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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1901
Page
10
The About the House department invites Lowell Weekly Journal readers to send recipes hints and suggestions for the housekeeping column. Submissions will be welcomed at the About the House section of the paper.
A verse attributed to Thomas Moore envisions a world of peace as nations rejoice on a day of love. It contrasts earthly inequality with heavenly bliss, expressing longing for a time when humans live in harmony and angels dwell among the good.
The piece laments lasting odors from a lamp and praises festive collars while critiquing head coverings at social events. It reflects on Christmas gloom, the burden of gift giving, and the true spirit of the season focusing on simple love and aiding needy children through humble acts.
A door that creaks can be silenced with a few drops of oil vaseline or a little soap on the hinges. To waterproof leather boots saturate with castor oil and drive a peg into the sole. White or egg on morocco leather freshens it. Sift flour eight or ten times for cake though one sift suffices for ordinary use. Grinding coffee and spices ensures quality, otherwise adulteration may occur.
A vintage tip suggests lining the pudding mold with caramel rather than butter for a striking look and rich flavor. To make the caramel, melt one cup granulated sugar with two teaspoons water until dark brown and syrupy, then pour as a glaze.
Instructions describe preparing caramel for puddings in a heated mold with careful coating and cooling until release. A red caramel custard variant, then boiling sugar, water, and aging for color. Egg salad recipe uses hard boiled eggs, cream, butter, flour, and parsley, layered with bread crumbs and baked until browned, garnished with parsley.
An explanation of boiling as steam formation, showing why water stops heating at 212 degrees at sea level. It notes atmospheric pressure lowers boiling point on mountains, making it impossible to boil eggs there due to insufficient heat to force steam out.
A critique warns against purchasing cheap furniture for new homes. It calls cheap department store goods shoddy and unsafe, noting glue and veneers hide weak construction. The piece argues durable, honestly made pieces cost less in the long run and cites a price comparison of $60 for sturdy sets versus $40.83 for deceptive bedroom suits.
A historic account recounts the Spanish prince imprisoned in Madrid's Place of Skulls where Bible facts were scratched on walls. It cites verses claimed as notable, counts words and letters, and lists favorite chapters and verses across multiple books, presenting intriguing numeric trivia and theological notes.
A sharp rebuke from a callow youth behind the counter frames a small scene of social tension as he decries a customer's taste, then chooses a plain item and laments his poor sales. The exchange hints at class and tact in everyday commerce.
Dr A C Bernays of St Louis warns strenuous exercise risks for men over fifty amid the golf fad. The piece profiles Wayman McCreery, who shed weight but died from apoplexy after rapid bodily changes. Emphasizes moderate activity, not extreme training, and warns against radical lifestyle changes in middle age.
An old reporter recalls tactics to pad space in space related writing. He cites ringing long titles and multiple aliases like Editha Loleta Ann O Delia Diss de Barr and Lieut Commander John N Davis to boost copy. The anecdote condemns such embellishments while noting their money motive.
In an interview for Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly Count Leo Tolstoi remarks on the American army and battleships, noting a peak of 100,000 troops and praising wartime figures while contrasting a new era of wealth with civil war era genius. He cites Carnegie and a line of American authors as a Homeric age.
A Joplin man recalls astonishing inmate workmanship at the state penitentiary. A bottle eight inches tall holds a miniature wood saw a sawbuck and an ax, perfectly fashioned and fitted through the neck despite a cork seal glued inside, leaving no visible hole. The feat, noted by The News-Herald via the Kansas City Journal, showcases cunning ingenuity.
A Baltimore socialite recalls aboard the Deutschland a queer romance among Boston academy girls and German students. A male suitor schemes, a chaperon plots, and a clever hairpin ruse conceals a bride chosen by fate. The account ends with the engagement sealed and a prized volume displayed.
Mr W. W. Callaghan says a gun given by Robert Blair of Wytheville Va was made for Davy Crockett and was his favorite weapon. The flintlock rifle, about .40 caliber, five and a half feet long, bears brass trimmings and an eagle on the stock. The maker’s name is not shown.
The German Oriental Society reports Dr Koldewey discovered Nebuchadnezzar’s throne hall in Babylon. The hall measures about 60 by 160 feet with a central throne niche and richly colored preserved ornaments. Excavations near Jumjumah reveal inscribed clay tablets with letters, psalms, and vocabularies aiding Old Testament studies.
The Lincoln dean, Gladstone’s son in law, recalls a Cannes dinner moment when Mr Gladstone, after a pain filled day, exclaimed he wished for a million pounds. He then said he would use most of it to fund a Liverpool cathedral and establish a chapter there.
The Raleigh News notes North Carolina pastors as notably considerate. Reverend Jesse H. Page, preaching in Morgantown one summer evening, lowered his voice and asked the rear to forgive him if unseen in the back. He added that speaking louder would wake those in the front pews.
Ex Governor Robert L. Taylor recalls his longtime friendship with President McKinley and recounts the Tennessean’s hope to be named a brigadier general during the Spanish American War. He describes the president’s cordial, fatherly reply and the moment that quashed his military ambitions. The Knoxvile Sentinel reports on Taylor’s reminiscence of their congress days and the wartime atmosphere.
Alpine Colorado prospector W. S. Coburn, in financial distress, advertises offering to sell his body to raise funds for development on mining claims. He cites government work and potential underground fortune, notes backed creditors threaten to seize claims, and invites buyers to profit from his corpse if a market exists.
Dr Dowie spoke at the Auditorium on a Sunday noting the word church appears only twice in Matthew and not in the other gospels. He said Christ used the kingdom of heaven and challenged the audience with a flock shepherd analogy after asking if there has ever been a vote in his church and receiving a resounding no.
The one hundred and twenty third mikado Mutsu Hito is described as plain and modest in dress and demeanor yet commands an air of majesty. His first photograph impressed him with his own harsh self view and foreign legations declined to publish his image. He is portrayed as a wise and capable ruler despite unglamorous appearance.
A niche in All Souls College chapel at Oxford holds a statue of Lord Salisbury depicted as a Christian warrior. The statue appears in a reredos niche near a 40-year-old screen built for the fellows’ house, reflecting the sculptor’s choice of a personal saint over canonical figures.
More than 35000 designs were examined for the Australian flag with an initial competition by the Australasian Review of Reviews. The government offered £200 for the best suggestion and a naval experts board was formed to assess submissions, reaching a decision on October 2.
A practical guide arguing that steak requires careful technique and heat control. It explains broiling over charcoal or bright coal, pan searing without butter, and expert timing to preserve juices. Includes a Bearnnaise sauce recipe and steps for croustades of rice with tomato sauce.
Slice onions and sauté in butter then layer in a casserole. Sear two pounds of round steak in hot beef fat, add to the onions, cover with hot water, and bake slowly two hours until tender. Skim fat, add parboiled potato balls, adjust seasoning, and serve from the casserole.
Calf's liver is peeled and sliced then boiled five minutes. It is chopped fine with onion juice bread crumbs salt poultry dressing eggs and lemon juice or vinegar. The mixture is pressed into a bacon lined brick mold, covered with pork, steamed or baked forty five minutes, unmoulded, bacon removed, served with tomato sauce.
Trim lamb cutlets with a delicate fat rim and shape with skewers, brush with egg and bread crumb coat, fry to brown, serve on spinach with sauce poured around. Finely chop button mushrooms carrot shallot and sweet herbs, fry in butter, add thickened brown sauce, boil and serve.
The butcher removes the bones and rolls the beef, binds with skewers and tape, then roasts in a pan with clarified dripping. Baste every fifteen minutes, cook about twenty minutes per pound, dredge with flour and baste with butter near finish. Serve with a horse radish sauce made with cream, mustard, vinegar and salt.
Boil a fresh tongue until the skin peels then rub with allspice pepper and ginger. Dredge with flour and brown in butter with onion. Add flour and water to make gravy, then simmer tongue with raisins and vinegar until tender. Serve with the unstrained gravy.
Separate the curd from the whey in clabber as for cottage cheese. When the curd is dry crumble it fine with the hands and to a quart of it add one teaspoonful of salt. Mix thoroughly, set aside to ripen two or three days, then cook with butter into a smooth paste and fill rye or graham bread slices.
Calves liver is sliced thin and scalded, then cutlets are formed. Coated with seasoned crumbs and egg, fried in hot fat until crisp. Drain well and garnish with lettuce or parsley on a hot platter.
Mince one pint of cold boiled chicken and mix with a sieved hard boiled egg plus salt cayenne and mace. Melt butter, stir in browned flour gravy and cream, add chicken, cook twenty minutes, finish with lemon juice and serve on hot toast.
Beard half a pint of oysters and mince them very fine. Mix with them the peel of half a lemon, chopped fine, a sprig of parsley, salt and nutmeg to taste, a very little cayenne and an ounce of butter cut into small pieces. Add five ounces of bread crumbs and when thoroughly mixed bind with the yolk of an egg on some of the oyster liquor.
A recipe notes: to one quart of milk add one pint flour three eggs salt baking powder and a pint of finely cut pineapple. Beat eggs with milk and salt then fold in flour and milk alternately. Drop spoonfuls into hot fat and fry quickly. Serve plain or with white sauce.
A simple batter combines two eggs two cupfuls flour two cupfuls milk and a pinch of salt. Bake in puff pans in a quick oven, cool slightly, slice centers and fill with sweetened fruit fresh or canned. Serve with whipped cream if desired.
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