The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-07

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women must follow the men. And
thence arises a pioneers problem as yet
unhandy to solve: How shall the Wo-
men prepare?
No answer stands ready, for we have
no colonial past. Where in England a
mother, a sister, an aunt, or at the
remOtest, next neighbor could give
from actual experience the best OF
practical advice, here there is none to
guide. Consequently, we proceed at
! hazard, make serious or awkward mis-
takes, and pay high and long for
fund of knowledge by which posterity
perhaps may profit.
1t may be fixed as a first principle
that every branch of housewitely
knowledge is an asset ardently to be
sought. Cooking. nursing, sewing,
dress making, laundering, gardening
the list might string on indefinitely
yet contain nothing that could come
amiss. You who are about to emigrate
may find competent native service in
that far spot to which you go. You
may be able to sit care-free while the
domestic wheels revolye in fawless
peace. But the overwhelming prob
ability is that in your new dwelling
whether it be a camp in the Canal
Zone, a pink villa on a Porto Rican
hill, or a nipa shack in some undomes-
ticated Philippine island-there await
your employ certain slow, smiling, def
erential, but utterly casual and unad-
vised beings, whose education you
must take ably in hand if you wish
to earn your salt as maker Of a real
home.
The factor of money diminishes here
to it's lowest value 1t is no longer
the woman who can pay, but the Wom-
an who can do that shines. And II
she rivet the meat platter when 1t
reaks-unnumbered leagues from
crockery shop2speak Spanish or
French with the valued but unintelll-
gible stranger, give a civilized turn
to collars and cuffs, raise good let
tuce, or sing song to brighten dull
night, so much the more to her honor
Her price is above rubies, and her fame
shall be as a gadfly, singing the soul
of many a weaker sister for years TO
come.
Let us suppose, however, that sail
ing orders have taken you by surprise
You know nothing Of many desirable
things, of cooking, for example, and
have no time to learn. Then, what
ever else you forget, put good cook
book in your trunk. Choose it with
care, avoiding that malign brood which
presupposes ON the part of the victim
a larder stocked with dainties and
knowledge already advanced.
What you need to know is not how
10 make faisan la gelee, and frozen
fruit pudding, but how to evolve a
series of varied and tempting dishes
from tasteless tropical beef, and to pro-
duces good and attractive desserts
without the aid Of anything in narticu-
lar.
Whatever foodstuffs you take, how
ever, take in tins or in jars, and her
metically sealed. Paper packages are
promptly ruined by insects and by
mould; nor will paper strips seal any
receptacle against the former pest Be
sure, too, that all tins are of the small
est size; better to open two small cans
than to be Obliged to waste half the
contents of a large one. Buy only the
best qualities from the best dealer
You will grow tired enough Of tins"
before you are done, and their highest
degree of excellence will be strained
to tempt your taste. California fruits,
both canned and dried, are a good in
vestment; for the fruits Of the tropics
too often prove neither as plentiful nor
as luscious as fiction paints. Timed
! tomatoes are a staff of life, not only
because of their abiding freshness and
of the number Of good dishes that can
be made from them, but because of
their stalwart serviceableness as a
strengthening essence in soups, stews,
and the like And, in general you
should remember in making out your
list, that your great need will be for
things with a good "home TASTE" to
add life and variety to fiat, limited,
and monotonous fare.
If you are going where no ice plant
is, you will do well to take with you
some seryiceable syphon contriyance
for making well charged soda water.
One holding about fourteen glasses, in
which the gas is generated by mix
ture Of soda and cream Of tartar ana
which requires only about two hours
wait between charging and use, may
be had for something less than four
dollars.
In furniture, avoid all stuffed or
cloth-covered pieces, confning yourself
to willow, wicker, or rattan. Insects
will inevitably destroy the first, while