The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26

to possess at least one dainty, feni-
nine household accomplishment from
butter-maklng to embroidery.
The new girl feminine is like n figure
stepping from an old -time picture OF
domesticity and adjusting herself to
modern conditions. She IS delicious
combination OF the old fashioned girl
and the new. She Is inst about right
and happy Is that family OF which she
4 is a member.
This is the season Of the year when
the girl feminine who has taste for
cookery executes her annual triumphs In
the preserving line. She is not neces-
sarily the eldest daughter nor yet the
most staid member OF tho household.
She may be young and fond OF sport.
but she will break an engagement to play
tennis any morning when she reads that
I berries have droIo5d three cents per
box. +
Ma'msele Dainty's great grandmother
preserved over a huge cook stove. ied
with cobs and wood 1t was one chlld s
duty to feed the stove and anothers's to
swish back and forth the ladle, not un-
I like a perforated hoe, which kept the
liam" from burning. Three quarters
OF pound OF sugar to ono OF fruit, and
boil slowly until 1t Is like thick mush..
And to the children. called from play, y
seemed an interminable task 70 prlng me
fruity mixture down to the thick mush
STAGE i5
Great grandmothers preserving ket-
tie was ct bell mctal and required much
rubbing to keep 1t bright. Mamselle
Dainty uses Austrian enamel, speckled
blue without and pure white within. four
ply thick, yet light enough Tor her %
life with ease. To match this Kettle she
has measuring cups, coiander ana iadles
in Austrian ware, cherry pitters ana ap-
pie parers and fruit knives with china
on the old fashioned screw top and rub.
Der band glass jar, but there is a pretty
novelty In Jelly glasses. small cone-
shaped glass ito hold portion OF Jelly.
for the invalid.
To be a. successful Gamer. she must
b as cleanly as a surgeon, for canning
is merely sleriiizlng fruit by heat, To
can small fruits she picks them over
carefully and washes them, Ihen she
packs them In absolutely clean jars ana
fills tho Jars to the very top With cold
water, after (which she adjusts the rub.
Der bands and lays over each jar 4 us
screw top, Immediately clean within
and without. "a. e
She has ready large, new wash
boiler. fitted In the bottom with a WOOD
en- rack or tray not unlike that USED N
Inc ice compartment OF Tei.ise'a'vt'
She sets the filled Jars on this rack.
pours cold water into the boiler untlls1t
-rlses to half the height Of the Jars. ana
lights the gas fame beneath the boiler,
She claps on the boiler lid, allows the
water to boil briskly for FIVE minutes,
uncovers the boiler, lifts each jar isepa-'
rately. being very careful not to let is
lid slip off, and, directly she sets the
jar down, she screws the lid tight. Her
fruit Is sterillzed and canned
II she wants her canned fruit sweat
ened, she sprnkles sugar over the fruit
as she packed it in the jars, Large
fruits must be peeled and boiled IN q
sugar syrup. allowing q quarter pound
OF sugar to each pound of fruit, When
tender, the fruit Is skinned and packed
into the jars the syrup is poured. over
1t and the canning process ID completed
as described. & A.
Jellies, Mamselle Dainty regards as
especially desirable in case OF illness
and In her preference runs to era apple,
lguince, grape Blackberry, cnrrant and