Leave all special work to time provided in outline. This con-
sists in cleaning silver, washing windows, straightening up closets,
drawers, etc., cleaning brass door knobs, mirrors, china closet",
glass doors and any metals.
SPECIAL TASKS FOR EACH DAY.
Monday — Wash anything in the laundry bag which is too delicate
to send to the washwoman. Cook allowed to wash her own
things also at this time.
Tuesday — Do any ironing — clean eating porch, (or dining room).
Wednesday — Clean kitchen and butler's pantry thoroughly, wash-
ing all wood work — inside of store closet, outside of boiler,
scrub floors, clean kitchen cabinet inside and out and the
stove. See that all utensils are clean.
Thursday — Follow morning schedule and clean refrigerator also,
Thursday Afternoon — Half holiday, (applies to the house wife too.
If acting as cook, she deserves a dinner out) .
Friday — Clean all upstairs.
Saturday — Clean all downstairs except kitchen, etc. Bake.
Sunday Morning— After breakfast see that house is straightened up.
prepare dinner, and supper which is set away in refrigerator.
"Every Woman."
CHAPTER IV.
RECIPES FROM FAMOUS HOMES.
(Compiled by Mrs. W. F. Melton, Secretary Home Economics).
The Home Economics Department of the Atlanta Woman's
Club, wishes to express its deep appreciation for the recipes contri-
buted by "The First Lady of the Land," Mrs. Warren G. Harding,
by the wives of so many of our governors, and by other notables.
CHICKEN PIE.
1 qt. flour.
Lard size of egg.
1 t-spoon salt.
Milk.
MRS. HARDING'S
1 good-sized chicken.
6 small potatoes.
1 onion.
5 level t-spoons baking powder✪ Chicken Pie.
Boil chicken gently until it falls from bones ; cut in small pieces.
Cook potatoes and onion in chicken broth. Make a pastry of flour,
lard, salt and baking powder — add milk enough to make a soft
dough. Line baking dish with pastry and bake in hot oven. Then
fill this with the chicken, potatoes, and a small amount of broth,
cover with pastry and brown in quick oven. Thicken remaining
broth, and serve over pie.
HARDING'S WAFFLES.
1 pt. milk.
Flour to make thin batter.
2 large t-spoons baking powder
MRS.
2 eggs.
2 tbls. sugar.
2 tbls. butter.
1 t-spoon salt✪ Harding's Waffles.
Beat yolks of eggs, add sugar and salt, melt butter, add milk
and flour; last just before ready to bake add beaten whites of eggs
and baking powder. Bake on hot waffle iron.
Mrs. Warren G. Harding.
LEMON SAUCE (FROM MASSACHUSETTS.)
1 tbl. spoon corn starch. 2 tbl. spoons lemon juice.
Vi cup sugar. 1 cup boiling water.
Mix the corn starch, sugar and lemon juice, then add the cup
RECIPES FROM FAMOUS HOMES 15
of boiling water, stirring slowly. Cook five minutes in a double
boiler, stirring constantly. Add two tbl. spoons of butter.
Mrs. Channing H. Cox, — ^Wife of Massachusett's Governor.
Boston, Massachusetts.
ECLAIRS FILLED WITH SALAD (FROM GEORGIA.)
14 cup shortening. V2 cup boiling water.
1/2 cup flour. 2 eggs.
Mix the ingredients ; bake, cool, cut into eclairs 4 inches long
and % inches wide. Split the eclairs; line with lettuce leaf; fill
each eclair with one boneless sardine mixed with 1/3 chopped hard-
boiled egg and two tbl. spoons Mayonnaise.
Mrs. T. W. Hardwick, — Wife of Georgia's Governor.
Atlanta, Georgia.
JELLIED APPLE SALAD.
1 cup diced apples. 2 tbls. sugar.
1/4 cup diced celery. 1/3 cup lemon juice.
l/i cup chopped figs. 14 t-spoon salt. ✪ Lemon Sauce
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Leave all special work to time provided in outline. This consists in cleaning silver, washing windows, straightening up closets, drawers, etc., cleaning brass door knobs, mirrors, china closet, glass doors and any metals.
SPECIAL TASKS FOR EACH DAY.
Monday — Wash anything in the laundry bag which is too delicate to send to the washwoman. Cook allowed to wash her own things also at this time.
Tuesday — Do any ironing — clean eating porch, (or dining room).
Wednesday — Clean kitchen and butler's pantry thoroughly, washing all wood work — inside of store closet, outside of boiler, scrub floors, clean kitchen cabinet inside and out and the stove. See that all utensils are clean.
Thursday — Follow morning schedule and clean refrigerator also,
Thursday Afternoon — Half holiday (applies to the housewife too).
If acting as cook, she deserves a dinner out) . Friday — Clean all upstairs. Saturday — Clean all downstairs except kitchen, etc. Bake.
Sunday Morning— After breakfast see that house is straightened up. prepare dinner, and supper which is set away in refrigerator.
"Every Woman."
CHAPTER IV.
(Compiled by Mrs. W. F. Melton, Secretary Home Economics).
The Home Economics Department of the Atlanta Woman's Club, wishes to express its deep appreciation for the recipes contributed by "The First Lady of the Land," Mrs. Warren G. Harding, by the wives of so many of our governors, and by other notables.
CHICKEN PIE. 1 qt. flour. Lard size of egg. 1 t-spoon salt. Milk.
MRS. HARDING'S
1 good-sized chicken.
6 small potatoes.
1 onion.
5 level t-spoons baking powder.
Boil chicken gently until it falls from bones ; cut in small pieces. Cook potatoes and onion in chicken broth. Make a pastry of flour, lard, salt and baking powder — add milk enough to make a soft dough. Line baking dish with pastry and bake in hot oven. Then fill this with the chicken, potatoes, and a small amount of broth, cover with pastry and brown in quick oven. Thicken remaining broth, and serve over pie.
HARDING'S WAFFLES.
1 pt. milk.
Flour to make thin batter.
2 large t-spoons baking powder
MRS. 2 eggs. 2 tbls. sugar. 2 tbls. butter. 1 t-spoon salt.
Beat yolks of eggs, add sugar and salt, melt butter, add milk and flour; last just before ready to bake add beaten whites of eggs and baking powder. Bake on hot waffle iron.
Mrs. Warren G. Harding.
LEMON SAUCE (FROM MASSACHUSETTS.) 1 tbl. spoon corn starch. 2 tbl. spoons lemon juice.
Vi cup sugar. 1 cup boiling water.
Mix the corn starch, sugar and lemon juice, then add the cup
of boiling water, stirring slowly. Cook five minutes in a double boiler, stirring constantly. Add two tbl. spoons of butter. Mrs. Channing H. Cox, — ^Wife of Massachusett's Governor.
Boston, Massachusetts.
ECLAIRS FILLED WITH SALAD (FROM GEORGIA.)
14 cup shortening. V2 cup boiling water.
1/2 cup flour. 2 eggs.
Mix the ingredients ; bake, cool, cut into eclairs 4 inches long and % inches wide. Split the eclairs; line with lettuce leaf; fill each eclair with one boneless sardine mixed with 1/3 chopped hardboiled egg and two tbl. spoons Mayonnaise.
Mrs. T. W. Hardwick, — Wife of Georgia's Governor.
Atlanta, Georgia.
JELLIED APPLE SALAD.
1 cup diced apples. 2 tbls. sugar.
1/4 cup diced celery. 1/3 cup lemon juice.
l/i cup chopped figs. 14 t-spoon salt.
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