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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  Home 
  Delicacies 
  for 
  the 
  Sick 
  

  

  A 
  Unique 
  Enterprise 
  

  

  By 
  Mabel 
  Tuke 
  Prieftman 
  

  

  IGHT 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  at 
  39th 
  

   Street 
  and 
  Fifth 
  Avenue, 
  an 
  old-fashioned 
  

   four-story 
  brownstone 
  house 
  has 
  been 
  

   transformed 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  front 
  of 
  quaint 
  Co- 
  

   lonial 
  design 
  consisting 
  of 
  tiers 
  of 
  lattice 
  

   windows 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  story. 
  The 
  

   picturesque 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  

   further 
  enhanced 
  by 
  the 
  charming 
  doorway, 
  having 
  lattice 
  

   windows 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides, 
  with 
  a 
  roof 
  

   covered 
  with 
  red 
  

   tiles, 
  which 
  also 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  above 
  the 
  

   lower 
  group 
  of 
  

   casement 
  windows. 
  

   Geraniums 
  or 
  ferns 
  

   are 
  kept 
  freshly 
  

   growing 
  in 
  the 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  little 
  ivy- 
  

   covered 
  tubs 
  which 
  

   are 
  placed 
  around 
  

   the 
  doorway. 
  

  

  On 
  entering 
  we 
  

   find 
  ourselves 
  in 
  a 
  

   long, 
  low 
  hall 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  antique 
  

   furniture. 
  On 
  the 
  

   right 
  the 
  door 
  

   opens 
  into 
  an 
  old- 
  

   world 
  Colonial 
  

   kitchen 
  with 
  white- 
  

   washed 
  raftered 
  

   ceiling, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   distance 
  may 
  be 
  

   seen 
  an 
  old 
  hand- 
  

   made 
  brick 
  fireplace 
  

   with 
  a 
  Dutch 
  oven, 
  

   reminding 
  one 
  of 
  

   an 
  old 
  New 
  Eng- 
  

   1 
  a 
  n 
  d 
  farmhouse 
  

   kitchen. 
  The 
  fire- 
  

   place 
  is 
  a 
  reproduc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   old 
  Van 
  Cortlandt 
  

   Mansion. 
  

  

  This 
  room 
  is 
  used 
  

  

  Outside 
  the 
  Home 
  Bureau 
  

  

  partly 
  as 
  an 
  office 
  for 
  the 
  Home 
  Bureau, 
  which 
  owes 
  its 
  

   existence 
  to 
  a 
  woman's 
  passing 
  illness, 
  a 
  French 
  chef, 
  and 
  a 
  

   too 
  rich 
  bowl 
  of 
  soup. 
  At 
  the 
  crucial 
  moment 
  the 
  daughter 
  

   of 
  the 
  house 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  rescue, 
  and 
  provided 
  temptingly 
  

   served 
  dainties 
  which 
  the 
  doctor 
  claimed 
  had 
  saved 
  the 
  life 
  

   of 
  the 
  patient. 
  The 
  idea 
  presented 
  itself 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  a 
  

   good 
  field 
  for 
  a 
  woman 
  who 
  needed 
  to 
  support 
  herself, 
  but 
  

   in 
  the 
  whirl 
  of 
  a 
  gay 
  social 
  life 
  and 
  an 
  approaching 
  marriage 
  

  

  the 
  circumstance 
  

   was 
  forgotten. 
  

   Later, 
  without 
  hus- 
  

   band 
  or 
  fortune, 
  

   the 
  sickroom 
  inci- 
  

   dent 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  

   mind, 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  

   Willard 
  decided 
  to 
  

   take 
  up 
  the 
  only 
  

   thing 
  in 
  which 
  she 
  

   was 
  skilled, 
  the 
  

   making 
  of 
  deli- 
  

   cacies 
  for 
  the 
  sick. 
  

  

  Concealing 
  her 
  

   identity 
  and 
  decid- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  build 
  up 
  her 
  

   business 
  on 
  good 
  

   work 
  alone 
  rather 
  

   than 
  on 
  social 
  

   standing, 
  she 
  

   gained 
  her 
  reputa- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  supplying 
  

   only 
  the 
  most 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  prepared 
  and 
  

   dainty 
  foods. 
  When 
  

   the 
  doctors 
  proved 
  

   how 
  beneficial 
  these 
  

   were 
  for 
  their 
  pa- 
  

   tients, 
  they 
  were 
  

   glad 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  her 
  

   work. 
  From 
  her 
  

   diet 
  kitchen 
  were 
  

   sent 
  out 
  j 
  e 
  1 
  1 
  i 
  e 
  s, 
  

   gruels, 
  puddings, 
  

   breads, 
  flaxseed 
  

   lemonades, 
  oatmeal 
  

   caudle, 
  Pasteur- 
  

   ized 
  and 
  peptonized 
  

  

  