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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
Maids Often Like Children.

When l first came over.' my waitress
once told me- I had great deal of
trouble knowing what the lady of the
house meant when she talked about a
platter Sure at home it's always a dish.
and what you call pitcher we call jug
[pronouncing it joog j. l was terrible
greenhorn.
Was she more of one than the average
American girl would have been If trans
ported to ireland and obliged to accus-
tom herself to the nomenclature taken for
granted there?
With all the desire in the world to make
matters easy for my employees. and with
the practice long years of housekeeping
have given me in simplifying my directions
for their benefit, 1 still find myself brought
up now and then with a sharp turn be-
cause / have not sufficiently considered the
slow workings of the brains with which l
have to deal. 1t is not week since was
hurrying through my directions for dinner
in order to get to another duty when I
was checked in the midst of my instruc-
tions by the look OF noncomprehension on
my cooks face. I had told her to add to-
mato to the bean soup of the night before.
TO serve French fried potatoes and spinach
with the steak, putting enough cream in
the spinach to soften it, and to make a
cottage puddng-and at this point l sa W
the dazed expression which meant that
communication was stopped.
1 checked myself You understand
about the pudding. Bridget?' l asked
!" No ma'am. It's the soup I'm thinlin'
about Is the tomatoes to be put into it
sthrained or onsthrained?"
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used successfully for twenty-seven years
and have been told many times that it is
very good bread.
lone cent cut yeast. one and one-half
quarts lukewarm water, two tableSpoonfuls
lard or butter, one tablespoon salt, two
tablespoonfuls sugar, one large freshly
cooked potato. Dissolve the yeast and
sugar in one quart lukewarm water, add to
1t enough flour to make soft sponge. beat
well, cover and set aside for one and one
half hours in warm place to rise. When
we'll risen add lard or butter (melted), salt,
potato. and about a pint Of the water the
potato was boiled in (stran potato and
water through fine sieve. Add remain
der OF -four slowly while kneading, make
moderately firm dough. knead until hands
become dry, place in creased bowl, cover,
and let rise about two hours. When light
mold into loavts and place in well creased
baking pans, cover. and let rise again for
about one hour; when light bake in quick
oven, where it should brown in from fifteen
to twenty minutes. then reduce heat until
baked. An ordinary loaf requires about
fifty minutes.
The beating of batter and kneading Of
the dough is of as much importance as the
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recollection of his remark I infer that he
had called us, that my sister had heard and
obeyed, and that had been too much alb
sorbed in the kittens even to hear him.
didn't deserve that spanlxing-but in those
days parents seldom stopped to inquire
closely into the justice of their corrections.
l had appeared disobedient, therefore
must be punished"
Not only in the nursery and with small
children is 1T we'll to cultivate clearness
In giving orders and to make sure you are
comprehended before you condemn for fail
ure to obey. The same rule applies with the
maidservant within our gates.
A good many years have passed since |
told a newly landed irish maid to throw
out of a pot the water in which Cabbage
had been boiled. She stood uncertain for
moment and looked at me with uncompre-
hending eyes.
-" Throw the water awayF repeated
Pour it off the cabbGe.'
And as she still did not move lifted the
pot myself and turned the water OH the
vegetable. A great light or comprehension
broke over her face.
20. it's waste it you mean" she ex-
claimed. J.
We had each of us added word to our
yOcabularieS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

HAVE been thinking great deal
~ lately of the position held by the
1 grandmother in many homes. In
! some of them she is loved and hon.
ored and seems happy; in others
there is apparently no place where she is
needed and she feels that there is no place
for her in the wogld-nobody really wants
her!
After good deal of thought am forced
10 believe that the main cause of the dis
satisfied state of such a number of the
erandmothers of this age is simply and
entirely the way they were taught in their
earliest youth.
Had they learned in the most impress
sionable age the great advantage of read
ing good books-beginning with the Book
Of books, the Bible-their minds would
have become so centered higher
thoughts higher ideals, that the petty an
noyances of life would make no impression
on them.
May 1 give you an object lesson-in-
deed. a little ego? I am now 76 years old
and life is as sweet and enjoyable as when
was 16. AT Z years of age l began to read
good books and as / grew older my great
lova of reading increased until at II had
read Plutarch's Lives" Primes Travels
in the Holy Land and other kindred works.
IN the evenings my sainted father always
read some uplifting book to us, thus more
and more filling my mind with inspiring
thoughts and giving me an optimistic view
of life. An ardent love of nature was
early instilled In my mind by daily walks
in the lovely woods and fields.
Now I am not only grandmother but
great-grandmother and life is just as
pleasant and satisfactory as 1t was when
y was young in years. / DO not feel a
psrticle older than did in youth and enjoy
life with the same zest. c. II. K"
letter such as this comes peculiarly
close 10 me. l am not a great-grandmother.
but | have grown grandsons and have
the advantage of you in years, since have
nassed my eightieth birthday. But increase
of years has not lessened my interest in life,
nor my enjoyment of the many dear and
reautifu things our heavenly father has
sent to me- The love of nature grows
rather than diminishes. my happiness with
NV family and friends is even stronger
than In my youth. / enjoy keenly meeting
new people and never find any one in
whom there is not something which inter-
eats me.
xour experiel1te with reading is Ike my
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TO make a soft dough. Cut with cookie cut
ter, place in well creased pans, and, bake In
hot oven. Ii cup of nuts of any kind Is
added 1t improves the cookies very much.
=" hope these recipes may In some way
help others. Mrs. w. s."
Thank you very muchi | think good
recipes which have been tested and proved
always help others. | have yet TO meet a
housekeeper who was mot on the lookout
for hints 10 vary her table. for directions
to help in the preparation OF attractive and
inexpensive delicacies. All thanks to those
ofour constituency who endeavor to supply
this wantl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
Child Often in Dreanlland.

More than this, the child is sometimes
wandering in dreamland immersed in the
new and strange sights and sounds he is
constantly encountering. He is too far
away to grasp brisk order. especially when
couched in a phrase which is new to him
He looks dazed and his hesitation is taken
for sullenness or unwillingness to obey.
Be sure that he is not uncertain instead of
disobedient when he is slow to do as he is
told.
One spanking 1 had in my childhood
which I have never understood" grand
mother told me the other day. Il was
about years old and my elder sister and
I We're out in the yard contemplating the
charms of a nestfu of kittens. was bend
ing over them, lost in admiration, when my
father grasped me by the arm, shook me
and gave me three or four quick spanks.
when 1 tell you to come. you are to
come. understand" he said. From my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
MAKE YOUR ORDERS PLAIN TO MAID OR CHILD.

~HE discussions we have had recently
on this page concerning family gov
ernment have called forth the fol-
lowing letter:
- Mrs. L. V speaks from the law
and the gospel. We ought not only to
think it over but to use the childs think
In doing So The little brain is a thing
apart. Make note of it's individuality, its
peculiar translations and understanding of
your words and you may end the lie an up
side down truth, the disobedience an effort
to work out conflicting orders. Pity the
sorrows of the first born! Baby talk has
gone out of fashion, but the babys brain
is stall with us. Here is an illustration
of the sort of orders sometimes given: Will
liam Ebenezer Jones, insist upon4mpicit
obedience. Come here immediately Which
word does the sinner comprehend?
"MELNAE."
And the writer gives other instances to
prove her point that often childs appar-
ent naughtiness Is due to a failure TO grasp
what the command means.
II we think it over, I imagine we will agree
with the baby's champion. Probably 1t is
impossible for any grown person to under
stand just the confusion that fills a child 8
mind at the orders he receives. To say he
feels as We would If we were amongst for
eigners, not word of whose language was
known to US, does not put the situation
strongly enough. Such position is baffiing
to the verge of distress, and yet we usually
bring to it an amount of mental training
and experience which in a measure fits us
TO meet the emergency. The child has no
such background. He is in new country
with no remembrance of similar exigercies
to reassure him as to the possibility of
surmounting the immediate difficulty. The
familiar person to whom he has always
turned In trouble is the one who now
plunges him into perplexity by using un-
known words and giving him directions he
utterly fails to comprehend and he has no
speech in which to tell her his dilemma.
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incorrect language or take unfair liberties
with English grammar in order to make
ourselves understood by fnose who work
for us and whose vocabulary differs from
ours. On the contrary. we should enlarge
their range and teach them new words and
phrases. But let us understand the dis
advantages under which they labor and
exercise for their sakes a little of the pa
thence we would like to have displayed for
us IL we were placed in similar crcum-
stances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
Miscellaneous Recipes.

W. MSCeliuHSOuS iNCCtpcS.
CHOCOLATE CHARLOTTE RUSsE-.
Melt one ounce of chocolate over hot water:
then add to 1t one pint of thick cream.
stirring thoroughly; season with sugar to
suit. Set away to become cold; then whip
until thick Fill sponge cake cups with
mixture or healp it on sponge squares.
CHICKEN TURNOVERS-M a rich
baking powder biscuit dough- roll out one
fourth inch thick; Gu. into squares; place a
spoonful OF minced chicken seasoned with
herbs and onion. and moisten with cold
gravy; fold dough over; brush with milk
and bake about fifteen minutes. Serve
with left over gravy. to which add the
chopped giblcts.
APPLE GRAHAM PUDDING-Place n
layer ofAaham crackers In Bottom of but
tered pan; then add layer Of pared, cored
and chopped sour apples; continue with
more crackers and apples until pan Is two
thirds full Beat one egg with one-fourth
teaspoonful salt; add one pint of milk; turn
over the apples and crackers and bake in
moderate oven until puffy and brown.
ORANGE SAUCE-Thcken one pint or
orange juice with one tablespoonful Of
cornstarch; cook until transparent and
sweeten to suit.
ELDERBERRY TARTS-Cook the ber-
ries In very little water until tender enough
TO press through a sieve. Add the juice of
one-hah lemon to each cupful and sweeten
to suit. Line patty tins with pie crust:
fill with the mixture and bake. Serve cold.
RICE PUDDING WITH FIG SAUCE
Press hot boiled rice into bultered cups;
then slip out on a hot dish and pour the
sauce over Look carefully over the figs to
be used. place them in pan and cover with
cold water; cook until tender; chop very
fine and press through a coarse sieve To
this pulp add the juice of one-half lemon
and sugar II not sufficiently sweet.
BOILED BEEF. DUTCH sTYLE-wipe
three pounds of beef cut from the rump.
then place 1t in a kettle in which Is some
hot suet drippings browning well. Add a
medium sized onion cut in slices, a large
carrot scraped and cut into slices an inch
thick. level tablespoonful of salt, and
cover with boiling water. Place on the lid
and simmer until the meat is tender. 1t
may be left whole. but will require less time
TO cook tender IL cut into pieces about the
size Of small apples
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quite as likely to have been mlsconstrued
as understood. That way Of teaching a
child what an order really meant may not
prevail with this generation, but like some
other old fashioned methods it possesses
many advantages and 1t might make for
good If applied to our employees as well as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

building. One of the heavy pieces of tim
ber was lifted with the wrong end fore
most
Reverse that beam " shouted the direc-
tor. The nsen went on unheeding.
Reverse that beam, | say! . he called
again. with no more effect. Another over
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{ A better drilled mind would have set
aside the query concerning the soup until
the other orders had been received and
understood. Bridget's brain ceased work.
ing at the first obstacle in the way of
smooth comprehension. She had heard
nothing beyond the initial order. and while
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they feel a childish unwillingness to own
their inability to understand the directions
they receive. Do y9u not reeollect how
as small girls when We started off hot-foot
to carry out an order or to deliver a mes
sage we used to be caught back by our
parents with the warning: . Say over to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE of the enormous number Of
II letters senito The department. must ask
contributors to limit their communications 10
100 uords, except in cases of formulas or
recipes which require greaier space. / want
all my correspondents to haee a shouting in
the Corner. and # my request in this respect
Is complied wih II uil be possible to print
many more letters. @
Attention is called to The fact that Marion
Harland canhot reeeice money for patterns.
as she has no connection loih any department
that sells Them. Marion Hayland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
Another Fruit Cakc Recipe.

. send fruit cake recipe which has been
used for years without failure and will.
hope, be Of interest to some of your readers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

TO our children. | fancy we would some-
times find amusement in discovering how
our instructions had been translated.
A young college graduate was in charge
of negro workmen who were carrying some
beams from the place where they were
stacked TO the positions awaiting them in ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

FRUIT CAKE-One and a half cups
butter half cup each of butter and OF lard,
three eggs, grated nutmeg. teaspoon
ground cloves, three teaspoons ground Gin
namon, a teaspoon and half baking soda
cup each of currants and of raisins. the
latter cooked In little water until tender
and all the water cooked away, a cup sour
milk, cup nut meats, walnut or any kind
you choose, three cups flour. Mrs. G. b.
All these cakes have their place I'm the
commissariat and are perhaps of most uss
TO offer on state occasions. For this reason
their '"keeplng" qualities are valuable,
since II wrapped In cloths and shut away in
tightly closed tin box they are good foe a
much longer time than a simpler cake would
be. Although expensive In material, they
should only be eaten in small quantities
because OF their richness and so are not
so costly in the long run as a palmer cake
that would be served in large portions
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me just what you are going to do wher you
get Thereon just what you are going to
sayi" II you have such experiences as
were mine you can recall even yet the con-
fusion which encompassed you when you
had to put into words the orders you had
accepted mechanically and which were
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own and l feel as does Ruskm that we
should all build ourselves nests of beauti-
full thoughts to be a refuge for us as the
years go on. am fond of saying that the
sugar of life is in the bottom of the cup
Love of God and nature and humanity
faith in them all and an interest which takes
US outside of ourselves and helps us to live
In the lives of others is the prescription to
cure morbidness and dissatisfaction and
keep us full of life and courage and joy
to the very end.
Are there not numerous other grand
mothers who feel as we do and would like
to tell us what means they practice TO pre-
serve their zest In life?
i: 4
Grapefruit Mumaldde.
VIII you kindly give me c recipe for
orange marmalade. using oranges. lemons.
and grapefruit? MRS. J. r. B."
BY happy coincidence another corre-
spondent sends by the same mail which
brought me your request recipe for the
conserve you wish. She calls it grape
fruit marmalade," but ii contains all three
of the fruits you mention, and whatever
name you call it by l don't doubt it will
taste as good.
GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE.-On
grapefruit. one large orange, one large
lemon. Scrub fruit, cut in half, seed, and
take out cores. Chop or shave the fruit
very fine. saving every bit and every drop
of Juice. Measure these, and to every cup
full add two cupfuls ofoold water, put in
agate or china vessel and let stand for
twenty-four hours-longer will do no harm
in cold weather. Put ON the stove and let
it come slowly to a boil. cook for twenty
minutes after this and set it away for
twenty-four hours more. Then measure
again. and for every cupful allow cupful
of sugar; place this in a shallow pan in
open oven; put fruit on the stove and bring
again to the boil. and boil hard ten minutes.
Put in the sugar boil moderately until the
fruit jellies on a spoon dipped into it. Fill
your glasses with the hot mixture, and
when the marmalade is cold pour over the
top of each glass thin film of melted
paraffip. The amount L have given will
fill ten ordinary jelly glasses and will keep
for years.
Sometimes make the marmalade with
out the grapefruit Occasionally use the
oranges and lemons. and just before put
ting in the sugar stir in quart OF rhubarD
stewed without sugar-but l allow sugar
for it. often l use other fruits than the
rhubarb-pears peaches. etc, but l always
stew it until soft. Be sure that the skin of
the fruit is very tender before putting on
the sugar.
"Let me give another recipe have tried
and found good.
LEMON PIE.-Grate rind of one lemon,
pull off the white skin. and after rolling
out your crust and putting it on the
plate. slice the peel lemon very thin and
lay on the crust. Crumble one large
slice of bread. strew the crumbs over
the lemon. Beat the yolks of two egs in
bowl with cup of sugar and one of water
and the grated rind of the lemon. Pour this
slowly over the crumbs in the pie plate and
bake. When cold. make a meringue of the
whites Of the eggs and four tablespoons Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
CornnleaI Stufng.

Some years ago partook OF a Christmas
dinner, cooked. l believe, by a southern
cook. The turkey was stuffed with some
kind of cornbread or corn meal stuffing
and I have never found anyone who could
give me the recipe. l conside er 1t the mos.
delicious turkey dressing have ever eaten
and II possible would like much to obtain
the recipe. Can you help me?
IN. A. v. ".
Again | must ask the help of my con-
stltuency. | am not familiar with such a
stufiing as you mention. have eaten stuff
fng for poultry Of oysters, of chestnuts, OF
bread, of sausage, Of potato, and divers
other compounds, but the cornmeal or corn
bread stuffing Is a novelty to me, and would
like much to know how to prepareit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
Olive Preserving Recipe Sought.

VIII you kindly print a recipe for pre-
serving olives? M. S. S."
l wish / could help you, but do not think
/ have ever heard of preserved olives You
come from a region where olives grow, and
should be in better position than to Sc
cure recipes for them. Cannot some OF our
California contingent help us out? | will
be glad to get and print the recipe you wish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

l had gone gliDly on 10 pudding she was
still struggling with the sthrained " or
onsthrained state in which the to-
matoes were to go into the soup
X II
Patience Should Be Exercised.
Often our maids are like children in that
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

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seer, possessed OF less book learning and
more experience. elucidated the order.
" What you talkin' about varsin 2" he
growled scornfully Then to the men
% Eend for eend. you fools!" And the beam
was swung at once into its proper position.
do not mean to imply that we should use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

- HAVE been thinking a great deaf
~ lately of the position held by the
grandmother in many homes. In
] some of them she is loved and hon.
The Glenwood post., 1913-06-07

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The Glenwood post., 1913-06-07

|M WHdLlAS I
|NwGING&SN
Augustine Holland was fishing in
The CArbondals section last Saturday.
viii johnson went up to Redstons
last Saturday to take part in the open
iag fss tAs ssasos sf the Redsesas Isa.
LAst Tuesday little Ciiffssd Dasrew
stspPs1 - . sss1ls, iabsddiag it ~
deeply II his test that il was .sesssary
= eall . Physisia. Who had T. aAaia
lister a anassthstie aad cut tAs needle
out.
Ra.Ay Bslliness, well kaowa sad
popular In GlsavsoA, spest . esapls
days Asrs this week whils .. his way
= oalt Laks whsrs - skarts - base.
ball engagement, Randy being one Of
ths swiftss& twirlsfs in this state.
= = =
c. b. King, who left here Some time
age with HsaFy and Byron Hubbard,
bouaa for the gold fields of Wyoming,
writes tha& the party reached the end
Of the stage line, but reports travelling
fierce and weather conditions in sad
contrast with those fouad in Colorado.
Word has just resched Glenwood Of
the sudden death At Silverton Of T. B.
Hacker, one Of the proprietors Of the
Rsxall drug store Of that city. Mr.
Hacker il we'll kaswa here, havias
eleEked about . year in the drug stefs
Of G. D. BarnesL The news Of his
death came In letter received yester.
day from Mrs. Hacker to Mrs. ". H.
Pattersoa.
The county commissioners this week
served notice On the Havsmeyers that
the county road ON the north side of
the Grand river in the Grand Valley
district must be opened ~ formerly or
else the new road must be put in passa-
bic condition. This is to be . part Of
the Midland trail and the commission.
ers feel obliged to SEQ that it is placed
in good condition.
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