Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-08-11
IN MEMORY OF AUNT MADGE.

IN MEMORY Of AO->1 4h<AD1E.
"As guest who may not stay,
Long and sad farewells to say,
Glides with smiling face away
"Of the sweetness and the zest
OF thy happy life possessed
Thou hast left US at tiny pest.
Warm of heart and clear OF praih'
OF thy sun-bright spirits wane
Thou hast spared us all the pain.
Every harsh and vexing thihe'
At thy home-fire, lost its seips'
Where thou vast was always spiiie
"And thy perfect trust in good,
Faith in man and womanhood,
Chance and change and time Will
stood.
Keep for us, oh friend, where-er
Thou art waiting, all that mere
Made thy earthly presence DEAR
keep the human heart of thee;
Let the mortal only be
Clothed in immortality.
"And when fall our feet as fell
Thine upon the asphodel,
Let thy old smile greet us STILL
Selected by Esther"
Dear Aunt Anne and Nieces:
am very late in sending my greet
ing to the new editor of our column.
surely intended to write long De-
fore. but have been hindered by the
MANY things one has to do in the busy
spring and summer days. And, too'
the shock of the passing on of our
beloved Aunt Madge has made it
hard to take up again the writing of
the usual letters, and is, I suppose,
the reason others have been so slow
in coming to the support Of our new
aunt. We must remember, however,
to try to put ourselves in her place,
and think how we should feel in like
circumstances if failed by all the
numerous members.
I am sure we have all enjoyed her
most interesting letters, and the un-
der current of wisdom for daily liv-
ing contained in them, but it is
neither helpful nor for mutual
benefit" on our part to shirk. So let
us rally our forces and send in a
shower of letters.
Aunt Anne, I can't claim eight doors
in my kitchen now, but there used to
be, large and small, and there are
still five, and seven in my dining
room. Like you, I am glad that
thoughts need not be confined always
to the work in hand, but may fly far
away while we WELD the prosaic
scrubbing rag. If all the letters I
compose in mind for this column,
while about household work, could
get on paper in some magical way, it
would take magical waste basket
to hold them.
1 tried "Mittie's Cookies" and they
were fine, though 1 felt sure some sort
of liquid had been omitted, and tried
sample in the oven to see, but sample
and batch came out all right. l Will
send a recipe for lemon pie, recently
given me. 1t is excellent, and so
easily made I recommend it.
Self-frosted Lemon Pie.-One cup
sugar, three tablespoons (well
rounded) of -four stirred together; add
grated rind and juice of one lemon, a
small piece of butter, yolks of two
eggs. Mix we'll and stir in one cup
boiling water and, last, the beaten
whites of the eggs after softening
slightly with the mixture. Bake in
one crust, but do not have oven too
hot or the whites will scorch. AS this
recipe requires no preliminary cook
of a;t if tax eS
much less time and dishwashing than
the usual ones, and so far in my eX-
perience, always comes out good. If
preferred, the frosting can be made
and put on after the pie is baked. 1t
will rise in baking like custard pie,
proof that it is done"
Esther"
IN MEMORY OF DEAR AUNT MADGE.
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