The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
Modern Methods of Business Efficiency
Applied to the Household BY am Intelligent
Woman of Means and Refinement
Who Found 1T Easier to DO Her O1ur1 Wor
Than to Be Eternally Annoyed BY
Stupid and Overpaid SERVANTS r-

One likes something TO nibble with cold
drink, so when there Is sour cream on
hand we have the following cookies in the
larder: Cream one-half cup OF butter and
one cup of sugar; add one we'll beaten egg
and one-half cup Of sour cream, into which
has been stirred one-quarter teaspoon
sfted soda. Slit two and q half cups OF
-four with three and half level teaspoons
OF baking powder and beat we'll into first
mixture Add one teaspoon OF vanilla.
Drop from teaspoon in small rounds on
buttered tin. Sprinkle with grated cocoa
nut and bake in hot oven.
AS Brownies always call forth round
OF applause, record here the formula for
their manufacture. which IS the result OF
much experimenting. Mix one cup OF
sugar. one-quarter cup OF melted butter,
one egg, unbeaten, two squares chocolate
melted three-Quarters teaspoon vanilla,
one-half cup Of sifted -four, one-half cup OF
walnut meats, cut In pieces. Mix ingred-
tents in order given. Line seven inch pan
with paraffin paper. Spread mixture even
" and bake in slow oven.
The proof Of your success IN making the
above delicacies will not lie in the eating
but in the number OF times you are asked
for their recipes.
The domestic wheels ran smoothly. A
neighbor, who needed a little extra money,
came in early every morning. filed the
lamps and put the front of the house In
order from top to bottom. This being
vacation, the Head Of the House was gar
dener and outof-door man; the Crown
Prince measuring eighteen years, six feet
and one inch. attended to the floors and
windows, while the Youngest Member
waited upon table and took care of the
dishes. I reigned supreme in the kitchen,
having at this late date-I confess 1t to my
shame-just discovered that the theatre
tickets for which 1 had longed, books
which the Head OF the House had coveted,
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which we had denied ourselves. had been
carried out of the back door in the kitchen
waste.
Now an elaborate system OF accounts
would whten my hair and turn the edge
of my temper, but keep card index box
in the kitchen in which l register every
cent spent in that department. In these
days when food prices are emulating the
aviators In their skyward flights. the
housekeeper who does not cater on sdp-
ulated allowance is steering her domestic
ship straight for financial reefs.
Every week has It's day Of reckoning,
the day when 1 realize that I must slow
up or my appropriation will be used before
It's time; tbs then that play that absorb
ingly interesting game Use What You
Have.
To play fairly one cannot open an e1-
pensive can Of something, which If cred
tied will make a big hole In the weeks
expenditure; but one must use ones
Imagination, skill and ingenuity In fash
ioning into tempting meals the provisions
on hand.
For instance. suppose that my larder
offers only cold lamb. Lacking the cour-
age to serve il again "as is, l cut 1t into
as uniform pieces as possible, place these
in a baking dish with alternate layers
OF cooked macaroni, and over each layer
pour tomato sauce. The top is covered
with buttered crumbs and the dish Is then
heated In the oven till the sauce bubbles
around the edges.
Or perchance l line a mold with rice
which has been boiled in sailed water, I'LL
the cavity with lamb which has been
chopped and mixed with enough brown
sauce and mushrooms to make 1t quite
moist. Cover the top with rice, cover this
with plate, set the mold in hot water IN