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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-01-06
Fruit as a Food.

Fruit as a Food.
Fruits, because of their low nutri-
tive value, are not usually estimated
at their real worth as food, Fruits
are rich In potash salts and other
minerals as well as vegetables acids,
which are valuable aid to digestion.
Fruits are refreshing and cooling TO
the blood and valuable addition to
the diet because OF the water, acids,
sugar and fiavors which they contain.
Water, so valuable to the body, is
furnished to us In the most delightful
form In fruit.
Nowhere is there greater need OF
a generous supply OF fruit than on the
farm, where the diet Is apt to be re-
stricted in variety because of distance
from the markets.
Some fruits require little balancing,
as they are nearly perfect In them
selves. such as grapes, figs, prunes
and dates. The ripe banana is rich in
carbohydrates.
Fruits, fresh or canned, are better
for desserts than so much pastry,
without which so many feel the meal
Is incomplete.
Fruits may be used In soups and In
this form are stlmulants and appe-
Tiers. In salads one may have infln'
tie and most appetizing variety, as the
kinds are steadily increasing or com
ing to our use
A delightful and dainty dessert
which may be made at any season of
the year is:
Grape Whip.
Into a dish turn half a glass of
grape Jelly and the white of one egg.
beat together until stiff. Serve In
sherbet glasses with little sweet
ened whipped cream. For. a violet or,
lavender luncheon. nothing could be
prettier to carry out the color scheme.
Apple whip Ia even more appetizing,
using grated apple with the white
of egg, adding a little sugar and serv-
ing with a sweetened oustard. Stuffed
prunes, figs and dates make another
nice dessert
Bananas baked with little sugar,
lemon juice and butter are most nutri-
tious.
The orange. which is with us the
year round, is served in many ways,
but Its own delicious juiciness needs
no dressing to make It palatable.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-01-06

Dls0cs Often Poorly Served.
How seldom are we served with
crisp, dainty and digestible piece of
toast? The object OF toasting bread
Is to make 1t more digestible by
changing the starch to dextrine. Toast
that is Drowned on the outside and
moist and soggy inside. is not whole
some. Cut the bread in slices three
fourths OF an inch in thickness, dry
It for few minutes in the oven, then
toast to delicate brown on each side.
The result will be crisp, dlgestible
piece of toast.
Fresh bread will not make good
toast, as It contains too much mois-
ture.
6roIllng a Steak.
Have the steak cut one and half or
remove bits of bone; remove the sur
plus fat. Rub the broiler with a bit
of the fat, lay on the steak and turn
quickly until both sides are we'll
scared, TO hold in the juices. The
steak, II served rare, will be sufficient
ly cooked In ten to twelve minutes
Lay on a hot platter, season with salt,
pepper and bits Of butter.
A charcoal fire is the best for broil-
ing, though wood or gas are both
good For those who cannot be per
suaded to use broiler heat the fry
ing pan very hot and rub a piece Of
suet over II, then lay In the steak and
turn often until the meat is well
scared, then lower the heat and cook
slower until sufficiently cooked All
seasoning should be done just before
serving. II It is necessary to keep
baked potatoes for a late-comer roll
and crack them open, to allow the
steam to escape. They will keep
mealy and good for 20 minutes.
Coffee is another OF our poorly
served dishes OF course, It Is neces-
sary that one has good coffee to be
gin with, az fragrant cup cannot be
made from rank, poor coffee. A Ia
blespoonful to cup OF boiling water
is considered strong enough for break
fast coffee. Grind the coffee Just be
fore, using, If possible. and the aroma
viii not be lost. small portion Of
raw egg may be used In mixing the
coffee, adding a few tablespoonfuls
of cold water to dissolve the albumen
OF the egg. Let the pot be sweet and
clean, add the coffee and water and
boil up three times, stirring down each
time, then put back on the stove for
1--WE minutes before serving. A coffee
pot should be washed and scalded,
then summed and aired each day, az
the best OF coffee may be spoiled by
carelessly-washed pot.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-01-06
Common Vegetables.


The simple methods are the best
in cooking, as each vegetable has its
characteristic flavor which 1t is de-
sirable to keep. Well cooked vege-
tables will be palatable and digestible,
poorly cooked water soaked vege-
tables are neither.
In using wilted potatoes late in the
spring they are much improved by
soaking in cold water some time to
replace the moisture lost by evapora-
ton
Such vegetables as cabbage and
caulifiower should be soaked in water
to draw out any insects that may be
lodged in them.
All vegetables of strong favor as
cabbage, caulifiower, onion and tur-
nip should be cooked in an open yes
sci to allow the volatile vapors to
pass off gradually in the steam.
Vegetables should be removed as
soon as tender; too long cooking
changes the texture. Injuries the flavor
and destroys the color of green vege-
tables.
Such vegetables as fresh peas and
beans, all mild.favored vegetables,
should be cooked In small amount of
water and not drained; but the water
used as sauce for the vegetable.
The potato. which is our most com
mon vegetable. is ON most homes
served day after day, week in and
week out in about five or six ways.
When there are nearly two hundred
way, and new ones being discovered
all the time by progressive women. II
seems hard that our tables should not
have little variation.
Instead of mashed potato served
In the same old way try mincing
teaspoonful of onion and mixing It
into the mashed, seasoned potato,
make them into small balls, brush
with egg and put In the oven to
brown. Serve as a garnish around
the roast for Sunday dinner.
Mix the escalloped dish next time
with little grated cheese or hard
cooked eggs left from breakfast
Take nice. even-sized potatoes, cut
Off lid at the end, scoop out little
of the potato and put In piece OF
bacon. Put on the lids. fasten with
toothpicks and bake The result will
be well-seasoned potato and a mild
surprise.
Potato croquettes made Of seasoned
mashed potato and egg filed with a
teaspoon of peas or cooked celery are
both unusual and appetizing.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-01-06
The Thanksgiving Dinner.


There are so many novel and at
tractive favors and decorations to be
used for the Thanksgiving table that
hint will bring out unique surprises.
Orange is the favorite color and may
be used In all it's shades In the decora-
tive scheme for this celebration.
A nice-shaped pumpkin may be
chosen for the fruit basket. With
care a very good basket handle and
all may be cut. FIJI the pumpkin
basket with grapes, red apples,
bananas, oranges and few autumn
leaves, If fortunate enough to have
pressed some of the brilliant-hued
ones. These may be laid about on the
table around the basket.
The place cards could be decorated
In autumn leaves and favors, or might
be small pumpkins bought at the
caterers holding bonbons. Another
beautiful centerpeice could be made
by decorating a fat basket with
punches of wheat tied to the basket
and fill 1t with the autumn fruits. A
pen and ink turkey or Puritan
maid make appropriate designs for
place cards.
or course, the feast will not be well
begun unless there is the turkey. Try
roasting his royal highness this year
without stuffing him, and see II his
flavor is not improved. Basic the bird
often and season well. A little celery
may be put inside when the season-
ings are added, and few strips OF
bacon put over the breast Use the
giblets for a sauce. Cook them until
tender, then chop fine. When the
turkey is done. remove 1t and add
four tablespoonfuls Of -four to the fat
in the pan, mix thoroughly. add the
water In which the giblets have been
boiled, season with onion Juice and
pepper and salt. then the chopped glib
let's.
Pumpkin Pie.-To a cup of stewed
pumpkin add a pint of milk, half
cup of sugar, two well-beaten eggs. a
teaspoonful of ginger, a few drops Of
lemon extract and dash of salt. FIJI
the crust and bake slowly.
Sweet Cider Frappe.-Put sweet
cider into the freezer and turn until
the cider is frozen. Serve as punch
with roast turkey.
A very pretty salad may be pre-.
pared by scooping the inside out OF
rosy apples. I'LL them with any com
bination with the apple, such an cel
cry and nuts. with mayonnaise.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-01-06

HEN he said unto them: Go
AA your way. eat the fat and
drink the sweet and send portions unto
them for whom nothing is prepared"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-01-06

4 w OLITUDE is as needful TO tho
N~ Imagination as society is
wholesome for the character.
Lowell.
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COOK is the heritage OF
every woman, to cook we'll
the privilege of every girl.
jennie A. Jamison.
A woman's work. grave sin. is never
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yXE
~ worth whole wilderness Of
warning. Lowell.
Mans best possession is a sympathetic
wife, -Eurlpides
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
It will shape the figure
correctly.

meaning conveyed. And what is true
mere is true in q dozen different in
stances.
The vital force of Marguerite
AudouS's novel is found in It's fresh
ness and absolute removal from any
thing that is forced or labored. What
cveris mentioned. even "Marie-Claire's,
caily experiences as shepherdcss
and maid Of ell work to Farmcr
SYLVAN, and the humble folk with whom
she here comes III contact. are de-
scribed with an intuitive acumen that
lends them individuality and interest.
"Maric-Clairc's" love-history. like
that Of Soeur-Aimcc's is a
tragedy She looks back on 1T very
calmly, but though she writes without
unnecessary ado. the heartbreak Of
IT is quite apparent and throbs afresli,
when Soeur-Aimee goes to nurse
Anses goes on a Yet darker and lone
Her Journey. All this comes before
Marie-Ciaire Is again thrust out in
the world and caves the convent
school. TO which she has returned, for
Paris.
Now, John y. Raphael says tnat Mar
sheritc Audoux and Marie-Claire are
ono and the same. and that the
stempstress lives in q garnet of the Rue
Leopold Robert, in Paris. lie goes
on TO point out that when tho com
mittee OF the Vic Hcnrcusc was voting
on her book before awarding it the
annual prize, her manuscript was sent
for to test its authenticity. The book
writing had been carried OH inter-
mittently. with scraps of coarse and
cheap, but clean paper. To see it was
Immediately to know the truth CON
corning 1t.
To-day is the day of the worker, of
the woman who contributes something
of herself TO humanity. who plays her
part on the stage OF life to a success
ful finish. who caves the world rich
or By SO much for something attempt
cd and achieved.
Marguerite Audoux is both worker
and genius. For it is worth while to
have put experiences into words in
a way that has amazed Paris, even
while the same Marguerite Audoux
was nightly and mostly concerned
that she could not spell very we'll.
Fcr poor spelling can be forgiven in
a woman who. dependent for her daily
bread upon a scanty stipend earned
by the work Of her fingers, has found n
way outside OF toll to render herself
famous as the author OF "A famous
book. Estimating it as a whole. it
may he likened to a river that had to
be crossed by soldiers in time OF war.
Its limpid cl%earness. showing the white
pebbles on its bottom. deceived them
altogether as TO its depth. They
plunged in without pause and, in a
moment. found themselves Obliged to
swim for their lives to the farther
shore. So with "AIarie-Claire." Its
absolute appearance of simplicity
serves TO mask its very real shrewd-
ness in construction. Its reservations
speak more loudly than its expressions.
and they reveal Marie-Claire as the
direct product Of heredity and en-
~vironment, a type of girlhood and wo-
manhood. who sees. feels and acts as
she does. because she follows out ir-
resistiblc impulses engendered in her
by reason OF the circumstances of her
birth and her upbringing. 1t is "Kis.
met" with her from beginning to end
ing.
The book is put on sale to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
SPLENDID
FIGHT FOR HEALTH
What Mrs. Akers Did For Herself,
In Spite of Discouragemeut

Basham, Va.-Mrs. Malinda a. Akcrs,
OF this place, writes: 81 suffered more
than six years with headache, pain in my
limbs and left side. was no able to
stand on my feet. I suffered untold
misery at times, SO that | had to call the
doctor. The doctors gave me up, and
said that no medicine would reach my
case unless | went through an operation.
On my husbands advice | began to
take the Cardui Home Treatment and
was cured. am now enjoying splendid
health, and do all Of my own housework.
Cardui has been a great benefit to me and
| would lot bc without it."
Once given a thorough trial, Cardui will
always remain the preferred, standard
remedy for all the ills that afiict women
the tonic to use when new strength is
needed to build up the weary body and
nerves.
Remember, you will really be trying no
experiment.. Cardui is not a new, untricd
remedy. 1t has been in use for half a
century. 1t has made good.
As a tonic there is nothing in the drug
store like it.
As a remedy for woman's ills it has no
equal.
Try it for yourself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20

- - hNhb ma okL OuItGa SIaIGS
History.
By George e. croscup, B, a. The
Windsor Publishing Co. $3.50.
Statistical tables by the author and
chronological text by Ernest d. Lewis.
y. NJ. add to the completeness with
which Mr.. Croscup has made good his
aim Of bringing American history
clearly before the eye in 4 single view.
The author uses an appropriate de-
scriptive phrase throughout; he calls
his work. history made isible."~It
includes Il number OF American his
%tcrical mans and diagrams, principal
among which is the large folding chart
from which the book takes its name.
This chart is really a practical and in
structive piece Of work. Upon 1t each
important event Of national history is
so set down that its relation to every
other event. both in time and locality.
can be seen at q glance.
The relation of this country to others
and the influence OF European nations
upon America are represented on va
rious portions Of the chart by differ
ences in color, yellow indicating the.
Spanish period in early history. red
logical order Of these periods is pre-
served by lines dividing the chart into
centuries and quarter centuries
The main chapters OF the tex form
a brief outline of American history In
chronological sequence Chief events
stand out in heavy type. Minor mat
tiers are dressed In minor type. The
scholarly character and mechanical ac-
ruracy OF the hook otherwise commend
Il alike to educators and students.
The Married Miss WORTH
BY Louise Closer Hale. Harper &:
Bros, of New York.
Louise Closer Hale, who has been
playing during this winter to New
York audiences as Fairy Beryleme in
Tho Blue Bird" Is. with the publica-
tion of The Married Miss Worth" tho
author Of two books, her first novel.
The Actress" having been her pre-
"ious literary success.
The Actress" had to do chiefly with
the experiences Of an American actress
in London. In 'The Married Miss
Worth the background, the incidents
and the characters are all typicaIly
American. The author says that she
mas attempted to show how p~ropinuuity
may impcril domestic happiness, es-
pecially the happiness of stage people.
The heroine Of the story Is fIilda
Worth, leading lady in a theatrical
company, with her husband, Tom I.anc,
an engaging and ambitious young man.
who has his attention turned toward
playwriting anil producing. There Is
no mart Of the BOOK better told than
that In which the wedding or IIilda
and Tom at the opening of tho story
Is described. The naturaIness OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
Among the Books
Publications are only worthy whom
they arc not mechanical, but human"

Mnric-CInire.
BY Marguerite Audoux Translated
by John n. Raphael. IIodder &
S~toughtcn. New York. George II.
Doran Company: S1.20 net.
Some years ago a book appeared
that created n great sensation In the
literary world. 1t was the Journal OF
Marie BashkirtseT, Il young Russian
girl. whose early death in Paris was
succeeded by the publication Of her
diary.
The absolute dircctness OF the self
revelations made In the Bashkirtsen
autobiography was what chiefly COM
mendcd the book to n reading public,
unused to undisguised truth on the
part of an author. and instantly at
tractcd by the sincerity and simplify
with which the authors work was
clothed.
Arnold Bennett has written an intro
duction to "Marie-C1aire." He anirms
tho claim that 1t Is the creation OF a
scmpstress working for 60 cents a
day IN Il Partisan attic, and that 1t
is the unembelli3hcd story OF her girl
hood.
The "unembellished story IS pathetic
enough. for Marie-Clairc's beginning
recounts the death of her mother or
foster-mother, and the descrtion Of
her by her father or fostcr-father.
when she was just five years old. Sent
to q convent school. the child was
very lonely until she fell under the
fostering care OF Soeur M~arie-Aimce.
between whom and herself there sprung
up an attachment. beautiful for Its depth
and constancy. She writes Of the time
when she was taken to Socur Marie
Aimec's classroom in these words:
Il expected to be scoided; but socur
Aarie-Ainee smiled, kissed me several
times, and said. You arc too small
TO cit on a bench, l shall put YOU in
here" n she sat mo down on a
stool in the hollow OF her desk. 1t
was ever SO comfortable; the warmth
of her wooden petticoat soothcd my
body. which was bruised all over by
thnblnG about on tho wooden and
stone stairceses. Often two feet
hcmined me in on each side OF my
stool, and two warm legs made a
back for me. a cropping hand pressed
my head on to the woolcn skirt be-
tween the knees, and the softness of
tho hand and the warmth Of the pillow
used to send me- to sleep. When I woke
up again the pillow becamo n table.
The same hand put bits of cake on II
and morsels OF sugar and sweets
sometimes. Sometimes the feet would
be drawn away from my little stool,
the knees would be drawn together.
the chair would move, and would
sec coming down to my nest q white
Veil. a narrow chin, smilinp Inns with
little white pointed teeth behind them,
and last Of all W eyes which seem
cd TO cuddlc me and make me feel
comfortable"
Personality in fiction is the quality
Of all others that renders It fasci-
mating. and self-revealment another
quality that survives the test OF time.
"Marfe-Claire' is brtnful OF pepson-
atty. 1t is also a Very subtly sug-
gestive book, telling a great deal by
implication that is not put into actual
words. For one thing, there Is sug-
gested relationship between Marie
Claire and Soeur Marie-Atmee, and
yet, because of the cleverncss of the
words in which the i%ntimation is made,
there might be 4 dozen different
opinions regarding Just the precise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
"chndrcn Of 1'o-Morrnw..

Clara r. Iaughlin. the author OF
Felicity" has an important contribu-
ton 10 the spring literary output. .@rhe
Children of To-Morrow." Tho scene Is
laid in New York. and the characters
are young women and men Interested
In literature and art. and drawn to.
gether by civic welfare work in the
East Stdo and elsewhere. In their
idealism and thoir desire for social bet
terment. they are genuine "Children OF
To-Morrow."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
zone Way Out"

"onc Way Out
by William >Carleton. Small, Nav
nard & Co. Of Boston, Mass. Sloo net.
Many people who are facing the PROB
lem OF the high cost OF living WITH;
encouragement ought to read one
Way Out and find out how a man ana
woman, living presumably ncar New:
York and in IT,. retrieved their losses
and achieved independence.
This man anu his wife began life
pretty much as hundreds OF others do
every year. The man earned a salary
and was Industrious. His wife was
prudent and thrifty and knew how to
provide for her little family, when
lncludcd her son, an MY child, in Il
way which was certainly not %eXtrava-
giant.
But after a wEile hard times came.
The man lost his position ana found
ditlculty In getting another. Then he
had an inspiration. tc and his family
emigratcd. That is, they gave. up their
suburban home, sold all OF their fur
niture except some bare nccessaries,
and. With Il little money thus obtained.
VENT into the city by the emigrant way,
securing a cheap floor in a tenement
district known as Little Italy
Here they were strangers, Just atoms
IN the toillnE mass OF humanity. Moth
ing was demanded or expected Of them.
They were free to come and go as
they chose and do what they liked
They made their rooms clean and do
cent, doing the best they could with the
little they had. Then the man Sought
and got a Job which gave him outdoor
work and paid him a modest wage,
His wife took care OF the task OF keep
ms the home and buying only such
food as was cheap as we'll rs whole
some. She held herself. her son II
husband. UP to clearly and respectable
ha bits Of living and dressing. and res
%oluteiy set aside a small sum each week
out Of what was earned.
The child OF the house had his school
ing. The father gradually advanced as
q worker. AS years passed on he be-
came a contractor, n once more was
raised above the possibility of want.
But the lessons learned in Little Italy"
influenced all after living and thinking.
and arc set down In order To heartcn
other men and women needing cncour-
agement.
The book is clear. practical and full
Of the fruit of observation and OF the
best advice as to the science OF how to
make a little money go a great way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20

y silver tea Will be given at Grace
Episcopal Church Monday night at s
O'Clock. a charming musical program
has been arranged, and some Of those
taking BART will he Mrs. T.. o.. McCahe,
Miss Frances West. Walter Watkins,
Mrs. Shifett and others.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
MrS. Boshcr's hook.

Kate Langley Bosher's new book is
nearing completion. and Mrs. Bosher
expects TO turn over the manuscript TO
her publishers this spring. The pop
ular Mary Cary 1t is said. will be
one OF the characters IN the new book,
which. however. Is not to be considered
4 sequel in any sense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Booton. of
Orange, Va, are the guests OF their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Tatum,
at q West Main Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
An ola Maids ycnrcnn,c..

"-{H UIU NHTUN FCnE cNncc." "
MISS Frances Powell. who wrote such
interesting romances as The Home on
the Hudson and old Mr.. Davcnant's
money Will have Il new novel, which
she calls AN Old Maids Vengeance
70 appear in March. The setting of
this book Is the Riviera. and the story
Is invested with that atmosphere Of
thrilling mystery which Miss Powell
is well able to create. The heroine OF
the romance is a charming American
girl.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20

people are unhappy. They do all kinds
Of wild. impossible things before they
agree to be sensible and acknowledge
each to the other repentanct and better
bcha vior for tho future.
The story Is a mclodraioa, dealing
with high-class American life. It's pos
sibiiities are hardly near enough Kin
70 probabilities 70 DC realistic. but tne
book does not lack for interest or a
romantic and sentimental kind.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
"Captain Meg's SON..

- short story OF great force. written
BY Princess Troubctzkoy. under the
above title. appeared in %tIarpcr's Maya
zine for January. The scene Of the
story is laid in Virginia, and the char
acter skctching and local color render
1t remarkably fine.