
teenth century she gives the following
recipe for making it
Take two pewter basins, one larger
than the other the inward one must
have a close cover. into which you put
your cream and mix with it what you
think proper to give it a flavor and color,
raspberrics etc; then sweeten to your
taste, cover it close and set it in a larger
basin; fill it with ice and a large handful
of salt, under and over and round about;
let il stand in the ice three quarters OF an
hour, uncover and stir il and the cream
well together then cover it again, let
stand half an hour longer and turn it
into your plate Your basins should be
three -Cornered that four colors may be
in one plate one color should be yellow,
another green, another red and fourth
| white; but that depends on fancy and
what you color them with as any sort
| of fruit, saffron or cochusal, and for the
| green there are several sorts of juice
| all must be Favored with n different sort
| OF fruit the white wants nothing but
orange flower water and sugar; these
basins are made at the pewterer's, for the
| above use Some make their cream IN
tin pans and mix three pennies worth
of saltpetre and two pennies worth OF
rock alum; both beat fine with ice. as also
/ three pennies worth of bay salt, lay 1t
around the pau as above, cover II with
coarse cloth and let it stand two hours.
Which compound would bear about the
| same relation to the ice cream of today
as haggis does to pate de foie gras.
Ice cream is really an American dish
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