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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
13
The article covers salvia as a durable summer flower, the shift from isinglass to gelatine in old cookbooks, rising banana imports in Boston, towel usage in washes, and the value of attractive home basics. It notes flowers on clean tables, washerwoman habits, and the care needed for begonias and maple leaf begonias, plus neighborly calls and hair brush washing routines.
Do not per petrate shortcake unless you can do it correctly. If you lack berries or crust, serve berries plain instead. For crusty shortcakes, make large biscuit like portions and assemble by buttering halves, layering partly mashed berries, then whole berries. Assemble 20 minutes before serving with juice around the platter.
A Boston Cooking School recipe for a pineapple cake with a lemon pineapple frosting. Directions mix butter sugar milk flour soda and cream of tartar beat egg whites fold in pineapple juice and bake two layers. Fill middle and top with frosting, then water and chopped pistachios as a final top.
A Boston Cooking School method layers pink rhubarb with stale sponge, sugar and zest in a pudding dish, then bakes covered for 10 minutes. Egg white meringue is prepared with sugar, folded in, spread over, and baked to a delicate fawn color after cooling slightly.
Practical tips on soap aging improving cleaning value, storing soap in bulk, refreshing brooms with hot water, using vanilla and cocoa for scent, mint to deter mice, salt to prevent iron sticking, and sealing stove cracks with wood ashes mixture.
A column argues that reducing chores and avoiding fancy cooking can save time and effort. It suggests simple breakfasts with ready cereal, less dishwashing, and cutting tasks like bed-making and dusting. The piece envisions a shift among well to do households toward a simpler lifestyle as a potential blessing.
The text argues that a woman should pursue games and exercises that develop quick perception, graceful movement, steady poise, and gentle strength rather than rougher sports. It praises precision and refinement over boldness and tenacity, claiming a woman's role is to maintain order and elegance in domestic life, as Henry Van Dyke notes.
A distressed colored maid in a dining room admits fault to her mistress while presenting burned pajamas. The scene shows tension as she explains the mishap seemingly caused by an accident with a hot iron and an implied domestic dispute.
A husband argues economizing will buy them a house, while the wife worries about living with her dislike of nails in walls and woodwork. The Chicago News presents the light exchange as a domestic vignette.
In dialect humor Clem asks for an opinion about the sister while Reigns explains that the sister is the most knowledgeable about yerbs. If you put him in your mouth he will get the hint and make the rest of Ge'veryge without any boosting.
The June Review of Reviews surveys a broad set of essays and portraits by Henry van Dyke George P. Fisher John Finley and Mrs Harton with illustrations by A B Frost and F C Yohn. It features General Fitzhugh Lee The Career of Joseph Jefferson Modjeska Count Cassini and Japan's Representative at Washington plus fiction by Sewell Ford Eleanor Gates and Mary R S Andrews.
Amy Woods profiles Tufts College celebrating its 50th anniversary. Henry L. Shumway presents Modern Treatment of Tuberculosis. Louis McHenry Howe forecasts Saratoga Springs. George Willis Cooke surveys Maxim Gorky. Henri Lauriston praises Joseph Jefferson. Memorial Day features include Camp Meigs by James Roland Cortell and The Origin of Memorial Day by Earl Marble. Additional stories and The Editors Table cover diverse topics.
The June issue of Scribner's Magazine features articles by distinguished authors. It showcases literary criticism, essays, and fiction reflecting the magazine's refined, period voice and scholarly tone.
Boston’s Mr. F Brock credits Albert’s Little Dinner Pill with curing long standing indigestion and heart palpitations. The ad touts the pill as a non physic tonic that digest any food and requires no dieting, backed by a money back guarantee. Local agent supplies large free sample.
June Booklovers offers Archibald S. Hurd on The Modern Battleship Joseph M. Rogers sketches Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker Washington interviews with Shaw Metcalf Loomis Crowell Nathan P. Stauffer on College Rowing Kaempffert review of Phases of Current Science and three traveler pieces The Pardon at Sainte Anne d Auray Romantic Rothenburg The Decadence of an Old Canal plus The Spite of Maria Glenn High Church Fancies Gwine Home and The World of Print illustrated by Arthur Hewitt
The piece proclaims Current Literature as a concise read for busy people. It argues the magazine covers many subjects, sifts essential from trivial, and saves time by eliminating nonessential content.
The Churchman of New York continues a descriptive illustrated series on The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain by Ralph Adams Cram. It covers Glastonbury Whitby Lindisfarne Melrose Tintern Fountains Dryburgh Netley Beaulieu Kirkstall Valle Crucis Rievaulx Bolton Kelso Gisburgh Malmsbury Jedburgh with church news and more.
A concise review praises The Story of the Churches volume on the Congregationalists by Leonard W. Bacon. It notes Bacon’s prominence as a preacher and writer and recommends the book to Congregationalists and readers seeking clear religious history. Published by Baker & Taylor Co. New York at 1.00.
Max Adeler offers a dramatic romantic tale in The Quakeress. The plot centers on a Quaker girl and a dashing Southern rival, blending serious prose with well-timed humor. The 12 mo edition runs 400 pages with four color illustrations, priced at $1.50.
The Macmillan Company announces Beyond Chance of Change by Sara Andrew Shafer and Other Hardy Garden Book by Mrs Alfred Ely, plus On Becoming Blind by Emile Javal translated by Carroll Edson, The Dickens Country by F G Kitton, and a new edition of Practical Electric Light Fitting in Pilgrimage Series. May Black Cat features A Wife for the Pastor, The Engineer of the Pilot, Love’s Immune, The Closed Door, The Man Who Went Back. Mrs Peterson’s How to Know Wild Fruits groups fruits by color to aid ID and study of native flora for teachers students and nature lovers.
Harper & Brothers receive an inquiry to reprint Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's tales Lucy and A Discovered Pearl in an English reader for German schools. Her story Gold is slated for translation into Norwegian Danish and Swedish for broader publication.
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