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Show 61 fagu'jLO"1 wnjii uiji , .., - r- i IN WOMAN'S SPHERED fj CONDUCTED FOR THE "NEWS" BY MRS. TRANCES M. RICHARDS. I g ThiFood We KM. R S, The questlrt of meals, which is to be B K1 discussed Infhis column every week, f - will be one of simplicity, and the 13 endeavor shl be, not to Invent new J If' and surprlslc dainties, but to talk over if ' In a quiet, itlonal way, somo of the if msny tensibt ways of preparing whole- fl J tome and rltable food for the dear families nhoook to the mother hands I 'i j to prepare, nd the mother brains to Jjfc J devise, that nth shall be both tooth-IE tooth-IE some and hluj(ul. We wilt take up a nKp, few menus, jr Irogrammes as It were, jlL for the thrtj mills of theday, andglve Blr with eich Icnl the accompanying re-J re-J i cipes. J Try, Out Jnst ivsi I am very anxious to Ml I set m self rlCueforo you all In regnrd J ,1 to the mlsttk which was made In last R 1 week s cooklglleportmcnt that of the Hu B plum puddltH 1 sincerely hope no f B youthful hou keeper repeated my own I H if sad eipenerf of many years ago by Iff V taking that hrfully muddled recipe as Wit ' I her guide, af thus spoiling her temper, Mr ft the material and the dinner. I don't IB 9 knowwhethto put the blame on the iff tv il printer or ' my own rather poor K f. f hsndwrltlngl gncss like a reasonabta k tit ' creature 1 Jl share and share about, flu I and each c-s will take half or tint LjMtfj blame I If ever, there Ismyrepula- fjHjr ' tatlon at sta and I hasten to correct flF. ,ne ,eclPl ' ya m'V believe that I dW x m neitlier'areless nor a fool. Try IK this plum poling t lt of suet, chopp . ed to pov.r! V lb of bread crumbs, MM L' lt of fir, Into which has been ' sifted I teanonful of yeast powder; I Kr i teacup of sar. i lb of currants, t IU of l, '' rasins, )i III citron and time of lemon It peel, '( a fmeg, 4 eggs, well beaten. I 1 Mix asyou tuld cake batter. IMF Did anyif you try to make your R(. 1 dressing fotlha turkey this Christm-is jl? with oystcn If so, I hope you did not Ifll, ; use sage i, as I once Old, for that 'ljf would take! the taste out of theojs- m ter flavorin,and )our dressing would H lose its dcnctlve feature. About M roasting1 thturke). 1'erhips some of Ef you Intend) hive this for your New M Year's disluid if to a few suggestions m will not rse amiss In roasting any jfl ,; fowl, you tat first ascertain as near as possible Intuitive toughness heel of n the end of breast bone, and If It Is U flexible, yinay be sure your bird is II l still In its rider youth, and you can Jl deal gentlinth It. Hut If the tin is t hard and rttle, then I should advise you to pu tai on In tho steamer, or In H the boilerltoo large for the steamer, ft andstearsir parboil him for an hour. I In doings, take care to save all the I dripplngM that will go In the baking 1 pan I are now one of those fine i double baLg pans, which saves me any 2 trouble olaaming, no matter how old 1 tho fowl uy be. A loung turkey, I . weighlugiiht pounds will need nearly I three liorao roast. One hour's steam-jt steam-jt Ing and fine of roasting will mike 1 any but tb most obdurate of gobblers 3 tender ul delicious. Chickens, of J course, A sot require so much time. tj ' Chop upb driblets, use bread crumbs, tt I butter, tr chopped suet, salt, sage or L osters,iui, and stir with either milk H v or water 1 always use milk. K 1 The clothes We Weir. rum. The sensible fashion of wearing large and comfortable shoulder capo has remained re-mained Iniogue this winter. It is a very wise and practical fashion, and those who have purchased expensive capes will hope that the custom will remain re-main long In good taste borne delicate skinned furs, made into thouldtr copes, tear out very soon, but this Is owing mostly to the elastic bands which hold the cape In place about the waist If those are cut, there is ery little strain on the skin of the fur. The long feather boas, which look so pretty but are so tiresome because of the moulting qualities of that same article, ar-ticle, are losing fax or. So Ilkewlsonre the long boas of all descriptions Coats are now trimmed In fur, lined near the edge and with fur collars and culls Some sensible girls who have wearied of their boas have trimmed their list winter Jackets with the boa, thus securing change and economy at the same time The dealers In furs ore showing pretty little collars of fur, with the head and even the claws of the tiny anlnul as an ornamental clasp. I he collar of feathers, especially of cockle feathers. Is neither pretty nor In good taste. They make one look very clii-ap and dowdy, and havei n mostimpudentalrof pretense about them Muffs are still populu, and nre still small, and therefore not so comfortable as they might be. CLOAKS. There teems to be the greatest latitude In the matter of choosing one's winter wraps that could well be imagined. In years gone by all the stylish people had a certain new and very swell wrap, cut much in the same form, while the would be stylish people were straining ever) nerve to get one of those swell affairs just at soon as possible; and the others, ) ou can pity them, w ere Just going about with thu cloak of three winters back spread upon their stolid shoulders Nov., however, a walk down Main street re-ve re-ve lies the curious fictthat there is no particular swell garment for outward wear. Some have on the long ulster or Newmarket, some wear the shoulder cape and muff, some have cute little fur-trimmed jackets and others wear the ugly but popular Kusshn blouse in hea cloth. hat next winter miy bring us a matter yet too fir alieid for speculation. Hut fur this season, at least, we can content ourselves by wearing out last yeir'tcloiks In peace. Missllulda Craser of Cincinnati Is tald to bo the only woman customs broker. Queen Victoria is said to be endeavoring endeavor-ing to master the I ast Indlin language How can the good old lady Hlndoore it? Sftacust Ara s It Is said that 110 graduate of Vassar has ever bem In a divorce court. It lint said whether this is due to the Vassar girl's Judgment In selecting a husband or the husband's forbearance in living with the Vassar girl. Chicaeo MM Our lliildtcn. Can anything to more discouraging at times than a mother's experience with a houseful of noisy and restless boys? .More especially Is this the case with mothers who hive not the ntt or tact of government It is so often tint friends and relatives sit In Judgment Judg-ment on such a mother and tell her with the coldest frankness that "she will sup much sorrow over th it child before lie Is raised," or thit "by the time that boy Is grown he will turn) on out of house And home " Well, what Is to be done? It Is considered con-sidered absolutely necessary for 1 oung min to get some sort of un education for his lilts work, nnd the boy who would seek to build n house before he hid spent years nt the bench would be properly jeered U Hut these )oung gills on, )cs, they can get married, can beir children somehow', can rear them up somehow, and If they turn out well somehow, as a very shrewd woman once said to me, "if they turn out well It was because they had such a good rather, nnd II they turn out ill. It Is because they hid such a poor slick or a mother Isn't II nbout time that the Latter-daySalnts Latter-daySalnts woke up to the fact tint there is need or educitmgour girls to become mothers' I.et them learn housekeeping on scientific lines the bearing and nursing of children from a hygienic point of view, and then, oh, then, let them take a full course In the training and government of children I would establish schools, where little children could be nude the miterlals on which our )oung girls could practice, under wiso tutelage, the government and proper training of mind and body. I would have every young girl tike n course In klndrrgirten teaching. Ah, well, ah well, the millennium lias not reached us yet, and I hear the weary mother say so plaintively, "Hut what shill I do now? I have a houseful of children, and I neither understind scientific modes of work, nor have I ever seen n kindergarten " bit still, little mother of the noisy boys, while l repeat to you the w ords of one of ion t wisest women. "M dcar,"shesildtoa distracted mother who could not mike her noisy boys keep still, nor her careless care-less girls i (.member Instructions, ' be pillent and faithful. leach )Our children above all things to love God and to be honest Tell them what the Cospel is and show them its beauties. If they begin to show signs of dishonesty, If they tell a lie or steal, make that of the very gravest Importance. Import-ance. Talk with them, pray with them, and use )0ur highest and deepest endeavors to get rid of that sinful fault. Hut If they arc sulky, impudent, wilful, careless, lary, destructive, or gcncnllv mischievous, do not mike yourself continually miserable over your failure to correct nil those unhippy trails of chancier. Do the very best you can. nnd leave the rest with Cod. He will aid and forgive you Will that cheer you ns it did that ov erbunlened mother? If j on nru not a mother, let me urge you, to keep ) our opinion as to your friends management of her children to yourself Or, if )ou must speak, offer a suggestion tint will help, not a criticism that will hurt. And speak in sweet kindness, too. Our Allmcnli. There are many small aliments ns will ns larger complaints which can be discussed between us and prove of mutual benelit I was particularly struck with the remarks made by "an e editor 'In his lnlks"ln this paper last Saturdiy night In which he spoke of the increasing number of doctors in our midst, and lite habit of calling in a doctor, which can, like any odicr habit, grow upon a person until it passes the sensible Into the ridiculous Ytars ago, if one had a fcr. or a cold, or had any soit of common ailment, common remedies were put Into active use. Klght here, I want to tell 5011 that I believe there is n deep foundation of truth underneath under-neath the teachings of Christian scitn lists. A person whohasnoexperienco in these matters can scarcely conceive, much less believe, the wonderful power which mind can exercise over matter. It Is one of the liws of the universe Are wc not told that by faith tho worlds were made and that by and through filth all tilings cin be done w hlch nre done' I wonder how many of )ou mothers here, I stenlng to my voice, know that it is the faith )ou put into the medicine, or in the doctor which is the heaviest factor In the cure of your child Wchave all been given one safe, sure, speed) means of cure, not only for big and importint cases of sickness, hut also fur the every day ailments of life. If we put our faith in this sure nicins of recovery, God will keep Ills' promise, nnd a renewal of health will be the result. Again, howcvir, let mesa),, that I do not think it very wise of us to be like little children, rating poison, or that which acts ns poison on our individual systems, nnd then calling continually upon God to heat the sickness thus engendered. These are matters of vital Importance to us, dearest mothers In Israel, but I don't know that you nre interested in talking about them, and so I w id pass on to the next chapter, and see u hat w e can do w hen we or those about us nre alllicted with some sickness, and what we ought to do instead of running to a doctor. I propose, If possible, to obtain most of the information for these talks from one of the best nnd wisest doctors In the Church And so )ou may rest quite contented, knowing tint what 5 on thus read Is from tho best medical authority. Hut before beginning on these lessons or instructions I want to urgs you all tonadwhu Is told us in the Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 4'. verses 41, 43,44, 45 Try nnd see ii the l-ord will not heir your own prayer first, then if )our filth is not strong enough, call upon ) our husband, and If ) oil both cannot get sullicient, call in the Uders, and then there Is still time enough, In the rare cases where it is necessary, to call medical aid Tills trial of sickness Is a sore one,and things wo think we would never do wc do under the pressure of fright and cruel nuxlet); while that which we have decided wc would do in tucli cases becomes a forgotten part of our memories, and slips uwiy from around us like ropes or sand l'ray for )ourselves, dear sisters, while )ou and jours are In health, that you ma) have faith to stand firm and calm when sickness sick-ness approaches. riijslcal I'ultnir). There is such a wide and deep Interest In this subject of ph)slc.al development among all the women of tnllglitened nations that you and I duellers in ion, cannot shut our eyes and ears to the Importance of its teachings. Therefore, let us commune together as to methods, forms, nnd modes of work In this field, and see if w e can discover some per sonal application In nil this, so nettling which will help )ou and me to be better and happier women, wives nnd mothers Alter all, that is whit we nre striving to v) every moment of our lives, whether c hnd that happiness in serving others or In serving only ourselves If w e are happiest in serving others, surely wo should want to knuw how to preserve our lives and health In our bodies to be or the titnion service tu those loved ones And, of course, the selfish person wants to be ns healthy and prelty ns Is at nil possible Halil .1 Dlshop to me the other day, 'Do not my girls g-t all the exercise the) need in sweeping and washing, in sewing nnd scrubbing? ' ' 1 es," I replied "if jour girls and their mother, never wore heels an their shoes, nor corsets on their bodies, if they sit as they should, walk in the natural manner, slind properly, and if every move the) make is as free and easy ns lh.it of the Indlin in the forest" Thit is whit phjslcal culture means, to btiug us back to .Nature, back to sit nt the feet of that gracious Mother whom wc have all, men and women, deserted these many )car, going uuay alter the lusts of our own hearts and forgetting swert mother nature and nit her wise teachings If any little child shall bo brought up with' out a heel to her shoe, nn earring In her car, 1 scrap of artificial or unhcalthful food, without n constriction upon tier limbs or body, without one pound of weight unevenly distributed upon her body, and if the or he be allowed to run and romp without one word of rebuke from Madam Grundy, then and only then can I agree that such young persoa Is prepared to encounter tin- future with out need of special instructions as to walking, riding, silting, standing, and exercising. The very work the woman docs Is done, more than often, witli tho wrong set of muscles, nnd nearly cvcri one expends twice the energy needed every time they move. There Is much lobe learned in unlearning things we think we know now, and ot nil people Latter Diy .Saints csu least declare themselves satisfied with the old and false theories, but above all people, we should say ' Come, truth, lliou of the shining face nnd beneficent hands, beam .upon my soul, and cast thy gifts over nt) body. I am open armed and full or welcome at thy presence Thou wilt find nothing but eagerness w hen once thou hast proven thine Integrity." 1 lien to test that claim, let us proceed to examine tho different schemes and plans of physical culture, and, meanwhile, mean-while, we will wait without prejudice and without scorn. Intel uls Oiitsldr (lie Home. THE RRt lnrtQCICTV. The work we do day by day, who can judge of its Importance? Here is a smillarmj of women working quietly and modestly, week by week, meting talking one to another, cheering each other up, exchanging experiences, doing charily In sweet humility, nnd yet how few of them remember that they arc making history, and that, too, of the most Important kind The work they are now doing will beengcrly read of tho records will bo persistently sought and sacredly cherished when these binds now so busy are folded nwny. I often think of this when I see my sisters gathering to quietly nnd unobtrusively to meet nnd work, or meet ind prav. Cm' you not think jo fully of the true strong nnd steady souls who tread this righteous path, when )ourw6rks shill follow )ou, nn 1 you nnd they will stand before that bemtiful while throne' Oh! happy timed nitre It one branch of worl: In connection con-nection with our Keller Soclet) tint , would like to see established, and that is, it sort of libor rxchange Hureau If the people who need work and thosi who want work done would or eould come together, I think n much rrcafr field or work could be covered thin 1 dune at present. I know there sr ortiutimcs women who would like t get sewing to do or other work, nrd there .ire many women living In the same town, women who do not getawn) from homu cftcn, who want work or sewing done. Now, ir these two coald 1 each take or nnko known her want to the Uclicf bociet), how much gM could thui be accomplished Hlut would there be to I lndcr a tort of intelligence in-telligence olfice being established hi tl e societies, where wants of uork hu I of workers could be brought lo- referem-c 1 hero Is one point in connection with the charities distributed t the roeletlrs which seems to me to need some change. To give ruins ir provisions to any one unless such person returns labor in pi)inent lor this means Is. tu my mind, to cdtieate paupett It Is Im posslb'c to ailm Ue t lie 'Injury Inflicted upon children who grow up under tuch an Influence It hirdens, debases an 1 kills out all the line Haver ol manhood and w omanhood u hlch Is so IkmiuKuI nnd necessary for the full development of a soul. Is there then no remedy? I should sa) vcs. Tor there Is rircl) a woman so feeble tint she could not sew carpet rags, or a man so shiftless that he could not rut wood. I ct there bu work provided for the poor, and mike them feel that it Is wicked to expect ex-pect something for nothing, for ' the Idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer In Ion." I ven If the work done Is Inferior, let it be done, and exercise wider clnrity In looking over the quality of the work. Kven a tramp or an Indlin should be allowed tu cut wood for Ins meal, and no one, except thu sick or helpless, should be supported by charity. |
