The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-07-12
THE FAMILY.
By SONORA SARA

The woman who Is ServantleSS could
save herself whole lot OF work and
IVORY IL she would only exercise heI
thinker q little IN planning her work
1t - much pfeasanter to work in the
early morning than In the middle ID
the day, and It Is very hard indeed to
/ dress up and think OF having to do q
lot Of hot work in the Kitchen for the
evening meat. be 1t dinner" or sup
per-. While getting breakfast, plan
all the rest of the meals for the day
and for the next morning. It is not q
hard matter to do this. for I have tried
1t myself. 1t Is . great burden lifted
| to have three meals ahead OF you all
arranged down to the minutest detail.
Then II the baby gets sick, company
little ride with him in the afternoon.
you can go. for You know exactly what
YOU have for dinner. and you need not
worry about whether there Is coffee,
or bacon, or eggs enough for break
| fast. 1t Is all ready-in your mind, and
| If the mind Is easy" the body will rest.
Suppose YOU do as 50 many are do
| ing these hurry-up days. have picked
up lunch at noon. That is, put on the
| table the little "left-overs," and do not
prepare anything especially. It IS an
easy matter to put these left-overs on
clean dishes at breakfast time to make
them attractive looking. Maybe you
have bits Of two or three kinds Of meat
A chop from breakfast, bit Of fried
| chicken from the night before, and
some scraps OF boiled ham from two
or three days ago. You can make q
very appetising dish by chopping all
these together. season as your family
likes. with chopped celery. onions
into small cakes, put on buttered
piepan. and place in the oven to brown
These are fine eaten cold. You car
moisten the chopped meat with a beat.
en- egg. and that adds to the tooth.
someness Of the meat cakes. With q
dish OF sauce, little jelly and q relish
Of radfshes. or young onions. your lunch
IS all ready to put on the table. OF
course something to drink" must be
thought OF. II you want tea, put the
proper quantity In a glass fruit Jar
pour cold water on II, cover and place
In the Ice chest II you use milk, fix Il
the same way. IL you like cold cot.
fee, and 1t is very pleasant cold drink
make enough when you are getting
breakfast to put away for lunch also
In the same way get your cold drinks
| ready for supper or dinner. Then you
can wash up all your dishes, and there
will be very few to wash after lunch.
| To prepare for a regular dinner Is
rather more difficult, but with manage.
ment you can almost have dinner ready
by the time the breakfast dishes are
washed. II you are to have a roast
pot or oven-have 1t brought early IL
the morning and prepare and put to
cooking while petting breakfast. Cook
| to the rare state. cover and leave in the
| oven. At dinner time. II you want the
| an hour will do 1t to turn. Prepare
all your vegetables. and put to soak In
water. All vegetables cook much bet
| ter for being freshened up that way
| Make your dessert. which I'm this warm
| weather should be something Of SIM
pie. digestfbIe nature. Fruit. which Is
| easily obtained everywhere, is much the
a family Pies are bad any time. and
In Summer they are an abOmination as
a steady diet Never serve q heavy
dessert. II you are q wise housewife
you will never serve an ounce Of canned
stuff OF any description to your family
or your friends. unless you have canned
the food yourself. It is q well known
| fact that corn, tomatoes, beans, peas
beets, asparagus and all those vege-
tables have preservauves in them, and
there Is no doubt that they are account
able for half the dyspeptic stomachs we
hear so much about. The woman who
for pure laziness to prepare fresh vege.
L
| stuff just because 1t is less trouble
may some day find 1t more trouble Ia
| place flowers on little graves in the
cemetery. AS an emergency" ration
the careful housewife may keep q sup.
ply OF canned goods on hand to serve
occasionally when she Is caught short
with lot OF company. We all take
poisonous medicines occasionally, bui
We do not make a steady diet Of them
| A good way to mend kid gloves 1,
they are torn or ripped: First, button
hole stitch around the rent, not 80 Close
as in buttonhole; then overcast, tax
ing up the thread Of the buttonhole on
the edge. and then draw the edges to.
gether.
| One Of the vegetables which seems
slow to find favor, despite It's palatable-
ness and digestible qualities, is the
sweet pepper; In other words, the big
green pepper, which Is as sweet as su.
gar before 1t turns red and as hot as
well 1t Is as hot as 1t il red when
ripe. Here's a recipe, tried and true:
| Select green peppers all Of size
Cut off a small piece of the stem end
and remove the inside pulp, leaving just
the shell. Boil in water for five min.
utes. drain. and fl1l with cooked onions
minced fine. to which are added q tea
spoonful OF minced parsley. a cupful
Of fine bread-crumbs. teaspoonful OF
lemon juice, saltspoonful of salt, pinch
OF cayenne. two tabIespoonfuls OF musII
room catsup. and a sprinkle OF celery
salt. These proportions are for three
medium-sized onions, and will fill six
peppers. Set the peppers when we'll
filled in shallow baking-pan in a hot
oven for 20 minutes. basting fire.
quently with melted butter. Serve on
rounds Of toast. garnishing each pep
per cup with celery tips.
| And here Is splendid onion dish
Boil large white Bermuda onions
tender, but firm enough to hold their
shape. Lift out carefully with the
SKINNER, and with sharp knife re-
move the center. For the filling mix
two tablespoonfuls of finely-chopped
ham with a cupful Of bread-crumbs and
pour over a tablespoonful Of melted
butter. two tablespoonfuls OF cream and
a seasoning Of pepper. Mix well to.
gether and fill the onion shells. WRAP
each in square of buttered tissue pa.
per and twist the ends so they will
stand up at the corners. The tissue