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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-09-20

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of BIG PROFITS with little work
Write to-day, Address
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Premium Department,
80 East 23rd Street, New York city.
june 2l-y
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the lesson. I well recOllect-and not
without shame-the smile OF amused
contempt with which. as a young
matron, heard another woman as
young and foolish as myself tell OF a
mnlionaire's wife who never bought
-four and sugar by the barrel, because
Il made servants careless in the use
OF them"
We thought her mean then. I COM
prehend now one reason why her hus-
band became a millionaire.
Another prime advantage in buying
perishables in small quantities IS 50 well
put by Mrs. Herrick that I crave per
mission to quote again from her
paper:
There Is an avoidance Of useless
labor in the system-that is, in purchas-
ing by what may be called limited re-
tail No unpleasant hours are spent in
picking over apples, potatoes. and win
Ter vegetables. The housewife has not
TO count upon a certain amount OF loss
from rotting and whitening Her grocer
bears that loss. His shop is her pantry.
10 which she goes 10 get vegetables by
the quart, or half the cornmeal or era
, ham -four when she gets two or three
hounds at a time. II a freshly opened
package OF oatmeal be musty, she sends
IL back to him forthwith. The coffee In
her small canister cannot lose strength
for It is constantly used and constantly
renewed. Butter never grows rancid;
eggs never become stale on her hands
In buying meat for '.us two" study
out the small cuts. The butcher will
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II you do not get il, be will sell il 20
another customer who inquiries for ma
teriaI for soul-stock. II Is false shame
that holds you back from insisting upon
getting all you have bought
Your transatlantic sister has no such
scruples- The honest tradesman. until
he has been trained by you and other
sensible marketers, Is unwilling 20 sell
four chops. or a single veal outlet, or
two pork tenderloins- Since they are
ali you need for one meal, why buy
more7
The hshmonger displays the same
amazed reluctance 70 weigh half a
pound Of smeltss or TO measure a pint
CT oysters A fair degree Of moral
courage IS needed TO carry out your
principle not 10 buy what you do not
want merely because grocer. huckster.
and butcher do not dissemble their sur
prise at your small ways" Keep stead
lily in mind the truth that you have rs
good a right 70 look out for your own
interests as he has 10 guard his.
That Is a pretty story told by Mary
Lambs biographer Of her reception Of
three unexpected guests who happened
TO call just as she and the gende
Charles" her brother, were sitting down
to dine upon a tiny roast OF mutton
Mary divided Il into Ave chops.
"end we will make out for the rest
with bread and cheese"
Rise superior TO the weakness Of NOR
JificatiOn when chance visitor dis
covers that you purchase food as you
receive grace from heavenly the day
Economy is not. OF necessity, stingtneSs
nor IS a Just sense Of proportion u
considering ways and means parsimony
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the entertainment Of guests with hair
pins and potatoes2 Il would be great
convenience TO me and be highly appre-
cIated. NJ 3. G. (Denver, COLI
Don't be offended when / confess that
my first thought at reading your cOur-
teous request was Of the delicious jun
BILE In The Hunting OF the Shark;
.aThev threatened his life with rail-
road share,
They soothed him with smiles and with
soap"
The combination IS hardly less in
congruous than halrpins and potatoes.
The directions for the unique enter
tainment'' were not published IN the
exchange. insert the inquiry that the
person who sent them to some other
department OF the paper may repeat the
favor TO crafty you and TO satisfy the
curiosity of others
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four hours. There will be a powerful
smell in the air when you open the door
next day. Do not have light or FIRE
near. Throw wide the windows and give
The breeze free sweep. Sweep and dust
again and burn the fun and Dust.
You Will not need n daily treatment
if you will do this once and faithfully
Then be on the lookout for the little
wretches-
Air the rooms often; empty closets at
least once & month, and never set the
dustpan down until you have thrown
the contents into the fire. More mis-
chief Is done In this way than you would
believe The wind carries minute parti-
Cles OF fun into corners. and the fun
is instinct with life. Germs Of divers
kind float hither and yon, seeking a
resting place, and finding many, and
moth eggs are deposited in rugs, cur
tainS and clothing.
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face you down, if he sees that ne can.
that two ribs are. the least number
which may be formed into roast. We
all know his tricks and his manners
In that direction. The meat that goes
with a single RIB. he assures you. is
nothing moro than a thick steak"
Stand fast in your lot (Which Is not
hisD and make him take out the soh-
tary rib, roll the steak" and skewer
II into a four-pound roast. II viii be
comedy to the eye. and serve you two
for two-maybe three-meals, TO say
nothing OF the pint Of soup-stock based
upon the trimmings.
Be sure he sends the one rib home
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DRIED BEEF WITHOUT SMOKING

recipe for
DRIED BEEF WITHOUT SMOKING
(Deliclous.)
Use that part from which the round
steak IS cut. Divide IL into four or five
pieces. and with the grain. so that in
carving you viii slice across the grain
Lay in a jar or pail Qarge) and make
this pickle:
Two gallons Of water. three pounds Ct
salt. three-fourths of a pound Of brown
sugar AID one ounce OF Saltpeter; boil
all together, taking of the scum as II
rises When cold. pour over the meat
in the jar. At the end of a fortnight
take the meat out. wipe. trim off the
ragged edges and cut a slit in one end
pass a stout string through the slit and
hang the meat up 70 dry; not near
enough TO the fire to be heated vet near
enough to feel the warmth from the
range Cut of a slice at the end OF a
week to see If Il be drying properly.
Before ii is dried through. remove II
10 cooler place and complete she
work.
Should you keep il a long time, and it
gets too dry, wet a cloth in cold water
and wrap about the meat Let II lie
thus for a couple of days
HELPER, Cory, Pa.
This is the kind OF letter which an
ether Pennsylvania woman prefers to
pictures / is assuredly quite as
helpful
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ZzN6DY OAEWez/ IEEy
De VeEA021ea

hume Herrick upon a kindred sub
J. ject some years ago. we read:
The tradition is current among
hOusekeepers that there Is great
economy in buying supplies in large
quantities. The learned of them will
dllate upon the amount that VIII be
saved by getting -four, sugar. and pO-
tatoes by the barrel. butter by the tub,
and coffee by the bag. y They prove
to you that you may put money into
your pocket by purchasing a crate of
eggs at time and picking them for
winter use. They buy meat in the piece.
as it were. and tell you triumphantly
how much they can thus save on
pound over the retail price"
This introduction to a most pertinent
article has REQUIRED often 10 my mind
lately IN reading the many letters re-
ceived by the Exchange relative TO
the scheme of bringing the marketing
for family OF two people within GER
tain Hmit-in most cases. within 81 per
week.
At least half of the housewives who
aver that they have accomplished, the
feat mentioned with sort Of modest ex-
ultadon- that they lay II supplies by
the quantity. TIE aforenamed tradition
is too firmly lodged in the Uranium Of
the American woman Of domestic affairs
70 be dislodged by one or by a dozen
treatises
Yet our papers TEEN with stories Of
How we lived in Italy. France. Eng
land. or in Scotland"--the last mention
ed country being q recognized school
in thrift and comfortable frugality. We
read them, and wonder with great ad-
miration at the moderate sums dis
bursed by native and adopted caterers
for their families and for ours. We
tell. amusedly. when we come home how
we bought half a chicken in a Flor
entine market, and eggs by the pound
almost everywhere; how our cook
brought home, daily. exactly as much
Of each kind of food as would last MS
for twenty-four hours, and repeat the
complacent remark have told of once
before In the columns. Of a man who
had been a Paris householder for years
"A mouse could not make a break
fast on what is left over In our cup
board each night"
Take Lessons From France.
The French, we observe, incidentally.
as we talk OF these things. are the
wisest and the dalntiest economists IN
the world.
We learn much and rapidly Of them
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~ y FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK y =

soft boiled eggs. corn mullins, tea and
coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cold beef. creamed potatoes. buns,
sliced bananas and cream, tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of potato soup. lamb chops,
string beans, baked macaroni, lemon
bread pudding. coffee.
Wednesday.
BREAKFAST.
Berries. cereal. fried tripe, hot rolls,
tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Minced beef on toast, fried white
mush, vegetable salad, crackers and
cheese, tea and coffee.
DINNER.
Corn soup, roast veal with tomato
sauce, potatoes a Ia duchesse, green
peas, cream raspberry pie, coffee.
Thursday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit. cereal, boiled eggs, lyonnaise
potatoes, buttered toast. tea, and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Baked beef's heart, fried tomatoes,
raspberry shortcake tea
DINNER.
Cream Of caullfiower soup. savory
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AS we learned our cookery and
methods of serving from the English,
there is little difference between our
dinner tables and theirs. In the we'll
to-do classes in both countries the fash
ions are substantially the same. The
English breakfast is heavier than ours.
cold meats are carved at the sideboard.
and the general conduct of the meal is
more informal than with us.
The English and Americans have
adopted the Russian fashion Of serv-
ing dinner The dinner a la Russo is
too WELT known 10 require repetition
here II differs from the old American
habit. borrowed from the mother
country, and prevalent there as here
until the latter half of the last century,
Of setting meats, vegetables. etc, on
the table instead of serving them from
the ssside"
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Tired of Boarding.

p AM tempted to take up the cudgels
in defense of the poor little stenog-
u rapher who didn't want 10 keep
house when she married. My sym
pathy is always with the under dog in
the fight q hope the young lady in
question will pardon the simile) on gen
eral principles And then, too, / know
she didn't realize what boarding is like.
had two years Of it and grew so des-
perate that 1 set out to keep house on
my own account
1 am home-loving woman, and
have managed to satisfy the desire for
the comforts of a home. and still give
no occasion for unkind criticism. If any
Of the readers are interested IN the ways
and means of accomplishing this end 1
shall be glad 10 tell them how 1 manage
WESTERN GIRL peoria, ND
We are all interested in the story. In
fact, there Is no branch OF houswifery
concerning which we are more anxious
TO gather details. Tell US all about Il.
won't you? Hundreds Of unmarried
women are as tired OF boarding as YOU
ever were and as desperate in the
desire TO taste once more the sweetness
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y y Il THE HOJJSEWOTHERS' EXCHANGE ~ ~ ~

mothers who have had occasion TO stock
and send of dinner-psils daily for
years. VIII they not take the querist S
wish into consideration and let Us have
the benefit = their thought and .n-
genuity2
p Your second inquiry is referred
3. AS 10 the third / am forced 10 say
that little, as well as big, papers are
overrun by Just such applications. Not
enc new writer in fifty Is favOrably e
Ceived I am sorry
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A Dinner-Pail Menu.

1. VIII some of the members OF the
exchange let me have a menu for a
dinner pail that will run through a
week2 Something good and wholesome
and appetizing.
?. And where can I get the seed of
the German wintergreen?
3. And is there not some little paper
that will pay something to an old wom-
an for writing short pieces for their
paper? K. ]. B.. Chicago.
/. The dinner-pafl menu is a capital
idea. The field is thrown open to house
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English Pastry Making.

We enroll this week among our CORE
spondents an English pastry cook. who
has favored us with three valuable con-
tributions. regret that the longest and
most vivacious Of these-a paper upon
Melton MObray pies-is quite too long
for our corner. 1t will give me genuine
pleasure 10 pass over his address to
any one who desires to be enlightened
as to that famous delicacy. He has
made II a study, and Is interpenetrated
with the Importance of the subject. We
are his grateful debtors for the interest
teal proof he gives OF this friendly
disposition.
All housewives should have ten-inch
fine sieve to rub flour through. 1t
makes a great difference IN paste MAX
ing. You win be astonished TO ind so
To make pastry: For each pound Of
-four for family use. one-quarter pound
OF lard. butter. OF dripping. For bet
ter quality-a moderately light puff
paste-six ounces Of lard and four of
butter. For a still lighter quality, one
pound of butter to one OF -four. Add
half a teasDoonful of salt.
Self-raising flour makes the lightest
pastry. For family use land. in fact
= all kinds) add a teaspoonful Of white
sugar Roll out two or three times.
For the next and better quality. roll the
paste and spread with lard. Double the
paste over upon itself; roll out and
spread again: double again; roll out and
spread the rest OF the lard; roll into a
long scroll and out TO the thickness
desired. Repeat this process FIVE times
for light pun paste; seven times for the
very li9htest.
Beef suet is best for dumplings and
puddings.
J. W. Manchester. England)
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The Serving of Meals.

I have been told that there are three
methods of serving-English, Russian,
and American.
Please give me a few Of the charac-
teristic points of each
STUDENT GA Crosse. Wis.,.
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Of home life You will do them a great
kindness by showing the road 70 this
consummation. Take time, and give US
several chapters of the history. Don't
be afraid to enter into details.
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War on Moths.

A year ago discovered that I had
moths in the house. I tried everything
had ever heard of to destroy them
Finally. 1 saturated everything with
gasolene. repeating the process daily.
Last fall they disappeared. To my sur
prise and horror they are coming in on
fairly wildi
Mrs. W. z. L. Calumet, Mich.)
Add camphor and turpentine TO the
gasolene. To a gallon OF gasolene al
low six ounces Of crushed gum camphor
and a pint of turpentine. Leave 1t
in a cOrked demijOhn all night. Next
day shake well and when you have
swept rooms and closets (and burned the
dusty spray everything with the mix
ture. 1t will harm nothing in the way
of bedding and carpets or upholstered
furniture.
Do one room at a time: shut it UP
closely and do not open it for twenty
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Sunday.

Sunday.
BREAKFAST
Grapefruit, cut in sections and served
in glass cups; cereal and cream broiled
shad. hot biscuits, brown bread toast,
tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold meat. sliced thin; toasted English
mullins, tomato and lettuce salad with
mayonnaise. lemon jelly and cup cake,
tea.
DINNER.
Clam soup with whipped cream. fricas-
seed chicken, boiled rice, creamed
spinach. fried young carrots. cherry pie,
coffee.
Monday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit cereal. scrambled eggs, baked
toast, tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Liver and bacon. baked potatoes, Bos-
ton brown bread. chocolate cake with
custard sauce, tea.
DINNER.
Braised beef, mashed potatoes. seal
Hoped cabbage. orange salad. crackers
and cheese, coffee.
Tuesday.
BREAKFAST.
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Odd combinatie-.

VIII you please reprint an article that
appeared in your paper recently about
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Friday.

blackberry pudding. coffee.
Friday.
BREAKFAST
Fruit, wheaton grits, kippered herring,
graham gems. tea. coffee.
LUNCHEON
Clam chowder. cheese omelet, rolls,
berries, tea.
DINNER
Cream of tomato soup, baked bluehsh.
stewed young onions. potato pun. queen
OF buildings with raspberries, coffee.
Saturday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, cereal. baked eggs, quick muf-
fins. tea. and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Barbecued ham. burberry cake. bar
ries and cream, tea.
DINNER.
Sage soup, roast leg of lamb with
mint sauce, green peas, potato GRO
QUOTES. raspberry bavarian cream
sponge cake. coffee.
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Recipe Contributed.

In response TO the query of M >.
c." (Steger. I'D. and for the benefit tc
the rest of "Our Family" I send my
recipe for
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lamb Sew with dumplings. peppers
stuffed with rice. fried eggplant, baked
blackberry pudding, coffee.
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ShTedded Cabbage and Cheese.

Cut cabbage into shreds and boil in
sailed water until tender. Drain and
stand IN a heated colander at the side
or the range Cook together two tea
spoonfuls OF butter and two of -four,
and pour upon them pint Of hot milk
Season with salt and pepper. and stir IN
three heaping tablespOOnfuis Of grated
cheese. Cook. stirring constantly. for
half a minute. Turn the cabbage into
a deep vegetable dish, and pour the
cheese sauce Over IL
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Creole Salmi Of Ducks.

Melt in saucepan two tablespoonfuls
Of butter, and stir into this a half table,
spoonful each Of chopped ham. onion,
celery, sweet pepper. and parsley with
tablespoonful Of -four, a quarter OF a.
full Of paprika Stir for three minutes
then add q cupful OF consomme. two
cloves. and a blade OF mace Simmer
for an hour; strain and add to il two
cuptuls OF cold duck cut into neat pieces
an inch long Boil one minute. heat the
meat thoroughly. 'and serve
CfaTniSh with sfnnafs of f-faT br.,7
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Monday.
BREAKFAST.
Tuesday.

BREAKFAST.
Fruit, boiled rice and milk. fried bacon.
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CMf HrezZA az AAIs
as ISeQSa

home which should have opened ouI
eyes to the unwisdom % wholesale pur-
chasing. Plenty and waste may not
march together in our minds or in our
practice. Every housekeeper who reads
this can call up, without an ehort. illus
trations from her own experience Of the
association OF the two in the thought
and action Of hirelings of whatever ma
tionality.
Have I ever told here Of my friend
who checked her cooks movement in
the direction Of the garbage pail.
with
But. Ann! There are six or seven
whole potatoes among those peelinss7' .
The woman stared: "Yis. mem, but.
sure. there's a barrel of EN- in the
cellari"
have said that we are slow to learn
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Carrots Sautes.

Boil young carrots. not longer than
your fOrefnger. for eight minutes in
salted water. Rub and scrape OF the
skins. cover with boiling water. and
cook tender. Drain. lay for a minute
ana cut each carrot IN two eacn halt
into strips. Heat a tablespoonful Of
butter in a frying pan with half tea
spoonful Of white sugar, a little salt
and pepper. and when il boils lay in
the strips OF carrot. Cook three min
utes after the bubble recOmmences;
sprinkle with chopped parsley, toss
about for one minute, drain, and serve
hot.
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Potatoes a Ia Ouchesse.

Peel and boil enough potatoes to make
A pint when mashed. Mix with them the
yolk Of an egg. two tablespOonfuls of
melted butter, and the same quantity OF
cream. Turn this mixture upon pastry
hoard. and press il fat and smooth.
With a sharp knife cut the potato paste
into squares OF uniform size Slip a cake
turner under each square and transfer
II carefully 10 a creased baking pan
Set IN a cold place TO stiffen. then
sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese
and bake in a quick oven 70 a delicate
brown.
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Take Lessons From France.

The French, we observe. incidentally.
as we talk Of these things. are the
wisest and the daintiest economists IN
the world.
We learn much and rapidly of them
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Raisin Bread.

scald a pint Of milk and beat into it a
teaspoonfuI OF melted butter and one OF
salt When the mixture is lukewarm
add half yeast cake, dissolved IN a
half cupful or hot water, and beat IN
enough flour 10 make a good batter
hours. Beat hard. add a cupful Of -four
and work IN a cupful OF halved and
seeded raisins. plentfully dredged with
-four. Set TO rise until light. then bake.
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Some Seasonable
Recipes
Bacon and Apples.

. BIS is a favorite Southern dish.
and good enough TO be trans
planted.
Slice bacon thin and fry IL
crisp. Transfer TO a platter and keep
it hot while you fry thick slices OF
unpeeled sweet apples in the bacon fat
When these are tender. drain and put
IN the center OF a hot platter. Lay the
fried bacon about the edge OF the dish.
sprinkle sugar over the apples and
serve.