The National tribune., 1908-09-24

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To make the famous Scotch cock-a-
| ieekie which Sir Walter Scott extols,
| boil a young fowl in two quarts white
stock until tender. Take up the meat
| and put one side Wash two punches
| fine leeks, trim off the roots and coarse
| part OF the head, and cut the remainder
| into inch lengths. Put into the broth
| together with a cupful boiled rice and
salt and pepper to season. Cook half
| an hour, add the fowl cut into joints
Qaying aside the breast, IL you like. for
salad or slicing cold). boil up and serve
very hot.
For beef la mode, have a solid piece
| cut from the round and tie into shap.
with stout cords. Lay the meat in n
pot, cover deep with chopped onion.
| carrot, turnip, celery. three bay-ieaves,
sliced tomato and sprinkle with mace
and paprika. Now pour in cupful of
cold water, cover closely and cook Is
minutes to the pound. When done clip
the threads: rub the gravy thru a col
| ander. let it cool few minutes to
throw up the fat: skim and thicken
with Drowned flour, and pour half over
| the meat and half into a gravy dish.
When the lips have a tendency to
chap they should be mnointed every
night on going to bed with a simple cold
cream. The habit of biting the lips,
and especially of biting off detached
portions of the skin, should be careful
ly avoided, as it is ruinous to their
beauty and sometimes causes ugly
sores. Never moisten the lips with the
saliva to make them red or fresh
looking. as this tends to discolor and
| dry them and make them chap.
|
To mend china, take a very thick
solution of gum arabic in water, and
stir into it plaster of paris until the
| mixture Is of proper consistency. Apply
| 1t with brush to the fractured edges
| of the china, and stick them together
In three days the articles cannot be
broken in the same place The white
ness of the cement renders it doubly
valuable.
Here is a recipe for French cream
cake: Sugar, one teacupful; flour, two
| teacupfuls; milk, one-half teacupful:
eggs, three; baking powder, one tea
have the layers thicker. When done,
split open with sharp knife, and place
one above another. having the crust
| down, with mock cream between each
layer, made thus: One pint boiling
| milk, beat well and stir in two eggs,
one cup of sugar. two tablespoonfuls of
cornstarch, and, lastly, add one-half
teacupful of butter. This cake is better
two or three days old.
AS digestion is the most important
of all in securing and keeping a good
complexion, the proper way of insuring
1t should be decided. A woman who
dimes out a great deal and who has pre-
served her complexion marvelously thru
many seasons, makes it point always
| to drink a glass of aperient water before
going to bed after she has had a rich
dinner. By this means. she declares
there is not the slightest danger of
headache, for should her food not be
properly assimiiated it is carried out of
the system at once without drastic
treatment. Even should it be a time
when digestion would have gone on
without aid she has still eaten many
things that can do no good, even tho
| they do no harm, and on the whole she
prefers to eliminate any danger to
stomach or complexion. This she con-
siders is done by a glass of aperient
water. Many persons prefer this dose
in the morning, but under the particu-
lar conditions might always seems to
me the best time for it.
In nine out of 10 cases the headache,
its which so many working women have
| to fight against are due to some disorder
of the digestion, and If only these wo-
men would face the question of proper
diet and determine upon leading as
healthy a life as their circumstances
permit they would add many years to
their working lives and take away as
many from their apparent age.
10 Any lunch room in town will give
forcible illustration of the fact that the
average woman possesses not the say
ing grace of common sense, so far as
her diet is concerned. She is too fond
of tea; she has a leaning to crullers
and coffee in place of more nourishing
fare, and she generally bolts her food
and rushed her meals. Strong tea and
coffee are fatal to the digestion, and if
they relieve a headache for the mo-
ment they insure another in the near
future.
Three meals a day are quite sufficient
for anyone leading a sedentary life in
offices, shops or other places of bust
ness. The meals must be regular and
at stated hours. and the food thoroIy
masticated. Do not drink with meals;
If you suffer from thirst take glass of
hot water an hour before meals Try
to procure food of good quality and
nicely cooked: it is an economical plan
in the end. Greasy and fried foods are
pad Tor anyone with tendency - dyS.
pepsia, because the stomach juices can
not penetrate the envelope of fat
An excellent breakfast consists OF
fresh fish or little bacon, or soft
boiled egg, with toast or brown bread
and butter. and a cup of cocoa or milk.
If you feel disinciined for breat,fasI.
take large glass of milk and n little
toast. Never start the days work onI
a cup of tea ard a microscopic piece Of
toast; many working women do
For preserved peaches allow threc-
quarters of a pound Of sugar and a
cup of water to every pound of fruit
Peel the peaches, having first rubbed
with rough cloth to remove the fuzz
Save the skins of these. If the fruit is
fine. to use in marmalade or peach
sirup. Cut the peaches in halves. i'll
large. but leave some of the pits to
give flavor. If you do not wish to put
them in with the preserves. crack them.
cover with cold water and steep gently
for half an hour. to extract the flavor.
Then use this water in place of the
clear water in making the sirup.
Pack the peeled and halyei peaches
in sterilized jars, fill with the sailing
rich sirup and cook in an oven bath 20
minutes before filling to overilos' ing