Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-10-18

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( Roy Tempis House..
| Dear As~f Madce:
Am enclosing little bit Of poetry for the
column. 1 committed IL to memory one day
| while dasting and putting room to rights-
| busting IL something I do not really enjoy
| doing. so I have something to take up my
mind land can dust carefully, too, while my
hands are busy.
l read an article in . magazine not very
| long ago, entitled The jog OF Dish WASH
| ing. The writer told how she made Joy Of
| . task she disiiked by committing poetry to
memory. She says: ~ bought . loose-leai
blank book. and in bold round hand
copied . few lines Of . favorite poem. Then
| took the loose leaf and pinned IL over my
kitchen sink. and ~ l washed and rinsed,
| and wiped my plates and cups, found brim-
ming cups Of spiritual Joy ~ / read, re- read
and sometimes sang the lines before my
eyes"
wonder II any Of the nieces, when making
. boiled eustArd for sauce for gelatine OF
other puddings, have tried making the
custard with the yoika OF the eggs. which
makes . smoother cuatard, and beating up the
whites very stin Il use . tables poonfui of
cold water to an egg white) and stirring 1t
into the custard after taking from the stove
II makes the custArd very delicate and
light; try 1t.
have found out, too, that omelets can be
made Of eggs alone; that is, without -four or
milk. use quarter of cup OF hot water
to the yoiks Of two eggs (got that idea from
recipe for hot water sponge cake), beat until
creamy. putting In . little salt: beat the
whites until stin with tables poonfui OF cold
water. also with little salt, then put the two
toge ther and cook ~ usua'.
I'll close with quotation from one Of the
daily papers: III the days mase October
pre-emi ne ntly an out door month, the nights
close IL In with wonders Of their own. Never
surely, were sunsets more impressive or
their aftef-glow more delicious. And there
Is color as well ~ light even when the laud-
scape 10 gone. for the best OF the consteliA-
lions are nov coming into view, half Of them
already staged" h.
Think the writer OF "A Revised Judg-
ment had snellowed with age, as 1t is
supposed every average mortal should do.
Many claim his is q natural thing for hu-
man kind to do. Then again the poem
suggests the fact that there il good in every
ali grades OF us: that will make Us chari-
table. Many thanks to II. for her timely
help and her practical experiences.
1t 10 with 4 sense OF personal loss, that
have to record the passing from Us OF our
dear Aunt Emma. All the years OF the
existence OF the column she has been not
only . faithful helper, but her CHEEKY re-
men br.nces and personal letters made
her seem like rsal pressace to me, al
though We had never met facs 70 face.
There have been many words Of apprs-
citation OF her worth in different papers
which many Of you will read; they were
written by those who had the pleasure OF
knowing her well, and the record OF her
courage and kindness and faith will be
both . comfort and an inspiration to her
many friends.
From among the choice clippings sent
me by Aunt Emma, select the follow
| ing as q fitting close to this little tribute
to her memory:
A PRAYER
A. Dctmers-
10 grow little wiser day by day,
| To school my mind and body to obey,
| To keep my inner life both clean and strong
| To free my lips from guile, my hands from
| wrong;
| To shut the doo- on hate and scorn and pride
| To open up to love the windows wide,
| To meet with cheerful heart what comes &c
me,
To turn life's discords into harmony;
To share some tired workers heavy load,