Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-07-06

love Tor DrfEtpA
wealth and the failures
ried life through misundss
and jealousy. With all her cfyl
faults, Daphne Floyd, the heroine, is
an interesting character-one of the
best delineations Of a peculiar type
in recent fction-and human In ey
cry word and action The remaining
characters are Rogers Barnes. the
husband; Captain Boyson, the Amer
lean naval officer, whose denunciation
of the laxities and enormities with
regard to marriage allowed in va
rious states OF the Union. reflects the
opinion Of New England; the tragic
Mrs. Verrier, the mischievous Chloe
Fairmile and others. The whole
story leads up to the scene in the
! last chapter between the divorced hus
| band and wife, and by it Mrs. Ward
| Is content that her book should be
judged.
1t is all very interesting, though a
/ bit oyerdone, but l am sure you will
enjoy reading the story. don't
spend all my time perusing novels.
though. The last few days 1 have
| been canning. and the following screed
of a newspaper writer Is responsible
/ for my having turned my attention to
canning vegetables. To quote my au.
| thority:
The successful canning of vegetables
depends largely upon their freshness.
If you are forced to depend upon the
markets, try to get them when first
| received. If you can secure vege-
| tables fresh from your own garden
or the country, so much the better.
Before beginning canning be sure that
your cans are absolutely clean, that
the tops fit perfectly and that the
can rubbers are new. More canned
fruit and vegetables are lost through
mistaken idea of economy in trying
to use old rubbers than in any other
way. Now having fresh vegetables
and scientifically clean cans, wash the
asparagus, trim if OF the large variety
to equal lengths and pack neatly,
heads up. The straight sided jars are
better for this purpose.
Having filed the jars full, hold un-
der the cold water faucet and let the
water run In with force until the vege-
tables are covered and no air bubbles
show. If there are doubts about the
water being pure you had better boil
1t, then cool before using. In this case
pour into the Jars from a pitcher, fill
ing full. Now adjust the tops without
the rubbers and stand In a wash boiler
or large kettle, protecting them from
the bottom by rack and from each
other by a coll of clothesline or hay.
Now fill the boiler or kettle with cold
water and set over the fire. The water
should reach about halfway up the
cans. Bring quickly to the boiling
point. cover the boiler and cook stead
lily an hour and half from the time
the water In the boiler commences to
boil. Then scald the can rubbers, lift
out the cans one by one, put on the
rubbers and quickly screw down the
lid and stand back in the boiler. Cook
fifteen minutes longer. Some good
cooks prefer to repeat the cooking
three days in succession. unscrewing
the top each day when put Into cold
water, then tightening 1t when It
reaches the boiling point. This Is not
necessary. however, and simply adds
to the work. Asparagus and string
beans are more easily preserved than
peas, which contain sugar and are
likely to ferment.
String beans may be canned in the
same way as asparagus, either cutting
them in pieces. as for the table, or
stringing and cooking whole. The as
paragus looks awfully good. and I'm
just wild to have winter come again
so can open can and see how fine
1t really is.
What do you think of my new frock
with It's sleeveless coat? These wraps
are among the smartest things of the
season. Sincerely yours, MABEL.
New York.