The Jersey City news., 1903-02-04

a EreaI many men are OF the opinion
tha any woman, even If not very clever,
ought to know enough to keep house.
and keep ii we'll. This occupation they
lump off in a perfunctory way. as though
it were as simple an operation as digging
ditch Or milking a COW.
How many men are there, think you.
who in one small head, or large one
either, for that matter. can conserve a
working knowledge of all the details nec-
essary for the running OF first class
laundry, bake shop, a hotel, the tailor's
trade, the professions of nursing and
medicine, the lore of close and intelli-
gent buyer; the sAyoir faire of caterer,
a waiter, a chambernlaid. cook. scnl-
Ion. a teacher. and live to tell the tale :
And yet women without number are ex-
pected to have all these trades and pro-
fcssioas, with millinery, dressmaking.
hair1ressing and score of lesser crafts
thrown in. at their fingers ends.
When you see well-kept home. and
children starting off to school we'll and
suitably groonled clothed and hammered,
you may safely conclude that the woman
at the helm of that house is in possession
of a Napoleonic head that would have
won her distinction IN any field of en-
deayor
Yet. foo often, all this service is ac-
cepted as a matter of course and without
a word Of thanks.
And here, dear man, let me give you
word Of advice. If you have wife of
this kind. or even wife that is trying
her best to please You and make you
comfortable, let her know that you appre-
ciate It. Don't wait until she has folded
her tired hands at last and laid down in
sleep SO profound that even the bakers
cry cannot waken her. and then order for
her beautiful twenty-dollar pillow, in
scIibed IN pink carnations, .'To My Dear
Wife, or an ornate monument recording
her virtues and costing more than you
have ever thought Of giving her for her
own use.
Bring her home twenty-five cent
hunca Of carnations occasionally as a
free-a4ll Offering; fake her out to a table
dhote dinner once in a while as a treat;
E<l4 4AEi IA 81 Atpt-&1 sNJklxS ~ AA2A SOu 1NaA-
II believe that she IS the one woman in
all the world for you; kiss her without
solicitation IS sou used to do in the old
courfing days. and so shall the wheels Of
the home run smoothly and the good
wife never feel 10 regret the day thar she
said yes
Welsh rabbit Is, after all, the easiest
to prepare and the most satisfactory of
dishes for the late supper, and the wo-
man who can make good rabbit has a
wonderful weapon in her hand A good
receipt is given in an exchange. In the
first place the cheese is the thing. A
white, soggy, tasteless cheese usually Of
fered at the grocery IN the spring months
and frequently by some Of the best gro
GERS in the winter, is not the thing at all
See that the cheese is not elastic when it
il raw, and see that it has fine cheese
taste with a little bite TO it. Some gro
GERS know enough to keep on hand just
such a cheese for Welsh rabbits
A skilful cook can break up the
cheese and melt it in the dish, but this
requires 4 bit of useless tronble at a
table where the proper thing is expected.
. Let the cheese be previously grated and
ready in handsome glass or china
dish-or on the rabbit platter. Light
your fire directly under the stewpan, not
the hot water pan. Put into the former
ale or beer and give the whole good
sprinkling Of paprika and dash of
cayenne. Use no salt 1t is very sell
dom needed and with some kinds of
cheese it win certainly spoil the taste
Let your mixture begin to simmer and
then put in your eheese-about pound
and half; am thus arranging for a
party Of FIVE or six.
When it has become hot batter put
into it three teaspoonfuls Of made mus
tard and again stir vel until he whole
mass begins to bubble. Let the bub-
bling point be always arrived at. Have
yonr bread sliced and ready at your ell
bow, about half an inch thick, good,
close knit bread. and it will be found SUI
peEior to hard toast, and in serving
each slice. plunge it with the fork and,
helped BY the spoon into the rabbit mix
turn. turn it over, covering both sides,
and lift onto ready plate, being as
sisted By smart friend at your left
Eat this quickly while hot and / will
defy a regiment of nightmares. The
paprika and condiments as thus arranged
form digestible and toothsome dish.
a novelty in lamp shades is long
fringe (many strands) Of small thin,
pearly sea shell, strung and mounted on
band which is fitted over the globe
and which can be used on the chande-
her as well as on lamps, A more elabor-
ate shade is made Of various sized aba
lone seashells, polished until all the
mother of pearl or opalescent tints are
finely brought out. These shells are of
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