t 
1892 
Curried  Chicken. — l’ut  a  dessert  spoon¬ 
ful  of  butter  in  a  hot  frying-pan.  Have 
ready  a  few  shreds  of  onion  ;  fry  them 
brown  in  it.  If  a  little  cold  chicken 
gravy  can  be  obtained,  use  it.  If  not, 
make  a  gravy  by  putting  into  the  pan 
four  tablespoonfuls  of  butter  rubbed 
together  ;  add  a  small  quantity  of  curry- 
powder,  according  to  the  flavor  desired. 
When  the  gravy  boils,  stir  in  three  table¬ 
spoonfuls  of  minced  chicken.  Serve  on  a 
square  of  hot  toast. 
Stewed  Quail. — Draw  and  truss  the 
quail  as  for  roasting,  l’ut  in  a  saucepan 
enough  milk  and  water  to  nearly  cover 
the  bird  :  let  it  stew  gently  for  about  20 
minutes.  Remove  the  quail,  and  let  the 
milk  and  water  boil  down  to  about  half 
a  pint  or  less.  Season  with  pepper  and 
salt,  add  a  tiny  piece  of  butter,  and 
Ihieken  with  fine  bread  crumbs.  Pour 
this  sauce  around  the  bird  and  serve. 
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To  Knit  is  Absurd — The- Woman’s 
Tribune  gives  a  letter  from  Mrs.  Stan¬ 
ton  to  Mrs.  Eliza  Osborne,  a  niece  of 
Lucretia  Mott. 
Dear  Eliza  .-—In  a  recent  letter  speaking  of  the  oc¬ 
casion  when  we  last  met,  you  say,  11  Why  was  Mrs 
Stanton  so  solemn?”  to  which  I  reply:  Ever  since  an 
old  German  Emperor  issued  an  edict,  ordering  all  the 
women  under  that  flag  to  knit,  when  walking  on  the 
highway  when  selling  apples  in  the  market  place, 
when  sitting  In  the  parks,  as  ”  to  keep  women  out  of 
mischief  their  hands  must  be  busy. ’’—ever  since  I 
read  that  I  have  felt  humiliated  whenever  I  have 
seen  any  daughters  of  our  grand  republic  knitting, 
tatting,  embroidering,  or  occupied  with  any  of  the 
ten  thousand  digital  absurdities  that  fill  so  large  a 
place  in  the  lives  of  Eve’s  daughters. 
Looking  forward  to  the  discussions' of  great  themes 
in  meeting  the  daughter  of  Martha  Wright,  the  niece 
of  Lucretia  Mott,  the  slster-ln-Iaw  of  William  Lloyd 
Garrison,  one  can  readily  imagine  the  disappoint¬ 
ment  I  experienced  when  such  a  woman  pulled  a 
cotton  wash  rag  from  her  pocket  and  forthwith  be¬ 
gan  to  knit  with  bowed  head,  fixing  her  eyes  and 
concentrating  her  thoughts  on  a  rag  one  foot  square. 
It  was  Impossible  for  conversation  to  rise  above  the 
wash  rag  level. 
Who  can  wonder  that  I  was  “  solemn  ”  that  day  ? 
Affectionately  yours, 
Elizabeth  Cady  Stanton. 
To  Knit  is  Honorable.— Those  who 
are  on  the  other  side  cannot  fail  to  en¬ 
joy  this  selection  from  Mrs.  Osborne’s 
answer  : 
Dear  Mrs.  Stanton: 
.  ,  In  your  skit 
Against  your  sisterhood  who  knit, 
Or  useful  make  their  fingers. 
I  wonder  if— deny  it  not, 
The  habit  of  Lucretia  Mott 
Within  your  memory  lingers? 
In  retrospective  vision  bright, 
Can  you  recall  dear  Martha  Wright 
Without  her  work  or  knitting? 
The  needles  flying  in  her  hands 
On  washing-rags  or  baby’s  bands 
Or  other  work  as  fitting? 
They  even  used  to  preach  and  plan 
'io  spread  the  fashion,  so  that  man 
Might  have  this  satisfaction; 
Instead  of  idling  as  men  do. 
With  nervous,  meddling  fingers  too 
«  Why  not  mate  talk  with  action? 
That  German  Emperer  you  scorn. 
Seems  to  my  mind  a  monarch  born 
Worthy  to  lead  a  column; 
I’ll  warrant  he  could  talk  and  work 
And.  neither  being  used  to  shirk 
Was  rarely  ever  solemn. 
I  could  say  more  upon  this  head 
But  must,  before  I  go  to  bed, 
Your  idle  precepts  mocking. 
Get  out  my  needle  and  my  yarn. 
And.  caring  not  a  single  darn, 
Just  finish  up  this  stocking. 
Improved  Jelly.— Try  rhubarb  and 
black  raspberrries,  half  and  half,  for 
jelly,  and  see  if  it  is  not  greatly  superior 
to  raspberries  alone.  The  berries  give  it 
flavor  ;  the  rhubarb  a  better  consistency. 
When  Baby  was  sick,  we  gave  her  Castoria, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castoria, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castoria, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castoria 
Cream  Raspberry  Short-cake. — 
Make  a  soft  dough,  using-  one  pint  of 
rather  thiu,  sour  cream,  one  teaspoonful 
of  soda,  with  salt  and  flour.  Bake  in  a 
sheet,  split  once,  and  butter  liberally 
while  hot  :  mash  one  quart  (or  more  if 
desired)  of  raspberries  with  one  cupful 
of  sugar  ;  spread  these  thickly  over  the 
layers  of  crust,  place  one  above  the  other, 
and  serve  warm.  This  will  capture  the 
heart  ef  the  average  man  or  boy  if  any¬ 
thing  will.  Any  cream  short-cake  may 
be  made  after  the  above  formula,  substi¬ 
tuting  the  fruit  of  the  season  :  but  per¬ 
haps  no  other  is  quite  so  good.  Never 
cook  the  fruit  for  short-cake ;  it  ruins 
the  flavor. 
Successful  Work  — The  hopes  of  the 
“  Hopeful  Circle  ”  of  King’s  Daughters 
in  New  York,  have  been  well  rewarded. 
The  members  are  not  rich,  and  they  do 
not  tax  the  husbands  and  fathers  to  help 
support  their  work  ;  yet  they  have  for  a 
37ear  met  the  necessary  expenses  of  a 
kindergarten  with  lf>  pupils.  The  closing 
day  was  celebrated  with  exercises,  ice 
cream  and  cake,  and  the  children  and  the 
neighborhood  goat  were  photographed. 
One  little  tot,  not  used  to  such  occa¬ 
sions,  delayed  the  exercises  by  rush¬ 
ing  home  to  put  on  her  Sunday  gown. 
Another  was  so  much  depressed  by  the 
guests,  the  fine  attire,  and  the  ordeal  of 
having  her  picture  taken  that  she  ran 
away,  causing  more  delay.  But  ice  cream 
and  cake  were  potent  to  draw  her  back, 
and  all  was  accomplished  satisfactorily. 
These  poor  children  pay  a  penny  a  day. 
Even  this  penny  is  a  power,  as  it  pre¬ 
serves  their  self-respect  and  helps  to  pur¬ 
chase  materials  for  the  work. 
Crinkled  Ginghams. —  The  *iew 
zephyr  ginghams  are  crinkled  to  give  the 
popular  crcpcd  effect,  and  come  in  shaded 
stripes  of  lilac  or  blue,  and  in  checks  of 
light  blue  and  pink,  with  large  bars  of  a 
darker  color,  either  dark  rose  or  navy 
blue.  They  are  trimmed  with  a  bias 
flounce,  on  which  are  narrow  rows  of 
dark  velvet  ribbon  a  third  of  an  inch 
wide  ;  three  rows  are  on  the  hem  of  the 
flounce,  and  a  heading  of  three  rows  is  set 
above  on  the  bell  skirt.  Morning  dresses 
with  princesse  shirred  back,  and  others 
with  shirred  waist  and  separate  skirt,  are 
entirely  without  lining.  They  have  a 
square  yoke  wholly  of  open  embroidery, 
or  else  of  alternate  stripes  of  gingham 
and  an  insertion  that  imitates  guipure 
lace,  with  either  a  bertha,  bretelles,  or 
a  jabot  of  lace  or  of  embroidery.  The 
sleeves  are  three-quarters  of  a  yard  wide 
in  a  single  puff  from  armhole  to  elbow, 
and  close-fitting  below.  The  gingham 
puff  is  striped  with  insertion  on  very 
elaborate  dresses,  and  the  lower  part  is 
entirely  of  embroidery  or  guipure. 
Plainer  dresses  omit  this  embroidery,  and 
merely  band  the  sleeves  with  velvet  rib¬ 
bon  at  the  elbow  and  wrist,  tying  a 
short  bow  or  chou  on  the  inner  seam. 
These  are,  according  to  Harper’s  Bazar, 
the  latest  accepted  modes. 
Studs  Vs.  Buttons. — Strange,  that 
our  strong-minded  husbands  and  brothers 
have  worn  studs  so  long  and  found  them 
so  superior  to  buttons,  and  we  women 
have  congratulated  ourselves  upon  hav¬ 
ing  no  longer  the  unpleasant  duty  of 
sewing  theirs  on,  and  yet,  have  not  gen¬ 
erally  learned  to  use  them  upon  our 
own  clothing  !  I  have  found  the  small, 
mother-of-pearl,  three-eighths-of-an-inch 
size  studs  a  labor-saving  medium,  and 
very  satisfactory.  The  two  button-holes 
in  each  place  instead  of  one  being  accom¬ 
plished  in  the  new  garment,  there  is  no 
more  annoyance  on  the  score  of  fasten- 
ings.  (jet,  then,  the  studs,  and,  having 
a  piece  of  narrow,  “baby”  ribbon  or 
tape,  sew  the  studs  down  the  side  of  it, 
allowing  a  little  more  distance  between 
each  on  the  ribbon  than  there  is  between 
the  holes  in  the  garment ;  put  them  in 
the  clean  garment  from  the  wrong  side, 
and  the  ribbon  does  not  show,  but  is  a 
sure  guard  against  dropping  a  single  one, 
which,  if  we  believe  said  brothers  and 
husbands,  is  sure  to  roll  under  the  bureau 
or  to  some  unget-at-able  place,  to  the 
utter  subversion  of  morals  and  good  tem¬ 
per.  Thus  sensibly  discourses  a  writer 
in  Good  Housekeeping. 
A  Well  Cooked  Potato. — In  a  paper 
of  recent  date  I  read:  “  the  best  part  of 
the  potato  does  not  lie  nearest  the  skin, 
therefore  pare  deep.”  Tastes  differ  I 
suppose:  but  the  amateur  cook  can  very 
soon  learn  which  part  is  the  most  pal 
atable.  Those  from  which  the  thin  par¬ 
ing  has  been  taken  off,  are  white  and 
floury  when  cooked,  if  well  matured. 
Those  from  which  for  any  cause  a  deep 
paring  has  been  removed,  show  no  sign 
of  flour  or  starch,  and  at  our  table  are 
“  lpft  over.”  Even  Shep,  the  farm  dog, 
refuses  to  eat  them  unless  they  are  well 
buttered,  and  sugar-coated  over  with 
cookies  or  fried  cakes.  may  maple. 
Two  Good  Cheap  Soups  — Thearticla 
on  soups,  especially  “Faith.  Soup,”  caught 
my  interested  attention.  In  too  many 
families  the  remnants  are  given  to  the 
dogs,  often  a  useless  appendage.  We 
make  a  potato  soup  with  the  water  in 
which  pared  potatoes  have  been  boiled. 
Add  two  or  three  of  the  potatoes  partly 
mashed,  a  good  piece  of  butter,  salt  and 
pepper  to  taste.  More  water  should  be 
added  if  needed,  and  lastly  a  pint  of  rich 
milk.  Let  it  come  to  a  boil;  eat  with 
crackers  or  bread,  or  it  is  delicious  to 
drink. 
Celery  Sou  p. — We  use  the  green  leaves 
and  parts  of  the  stems  that,  not  being 
blanched,  are  not  fit  for  the  the  table, 
cut  them  in  pieces  and  boil  until  tender, 
or  about  an  hour.  Season  to  taste  with 
pepper  and  salt,  a  good  lump  of  butter, 
and  a  pint  of  milk.  Eat  with  crackers; 
or  you  may  thicken  it  a  little  and  pour 
over  slices  of  stale  bread.  c.  i>.  r. 
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