ThursdayMarch 11, 1909.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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with gelatin except pineapple, land
that contains a substance that di
gests the gelatin and liquifies it.
To make patterns on the outside
of: the mould, dip the fruit in the
gelatin and stick it on the side of the
cold dish which must then be filled
very slowly with the rest of the mix
ture so as not to disarrange the pat
tern. . f . .
To remove the gellatin from mould
dip it quickly in hot water and in
vert on a dish.
Any gelatin flavored with lemon
juice and mixed with fruit is good.
To Make Orange Charlotte.
Soak 1-3 box gelatin in 1-3 cup cold
water, dissolve in 1-3 cup boiling
water, strain and add 1 cup sugar,
31 tablespoons lemon Juice, 1 cup
orange Juice and pulp. Put in cool
place and when set beat it until
quite broken. Then add the beaten
whites of 3 eggs and fold in a ! cup
of whipped cream. Line the mould
with sections of orange, turn in the
mixture and chill. This Js relished
by a convalescent. t
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Pies of Various Kinds.
The poor, old pie there never! was
a dietitian who had a good word to
say for it. We have enough of the
Adam and Eve in us, however, to eat
the apple pie and say it is good, even
if the demon of indigestion gets us
afterward. Now there is pastry and
pastry. If one fails, it is usually be
cause she takes two much pains and
cannot overcome the habit of rolling
it t with force. Work quickly j and
lightly and have everything just as
cold as possible. There is too little
space to say half that should be said,
so I will just give this, which I have
always found a good recipe:
cups flour, Vz teaspoon salt, cup
lard, "& cup butter, and enough! cold
water to make a stiff dough. If; pos
sible work in the shortening with a
knife instead of the fingers. Bake
in a rather hot oven. i
A good lemon filling for one pie:
Mix well cup sugar, 2 tablespoons
corn starch, two tablespoons flour
and a pinch of salt. Pour all into
cup boiling water and stir; cook two
minutes. Add the grated rind of 1
lemon, 2 egg yolks, 1 teaspoon butter
and 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Turn
into a pastry shell already baked. A
meringue over the top adds much to
the appearance: 1
Beat the whites of 2 eggs, add 5
tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon
lemon juice. Pile on the pie and
bake in a moderate oven from f 8 to
12 minutes.
Ices. . I ' .
Soon will the days be here when
lemonade and ice cream will appeal
to us. Ices are cheap and delicious,
if the ice is obtainable at all, and
they are certainly easy, to prepare.
' Here is good recipe for Mint Ice
Make a syrup - of 2 cups sugar and
4 cups water, let boil 20 minutes and
cooi. Fut a nandiul or mint in a
saucepan, bruise and beat (not boil)
it, strain off the liquor and add it
to the syrup with 1 cup lemon juice.
Cool, strain and freeze. The grated
rinas or z oranges wltn 2 cups or
ange juice might be substituted for
the mint; or 2 cups strawberries
crushed very fine with the amount of
lemon reduced to '2 tablespoons make
a delicious dessert. Three measures
of ice to one of salt gives a smooth
fine texture in freezing. s
i Hygienically speaking ices; ice
creams, etc., cannot be recommend
ed, as they temporarily retard diges
tion; but they are cool, refreshing
and nourishing when slowly taken.
and are of inestimable value in the
sick room. ;
We can have no free State except
with an educated people. Lyman
Abbott.
" What do You do in the Cotintry ??
The City Woman's Oft-Repeate
of the Deeper Pleasures of
d Question Answered and Some:
Country living Pointed Out.
By MISS MARY MILLIARD
N GIVING a further answer to
the question, "What j do you
do in the country?" see Miss
Hin ton's introductory . note in last
week's Progressive Farmer. Editor
let us begin by saying that a lady,
whose abode is beyond the shadows
of other dwellings, to whom shall be
given the title "Lady of the Wilder-
ness - (believing tne unenngnxenea
will consider it an appropriate one)
should keep posted on the vital ques
tions of the day. In her home should
be found newspapers and numerous
magazines, and while she may not
read many of the new books that are
"worth while," reviews of them will
be familiar through the pages of pe
riodicals. Her knowledge ! is well
grounded in history, biography and
travel, with dabbllngs in science,
poetry and the languages. Close con
tact with our little feathered friends
arouses interest in ornithology and
causes one to realize their value.
As visitors are not hourly announced
IIINTON, WAKE CO., N. C. 1 if
As it is not always convenient to go
into town for shopping "the horses
being in the plow," or otherwise in
use on the farm, why not order by
mail the needed material from the
stores of our own towns, or; if the
orders cannot be filled there, from
the department stores of the large
cities? f .
The Lady of the Wilderness takes
advantage of the golden giftfof tfme
in the development of her j talents.
Should she be musical she keeps up
better her vocal and instrumental
music. If the artistic rests within
her soul, she paints in oils and jj wa
ter colors in innumerable ways or
namenting her home following the
different branches of photography,
pyrography, stencilling and wood
-carving. ' jj-; '.
Floriculture and horticulture 1 ap
peal to every lover of nature. There
must be a pit, or green-house,; for
the potted plants, a collection of
ferns for the house and a nower gar-
m
Education and Housework.
HERE had been a domestic crisis in the Weeks family.
The maid of all work had been ill; company had arrived;
unexpectedly, and the weather was very hot. But Flor-i
ence Weeks had just come home from college, and proved a re
inforcement that saved the day for the tired mother. j
When the skirmish was over her mother said: "Florence, It
believe you sweep and dust and cook and wash dishes better 1
since you studied calculus!"
"Why not mother?" answered the girl. "Isn't that what
cuius is for?
ft-
cal-
Good George Herbert exhorted women to devout service when
he wrote:
I
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws.
Makes that and th' action fine.
u -
Today his voice is echoed by the educator and the political
economist. To be able to do what needs to be done, and to do it
at a minute's notice, is to be the most perfect product of modern
education. A woman is urged to it not alone by religion, as in
earlier times, but by; every social consideration as well. That
a woman can read Greek or calculate an eclipse makes her more,
not less, ready for service in an emergency in kitchen or laun
dry or dining-room, j That she knows how to use her head and;
her hand for large matters is ground for . expecting her to b
skilful in small ones when occasion requires The Youth's
Companion.
intercourse can be maintained with
the outer world through letters,
keeping one in as close touch as
through conversation. Blessed in
deed should be the statesmen who
have labored for the rural free deliv
ery, thereby placing this means of
entertainment and improvement
witihin the reach of all and remov
ing the isolation of many j districts.
It is the greatest gift yet bestowed
by the United States Government.
If the Lady of the Wilderness has
any definite purpose orj talent,
through this means she constantly
meets Interesting people from all sec
tions of the land. Occasionally she
may appear in print if the pen is
a favorite companion. Short stories,
poems, novels, biographical and his
torical sketches the work of the
Lady of the Wilderness are con
stantly being published.
Living out of easy xneach of dress
makers, one necessarily falls into the
habit of studying dress and fash
ions and in time becomes a skilled
needlewoman and an excellent mo
diste. Dainty embroidery and vari
ous articles of fancy work are fash
ioned by her deft , fingers at Christ
mas and at other seasons," while
the table and house are also adorned.
den, or beds, for the roses, peren
nials and annuals. What company-
what a well-spring of joy these! pre
cious flowers can be I The house, is
beautified with their presence, and
friends and invalids at a distance
may revel in the wealth of their fra
grance of color. Plant life makes
botany a most engrossing study, fa
miliarizing the student with the rare
woodland species. I a
Under the head of work the house
hold comes first. Looking after the
establishment. fills much of each day.
The difficulty of securing thejservices
of different classes of workmen
causes the Lady of the Wilderness to
become an adept in the use 'of the
whitewash and paint brushes, some
times putting in panes of glass and
papering walls thereby often prov
i ing that "necessity is the mother of
invention." There is. a beautiful, his-
Old D6-
'in- good
toric, colonial home in the
minion that has been kept
condition through the energy of its
young daughters. f !
As1 the summer advances fruits
must be preserved, pickles made and
vegetables canned. The dairy re
; quires the personal supervision of
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of a piano is very much like
the choice of friends.
The more care exercised
in the selection, the more
certain we are of lasting
friendship ; and the greater
one's refinement and educa
tion, the more Judgment is
displayed in the choice of
friends.
The selection and exclu
sive use of Stieff Pianos in
many of the greatest edu
cational institutions in the
United States is a source of
gratification to us, and we
feel justly proud of the fact
that in about two hundred
colleges we have more than
one thousand Stieff pianos.
There must be a reason.
INVESTIGATE!
CHAS. M. STIEFF
Manufacturer of the Artistic
Stieff, Shaw, and Stieff
Self-Flayer Pianos.
Southern Wareroom,
5 VV. Trade St, Charlotte, II. C.
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