The Jersey City news., 1903-02-05

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a great many men are Of the opinion
tha any woman even If not very clever.
ought to know enough to keep house.
aud keep il we'll This occupation they
lump off in Il perfunctory way as though
1t were as simple an operation as digging
a 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 nee
essary for the running of first class
laundry, a bake shop. hotel, the tailor's
trade. the professions of nursing and
medicine, the lore of a close and intelli-
gent buyer; the savoir faire of caterer,
i waiter, ohambermslid. cock. seal
lion, teacher. and live TO tell the tale?
And yet women without number are ex-
pected to have all these trades and pro-
fessions, with millinery, dressmaking,
hairlressing and a score Of lesser crafts
thrown III. at their fingers ends
When you see well-kept home. and
!. children starting off to school well and
suitably groomed clothed and hammered
you may safely conclude that the woman
at the helm Of that house is in possession
of 4 Napoleonic head that would have
won her distinetan in any field of en-
deayor
Yet, too often, all This service is ac-
cepted as matter of course and without
word of thanks.
And here, dear man, let me give you
word of advice. Ii 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-
eiate It. Don't wait until she has folded
her tired hands at last and laid down in
n sleep so profound that even the bakers
CRY cannot waNen her, and then order for
: her beautiful twenty dollar pillow, in
scribod 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
bunch of earuatioas. oeeasioaalig as a
fgee-wil offering: taise her out to Il table
'hote dinner ones. in a while as treat:
tell her IN so many werds waat yon real
II believe that she Is the one woman in
all the werid for you; kiss her without
solicitation as sou used to do in the old
courting days, and so shall the wheels Of
the home run smoothly and the good
wife never feel to regret the day that 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 a 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
is 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 cheese for Welsh rabbits.
A skiIful cook can break up the
cheese and melt it in the dish, but this
requires a bit of useless trouble at 4
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
an ounce of butter, three tablespoons Of
ale or beer and g1ye 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 will certainly spoil the taste.
Let your mixture begin to simmer and
thon put in your cheese--about pound
and half; I am thus arranging for a
party of five or six.
When it has become a hot batter put
Into it three teaspoonfus Of made mus
tard and again stir wei until he whole
mass begins to bubble. Let the bub-
bling point be always arrived at Have
your bread sliced and ready at your ell
bow, about half an inch thick, good
close knit bread. and it viii be found SUI
perior 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 a 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.