1909. 
A Sticky Griddle. 
Who can help this inquirer in her per¬ 
plexity ? 
Can you tell me how to care for a 
soapstone griddle? The first month my 
pancakes did not stick; now I cannot 
turn them. F - E - B - 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
not think he deserves whipping. I do 
not whip you every time you do not do 
right, and you are surely more able to 
understand the necessity for obedience 
than poor Fido.” She was not angry, 
but she was evidently very much in ear¬ 
nest. 
“Oh!” he said after a moment, “I did 
not think about that. I ought not to 
ITS 
Fresh Pork Stew ; Coffee Cake. 
A Long Island reader wants a recipe expect more from a dog than I do from 
for a good fresh pork stew. Who can myself!” And there has been a marked 
supply this? improvement in his treatment of his pet 
We are also asked again how to make ever since, 
the crumb covering found on bakers’ a mother allowed her baby boy to 
coffee cake. We believe this is butter, treat the pet dog and cat unmercifully, 
flour and sugar rubbed together, but When reproved for it she always said, 
would like more explicit directions. 
Both these recipes are absent from 
every cook book we know. We hope 
some one will supply the need. 
“Oh, it amuses him!” Later when a 
little sister came, the boy made her life 
a misery by his roughness and unkind¬ 
ness. As a young man he has no 
—■ mercy for anything, and is making the 
Griddle Cakes. gentle little woman who unfortunately 
To one pint buttermilk (01 sour mi ' marr j e( j him most unhappy by his 
will do) add one half teaspoonful salt harshness to everything, herself 
and whole wheat flour to make a batter c j ude( j 
the consistency of any pancake batter, a small girl came to me one 
beat well. Dissolve a small half tea- w ; t h great animation telling of 
spoonful baking soda in hot water and hj rd cake in which she confined 
add it last of all, beating well before kitten. As their side porch was 
baking. Bake like all pancakes on a near ni y G wn I was already aware of 
griddle and serve hot with butter and tj ie CO ndition of affairs, but had hesi- 
in- 
day 
the 
her 
very 
svrup. They are tender and delicious 
and we prefer them to all other cakes. 
Cornmeal also makes nice cakes. 
Take one pint sour milk that has some 
cream in if you have it; if not butter¬ 
milk will answer the purpose. Add a 
tated to interfere, as I was certain 
the mother knew all about it and al¬ 
lowed it to go on. “Do you think the 
kitten enjoys it?” I asked. “Why, yes,” 
she said, “I give him nice things to 
eat.” “When I do not forget it,” she 
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little salt, dissolve a small spoonful bak- ni have added. “Do you think you 
ing soda in hot water, add to the milk. wcm ld like being shut in one tiny lit- 
Then add equal parts tine cornmeal and ^j e room> even with nice things to eat?” 
white flour to make an ordinary pan¬ 
cake batter; beat real hard, and have 
your griddle hot and bake a nice brown. 
Serve hot with butter and maple syrup 
if at hand. 
Graham flour also makes nice griddle 
cakes and a little wheat flour may be 
added to the graham; they are very 
easily digested. • J- A - M * 
I asked. She had not thought of that, 
and her mother had not taken the trou¬ 
ble to think of it for her. She ran 
away, and presently came back with 
the kitten in her arms. “I letted him 
out,” she said simply, “and put away 
his cage.” 
A little neighbor boy had long made 
me uncomfortable by his sport of setting 
his dog after every cat they could 
find. One day a gentleman said to him, 
“The right sort of man always pro- 
A Matter of Teaching. 
The amount of thoughtless cruelty 
that is practiced by adults toward dumb t ec t s things weaker than himself, in- 
animals, and even toward human be- s t ead Q f making them uncomfortable.” 
ings less capable than themselves, is And the boy, who, of course, is a really 
truly surprising. In most cases such g 0od boy, fl as been ashamed to chase 
people are not intentionally hard or un- cats a g a j n That is the pity of it, 
kind, and are often quite surprised t ^at the really good children are al- 
when they are made to see their own i owed to grow up in careless cruelty, 
thoughtlessness; but it is no easier for There are, doubtless, children who can- 
the neglected pet or the misused beast no t be made kind and gentle, but there 
of burden to endure such ill-treatment are s till children without number who 
than as if it were intentional. It is 
largely a matter of teaching or educa¬ 
tion, and the mother’s opportunities are 
great in this direction, for nothing is 
more easily influenced to kindness than 
a little child, no matter how thought¬ 
lessly unkind they may be. 
In nine cases out of ten, a little boy s 
first lesson in driving is when his toy 
lines are fastened to a chair back and he 
can be influenced by a few well-chosen 
lessons into a real understanding of the 
art of gentleness. Let us impress the 
untrained little hearts with kindness, 
and save untold suffering in years to 
come. ALICE M. A0HTON. 
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tory if the meal is soaked for several 
is bade to “whip the pony and make him jj 0urs ; n t ] ie buttermilk. e. r. h. 
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again, “Let us water Jack at this well; 
it is so warm he must be thirsty! And 
then a very important little man would 
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was much better play than simply whip¬ 
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“What has Fido done?” asked his 
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