The National tribune., 1908-12-03

ounce and a half of whole ginger
bruised slightly, one ounce cream OF
tartar and two lemons sliced. Cover
with three gallons of boiling water; lei
stand until lukewarm; then add an yeast
cake softened In lukewarm water and
spread on slice of toasted bread. Let
this stand all night to work In the
morning strain thru muslin. bottle and
cork very tightly. tying the corks down
| 1t is ready for use in two or three days.
With all the children home for
Christmas and company dropping in, il
is wise thing to have plenty of cold
| meat on hand for "snacks" or lunch
cons. Jel!ied meat is inexpensive, and
| in Winter can be kept in good condi-
| ton for days. Get four pigs feet with
| legs to first joint and n shank of beef
sawed and cut. Boil beef and pork in
separate kettles, with unsalted water TO
cover, until the bones fall out of the
pigs feet and the beef is very tender
Lift the meat from the liquors in which
they were cooked, and set both pots
away to cool The next morning skim
| each free from the fat, which will have
! hardened on top. The beef liquor can
now be utilized for rich stock. The
pork liquor should be returned to a
kettle, together with the meat both
pork and beef, cut in small pieces. Add
salt. pepper and any other seasoning
desired; heat, then pour into molds.
Some Of the molds may be varied by
adding to them slices of hard-boiled
eggs.
Cornmeal griddle cakes are always
appeffzing, and especially so on a cold
Winters morning. To make them take
pint of cornmeal, teaspoonful of
salt, one of soda, pour on boiling water
to make thick mush; let stand until
cool; add the yolks of four eggs, half a
cupful of flour and stir in as much but
termilk as will make good batter
Beat the whites of the eggs and stir
them in. Bake in a weli-greased skill
let.
The bachelor woman, in other words
the old maid, is at her best at 30, in all
probability@ for she is then consciously
charming; after 90 she begins to sour
She usually gets thin. fretful, jealous
of her better clad and more handsomely
housed married friends. She scraps
with her men friends, because they,
conscious of her fading charms, turn
TO younger and more attractive women
Well, not always younger. but at least
the women of the world who take
things with a jolly insousance. expect
ing little and demanding little. hence
getting about what they want. The
bachelor woman may hold men long
in leash if she taffias and smooths over
the foibles of her also fading gallants,
but 1t stands TO reason that a woman
who has missed the best part in life
the lasting love of some good man. will
not in her lengthening years much en-
joy the "half-shell' attention of the
bachelor men OF the unhappy married
men who sip pleasure from the OPEN
ing rather than the fading flowers. The
woman who does not intend to marry
should educate herself seriously for
those years. for when they come she
has all the advantages with which ma
'ure originally equipped her, and she
has added to them the friils and furbe-
lows of art. She has learned to en-
hance her good looks by better dress
ing and to put a red shade On the lamp
and sit with her back to the light. She
has also learned how to talk, and bet
ter still. how to be a Fascinating lis
tenor. Put there arc bachelor women
and there are old maids. and old maids
predominant.