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The Washington herald., 1912-05-19

made each day. II It II rot used II Is kept
for coffee jelly or for coffee cake.
HOusewifery that notes all these things
and sees In none Of them trifes is not a
difncult problem IL one takes interest In It
and gives thought to the cost OF living and
how to lessen IT
This same cost OF living Is high-much
higher than it should be-but it's an III
wind that blows nobody any good. II may be
the means OF making some OF our American
housewives who have a uperabundance
of outside interests, stay at home and learn
what It means to keep house
NEW HOUSEHOLDER"
Chop Suey, Mexicun Style.
MEXICAN CHOP sUEY. Submitted by
Mrs. F. McA.)-Cut pound OF round steak
into squares. Put two tabIespoonfuls each
OF butter and lard into a large pan also a
small piece OF suet. When this is hot add
the steak let cook for two minutes. and add
a bunch OF celery cut into dice. i've onions.
and, after cooking for ten minutes, add
one and one-half pints Of tomatoes,
canned. Stir in salt and pepper to taste and
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What Suggested Idea.

Forgive this long description. I Thought
you ought TO know just how we are situated
IN order to advise US. For this Is what We
are thinking OF: We see hundreds Of au-
tornobiIes and horse carriages pass our
gate every day. and in the summer a dozen
or more stop at our house every day to ask
for water. Often women want to know II
there isn't q farmhouse or q quiet house Of
entertainment somewhere near where they
could get cup Of tea for themselves and
q glass Of milk for the children. Several
times last year mother was so sorry for
them that she asked them TO come in and
got milk and made tea for them. She
wouldn't take pay for it We have never
been used to doing anything in the hotel
line. But We three were talking over our
anaars last night and recoHected your
article and told them the gist OF It Can
you let US have it to read? We win return
it safely. I can't just remember all the
particulars, and before we think seriously
Bf the plan I want my mother and sister
to understand it better than can make
them do.
II you can't lend US the paper or maya
Eine in which I saw the article would It be
asking too much II beg you to write some
thing definite upon the same subject in The
Helping Hand?
We want to know, first, II We can open
G tea house without a license. such as
tavernkeepers have to get. and what we
viii need to lay in in the line of crockery
and china, and so forth. We have Moe old
china and silver, mother and L and a pretty
did not keep maids, so hardly ever broke
20 much as cup or saucer. I started life
with q liberal supply. Should get cheaper
En- nee ~
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II -
tearooms in country places. I
was interested in what you said
about them as being good way for women
TO earn money and yet 10 keep their home.
In the country II thsy happen to have
them.
Il you can find that article should like
much to read It. recollect that it gave
some account OF the road tea houses IN
England and other places. and you won
dered that they had not been established
IN our country. never thought then that
should ever have any personal interest
in the subject. Circumstances have al
tered with me since then. ! have lost my
husband and have a small income, hardly
more than the interest on his life insurance.
Ny sister was for twenty years teach
sr In q city public school. Last year she
30 far lost her hearing that teaching be-
came almost impossible. Just then our
father. who lived on the old place with my
mother, passed away. and we two daugh-
tiers have come to live with her In the
house where we were born. My mother is
gtin hale and lively and the best house
keeper in the neighborhood.
"our house is about twenty yards from
the road. You know how they built farm
houses q hundred years ago. But a row
Of fine old trees keeps 1t from being 50
public as you might think. There Is. fine
old garden behind it and a nice lawn be-
tween the house and the garden We have
let the farm land to a neighbor. all except
q pasture for our COWS. We have two.
We have chickens and think Of raising
fowls for the market being about halfway
between two cities. The roads are fine.
You may not know that we are famous
for our macadamized roads in this state.
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THE COUNTRY TEAROOM.

have gone forth to seek their fortune. The
tons in factories or stores in town The
old place h doomed TO fall under the auc'
TONER'S hammer when the little fraction
OF the parents span OF life has been spens
The most depressing side OF the situation
is that-except In the possible case OF one
especially smart " or lucky boy-nons
Of the family Is making more money thar
their immediate predecessors did who
worked the land and sent :" garden truck :
TO the nearest market. The cows have been
sold that mother depended upon for pin
money nifty years ago. She added TO the
butter money" q neat sum that wa
held to be riEhtfuIIy ners, from the profits
Of the poultry yard. ] well recollect the
pride with which she showed me her but
ter and egg :" account book. TO prove that
she had cleared dollar apiece for every
hen she had raised to maturity during the
year. counting in the eggs and broilers.'
There were 500 of the biddies who had con-
tributed to the gratifying result
Time Brings Great Change.
They barely make both ends meet
now" the patriarch will sigh. In lament
ing the decadencs Of the times. Farm
ing don't pay nowadaysm How can 1t
when one pair of feeble hands must do all
that he cannot intrust to a raw. ire
sponsible farm lEborer-when he can get
himi He. too, has ambitions that drag
him cityWerd.
81 can get q stenographer for $ a week, .
said merchant to me yesterday. 1t does
not pay for me 10 write my letters by
hand
Jane, or Emma or Dorothy has first TO
learn her trade. and when she has secured
a place and the IS she must pay half Of Il
for board, 90 cents for car fare. q couple Of
dollars for luncheons-and be well dressed!
These are not fancy figures. looked I'd
my statistics before reckoned up what
my correspondent might make In ahe
course Of the season for outings. II she were
TO charge IS cents for q cup of tea and a
sandwich or bun, and had a run Of q
dozen parties per diem every month. each
party averaging two persons. Cakes and
cookies would be a separate charge
Is not the scheme worthy Of the careful
consideration of Susan BIT" And might
not scores Of other women who have
left country homes land oomforO for the
raclCing uncertainties of city life in sixth
rate boarding houses read. mark. learn.
and inwardly digest what l am writing
at the dictate of knowledge gained by
years Of observation and the exercise of a
fair allowance Of common sense7
Fruit Salad.
You invite a free exchange on the part
Of ha0semothers OF recipes tried and ap-
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What Refreshments TO Ofer2

What ought we to offer for refresh
mentsf Tea and coffee and what they
call In hotels soft drinks p? OF course we
wouldn't demean ourselves by keeping any
thing stronger.
at wish had kept that paper Of yours.
It sounded so pleasant and yet so prac-
resting places you mentioned having
stopped at in country towns and villages
and out in the real country.
"You said something about tea cakes.
I know, and that the mistress and her
daughters did the cooking and the waiting.
do you think we three women could
have such quiet respectable place, and
nun It ourselves? We are tiptop bakers.
my mother and I. and all three of US are
strong and active.
Z" Forgive this wandering sort Of letter. I
have just written what came 10 my mind
as I thought the matter out II you do not
think the matter worth your notice. pitch
this long winded letter into'the basket and
pass the whole thing by. SUSAN b"
English System Described.
From my heart wish could ind the pa
per to which you refer. I have written so
often and talked 80 much OF the subject OF
your pleasant letter that cannot place the
article you liked. will do the next best
thing by answering your questions to the
best Of my ability and telling you some
thing Of the system Of may call it such)
Of tea-ooms and tea gardens tourists find
50 comfortable on the other side OF the
water.
To begin with, the rush 10 the city Of the
young people whose lot is cast in the coun-
try Is not so great there as here. Whole
families OF sons and daughters are moro
coutent-or seem to be-to remain in the
station Of life in which they we're born.
and their parents before them. than are the
children Of American farmer folk. The
sons cultivate acres dug and planted by
their grest7great-grandpar and the
daughters help their mother in housework
OF take situations as maids in the families
Of neighborhoOd gentry "a word un-
known In our vocabulary.
Again. the custom Of afternoon tea, :"
comparatively new IN most sections Of our
land, Is universal there. I recall as
pretty feature OF an almshouse visited
which was a model OF its kind. that every
old woman had her own tea equipage OF
brown ware made in. the county, and in
which was made by her the national cup
O. tea at O'Clock " the year through.
In mansion and in cot the fragrant brew.
Is served $50 days in each year. as was
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done by every preceding generation since
good Queen Anne's time.
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Habit Incouigible One.
since then everybody must drink tea at
a given hour each day. the habit is incor-
rigible. Nor do they care TO break It.
have heard old fashioned housemothers
speak Of such and such one-usually
English or Irisn-being +" tea cross" That
Is, she missed the cheering beverage when
she did not get it. and her nerves suffered
In consequence
Tourists take kindly to the custom. Curl
osity to see more Of the daily life OF people
whose country they are exploring tempts
some to check carriage or motor car before
the emb0wered cottage. over the gate Of
which one sees a modest sign Tea Gar
den or :" Tea House." in the heart Of
Devon or Yorkshire OF Cornwall. Other
and more sophisticated globetrotters feel
the tea thirst strong upon them and are
on the lookout for opportunity to queneh
It as the stated hour comes around.
Within the stone cottage-low browed
and made more tempting on q hot, dusty
afternoon by the green shadows falling
across the floor through the curtaining
vines Of the iattice-one finds a neat parlor
where tea is quickly served by hostess and
a daughter or two. The tea is hot and fresh.
the cream Is rich, the accompaniment Of
toast. buns. or tea cakes Is home made.
When the garden Is advertised by the
little signboard, one is led through the
house into the Enclosure beyond, where
small table, are set in the shade Of trees.
vines. or perhaps rustic arbors swathed
with roses and - Travellers JOY" ciematis.
and other of the climbers that grow fast
and thick in the motherland.
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DINNER.
Tomato and okra Soup. =
Cold Lamb. ga-nished with Crosses.
sealloped Sweet Potatoes
YounE onions
Coded Apples and Sponge Gaia
Black coHsA
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FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Onngea
Cereal and Crean-
Fried PanAsh- Poeato CakS
Toast
Tea and Cot1sA
LUNCHEON.
FIsh BAlk
Sesvsd Potatoes.
Quick Biscuits.
Crackers and Peanut Butter.
Baked custard
Tea.
DINNER
Testerday's Soup.
Scallops Of Lamb and Maearoni d h.fnsx.
served with Pa<nssan enesus0.
stsved Tomatoes Asparagus
st-Ewoerr1es and crsAn
Angel CakA
Black coffsA
SATURDAY..
BREAKFAsT
Orlngea
Cereal and Cream
Bacon and Green Sweet PepperA
Hominy Nufdns. Toast
Tea and coffss.
LUNCHEON
Spanish ozionz
stufsd Potatoes
Lettuce and French Dressing sandviuA.u
Heated Crackers and Jan Win Cream ch..,.
Dinner
Vegetable Soup
Mock Pigeons Cstuffsd win rolled v,.i su,i...,
Fired sAlsify.
Brown Sweet Potatoes.
PTuns sounnA.
BAek coGsA
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

SUNDAY,
BREAKFAST.
Berries
Cereal and Cream.
Barbeeued Ham. Pop0vers.
Toast
Tea and Cofes.
LUNCHEON.
Odd coined Besf q kfoover).
Fried French Potatoes. Rolls
Tomato and Cream Obese Ball SALAD
with Msyonnaiss.
Wine Jelly and Cake.
Tea
DINER
MuniEatR~ney soup
Boiled chicken with Egg Sauce.
Rice, serTAA a. 4 border for the Chicken.
Green Peas-
straHbsrry shortcaks.
Black Coffee.
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges
Cereal and Cream
Bacon. Boiled Eggs.
Whole Wheat Bread
Toast.
Coffee and Tea
LUNCHEON
Corned Beef Hash "a lefeover).
Baked Potatoes.
sandwiches Of Yesterday's Cream Cheese Balls
and Brown Bread.
Canned Peaches and. cream
Albert Biscuits.
Tea
DINNER
I. Yesterdays Soup.
Pfiau Of Chicken aud Rice Ia isftovsr).
Mashed Potatoes.
Green Pea Pancakes "a leftover.
Hawaiian Pineapple ana Cookies
Black Cotfes.
4 &
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
stewed Rhubarb.
Cereal and Cream
Scrambled EgEs
Cornmeal Mufins.
Toast.
Tea snd oo1sA
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LUNCHEON
Sardinss. Grilled, upon Toast
Potato Pun "a leftover.
Toasted Mufins from Breakfast
Thin Bread and Butter.
Cream PuIs and Tea
DINNER.
Black Bean Soup biased upon itlvor In which
beef was boiled).
Lambs Liver and Bacon.
Spinach. Canned String Beans.
Strawberries and Cream
Black Coffee
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Berries
Cereal ana Cream
Bacon.
French Rolls. Toast.
Tea and Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Mines OF Liver and Bacon "a lettover1.
Potatoes. boiled whole and nealy.
String Bean Salad. served upon Lsttues.
with French Dressing
Crackers and Cheese.
Ginger Nafers ard YEA
DINNER.
Yesterdays Soup. with croutpns.
Roast Lamb with MINI Sauce.
Green Peas.
Spinach sonfie e left oreEo.
Jelly Pancakes.
Black Coffee
= =
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Berries.
Cereal and Cream
Bacon and Fried Anush-
Gr1ham Bread Toast
Tea and Conea.
LUNCHEON. ~
Cheese Pudding.
Green Pea Pancakss "a Ieteovsr,.
choppsd Potatoes saufes a hefeover1.
Thin Graham Bread and Butter.
Canned Cherries and Cake.
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Keep Tea IN ForeRround.

For refreshments, keep tea boldly in the
foreground. Travelled guests will not ask
for coffee. The introduction Of this bever-
age TO the function of afternoon tea is an
American innovation. Buyths best quality
Of CeyIon, or an equally good brand Of
tea and never suffer an inferior TO be
served from your tables. Have at hand
sliced lemon for the many who prefer It
to cream The sugar should be cut-not
granulated-and sugar tongs must go with
each dish of II. Not many tea drinkers
are as fastidious as the hostess who. see
ing guest overlooking the tongs. or in :
at Of sent-mindedness help herself TO q
lump Of sugar with her fingers. ordered
the waiter TO take the dish out and III
IT with fresh"
Yet all fingers are not immaculate and In
warm weather one may not care to handle
saccharine substances. BY all means, pro-
vide your table with the tiny tongs. Do
not overlook the essential item OF napkins.
Get an abundant supply OF small doilies and
be scrupulously careful in serving q clean
square to each newcomer. Do not allow
yourself to be seduced into the purchase
Of Japanese paper napkinsl As Sam Weller
would say, They are uneldl! That Is.
utterly incongruous with the quaint dig
nifty Of which we spoke just now.
AS the weather wakes warm. you would
do wen to give guests the cheice between
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Fruit Salad.

You invite a free exchange on the part
Of haDsemothers OF recipes tried and ap-
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
Chance for Thritty.Folk.

SHuiCC Jul "Vty-A OtEs
have wondered again and asain-in mo-
toring and driving through the outlying
rural districts of our large cities and among
the hills and valleys until lately compare
lively unknown TO jewellers in towns, and
now made accessible by the improved roads
to which you refer-that Il has not &C.
CURED to the thrifty owners Of farmsteads
near the highways to OFFER such simple
refreshment as I have indicated to the
thousands OF pleasure seekers.
have in memory one run through the
loveliest section Of your own state, when
We looked vaInly and thirstily for hun
dred miles for a resting place other than
a tavern where nothing except liquors was
sold to " transients." We asked at three
of these If cup OF tea could be made for
an invalid of the party. The landlords evil
IDENTIFY considered that some excuse for the
absurd demand must be rendered. In no
case could we get II. Beer, whisky, and
brandy were on sale and freely imbIbed by
other tourists. We could not coax or bride
the keepers OF the " hostelries to
Put the kettle on
That we might all have tea
The old song parody was unquestion-
ably Of English origin.
New to your queries.
One must have q license to sell anything
as a regular trade. One authorizing you to
keep what was called in old times " a
house Of entertainment would cover your
case and leave you free TO offer anything
in the line Of food. except ardent spirits
For the sale OF these and tobacco you would
need special permit. And these you
UouId uot wish 70 keeD
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Good AppointmenLs Appreeiaied.

Good Appointments Appreciated.
Judging from what you say Of your stock
Of china and napery, you need nothing
more or better than you have in hand.
Begin as you mean TO 60 on. Your Gus
toners will be, as a rule, persons who
would appreciate tasteful appointments.
Have small tables that will accommodate
from four to six guests. Rustic stands or
more substantial mission work tables
would not be expensive. Cut your long
table cloths to fit the largest OF these.
II Is unnecessary to advise you to have
the cloths properly laundered, and always
spotlessly clean. Set the tables, thus COW
cred, with your real silver and china A
vase OF flowers in the middle Of the eoodly
array is an added touch Of refinement
which will appeal at once to the educated
eye. As the precious e fragiIes" viii be
washed by the same hands that have kept
them intact all these years. you can AFFORD
to take them into every day use.
The glossy cover Of pure linen. the equip
ment OF real china and silver will seize at
once upon the fancy Of the visitors. II is
not what they had expected to find in the
wayside cottage, and Will be the more note
worthy on that account. Neglect no means
of appealing to the better class from tbs
outset To this end attempt no fripperies
of modern deYising. Cheap shows draw a
cheap crowd. Your motif" as artists
would call 1t. Is the quaint and antique,
preserving dignihed elegance throughout.
Your neighbors will not appreciate 1t per
haps. Be assured that the vayfarers
abroad for pleasures sake will be attracted
49,
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on sometimes mention meats
cooked en- casserole in your
menus for family meals. The
general impression among those
who read these menus IL that the
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- LONG time ago read an article
~ ~ by you advising American
~ women to open tea gardens or
tearooms in country places I
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1912-03-15

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pe6floaf, iom lfuloe. 6renere 81
ltriftet 2it og 9eor0 for Soflanf
Cemetery. @nopioere fit ban ia1
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Earf, @~efoltningen truffet fra iam.
me sS11no. Mr. Srop bar heller life
inbifrpnfet Jig til uoeluffenbe at pn,
refuge i'm egen @aros SSnteresier
sut Silbeber / 6ront ct. grmnoltn
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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1912-03-15

nSSoban nlfitierna", biitorif Cam.
tiosbrama / fem Sitter. 6inlanos
500 og l1noertrDffeIie belfripes
itemningsfulot at oen unge ipenf=
finite Hotriot, igiennem beltemo6ige
Sanolinger, lom ferer til, at SEN tp-
ranniife generalguperner 8obrifoff
rpobes %afbeien. Iorfatteren Eor
9eoberg bar imiolertib bebanolet
opbt plpfologiift, og set er
life noget ieniationelt eller BLOB,
brDppenoe 9rama, lom ber oprul=
les. Srobs Gtpffets Mlpor / So
peoiagen, mangler Set 0og fife paa
9umer og fomife Situationer peb
|&i0 og 2eiligbeo. Man feres ino i
ct iueniffinif Stem og ler ber, bpor-
leoes grabuis ben ltore patriotilfe
|@ierning pofler frem til 6ll0en6el=
lie. ulfitierna, 9igter og Eotriot al
Sen plore Sfole, fremltilles al Gi=
refter Mugult 2inbberg ielb, og
bans san Ser 2inoberg ipiller
|Sgnnen, Stl1benten, 5bermeren,
bos bbem 5anfen ON Spronnens
Grab opltaar og mo0nes.. Set
bar SEN unge 2inoberg, iom giorbe
loa megen opffe iom Erins Crit /
Gtrin0bergs v@ultaf 8oia" / Ghi=
icogo. gmmu Nilsion optrp6er iom
Gamma l1lfitjerna, Sen el6re l1lf=
ltjernas @ultrl,. Mlle Sc more
Roller er / ublcgt gobe 6en0er og
ollie for nor0iIf Sf11elpilfunit tn
teresiereoe Sfanbinaper bur0e life
unblabe at onerpPre slit for SIM
LAM" =Toreltillingen paa Senoag.
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amsuit 2inbberss Afffebsforetil-
ling / M%etropolitm Opera 6oule
poa Sgnoog Gftermibbog SEN 17be
Mort5 imsoelee5 meo itore Jor=
pentntnger. Ser ifal opfsres ct al
Sc marfeliglte sfueipil, iom mo-
genItnoe er blepet ifrepet pon
.Spen t: ~4llt for 6inlano", eIler