The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
or Interest
To Women

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Among the things which Ever
Woman Knows" is that the great
problem in housekeeping is what
shall we have to eat? To plan for
three meals every day and to have
variety, exhausts the ingenuity of
most women. At the Keokuk parties
this season there has been served
some especially delicious dishes. AT
recent function in the second course
with the ice cream and cake were
served crisp little nut cookies about
the size of half dollar. A new way
to serve creamed chicken is with rice
Cook the rice until 1t is dry and the
grains are soft but not broken. Sea-
son with salt and butter. For each
service put spoon full of rice on the
plate and with the back of the spoon
make depression in the rice like
cup and fill this with we'll seasoned
creased chicken. Another variation OIL
creamed chicken was served at card
party recently. To the creamed chick
en- add strips of pimento, and of green
peppers. The green peppers should be
cooked for little while in the chick
en-, but the pimento is added just be-
fore 1t is served, as it needs no cook
ing, only to be heated through. A de-
l!cious addition to mayonnais.e to be
served with grape fruit salad appeared
at luncheon given for some of the
young women recently. Make ordin-
airy oil mayonnaise To a cup OF
mayonnaise add two tablespoons of
finely chopped cucumber and a hair
cup of whipped cream. The cucumber
and whipped cream should be folded
in carefully just before serving An
attractive salad is made by placing a
slice of pineapple on a lettuce leaf.
Fill the center where the core has
been taken out, with some soft cheese
and cover with spoonful Of mayon-
naise An appstising accompaniment
for chicken patties is celery which has
soft cheese crowded into the hollow
side OF the stalks. A variation OF the
plebian baked potato Is made by
making a slit in on, side after the
potato is baked, and put into it
thin slice of cheese and put the po-
tato back into the oven until the
cheese is melted. The custom of serv-
ing crackers and cheese with coffee,
or candied ginger and coffee at the
end of dinner, instead Of dessert
and sweets, meets with the approval
Of men mora strongly than it does
with women, who, like the children,
like dessert better than any other
part of the dinner.
Many Keokuk people remamhier
Prof. A. Scheuler who for many years
lived on Grand avenue, but who Is
now resident Of New York. Being
native of Germany. he is naturally
interested in the welfare Of that lano.
He has set to music a poem which
was found on the body of German
soldier who was killed On the frontier.
His daughter Miss Irma Scheuler Is
singing this song on the streets OF
New York and the identified aold Cor
man musician used this means for
collections on the street corners to
add to the German fund.
No thinking person could fail in the
celebration Of Lincoln's birthday ana
in all the attendant comment which,
appears in the papers and magazines
this month. We must also remember
Robert e. Lee. with sense of appre-
citation of the man himself. However.
one may think Of his ideas regarding
national issues. no student of history
could fail to admire the character and
personality of that gallant soldier. No
more interesting book has been writ
ten about him than th., one by Thorn
as Nelson Page, Robert E. Lee,
Southerner He sums uD the philoso-
ply with which Lee took UP life in
poverty at the end of the war by say
ing. when IT,, sky was darkeneG, he
simply liehted the candles and went
On with his duty"
There Is no one in Keokuk who
does not. feel regret that DR.. Barr Is
to make his home elsewhere, and who
does not hope that his change of
residence is only temporary. In man.
ways Dr. Barr has filled in the life OF
this city a peculiar place. For one
thing he has always given courage to
10th men and women who have trie,.
to accomplish something in life One
OF the very successful lawyers of thi-
city recently in speaking Of this char
acteristic. said that among HIS treas
ures is tho letter Of CONGRATULATIONS
which DR.. Barr wrote him the day he
won his first case in court. Scores Of
people have had just such letters It
may seem to some a small thing. but
with Wordsworth we believe "The
best portion Of good mans 1ife-hl,
little namaless, aforementioned acts O:
kindness and Of love-
In Fridays issue of The Gate City
there appeared on the editorial page
an article "a Winter Quintet" by
Alice Gordon The articl., is interest
ing and full OF merit for several rea-
sons. 1t is written in choice language,
gives a delightful winter picture. and
is a study of birds in this locality.
Miss Gordon lives in Hamilton and Is
a sister of the Rev Eleanor Gordon
who is we'll known in Keokuk Miss
Gordon has studied birds in this local