1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
795 
the powder ; at all events, when they drove 
in after luncheon they would see. 
Messrs. Lea & Perrins looked at the 
recipe, doubted if they could procure all the 
ingredients ; but said they would do their 
best, and in due time forwarded a packet 
of the powder. Subsequently the happy 
thought struck some one in the business 
that the powder might, in solution, make 
a good sauce. The experiment was made, 
and by degrees the thing took amazingly. 
All the world, to its remotest ends, now 
knows of Worcestershire sauce as an article 
of commerce ; and notwithstanding that in 
common with most good things it is terri¬ 
bly pirated, an enormous trade is done in 
it. The profits, I am told, amount to 
thousands of pounds a year, and I cannot 
but suppose that liberal checks bearing the 
signature of Lea & Perrins, have passed 
from the firm to Mrs. Gray, to whom it is 
so indebted for its prosperity. 
* 
* 
The origin of blue-tinted paper came 
about by an accident, a mere slip of the 
hand. The wife of William East, an Eng¬ 
lish paper-maker, accidentally let the 
blue bag fall into one of the vats of pulp. 
She held her peace fearing her husband’s 
anger when he discovered the damage 
which she supposed she had done. Mr. 
East could not account for the color of the 
paper and' thought it was ruined. He, 
however, put it on sale and it went like the 
proverbial “hot cakes.” He received 
some heavy orders which he could not fill 
and was about to give it up, when his wife 
told what had happened. By this very 
blue paper, discovered by an accident. Mr. 
East made his fortune—and I suppose Mrs. 
East did also, only nothing is said on the 
subject. 
DORA HARVEY VROOMAN. 
“FANCY-WORK” OF A CENTURY 
AGO; TIMELY COOKERY. 
of sugar, three-fourths of a pound of raisins, 
one-fourth of a pound of currants, three 
ounces of citron, two dozen almonds 
blanched and pounded,three poundsof flour, 
one tea-spoonful of salt, and one-half cake of 
Fleischman yeast. Set a sponge over-night 
with one pint of the milk, one pound of 
flour and the yeast dissolved in water. In 
the morning add the butter and sugar rub¬ 
bed in the flour, the salt and the half pint 
of warm milk. Knead till the dough no 
longer sticks to the hands, adding flour 
gradually ; lastly add fruit rolled in a little 
flour. Let rise again, and when light, di¬ 
vide into small loaves, which roll out an 
inch thick, lap over, and put on flat tins to 
rise again. When light, bake in a well 
heated oven for half an hour. 
Another dish is called “ Ollicooks ” much 
like our doughnuts, and takes two days to 
prepare it. The ingredients are one pound 
butter, one and a-half pound of sugar, one 
quart of milk, one-half pint of yeast, 10 eggs 
and one nutmeg. Take the milk and veast 
and half the butter, and set a sponge, adding 
sufficient flour at noon. In the evening 
mix the other half of the butter with the 
sugar and grated nutmeg to a cream, have 
the eggs well beaten, and put all into the 
sponge, adding flour as stiff as can be stir¬ 
red, and set in a warm place; in the morn¬ 
ing roll out in the hands (not on a board ) 
put a raisin in the middle of each, lay on a 
board and let rise again for a few minutes: 
then drop in boiling lard. BETTY. 
I F those ladies who are so criticised for 
spending much needless time and eye¬ 
sight in fancy-work nowadays could see 
some of the marvelous creations in lace 
and embroidery and painting done at the 
Moravian Home of the Single Sisters in 
Bethlehem, Pa,, between the years 1777 and 
1794, they might take courage—which 
would be a pir.y. But two or three pieces 
were so remarkable that I must “ tell about 
them” anyway. 
One was a bit of what looked like very 
fine “ book-muslin ” a foot in length by six 
inches in width ; on this, partly in drawn 
work, and partly in embroidery, and lace 
stitches, were 76 palm leaves and medal¬ 
lions, each done in a different stitch. The 
medallions were arranged as a center-piece, 
each bearing the initials of the maker ; for 
this was done by several different hands, 
and the palm leaves made a border ; and so 
minute was this work that quite a space 
was left around the center-piece and a good 
margin beyond the border. The whole was 
framed under glass for preservation. An¬ 
other piece of work was a satin watch 
paper—ask your grandmothers about that 
fashion—containing within its tiny circle a 
wreath of 50 painted blush roses, each as 
perfectly shaded as are the life-size ones 
painted to-day and the attendant in charge 
averred that the work was “done by the 
naked eye.” 
Our present fashion of embroidery in 
ribbon and arasene is but a revival of a 
fashion in vogue over 100 years ago, as tes¬ 
tified by pieces shown there, but the fancy- 
workers of to-day have greatly enlarged 
the patterns; one spray, shown there, of 
diminutive roses, and buds and leaves, less 
than four inches square, including margin, 
was done as perfectly as that now done of 
five times its size ; the arasene used was 
not coarser than our embroidery silk. It 
makes one’s eyes ache only to look at such 
flowers; the eyes that guided the needle to 
make them must have had even greater 
power than Sam Weller, in the famous case 
of Bardell V8 Pickwick, said he must have 
to answer the cross-examining barrister’s 
questions. This work,showing such infinite 
patience, was done by the so-called “ Mora¬ 
vian nuns;” but the Moravians disclaim 
the existence of nuns, as the term is gen¬ 
erally understood, either past or present in 
connection with their church at B. The 
“ Home,” still standing, was provided 
literally for single sisters whether widows, 
“old maids,” or young girls, who had not 
the shelter of a husband’s brother’s or 
father’s house. 
Perhaps the cooks who read the li. N.-Y. 
will appreciate a couple of recipes used by 
these “sisters.” One is a “ German Christ¬ 
mas Loaf, (Strict/,): ” Oue-and-a half pint 
of milk, one-half pouiuj pf butter, pup yup 
THINGS THAT HURT. 
W 1 
E were going “up town” in an ele¬ 
vated car not lone since when a 
gentleman with his little daughter, prob¬ 
ably three years of age, entered the car at 
Park Place and took the seat opposite us. 
The child was exceedingly bright-looking, 
very observant and talkative and her cloth 
ing showed care and taste in its picturesque 
effect. The father was intelligent-looking, 
had a kind, good face and was evidently a 
well-to-do business man. Tied to the 
fathers’ trim umbrella was a narrow pack¬ 
age IS or 30 inches in length. 
The little daughter soon pointed to the 
package and demanded her dolly. “No,” 
said papa, “you can’t have it. The train¬ 
man won’t let you have dolly on his cars.” 
The little tot looked somewhat incredulous 
and after a moment of silent wonderment 
and a sharp look at the brakeman who 
stood at the end of the car said in a half 
crying tone: “Me want dollie.” “No,” 
came the answer “if the man should see 
your dolly he would come right in and take 
it away from you and carry it out there,” 
pointing to the platform. 
Lunching at a restaurant we sat at table 
with a mother and child; the latter could 
not have been over five years of age. She 
asked her mother for a cup of coffee. The 
mother evidently expected the request for 
she had ordered a pot of coffee and two 
cups. The coffee was given the child un¬ 
diluted and without the slightest hesitation. 
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Would have appreci¬ 
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the old cathartics be¬ 
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COLOR 
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