Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-23
TypoaraphicalIy Speaking.

In last Sundays issue Of the Colum-
bia State there appeared a very liberal
and comprehensive review Of the "All
Through the Year" cook book, and al
though there were some things about
it that we did not exactly like, for the
good of the cause, we gladly gave 1t
space.
One of the things we did not like
was a certain departure from the rule
Of book reviewers in failing to mention
the name Of the publishers. OF
course, We would not have 1t under
stood that we make any great big pre-
lenses as publishers; but then we do
try to print some, and as our imprint
appeared in this book, it occurred to
us that the omission in the review was
somewhat singular However, to have
ignored the States excellent review of
the work on account Of this, no doubt
inadvertent, omission would have been
smaller than the publishers Of THE
ENQUIRER cared to appear. But still
we were not quite big enough to repro
duce the review without comment, es-
pecially with the last sentence Of 1t
reading like this:
1T is remarkable that there are so
few typographical errors in this book;
indeed only one serious one was met
| which was in muffin recipe Where
the flour was left out"
This also was more or less provoca-
tive of thoughts in our mind. Just as
It is the invariable rule Of the book re-
viewer to mention the name Of the
publisher, so is 1t a rare thing for him
to refer to typographical errors-cer-
tainly not to the absence Of them.
Our contemporary seems to be in the
position Of little girl who had been
warned by her mother not to make
any reference to the nose of an expect
ed dinner guest. The little girl prom
ised; but when the guest arrived she
blurted out to her mother: "You told
me not to say anything about Mr..
Cantsneeze's nose, and don't see what
you done it for, because he amt got
no nose" Anyhow, after investiga-
ton, we were impressed with the fact
that the question Of typographical err
rors had been suggested to the review
er because of his surprise at being un-
able to find any, and in justice to the
compilers and the publishers, we add
ed:
THE compliers of the book have
|
particular error to which the reviewer
refers: but have not been able to find
| it. They think the reviewer must be
mistaken"
BY yesterdays mail, we received the
following:
COLUMBIA, S. c.. Feb. 81, 1906.
The Editor,
Yorkvile Enquirer.
Dear Sir: You, or the compilers or
"All Through the Year. will find the
error on page Ga, "Quick Muffins"-
where the amount Of flour is not given.
Yours truly,
THE STATE,
By S.
Turning to page 81, under the head
ing Quick Muffins," we find:
"One pint milk, one ounce of butter,
two teaspoonsful baking powder, three
eggs Beat the eggs separately until
light, add the yolks to the milk, then
the flour The batter must be thin and
pour from the spoon. Now add the
melted butter and salt and beat well.
Now add the baking powder and the
we'll beaten whites. Stir until thor
oughly mixed. Bake in muffin rings
in quick oven or on the griddle.'
Now refer to the original statement
about a serious typographical error, !"
as the result Of which the flour" was
left out. Then note the change to the
amount of flour, an entirely differ
ent proposition having about as much
relation to Typographical errors" as
does a three winged juneburg to a
sawlog.
We are not going to question the
ability of the editor of the State as a
| book reviewer. because he has long
since made it evident that in this field
he measures up to every reasonable
requirement. We are not going to
claim either that there are no typo
graphical errors in that book. If 1t is
absolutely free from such errors, it is
the first book we have ever seen that
can claim the distinction. But 1t Is
evident that the States reviewer
knows as little about making quick
mullins as he does about finding typo
graphical errors, else he would have
understood that the most accurate
measurement possible would not take
the place of good judgment in making
batter that must be thin and pour
| from a spoon"
- Maria Beam a negro woman, at
tempted to commit suicide at Green
vile last Wednesday by pouring kero-
sene over herself, and applying a
match. When found she was without
clothing, and her body mass of
burns. Physicians say she cannot live.
Before trying the oil method the wo-
man threw herself in front of a train,
but was driven away before the loco
motive reached her. She is a cocaine
fiend.