Evening star., 1901-09-28

HOLD
lINTS

A pathetic little story with a moral for
all housewives comes from Kentucky,
where the State Federation of Womens
Clubs has recently established settlement
among the mountain whites. Its object is
to teach the girls and women of that re-
mote region. through personal example,
how TO make the most of their simple sur
roundings and to prepare them for the
duties of wives and mothers in the best
sense.
When the little kitchen, with its olcloth
roof, was set up, the boxes nailed to the
trees for cupboards and the buckets and
baskets for provisions hung to the lower
boughs. the interest of the women, who
had come from far and near knew no
bounds y teacher of hygienic cooking
from the school at Battle Creek oversaw
the preparation of the supper, inviting the
women present to assist. Only the SIM
plest materials. and those that all could
obtain. were used. a dish that sprung at
once into popular favor was potato salad,
garnished with wild strawberry leaves
When the girls helped to spread the table
beneath the trees with a snowy cloth and
by suggestion placed glass of wild flowers
in the center, one of them voiced the ex-
perience of the rest when she remarked:
Il never knew a table could look so pretty
but never saw flowers an eating table
before. Then, after a moment of reflection
she said. drawing the logical inference: Il
never did think of it, but things do eat
better when they look pretty
Ignorant and unsophistcated as this
child of the mountain was, she had in
tuiuvely graSped the secret that every wo-
man must possess if she would be sue
CesSful hOusekeeper- The eye must be salts
fled before the taste can be.
The old saying, 1T looks good enough
70 eat, Is based upon this universal law.
Two women may each prepare meal
using exactly the same materials and nos
sibly cooking equally as well. Yet the one
may tempt the capricious appetite the
other destroy the naturally robust one
There IS no excuse for the mussy untidy
cloth; the dishes sticky and awry the foods
slapped on the plates, the hair in the but
ter the smudge of pOt-black on the nose of
the unkempt serving maid Blessed thrice
blessed. be the little home well kept: the
simple dinner taStefully laid and care
fully served: with the hostess neatly and
appropriately dressed. Then, good dig4s
tlOn waits on appetite. and health on BOTH
September showers have brought M
quantities of pink and white field mush-
rooms, and from now until December this
most dainty and piquant variety of edible
fungi may crown any feast.
The majority of people cook mushrooms
too much. They should not be simmered
over ten minutes: then seasoned simply
and served quickly. to be perfect Opinions
UlUer as 10 the necessity of peeling H.
rooms. While the majority of people pre-
fer to do so, many gOurmets will not hear
of It. They declare that much of the den-
cate and characteristic flavor is lost by re-
moving the skin. They should be carefully
wiped with a damp CLOTH however and the
stalks cut off up TO the cap. Do not throw
away the stalks, but save to make sauce
for the breakfast steak. Mushrooms NAV
be boiled over clear fire, first dustipe
with salt and pepper, then rolling each one
IN olive oil, or they may be baked stewed
or cooked IN cream. To prepare them in
the chatting dish. put two tablespoonfuls of
butter in the outlet pan, and set over the
hot water dish As soon as melted Law a
pound OF mushrooms, cut and wiped ron
down. Cover the dish and allow to stand
In the butter a few moments before light
ing the lamp. Cook five minutes after tha
water begins boiling. At the end of that
time sprinkle little salt on each can and
cook five minutes longer. Add two liable
spoonfuls Of thick cream. one-uuarter tea.
spoonful paprika, and. il desired one
tablespoonful OF sherry or madeira Have
delicate slice of toast ready on each o.
the plates, and serve Immediately.
win the annual autumnal rearrangament
of the house, the hanging OF the pictures
becomes of almost much Importance IS
the old-tme hanging of the crane"
The harmonious and pleasing appearance
OF room depends not alone upon the good