The Art of Resting by Mrs McCune
A discussion on how many women adhere to doctors orders to rest daily. It questions how many truly achieve genuine rest in the middle of the day despite believing they are following instructions.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
3
A discussion on how many women adhere to doctors orders to rest daily. It questions how many truly achieve genuine rest in the middle of the day despite believing they are following instructions.
A nostalgic column advises on keeping babies fed warm with a porcelain dish and hot-water compartment, plus a physician’s caution on rest. It extols home care, floor siestas, and summerlike nursery routines, then shifts to hospitality etiquette for New Year visits, tea gatherings, and practical tips for busy mothers and schoolgirls.
Mrs Mundy rejects blue Monday linking gloom to laundry day. She promotes kitchen psychology and guest planning, advising washing day after arrival, light meals avoiding strong odors, and a simple menu of cold cuts, macaroni cheese, beans, and a vegetable salad. Desserts feature seasonal fruit or preserved cherries.
A collection of home recipes and domestic notes centering on barley muffins made with sour milk and various wartime friendly substitutions. Includes savory beef stew, washing a line of chores, and instructions for puddings, breads, and simple desserts highlighting practical cooking during constrained times.
A jumbled set of kitchen and home care ideas covers odor control for boiling vegetables and starch preparation, honey use in fruit dishes, fabric and wall cleaning with cloths, sewing and organization bags, kitchen shelf linings, and painting care for damp walls.
Instructions describe making candied fruits using a syrup of two cups sugar and one cup water with cream of tartar, covering tender fruit and drying in granulated sugar. Also outlines amber jelly from grapefruit orange and lemon, with pectin and careful peeling, cooking five minutes then boiling forty five minutes to set.
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