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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1901
Page
8
The department invites Lowell readers to submit practical household recipes, hints, and thoughts for the About the House column. Readers may send suggestions to the About the House department of the Lowell Weekly Journal at any time.
Anonymous laments dried apple pies as the worst grub, preferring bread and meat. The poem mocks wormy fruit, rough hulls and peeling, tied to a garret window, roosting flies, and the insistence on avoiding such pies. The speaker calls out deception and pain in the culinary misfit.
A domestic vignette opens with a clock dispute over pride and usefulness, then shifts to Christmas gifting and a recovering old clock. It laments sewing’s decline, praises glassware care, and denounces cheap perfumery for children. Practical kitchen notes follow on broiling steak and sauces, finishing with a Good Housekeeping style dessert and recipe guidance.
Borax and alcohol restore faded lace while velvet can be refreshed by ammonia and hot water. White flannel stains respond to egg yolk and glycerine, and horse radish in brine helps preserve pickles and prevent moulding while adding flavor.
A New England cooking class at the Good Housekeeping Institute in Springfield demonstrates transforming a plain steak into tenderloin. Miss Downing explains the tenderloin’s location and muscular structure while outlining the meat course and accompanying dishes.
Advice on choosing gloves emphasizes quality materials like kid or dogskin and a loose fit. It favors white or straw evening gloves for economy, explains abrasion risks from daily tasks, and warns against tight gloves that leave red marks or indentations on the hand.
A reader shares a stain removal method for ink on fabric. Sponging with cold water and sweet milk, changing the rag, dries the fabric, then sponging with gasoline removes all ink. Soak the used sponge in sweet milk to restore cleanliness, and rinse with water containing a few drops of carbolic acid.
The Springfield Republican recounts a refined humor moment where after dinner speakers recycle chestnuts with attributions. A London drawing room scene ends with W S Gilbert mistaking a bishop for a cab and delivering a witty line about being a four wheeler, a tale praised as a good story.
Botanists at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston uncover a rich diversity of hawthorn species in the United States. Discoveries include 81 new clearly marked American species, with total potential varieties approaching 250. The program maps districts, exchanges specimens with European gardens, and aims to graft and cultivate many forms for a comprehensive comparison across North American hawthorns.
A reporter asked Wu Ting Fang about his pay and claimed to earn 150 dollars weekly. Wu learned of the deception and dismissed the journalist, saying he would revise his view of the reporter’s value to zero and asserting he had nothing to say to him.
A London Spectator quotation explores how faith entails doubt, urging perseverance through uncertainty. It recalls Thomas à Kempis and a moment of inner prayer where a divine reply directs action, emphasizing trust in God's will for beginning and completing good work.
The Kew observatory near Richmond tests watches for up to 45 days in varied conditions including upright, safe, refrigerator, oven, and normal temperature. About 500 watches pass through yearly with scores up to 100, and some earn “especially good” certificates. The article notes diverse watches from water resistant explorers to a £300 gold piece and a £3,000 maître watch with diamond badge and horse motif.
A prominent lawyer obtained a damages verdict for a client after a street accident when wheel damage from a hole led to a suit against the municipality. The lawyer photographed the scene while workmen were summoned for a drink, enabling proof the jury had not fully seen in testimony.
The 1901 personal tax on Bradley Martin and wife was sworn off after Martin testified last year he renounced US allegiance and would reside in England. Tax commissioners initially refused the claim but President Fellner now supports that the Bradleys have established a permanent residence in London and all personal taxes were removed.
The 1876 8 conflict devastated Servia forests. Fortifications and troop camps stripped thousands of acres, followed by ruthless destruction for timber sales and railroad supply after the war. The land once called the land of the forest suffered extensive denudation and deforestation.
Canon Hicks cites a Manchester north country mill practice that compels women workers to supply wine and spirits for holiday footings. The essay outlines poverty induced debt, increased drunkenness on Whitsuntide and Christmas, and male complicity, with early anti footing leagues and broader support from the National Union of Women Workers and Girls' Institute in Ancoats.
The New York Times recounts Senator Mark Hanna sharing a tale of Robert G. Ingersoll visiting Washington. In a capitol corridor he confronts a Black woman scrubbing floors who reads her Bible and replies with wit about belief. The anecdote ends with a quip about law and infidelity and a Tennyson line.
The article notes Americans quickly released a revised Bible after pledge expiry, with extracts arriving by cable. It questions modern diction replacing traditional phrasing, contrasts American and English editions, and predicts sales trends, citing The Faerie Queene and Spenser as timeless. London Black and White.
Mrs. Morrow of West Virginia told a Fort Worth WCTU meeting that over 1,000 U S cities have curfew laws led by Indianapolis and that juvenile crime is rising with about 200000 children arrested nationwide.
Ohe Magazines presents January Country Life in America focused on California scenery and outdoor life on the Pacific coast. Features include L H Bailey on winter blooming lands, Joaquin Miller poem Heroes of the Firing Line, Shinn and Wells essays, striking photographs of Monterey cypresses and Mojave life, plus home making, fruit culture, and soil topics. Doubleday, Page & Co. and Scribners are noted publishers. Luke Vincent Lockwood title limited.
The issue opens with an attractive illustration set and varied writings. Notable pieces include Walker's The Story of Roosevelt's Life part three, Draper's The Last of the Red Race, Machen's Railroads Cooperation and the Building of States, and Stead's The Future of the English Speaking World. Elbert Hubbard contributes An Interesting Personality among others.
The National offers William McKinley reminiscences by Hanna, a finely illustrated portrait on the first page, and a social gossip section on Affairs at Washington. It includes a two part Gul Coast romance by Henry Righter, Kipling studies, and an Australia subsidy navy article by John C. Coombs, all tied to prominent figures and institutions.
The Hesperian from St. Louis presents a frontispiece titled A Christmas Greeting and an illustrated Christmas Church Decoration feature. It includes Wild Life in the West a review of an old book found at auction and a paper on Trollope as a Novelist by E grene Parsons along with Current Literary History and Contemporary Science.
Miss Josphine Preston Peabody teaches at Wellesley during Miss Scudders Sabbatical and edits Vida Scudders English class. Anna H Brane, Smith grad, writes songs for music. Hardy's next poetry volume is Poems of the Past and the Present. Truth Dexter remains a best seller. Louise Chandler Moulton hints Hildegarde Hawthorn as author. publishers refuse to reveal Sidney McCall’s identity.
D. Appleton and Company prepared a striking artistic poster for the Christmas romance The Man Who Knew Better by Tom Gallon. The poster captures the season’s spirit with an excellent reproduction of a leading character the dancing waiter and a highly effective color scheme.
The January issue will feature a Look ing Outward number addressing a period of exclusiveness. The item notes a planned special section and its editorial framing for readers seeking broader perspectives.
Henry van Dyke publishes a limited personal edition of The Ruling Passion with 500 signed copies, a Walter Appleton Clark frontispiece, autograph facsimile of the prayer A Writer's Request of His Master, twelve color drawings, and russet leather binding. Thackeray notes include Wilson's January Century paper and Morgan’s purchase of Brookfield letters for 16,200 at Daly sale.
The article notes Frank A. Vanderlip, after resigning as assistant secretary of the treasury, will publish a series in Scribner's January issue examining the American impact on Europe. Illustrations show U S machinery and inventions worldwide as publishers announce editions of David Harum and Altsheler's Wilderness Road with English editions planned.
A January Women’s Home Companion piece by Linda Hull Larned argues that fashionable and club women increasingly take active, practical interest in children and the home. It notes economic concerns in households, praising home economics and the shift from person to personage as women age.
Clifton Johnson in the January Woman's Home Companion portrays Valley Forge not as an alpine wilderness but a near Philadelphia area dale. He notes milder winters, scarce snow, and a rail line along the Schuylkill that links the valley to Philadelphia, challenging common perceptions of isolation.
The question looms whether Mr. Depew may endure multiple unhappy marriages. Observers note potential divorce as a path to freedom if his first unions fail to satisfy.
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