The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-04
the ends.

plant to wiser heads than mine Is It
not possible for some of the women who
torture our ears and hearts by anxious
pleas for something to do to establish
coy eating houses, where food will not
nave the restaurant flavor? How well
business men and some business women
Know that indescribabe and llnmistaka-
pie taste! How their souls loathe all
manner of meats that cannot be dlstin-
guished one from the other by the pal
ate! How the rnsophisticateu diaphragm
rises at the miscellany of crouuettes and
RESOLVES and cutlcts--and the rest of the
hash breed! How fervently each sufferer
echoes the declaration OF a yet ,lnbrol1en-
in luncheon-patient, who bursts forth
with, I'd rather havo boiled potato and
a steak ut my own table than a ten
course mockery of an cating-house feed!"
Cannot we supply these ''unfortllna tes,"
individually and collectively, with home
cooked steak and meay potatoes. with
real coffee, freshly made: with nourish-
Ing broths, sweet bread and fresh butter
with never a suspicion of entries, into
which enter the odds and ends Of by
gone meals-the lotsam and jetsam Of
hotel and restaurant?
An unfortunate individual" and n SYM
pathizing editor pause for n reply:
!. have n violin made by Jacobus
Stalner in 1850 in tho town Of Absam. Is
1t of more value than $780, the amount l
paid for It?
. what does .prope ocnpontumr
mean? think it is German
A SCHOOLGIRL.
Referred.
Can you tell where President Andrew
Jaclson's parents were born? If so.
please state through your column, and
You will oblige
a CONSTANT READER.
Both were Scotch-Irish peasants. ma
t!ves of Carrickfergus, ireland, They em-i
grated to America in 1765.
Can YOU tell me where can procure
copy OF the poem THE Polish Boy
which Is spoken as a recitation? Prob
ably some OF Your friends might know
*. e. c.
RECIPES.
z BAKING POWDER BREAD
sift twice into a bowl a quart of flour,
a teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder Make a hole in
the centre of the flour and pour into
this pint of milk and water mixed.
Mix with spoon, and II too stiff to
make soft dough add moro water. Stir
just long enough to blend thoroughly,
then turn into a deep, broad creased
breadpan and bake. Do not knead at all.
llOtA1SE1OONDta CANDY. +
Make a tea of hoarhound leaves by COW
erng four tablespoonfuls Of the dried
leaves with n very little boiling water
a scant teaspoonful should be enough
Set aside until cold, then squeeze ont all
the juice or liquid. Put two Tablespoons
fuls of water to this. and with this
liquid wet a pound OF brown sugar and
put all in saucepan at the side Of the
stove. When the sugar is melted add
tablespoonful of lemon Juice and boil
steadily without touching until a little
dropped in cold water is brittle Turn
into creased pans and when cold and
hard break into pieces Of the desired
size.
To Keep Cider Sweet.
Editor Of The Timcs-Dispatch:
Take good, rich cider in any stage pre-
ferred. Then put in kettle: let it
come TO boil. and at this point there
will be n thick scum to rise to tho top;
skim this off three or four times: then
bottle and cork Immediately, putting
scaling wax over the cork to exclude the
air. When cold, lay tho bottles on their
sides in cool. dry, dark place. Bottle
i'll pint or quart bottles If properly
sealed. cider prepared in this way will
keep for several years.
If M. NJ. J, Will send me address and
stamp, will send f1cr some valuable
remedies for asthma"
Yours truly.
ALICE CLARK.