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The Washington herald., 1912-12-22

may closely approach a science in the ac-
curacy and paInstaking it demands. Make
yourself remember that in weighing a
pound does not mean fifteen ounces, nor
seventeen. but an exact slxteen-also that
il is the trifle over or under which keeps
your dish from perfection. Even spoon
full of flour too mucn may work havoc
too little It seems for the trouble of put
ting back. yet too much to throw away.
Avoid puttings back by taking out exact
quantities, and use them SO carefully
there will be no dustings, nor slopplngs
to be wiped up afterward. A dust of flour
or cracker crumbs or grated cheese seems
the veriest trifle. Yet, il you will let
yourself think, you will see that in course
of month they might mean apprecIable
waste, and thus come to understand that
in household economy nothing is too
trifling to be guarded against.
Seasoning is the soul of thrift in that
It makes appetizing what would otherwise
be tasteless. Instead of being, as some
mistakenly hold. unwholesone, it is the
greatest help to digestion. The stomach
knows its own mind-often much better
than the owner of it. That which its
guardian, the palate, welcomes and rel
ishes Is likewise welcome lower down
All food is digested by help of the gastric
Juice Things well sauced and sayored
provoke 4 good flow of gastric juice.
hence are easily assimilated. The whole
art Of seasoning lies in this-so to COM
bine fIavors that nothing predominates
as a taste, yet everything appears as a
SAVIOR Hence the empire of the bouquet
IL
Of cookery. Yet the bouquet garnl is no
more than a sprig Of thyme. sprig of
parsley and a bay leaf. tied together.
Whoever has even the smallest garden
should plant herbs-they ask hardly more
than planting and are of such use and
worth. Green herbs are more delicately
favored than dry ones-use less Of dry
than green ones. Dry herbs can be got
from the druggist or the herbalist. 1t
Is best, though to buy them green wher-
ever such buying is possible, dry them in
airy shade and keep after drying in
clean paper bags. or else powdered. and
in well-stoppered, wide-mouthed bottles.
Here, perhaps, is a good place to en-
phasize the Importance of what may seem
small matters in seasoning. Never chop
an onion. Instead, cut the bulk with a
sharp knife, in slices first. then across
both ways, So that IT is minced without
bruising. Then put it in a clean cloth
and dip in clear, cold water. squeezing
hard so as to wiring it as dry as pos
sibIe. Thus you get rid Of all the crude
flavor, the qualities which cause dis
comfort. and the tendency to discolora-
ton. Parsley should be treated much
the same: picked clean, well washed, put
in a cloth and wrung dry out of clean
water. 1t can also be crisped in hot fat /
and kept for several days. for use either
in seasoning or garnishing. Garnishing, |
1 may say in passing. is not to be de- |
spised. Appeal 10 appetite comes through |
the eye no less than the nose and the ]
palate. But better no garnish than one
sloppy. ill-colored, end unap- |
petizing. Remember, too, in cutting veg !
etables for use in soups, to make the |
bits Of the same size. II theg are cut
uneyenly, the slivers. cook to q pursH,
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work. Not only does this save lot oi
trouble, but it gives much better results
in the cooking, which should be done as
quickly as possible
Cake is. however, an inessential Like
bread, it is thing which can be got from
outside until you have learned the funda-
mentals. That is to say, the making OF
good soups, good plain sauces, and the
perfect cookery of meat. l shall detail
methods for all three later o1-this gen.
eraI exordium has not space for them
In it wish mainly to impress upon wo-
men that cooking is a profession, as well
as an art. and the most important pro-
fession in the world, because life and
health, the whole motive power of civil
ization, depend upon it. Yet mastery
of II is by no means difficult The cook
ing schools purposely make 1t appear diff
ficult-perhaps TO give themselves a per-
petual reason for being. Any woman OF
average intelligence, energy, and indus
try, II she goes at 1t with a right good
will. can be a good cook. Every woman
ought to be a good cook. since it is
actually much easier than to be a poor
one. The poor cook is a blunderer all
''SA NoJ - NASSpLl nSCu ptIIldpb Dy repeated
failures, and lacking insight to perceive
the root of them. Often a little help, a
little explanation, changes the whole out
look.
Life is for women too full, too inter
esting. too important, to have SO many
hours OF 1t thus turned to drudgery. Get
rid Of drudgery as far as you can. There
are many. SO many wonderful labor-sav-
ing deyices-some of passing value, some
of permanent. But before buying them,
especially the costlier ones, satisfy your
self they are what they profess to be
real labor savers. Some OF them do the
work well and Quickly-and make more
work in their care and cleaning than was
required for hand labor or something
simpler. Here, as elsewhere, the prov
erb. THE proof of the pudding lies in the
eating" applies with peculiar force. The
fireless cooker. which is acclaimed a won-
der by some folk, to me seems valueless,
excepting for keeping hot food already
cooked. or completing long, slow process
Real thrift in the household begins with
the buying, continues with the keeping Of
stores, and eliminates in the use of them,
the proper use. in turning raw food stuffs
into things wholesome, nourishing, and
tasty, in getting full value out Of every
thing bought. This means, of course, no
waste. Housewives should emulate the
gold workers. Even the water is saved
and made to yield up its auriferous bur-
den. Food is not gold. to be sure, but
every particle of It has a money value.
or a labor value. Hence the wickedness
Of waste. TO say nothing Of the unthrift.
There is food enough wasted weekly in
each OF the world capitals to feed the
hungry everywhere-if only it could be
utilized.
1t would be idle to say that the cheap
cuts, the simple fruits and vegetables
whose buying thrift enforces are as
tempting as the costlier ones. But by
proper cookery they can be made to do
much more than stay hunger. Spirit has
something to do with proper cookery, no
less than skill Do not look at IL as
menlal work, but rather as nearly the
most important in the world. Indeed. n
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QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS NWOMENH ILLUSTRATORS

An advertising drawing, for example.
may be made q step in ones upward
progress, u one makes il represent the
highest point OF achievement OF which
she is capable. The danger lies in allow
ing such work to become q perfunctory
performance rendered for a stipulated
wage.
Surely, too. Il is always worth while TO
put good work into and make beautiful
whatever is part of our daily lives II
adds as much to our daily pleasure 70
have Imagination and originality. fine
spirit, and clever work in the pictures
that we constantly sec In the advertising
columns OF the daily papers and the mag
azines as TO shut up these qualities be-
tween book covers or put them away on
the walls of museums or rich mems
houses.
An artist can never afford, no matter
how small the compensation for her work
may be. to do less than her best For
IL each picture does not carry her a step
forward It means a step backward. Then,
too, one never knows under whose eyes
such work may fall, and perhaps cause a
Iongcd-fOr opportunity that. wholly un-
suspected, was about to present itself TO
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FRANCES w. MARSHALL,


A illustrators women find themselves
"A in a profession where they stand
shoulder to shoulder with their
brothers in art. For the publisher, the
advertiser, the seller Of prints and pict-
ure cards is interested only in the fin
ished product, and has no concern what
ever as to the sex Of the producer. Com
missions are as plentiful, the financial
rewards as generous, be the successrul
candidate for public favor in the picture
world a man or a woman.
In this career the natural adaptabihty
of woman is a decided advantage. For
an illustrator must be biddable, willing
to follow the authors lead, and suoor-
dinate the expression of her own person.
ality to the text which her pictures ac-
company. 1 could never agree with the
point of view of an artist friend, who
maintains that when he makes an Illus
tration he does not feel obliged slavishly
to follow the text, but endeavors to por-
tray the emotions aroused in him by the
story. venture to believe that the av-
eraEe reader. however, has very little
interest in the illustrators state Of mind,
and prefers to see realized the scenes ana
characters about which he is reading.
But this submission to leading strings
does not in the least mean that women
must extinguish originality, or that they
have less of that endowment than men.
On the contrary, originality is the trait
that most often shortens the road to sue
cess-a girl must see things in her own
way and put them on paper as she sees
them. The publisher and, particularly, the
advertiser welcomes a new note espe-
cially IL It be strong enough to command
attention.
Something akin to the actors gift there
must also be in the makeup of the sue
cessfuI illustrator. Each picture that she
draws is as If she set a scene upon the
stage, and in her comprehension OF the
situation and the truth with which 1t Is
portrayed lies its success. There must be,
too, the sense of harmony and proportion.
by which she shall choose fitting and sig
nificant surroundings and accessories and
subordinate these details to the vital, CEN
trail thought for which the picture exists.
Our cleverest illustrators, almost without
exception, 1 believe, possess the histrionic
ability that would have won them sue
cess in the drama had they chosen that
profession. Their work demands GER
tain power of impersonation, the ability
to lose ones self in a character and ex-
perience the emotion the person in the
story or the poem is supposed to feel at
the moment in which he is represented
in the picture. Unless that emotion is
thrilling the artists nerves and filling her
consciousness her illustration will be un-
convincing.
All this means that the girl who would
be an illustrator must have. apart from
the ability to draw. definite and dis
tinctive mental endowment. But If she
has that endowment and the capacity for
hard work, Cboth while she is getting her
training and later, when she practices her
profession,) and also the staying power
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OF work. There are never enough really
good illustrators to supply the demand for
pictures that are funny with no hint Of
coarseness- In this field women have
been notably successful. We all know
Fanny Cory's irresistibly amusing conceits
and delectable little folks Her picture
"on the Dark Stair" showing a little
girl starting to bed, but affrighted on the
stairway. first published as a magazine
Illustration, has met with wonderful sue
cess as print, having made its way
throughout the country.
As a girl fresh from an art school the
first drawing that Miss Cory submitted
| to the editor Of well-known magazine
won instant favor, and from that day he
gave her all the work she could under
take. Since her marriage to a North
western rancher she has found less time
Tor r>profession. but even in her Mon
tana home, where her own children take
much OF her attention. she still makes
occasional illustrations for the delight Of
her wide public.
May Wilson Preston Is anotbe- films
traitor to whom success came the sooner
because OF her keen sense OF bu,,or
lrma Deremeaux, whose strong auprecia-
ton OF character is enlIvened by the same
quality. has steadily grown in favor. Rose
Cecil o'Neilrs ingratiating babies. so full
OF the sunnily humorous appeal Of child
hood. sweeter than any other humor and
different from all other kinds are always
Joyfully welcomed.
The demand in current literature for
pictures Of pretty girls seems as insati-
able as ever. The artist who can express
IN her drawings the charm. the beauty.
the winsomeness Of girIhood will find a
market ready for her. whichever way she
may turn. They are wanted for maya
zines and book covers. for color pages.
for illustrations, for advertising, for post
ers. for calendars. for Christmas cards
Very often such pictures. after appearing
in the magazine, are published as prints.
from which. II the artist has had sUf-
ficient business foresight. she may draw
substantial royalties.
The dainty. demure girl of " The Easter
Bonnet" by Anna Whelan Belts has
gone. as a color print, into many thou
sands OF homes. Miss Belts found the
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picture hanging on the wall Of a renots
farmhouse in Nova Scotia, where she had
taken refuge from a storm on a Summer
motoring trip. When her hostess learned
that she had been entertaining the artist
unaWares the best the house afforded was
placed at Miss Bettss service.
To climb to the upper rounds of the
ladder an artist must be able to give to
her work a distinctive touch that will
lift 1t above the general Ievelsand win
attention. In Alice Barber Stephenss
work this takes the form OF feminine
graciousness and charm. Frances souIs
Campbell. who specializes in portrait
work, portrays her subjects with rare
refinement. Her picture of Mrs. Eddy,
which has won such a cordial welcome
from Christian Scientists, engages the
attention even Of the unbelieTer by It's
mysterious, haunting. spiritual quality.
Many women artists find success in
more than one line OF work. For ex-
ample. Hilda Belcher. whose name Is
a familiar one in exhibition catalogues,
makes an occasional illustration; Albert
inc Randall Wheelan has found an in
teresting change from her illustrative
work in the designing Of costumes and
accessories for plays. Violet Oakley, who
with Elizabeth Shippen Green and Jessie
Wilcox Smith made famous their de-
lightful home, Villa Rose, in a Philadel-
phia suburb, because Of the superb work
they did in #, has been commissioned
to complete the mural decorations, begun
by f a. Abbey, for the. Pennsylvania
State House.
The field of Illustration has been stead
ily widening for women since those days
in the early TOs when Addle Ledyard's
pictures Of ideally pretty children with
sweeping eyelashes won our young hearts,
and Mary HallOck FOOte. whose quality
of exquisite tenderness. rather than the
strength OF her drawing. brought her
ardent admirers, was illustrating her
own and other peoples stories. They were
among the pioneers, but now there are
so many women, literally hundreds OF
them, doing splendid work as illustrators
that it is possible to take only a name
here and there. almost at random, from
the long list.
Copyright. 1912. by sturgis walton)
The Washington herald., 1912-12-22

TAVE you an invalid friend? Start al
III once on a collective Christmas pres
ent. These need more thought and
time than money put on them.
Such A gift may be collective in two
ways; it can be number Of small re-
membranes, one or more from a number
of persons. or it can be a collection of lit
tie gifts from one person. The latter
really takes little more work than the
other, as it is easy TO win promises, but
difficult TO get them kept.
For an invalid have a surprise bag of
CAV cretonne. about half yard square.
Finish the top with . draw string of rib
bon or cord. Fill the bag with all sorts
! of small packages, each neatly tied with
tissue paper. and provided with a long
end that comes outside the bag by u short
| slit in one side.
Remember in preparing gifts for an IN
valid they must be light enough to hdu-
/ die. Half the charm is lost If some one
! else must draw the surprise from its re-
| ceptacle.
| The more packages the better the fun.
! Two or three trifling things drawn out
each day will mean more than many
| times the value in one surprise. II every
Gift is elaborate 1t becomes a burden to
the sender and gives no more, sometimes
less, pleasure than would an amusing
picture with rhyme attached; a page of
Jokes cuIled from magazines and type
written on n gay postal; an Illuminated
card with helpful notices or poems.
Consult the age and taste OF your ln-I
valid 1t Is well enough to make simple
gifts, but they must be appropriate. The
friend whose body only is disabled would
be justly insulted to have packages suit
ed to the mentality of a fretful child.
For a child have plenty OF gay pictures,
things to cut out and things to paste. \
box of letters will while away many an
hour, and equally pleasing are various
water toys for the bathing times. Any
kindergarten supply company will afford
suggestion for n child's bag. Bright pa
pers for weaving. raphia. modelling clay,
a paint box, a box of colored crayons, sew
eral pairs OF blunt scissors-and for a
girl a tiny fitted work bag-aI give
pleasure.
For a grown-up have a number of
bright interesting stories detached from
their bindings and tied together in an
easy form for handling. Be careful TO
avoid dreary subjects. There might also
be illustrated magazines, especially for
eign ones: pocket editions of poems and
classics; also editions of science. botany,
literature in primer form. Many an in
valid could be interested in studying. IL
the information is presented in attractive
form that is easily handled.
A h.s-a-day book, with fountain pen, |
will please many semi-invalids who have
not strength to keep a regular diary. |
Then there are small cards for playing |
solitaire; knitting or crochet needles and
materials and instructions 10 make some
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to keep everIastingly at It through dis
couragement and, harder still, through
self-distrust, always doing her level best
delightful rewards await her.
How long her training will require de-
pends a good deal upon the girl herself.
upon her quickness, her innate ability.
her willingness to work hard. day in and
day out. What one girl can do in year
another may take twice as long TO ac-
complish. Study in a good art school
and these are almost all located in the
large cities-she certainly should have.
Then, If she can afford it, a year or so
in Paris or Munich is always good
investment, not only on account Of the
technical training, but also for the in
creased general knowledge OF art, the
wider horizons, the stimulus of the crt
atmosphere in which the student finds
herself, the larger and more varied &C
quaintance with the procession OF life,
some portions of which she expects to
put into her pictures.
Some girls contTive to get this year or
two abroad by arranging with fashion
periodicals to supply them with notes or
Illustrations, exact or modified, OF COS
TUNES shown by famous Partisan dress
makers. 1t is good practice. and, IL it
leads to permanent employment in that
The Washington herald., 1912-12-22
By NICOLAS soYER.

Formerly Chef to His Majesty King
Edward VII, later 10 Brooks Club in
London and Inventor of Paper-Bag
Cookery.
COOKERY is the cornerstone of
civilization. It is also an art and
~ a craft, both OF hand and head.
Though it touches science at many
points and in the main is helped by the
touching, it should not be made science.
The kitchen is a workshop. Do not turn
il into a laboratory. Strictly speaking,
II is the workshop of the bonne femme
The bonne femme is, literally. the good
woman, but. under that name, we French
folk class the house-mothers, who have
made French thrift proverb, and
French cookery famous throughout the
world. CoIIoquially, the bOnne femme
is the farmers wife, or the artisans. or
the shopkeeper's. She holds sway over
family life, guarding and guiding It. 1t
is not strange that we have so many
dishes a la bonnie femme. They are the
best in the world of their kind and cost.
Women the world over may well emu
late the bonne femme's achievements. II
they do it successfully they will mitigate
il not altogether prevent. the ruinous in
crease in expenses which now alarms
the public Ny aim is to help them to
success by a few simple counsels. The
first is not TO look upon cooking as drudg-
cry, and above all not TO make it 80.
There is a right and wrong way OF do
ing everything about it, The right way
depends in a measure upon the individual
But find out the ways best adapted to
your strength, your stature, the space
at your command, by close and intelligent
study, and, having found them, stick
70 them.
Have the table at which you do kitchen
work made TO fit you. II it is so low
that you stoop, even a little bit, your
work will be much more tIresome; you
will have an ache under your shoulders
or across the small of the back. On the
other hand, II the table is too high you
work with a sense of hunched elbows
which is very unpleasant and not a little
wearing. There is form" in cookery,
precisely as there is in tennis or golf-a
certain deft, finished way of handling
utensils and economizing movements OF
all kinds. There is a way TO stand at
the table, erect and well poised and just
far enough away so that your apron
cumulate a line of spots. Form" Is
more the result of thought and practice
than Of any instruction, but just try for
once to see how many dishes you can
cook while keeping your apron spotless,
using the fewest possible utensils and
making, so far as you can help II, not
single unnecessary movement.
Then you must study arrangement so
ready to your hand. 1t is even more i'm
portant to guard against cluttering-that
means always double work. BY clutter
ing mean usiIg more things than neces-
sary in your preparation. A clutterer can
not make even a simple cake without
having at the end dozen soiled utensils.
one who knows the business will end with
but two, or at the most three. The good
cock will have everything she needs coll
Iected on the table before she begins TO
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ing. &c. and in the case Of fruits and
vegetables, of the valuable mineral salts.
Almost any favorite recipe can be adapt
ed to cooking in paper bags, provided it
does not require manipulation in the
process of cooking. Where manipulation
is required, as for soups, sauces. buffers.
custards. and their like, you must stick
to the saucepan, the soup pot, the balm
marie or double boiler. the frying pan,
and the casserole. Notwithstanding. the
paper bag has Its own province, which is
L"ither small nor unimportant. 1t con-
serves flavors as well as solid nourish-
ment, and prevents smells so annoying in
confined spaces. For fish. nothing quite
approaches it-provided. of course. you
know how to sauce and season it before
closing the bag
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WHAT TO GIVE AN INVALID

: simple pieces of work; fine perfumes or
cologne bottles in small sizes. q nice +oiro,
soap-cach piece a Eift: tiny stamp boxas
filled with stamps: cut-up puzzles :, :,
dlVldual sizes-the overdifficuIt ones ara
too great a strain on weak nerves. a bo,.
water plate; the combination cream, tr,
sugar bowl. and coffee Dot in nIa,e5 .+T'
' yer; pretty knit shawl: short kino,o.
/ oouuoIr cap; back rest; a slumber pill
! low. filled with aromatic herbs mr. ri-,
h'euIes' materials for bead work: talcum
powder pretty handkerchiefs-one in a,
'hai'lduaI case that can he kept under a
| pillow.
Sometimes these gifts are labeled ,,f.,
ua'e "f opcrinG. Better have co-tat.
packages-such as iarred prunes hove, 90
crackers. fruit, or presents that are ,,a.,5
ed-dated and the others unmarked
avoid hunting through the bag for da.or,
packages hav" the timo they ara 70 ~
opened tied on the end Of the string ont.
side the pack and have all the special on..
knotted loosely together.
Such bag may he arranged to 49,,
months. or even from one Christmas 70
another. Tie 10 the outside a ea,, 49,
blank book with directions for how r,.,,,
parcels may be taken out daily. Plan
extra surprises for holiday times. In
clude many friendly little notes and rool5
wishes Unless your writing is verv
legible' typewrite these. II YOU bsv.
corresponded with your invalid friend
for many years. perhaps from childboo1.
some Of her own old letters will be a wei.
come offering.
Each package must be firmly tied
dainty looking. and always with the long
end Of cord or ribbon. Many an invalid
who must fish through a crowded bag for
gift would prefer to do without il.