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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
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gives immediate relief. and there will he
PC hsn Baking Is Ssh soda better for this
Din. pickles SHOULD have the scum re-
the pickles. It viii spoil them EN- BY Syg making
them soft. A few bits OF horseradlsh in
the pickles n yl Es the dorst;on e
hands. In cold weather haye. at hand some
hands thoroughly. plunge them into the
oatmeal. which process VII. complete the
Use oil Of sassafras for insect bites. 1t
sooths the irritation at once
the eef eg take s aro FIVE to ten dres
OF spirits OF camphor on a lump OF sugar,
four or i've hours As soon as any one
Of our family begins to sneeze, we run
vented many cold. Business men might
he vs aD6 baSe if ggIways anay
II YOU have contracted a cold, refrain
from all liquids guilds for fr9m s twengrou%r % 70
Make What use you will Of these hints
II. r. U. CLOS Angeles. cal).
I think so well of them that 1 copy
them entire. May make one exception
In declaring them to be useful through
out? You DO not tell US how the car
bolic acid is TO be applied to the chap
ped skin. Not in It's undiluted state,
certainly? One woman. in my sight.
took the skin as clean from the back of
her hand as If boiling water had been
poured over it, by rubbing carboiic
acid upon tiny wart She had been
told the acid would remove the excres-
cence. Write again and tell us how
Our English sisters have warded off
Influenza by the diligent use of camphor,
ever since / can recollecr anything, and
the custom was old even then. six
me dear." was a staple prescription
for colds in nursery of WHICH / had
the run. And l recall. likewise. that 1t
was usually efficacious.
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work are doubtless ito the manor born"
They are so secure in their station that
they are rot afraid to be gracious 70
their employees The ability to bend
without breaking is one of the hall
marks of true breeding.
Your privileges? Here. again. rules
and customs vary. There should be no
question as to what they are in the
well-ordered household. 1 should as
soon think of holding back portion OF
a maids wages on payday as of over
looking her day and evening "out." or
of asking her to forego one of them to
suit my convenience. When circum-
stances beyond my control make this
imperative. the debt is not forgotten.
Another day is given. and when ST y
ing at home upon the Thursday OF Fri
day which belongs to the maid involves
extra work a little outing and amuse-
ment are planned as interest on the debt.
I am asked onetimes: Does IL pay
in the long run to grant to your maids
privileges and recreations not nominated
in the bond? Don't you think it has
tendency to spoil them?
1 do not stay 10 ponder that question
/ Go it more for my own sake than for
theirs I cannot reconcile it with my
conscience to treat women like myself
as If they were automatic machines,
and that my duty to them is done when
they are oiled with daily food and
wound up by the payment of monthly
wages. And an uneasy conscience is
more troublesome than a servant spoiled
by overindulgence.
Your letter appeals powerfully TO my
sympathies. If any word or deed of
mine could stra:Shten out the ugly
crooks in your lot. neither should be
wanting. Yet of one thing you may be
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THE HOUSEMOTHERS' EXCHANGE

over eaess csrsa SaT part ssf LAY s'
lie straight afterward.
II drawer sticks in the groove ruo
soap upon the upper edge. ana II VIII SIDE
windows may be e,eaned more thoroughly
sene be put into the pail of water used for
AS s'-'t to the e'. einbryo ..soyer" should say
that IL he really desires 10 learn to COOK
6ed an viii M surety succeed Knew two SoHs
who were chuTns. one spent years at col
Ike Ike aSer aha Cooking s an sooa asar
for some young fellows, turned his thoughts
10 the culinary art. and became chef. at
gnpd salary. in the most prominent cluo
The 1ee lively vsis member who wrote of the in
chord % that vibrafes IN ma my bosom, painf1lly
sappose e sn neTsqn ' wses ,q t. say xg ba am
whole family makes small dai.y sacrifices:
ments., that the the guest NAV have the best
IN the house the aka Sz msnu Z Is
what a stranger would like: our clothes
are packed nsg upaceSIssomsd corners be-
q the house must have bis meals at hours
a Yet we o Wish hat for ten dass
ws sn days psss and h6thns E
said OF departure and ten DAYS more are
n m s m as aes ta ARE Sc
Kindly tell us what course should pur-
Mrs. L. T. (Chicago).
You cite what would fain believe is
an extreme case. Yet / have In mem
ory the case Of a man who camped
down in my house for three months,
after presenting himself without invi-
tation or warning. AT the end OF the
time we quietly informed him that we
had accepted an invitation to travel
with party of friends for a fortnight,
and mus. shut up the house. Where
upon. he coolly remarked that he could
get along very comfortably during our
absence. since we had such good serv-
ants" He was then politely told that
the servants would have vacation and
visit their relatives for the fortnight.
He betook himself to the house of an
other friend. I do not know how they
contrived to eject him.
The truth-which may sound brutal to
some readers-is that in your case. as
in mine. the imposition of so-called
guest upon the household is an infringe
ment upon hospitality. an outrage done
to conventionality. and nuisance that
ought to be abated by stringent meas
ures. The woman who upsets the de-
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Is 1t a "Fake72

/ have seen In your Family Meals for a
Week mention of a Fruit Surprise. In
speaking OF II TO a visitor she said the
name fake" made 40 for the oc-
casion. Please tell me If IL is a real des-
sert. or II you lust stick in names as they
occur TO ycr in writing
HANNAH NJ. p. Buffalo. y. Y.)-
There are no fake dishes in my
menus. 1 could supply a recipe for
each If I had time and room
"A Fruit Surprise is more sum-
mer than a winter dessert. although
1T may be made of bananas and
oranges. also of canned peaches or
strawberries, and l once made a de-
licious surprise" that bafled the
eaters when they tried to analyze IT..
The fruit was well-fiavored apple
sauce that had been run through a
colander. then sweetened- I never
cook sugar in apple sauce. Tt in
1ures color and taste.
Fruit Surprise.
Mash a quart of fruit to a pulp. stir
into 1t a heaping cup of granulated
sugar. the juice of lemon and the
unbeaten whites of four eggs If not
sweet enough. add more sugar. Pour
the mixture into the freezer. and
freeze. The turning of the dasher
will whip all to a frozen foam.
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feur) would know who the ten-tale
was
Forgive this long letter.! I don't ex-
peet you to publish it. But I do want 1t
answered. And 1 am sure that mine is
not such.a singular case as you might
think. / am not discontented with my
position in life. My mother was a
ladys maid before her marriage AS
/ have said, 1 like the work. and am
not fitted TO do anything else to earn
my living. One of my sisters-in-law
tolG me once that / was a bat-neither
bird nor beast Since then she thinks
II funny to call me bat when there
is no one by except the family.
That would be as good a signature to
this letter as 1 can think Of
THE Bat (West Philadelphia).
1 should not insult you by writing
that word had you not insisted upon
it. 1t does not apply in the least to a
clean-minded. conscientious girl. whose
one disadvantage is that she is above
her station, or what employers and fell
low-servants have made that station to
be-
Now as TO your question: AS 1 read
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OF General Interest

A We may. judge from soaring prices.
economy must now be our watchword. 1t
may after all. have bright side. this
universal anxiety as to ways and means
nation we have been too. wasteful.. and
perhaps necessity win teach US that SO
some. it should be put to some good use.
knew a lady. an extravagant house
IN Berlin. came back changed woman. She
that well-bred people may practice econ
omy. and thrift in the smallest matters per-
tanning to the Kitchen. What she saved
there helped her TO give to charitable
enterprise which she loved.
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When Cleaning

ITTHEN washing window-paint or
w cupboard doors. etc. use a little
whiting on flannel instead or
soap. 1t will remove all dirty marks
without injuring the most delicate-col-
ored paint
Clean the brass as usual. then rub 1T
over with a soft cloth dipped in vase
line, and afterward polish il with a
dry duster. This will keep it from get
ting tarnished so quickly even in the
dampest weather and is very little
trouble
TAKE about four handfuls of flour.
mix with water into quite stiff dough
and proceed TO rub the walls, when all
dust and dirt will be removed.
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being given: II cannot deliver them. 1 should
like them to go 70 some one living. In the
country and to who cannot afford TO
buy books. IDA Z. K. tPiIila6eiphia).
The giIt will be eagerly claimed We
are reading family, but some of US
cannot indulge the propensity as freely
S we would, because butcher and bak-
er'--not to mention the gasman, who
takes the place of Mother Gooses can
dlestick-maker have raised prices to a
height that leaves the purse painfully
light by the time the weeks bills are
PAID. The generous donors address is
upbn our re,sister
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To Re7r an dngora Kitten

Where can 7 ret information concerning
raising an Angora kitten2
Mrs G. e L. (Madison. Wiso.
reared cats of that species answer
this question? So far as my personal
knowledge of them goes, they grow
and thrive under precisely the same
treatment that is given TO felines or
less distinguished breeds.
But this is the opinion OF woman
who knows more of the young of the
human race than of cats and ca
naries.
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cent orderlineSs of your home. and pro-
longs the Inconvenience without war
hant, is simply making a convenience of
you, and shamelessly. Suspend the laws
of hospitality for a season, and tell her
outright and civilly that family arrange
ments make it impossible for you to in
vite her to extend the period OF her
visit.
She has forfeited all right to courteous
consideration
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sity by marriage or by going into a
factory or shop. The queen of England
is no more respectable in her place than
you are in yours.
You refer to the habit of calling an
employer 'the madam instead OF re-
ferring to her as .'the mistress. as
maids did thirty years back. 1t is
new trick of the sss who are ashamed
to confess. Il am among you as one
who serves
(You do not need to be told who said
] have notef.. with secret amusement.
the substitution of "the madam for
'the mistress" and likewise that few.
even of the better class of minds now
adays, say Yes. Madam or "Ma'am m."
and mo, Madam" or Ma am" 1t IS.
yes. Mrs Blank" and mo. Mrs So
and-So," uttered respectfully. but in
palpable imitation of the ways Of
speech common with their employers.
WTcn tHey Ldclliy eNdue the cOHISSSlOH
that they are socially inferior to those
who command their services and pay
their wages. they seem to fancy that
they level distinctions of rank.
The trick" has a ludicrous resem-
blanee to the ostrich's way of hiding his
head in the sand to escape observation.
A QUESTION OF DUTY
Your duties? TO do the work laid to
your hand. honestly and willingly. In
detail this duty varies in different
households. Do the work because. ''in
that very place" you were appointed 10
do f.
Your rights? To be treated like a
human being who is filling her place
in life TO the best of her ability.
Ny cheeks glowed and my blood grew
hot in reading of the wel-bred and
amiable young women who go TO church
regularly and perhaps give literally to
the poor yet never bethink themselves
of the obligation to interest themselves
in the patient fellowwoman who dis
charges her duties in the fear of the
Lord. and with the earnest purpose to
please employers. Allow me to suspect
that one living and all-pervading ele-
meat of refinement and true gsntlehood
is lacking in their makeup. The Irish
mistresses In whose homes your cousins
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assured: If the dear Master OF us all
did not see that the crooked way Is the
better for your growth in faith. hope
and love. one stTaighter and smoother
would be appointed unto you.
Lay Mrs. Whitneys pearl OF wisdom
TO heart I say it over TO myself twenty
times a day. when puzzled and dis
couraged. Tt will help you. as it herPs
me. to know that your way is thy
very way of His.
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TUESDAY

BREAKFAST
Oranges. cereal and cream, bacon and
fried horiny "a Ieft-over). oatmeal scones.
toast. tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
Stew OF curried veal and rice "a left-over)
Iried bananas Ga left-cver), toasted scones
left from breakfast. hot gingerbread and
cheese. cocoa
DINNER
onion soup: fried pigs feet with tomato
spinach. Drowned sweet potatoes. rice
pudding. black coffee.
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my head persIstentIy:
/ asked: my soul bethought OF this:
In lust that very place OF His
Where He hath made and keepeth you,
God hath no other work to do.
If one-tenth of the maids employed by
private families lad your just appre-
citation of what they are best fitted to
do, and that their work is as honorable
as any other profession, SO long as they
respect it and themselves. the "vexed
question would solve itself. The plain
truth is that 500 in every 1000 consider
housework in all Its branches beneath
them. They take it up as means of
support until they can escape the neces-
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Il Git Of Book.

Please mention in the Housemothers' Ex-
cnange that have about twenty-five books
IN perfect condition-and very good read
lng-which will cheerfuly give to any one
who would care for and value them. They
must be called for. or sent for. the address
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MONDAY

BNEAkFASI.
Apple sauce cereal and cream, corned
beef hash. rolls. toast. marmalade. tea and
LUNCHEON
Meat cakes "a left-Over). baked potatoes,
large hominy boiled and buttered. cookies
DINNER
Yesterdays soup curried veal. boiled rice.
iced bananas eaten with the curry. potato
eroquettes "a left-over), poor mans pud-
ding.
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MAs4n. HoeLo,sz
Family Meals
for a Week
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
Grapefruit, hoTniny and cream, fried
scallOps. mullins. toast. tea and cof1ee.
LUNCHEON.
Hot corned beef. potato salad. crackers
and cheese. hot biscuits and honey. cocoa
DINNER.
Black bean soup biased upon liquor IN
which beef bOiled). larded and baked
cal liver. stewed oyster plant. riced DO
tatoes, chestnut pudding. black coffee.
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WEDNESDAY

BREAKFAST.
,ewed prunes. oatmeal Jelly and cream,
oied ootied nam. oopovers. toast tea and cof-
LUNCHEON
Frizzled beef with cream sauce. baked
potatoes. lettuce. salad. crackers maple
DINNER
tomato cream sOup. boiled mutton with
caper sauce. mashed turnips celery knobs
squash pie. black coffee
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,Mnch-Wanfed Recibe

! inclose the recipe for marshnallow
cream cream pudding. for which correspondent
One tablespoonful of granuiated gelatine,
dissolved In one-haf cupful Of cold water.
stirring constantly Take It Off and stir
In one cupful Of cold water. Let ii stand
while you beat the whites of four eggs
70 standing froth Add 10 this two cup
fuls OF granulated sugar and the cooled
thickSssn; eSsa str into i two teaspoon1uis q
nannilia and one cupfut e chopped English
and set upon ise Serve with whipped
This recipe makes enough Of the cream
~ w Mrs MD r. w. B. tBrookville.s Pas.
You set before us a dainty dish, and
one for which four requests have been
sent in. We. thank you in the name of
the seeking sisters and of the Exchange
as a whole
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II Number of Thinps

From the same quarter OF our vast
territory we have other recipes that
promise as well. The member who con-
tributes them classes them as sea
sonaple. and she is right. as we shall
- Escalloped Oysters.
Pulverize half q pound of crackers. pcur
over them pint -of hot milk. ami stir in
Iaoiespoonful Of butter. salt and pepper to
taste Add pint of fresh oysters with
tnslr t.rs,1 liquor. and mix thoroughly with one
Bake in buttered dish until Drowned
Heavenly Hash
One cupful each of diced pineapple
drained of jusce) bananas and marsh
mailows: one cupful Of English walnuts. or
aimonds-or both--chopped. or cut rather
nne: one cupful Of kuInauats (tiny oranges)
cur small. and the juice wel-squeezed out;
one-half cup OF diced apples. One cupful
Of mayonnaise dressing seasoned with salt
aione and one-half cupful of whipped cream.
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THURSDAY

Oranges. cereal and cream. bacon potato
biscuits toast. nlarmalade tea and cofree,
LUNCHEON
Sausages and griddle cakes. For dess-r@
the cakes with maple syrup. tea
DINNER
Glasgow broth biased upon LIQUOR IN
winch mutton was cooked). boiled beef
steak Ia 1ardlnieTe. spinach soUffie eleSr
over rom Tuesday,. fried Carrots aDni.
dumpiings (baked). black coffee
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SATURDAY

Stewed dates. cereal and cream. bacon
and egxs. mullins. toast. tea and cores
LUNCHEON
Cheese fendu. quick graham biscuit-
salad OF string beans. cold corn ana Istt,,css Z
Ca left-cver). crackers and cheese S,yfss
toast with lemon sauce. tea
DINNER
Glasgow broth ca leftover roast loin OF
pork. aDDle sauce stewed tornatoes mashed
sweet potatoes. pineapple ice cream lhou,s-
madel. black coffee.
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FRIDAY

BREAKFAST
Oranges. cereal and cream SDanish -,
elet mullins. toast. tea and cofree ~
LUNCHEON.
Salt macksrel with cream eravv hot,a,
potatoes. salad OF celery knobs "a o,,s-1
with lettuce and French dressing craelssrs
and cheese. tea. Ne3S
DINNER
Vegetable SOUP. scaloped oysters. strinx
beans corn rrttrers prllna sonfFa 1sSS
whipped cream. black coffee "ANS
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" HE sentence that heads this Fa-
minar Talk is taken, word for
word, from a communication
that has lain in a pigeon-hole
of my desk much longer than I in
tended that it should when I first read
it. 1t comes from Philadelphia, and It
puTports TO be from young housemaid-
I say '-purports. because the chirog-
raphy is neat and firm. and not in the
least like that OF an illterate or par
TALLY educated person. In spelling and
punctuation IL is absolutely correct.
There is no lavish misuse Of capitals
such as offend my senses in hundreds Of
letters written by correspondents who
tell me they are high school graduates
Yet I am bound to believe what the girl
tells me of herself and her position:
Putnam patriot., 1910-12-09

We'll. ycu do. You've got nc bush
ness In a rundown place ike this. you
with seur fne clothes and scur nne
airs yeu didn't Come here 70 learn
the drug business yoa know as well
as do you've gos seTae other motive
There was a truth in that 70 sting
aim He smartea Under its lash. but
eeid bis temper IN cheek beeause he
VAS serry for the gs-i. Perhaps
yoU're raght.~ he eeucsSsssa--peFhaps
have some othet motive. Bur that's
neither nrre nor there I'm here. and
II X uly present intention 70 learn the
drug s.aSins~s~ in your fsther's store
i leu't believe yoa. Mr. Duncan. or
whatever yonF name Is
I'm sorry" De said natlenfty.
Retty's lips swHehr, ceatenapsnously.
Well saying yea do mean to work
here
= do
You're making mistake she
snapped ~Father can't pSy you meth.
ing
~HeH pay me all I'm worth.s said
Duncan neekly
She giarsi At him an Instant longer.
then mute for iack OF a sufficiently
scorntul retert turned and ran back
up the steps. slamming the door be
hind her
Putnam patriot., 1910-12-09

rive on the third day. and there was
much 10 do 10 make way for them
Between spasms Of work Duncan
had his hands full attending to the
soda fountain Soda water being prac-
ticaly the only salable thing In the
store. II had 10 serve as an excuse for
the inauisitiveness Of many OF my fel.
low citizens. 10 say nothing off,
snould put II. but especially
wives and daughters. The consump-
ton Of vanity sody in those two days
broke all known Radville records and
stands singular tribute to the Spar
tan fortitude OF Radville womanhood.
particularly the young stratum thereof.
From my window In the Citizen Of
flce was able to keep a tolerably close
account Of events and obtain . consen-
sus Of public opinion. 30 far ~ the
latter bore upon Duncan. Il was d.
yided into two rather distinct parties.
one, Of course. favorinG him. and this
was feminine almost exclusively. Ira
cey Tanner. to BE- sure. confensed with
In my hearing to predilection for the
Moo York dood. but was inclined to
hedge and climb the fence when a.
sailed by Roland's stricturea Roland.
l suspect. was q wee mite Jealous He
had been paying attention to--I mem.
going with--Josie lockwood for sever
al months. Instinctively he must have
OWNED his danger. and It's not In rea
son to exact admiration OF the usurper
from the usurped even when the act
Of usurpation has not yet been def
nifely consnmmated Roland went to
the length OF labelling Duncan sissy
and profeSsed 10 believe that Hiram
Mutt was Justified In calling him a
..s.piefous character " Roland limited
darby that Duncan knew New York
no better than WIN Bigeiow.
And II he did come from there he
Putnam patriot., 1910-12-09

He eraeed himself to take advans
tase OF the opening. Il shall never
forget 4" he said inapressively.
She gave him Der hand Then good
by.
Not goedny. trussy- tie retained
the hand. deSFisiag himself tnexnressi-
esy.
oh. wen be In aszln. won't we.
Angietr
--oh. yes. indeed
My land Angie, What do yen
thiak+ I'd almost forgotten to pay for
the soda g
Please don't sp,ak OF II. Miss Lock.
wood TIE pleasure
But muSL Mr.. Duncan How
much Is itf~
Jessie fnSerea the contents 81 her
purse exRectaHJiy. hW Duncan hing
IN the Wind lie had No Feast notion
what might he lhg price of soda water.
Two fer quarter he haHaraed
with his dtSsrmtus rrin
Angie ehsk~i With Appreciation of
this exquisite Sasss Amt you run.
NY,
I'm afraid yau're right. he con.