Chapter 9

Southerners have been rather amused to read lately that the favorite dish of the children and the colored people, "Pot Liquor," that is the liquid in which turnip greens, beans, etc., with bacon, have been boiled, has now been pronounced a most valuable food by scientists. "Pot Liquor" is usually eaten with "corn pone," that is, plain corn bread.

I feel advanced and erudite, Because I recently did read Where skilful scientist did write A column full of learned "feed."

Oh, it was all about such things As "vitamines" and kindred terms; I read and read how some food brings Eviction to the naughty germs.

I read of how we all should eat The "essence" strong of turnip greens, And oh, he showed in language meet For science that he did "know beans."

My head did almost ache with weight Of all the learning I obtained; And when I read, through language great, I marvelled at the knowledge gained.

Black "Mammy" would have never known A germ. Alas! that she has died Before her nurslings' feast, "corn pone" In juice of greens was glorified.

Please, Mr, Scientist, so wise, Since you "pot liquor" do so raise To nth degree, nutrition size, Send us another screed to praise

In learned phrase, "pot liquor's" true And constant partner, good "'corn pone"; Oh, we "down South" do beg of you Leave not our childhood's friend alone;

But drop in scientific stew-- Of course in language hard to read-- A "corn pone hunk"--we promise you A noble, satisfying "feed."

Then honorable mention take Our "side meat," then such generous share, Such unction and such healing make As "inner consciousness" should bear.

In earlier days we only knew "Pot Liquor" and we did not bow To "vitamines," Alas! 'tis true, Bacon, a real aristocrat is now.

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Here are some of--Mrs. Rorer's Standard Books of peculiar interest just at this time:

HOME CANDY MAKING

Has an appealing sound. The idea of making candy is enticing. And here are ways easily understood for making all sorts of delicious confections. The directions are plain and easily followed.

=Bound in cloth, 75 cents; by mail, 80 cents=

CAKES, ICINGS AND FILLINGS

This is another book that has an appeal. Every housewife has pride in her knowledge of cake making, or at least likes to have them for her home and her guests. Well, here are recipes in abundance.

=Bound in cloth, $1.00; by mail, $1.10=

KEY TO SIMPLE COOKERY

A new-plan cook book. Its simplicity will commend it to housewives, for it saves time, worry and expense. By the way, there is also the layout of a model kitchen, illustrated, that will save many steps in the daily work.

=Bound in cloth, $1.25; by mail, $1.40=

DAINTIES

Contains Appetizers, Canapes, Vegetable and Fruit Cocktails, Cakes, Candies, Creamed Fruits, Desserts, Frozen Puddings, etc.

=Bound in cloth, $1.00; by mail, $1.10=

PHILADELPHIA COOK BOOK

A famous cook book, full of all the brightest things in cookery. Hundreds of choice recipes, all good, all sure, that have stood the test by thousands of housewives. The beginner can pin her faith on these tried recipes, and the good cook can find lots to interest her.

=Bound in cloth, $1.50; by mail, $1.65=

MY BEST 250 RECIPES

Mrs. Rorer's own selection of the choicest things in every department of cookery, as for instance, 20 Best Soups, 20 Best Fish Recipes, 20 Best Ways for Meat, 20 Best Vegetable Recipes, and so on through the whole range of table food. =Bound in cloth, $1.00; by mail, $1.10=

For sale by Boston Cooking-School Magazine, Co., Department and Bookstores, or =ARNOLD & COMPANY, 420 Sansom St., Philadelphia=

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ROBERTS

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_BEATS EVERYTHING_

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If your dealer does not carry this, we will send prepaid quart size $1.25, pint size 90c. Far West and South, quart $1.40, pint $1.00.

=Recipe book free with mixer.=

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=A Dishwasher for $2.50!=

Keeps hands out of the water, no wiping of dishes, saves 1/2 the time. Consists of special folding dishdrainer, special wire basket, 2 special long-handled brushes. Full directions for use. Sent prepaid for $2.50. Full refund if not satisfactory.

=Am. School of Home Economics, 503 W. 69th. St., Chicago=

Oh, so advanced I feel, for I-- No science in my cranium small-- In learned dress, old friend do spy-- It's only our "Pot Liquor" after all.

BY M. E. HENRY-RUFFIN.

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Foreman: "What are you doin' of, James?"

Bricklayer: "Sharpenin' a bit o' pencil."

Foreman: "You'll 'ave the Union after you, me lad. That's a carpenter's job."--_Punch._

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"Home-Making as a Profession"

Home-making is the greatest of all the professions--greatest in numbers and greatest in its influence on the individual and on society. All industry is conducted for the home, directly or indirectly, but the industries directly allied to the home are vastly important, as the food industries, clothing industries, etc. Study of home economics leads directly to many well paid vocations as well as to home efficiency.

Since 1905 the American School of Home Economics has given home-study courses to over 30,000 housekeepers, teachers, and others. The special textbooks have been used for class work in over 500 schools.

Of late years, courses have been developed fitting for many well paid positions:--Institution Management, Tea Room and Lunchroom Management, Teaching of Domestic Science, Home Demonstrators, Dietitians, Nurses, Dressmaking, "Cooking for Profit." Home-Makers' Courses:--Complete Home Economics, Household Engineering, Lessons in Cooking, The Art of Spending.

BULLETINS: Free-Hand Cooking, Ten-cent Meals, Food Values, Family Finance, Art of Spending, Weekly Allowance Book, _10c. each_.

Details of any of the courses and interesting 80-page illustrated handbook, "The Profession of Home-Making" sent on request. American School of Home Economics, 503 W. 69th Street, Chicago.

--_Adv._

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=THANKSGIVING TIME= means company and lots of preparing for the Feast

=Turkey--Chicken--Roast Duck=

stuffed with dressing seasoned with

=STICKNEY & POOR'S POULTRY SEASONING=

PIES

Pumpkin--Squash--Mince

all seasoned with

=STICKNEY & POOR'S DEPENDABLE SPICES=

Stickney & Poor's Seasonings have been used by New England Housewives in preparing Thanksgiving dishes for more than a century.

Your Mother and Grandmother learned to depend upon them, and you should, too, because they are always pure, full strength, and of uniform quality.

Ask your grocer for Stickney & Poor's Seasonings.

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1815--Century Old--Century Honored--1921

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THE NATIONAL MUSTARD POT

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=JUST THE THING FOR THE HOT WEATHER=

=Gossom's Cream Soups (in Powdered Form)= =Pure, Wholesome, Delicious=

Quickly and Easily Prepared.

Simply add water and boil 15 minutes and you have a delightful soup, of high food value and low cost. One 15 cent package makes 3 pints of soup.

These soups do not deteriorate, so may be continually on hand and thus found most convenient. The contents also keep after opening.

Split pea, Green pea, Lima, Celery, Black Bean, Clam Chowder, Onion and (Mushroom 25c).

Sample sent prepaid on receipt of 20 cents, or one dozen for $1.75.

For Sale by leading grocers 15 cents a package, 20 cents in far West.

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="Free-Hand Cooking"=

_Cook without recipes!_ A key to cookbooks, correct proportions, time, temperature; thickening, leavening, shortening, 105 fundamental recipes. 40 p. book. 10 cents coin or stamps.

=Am. School of Home Economics, 503 W. 69th Street, Chicago=

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Cream Whipping Made Easy and Inexpensive

CREMO-VESCO

Whips Thin Cream or Half Heavy Cream and Milk or Top of the Milk Bottle

It whips up as easily as heavy cream and retains its stiffness.

Every caterer and housekeeper wants CREMO-VESCO.

Send for a bottle to-day.

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Housekeeper's size, 1-1/2 oz., .30 prepaid Caterer's size, 16 oz., $1.00 " (With full directions)

CREMO-VESCO COMPANY 631 EAST 23rd ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y.

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Einstein: "No, Bernie--do you?"

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As the Sunday-school teacher entered, she saw leaving in great haste a little girl and her smaller brother. "Why, Mary, you aren't going away?" she exclaimed in surprise. "Pleathe, Mith Anne, we've got to go," was the distressed reply. "Jimmy thwallowed hith collection."

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DELISCO is considered by connoisseurs a most delicious, refreshing and healthful drink. It fully satisfies, by its aroma and flavor, the natural desire of the coffee drinker who has heretofore continued to take coffee because unable to find a satisfactory equivalent. When properly made, experts have been unable to distinguish DELISCO from the finer grades of coffee.--_Adv._

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=Cooking for Profit=

=BY ALICE BRADLEY=

=Principal, Miss Farmer's School of Cookery Cooking Editor, Woman's Home Companion=

If you wish to earn money at home through home cooked food and catering--if you would like to own and conduct a food shop, candy kitchen, tea room, cafeteria or lunch room--if you wish to manage a profitable guest house or small hotel, you will be interested in this new correspondence course.

It explains just how to prepare food, "good enough to sell"; just what to cook, with many choice recipes; how to establish a reputation and a constant profitable market; how to cater for all occasions, and tells in detail how to establish and conduct successful tea rooms, etc.--how to manage _all_ food service.

The expense for equipment is little or nothing at first, the correspondence instruction is under the personal direction of Miss Bradley which assures your success, the fee for the course is very moderate and may be paid on easy terms. For full details write to American School of Home Economics, 503 W. 69th Street, Chicago.--_Adv._

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To know pure, delicate, full-flavored vanilla extract at its very best--try Price's Vanilla. Only the highest quality beans, carefully chosen, are used. Perfectly cured and extracted to get the true, pure flavor; this flavor is then aged in wooden casks to bring out all its richness and mellowness. That--and that alone--is Price's Vanilla.

For nearly seventy years--the quality of Price's Vanilla has never varied. It is always the best that can be made! Insist upon Price's from your grocer--don't take a substitute. If he hasn't it in stock, he can easily get it for you!

=PRICE FLAVORING EXTRACT COMPANY= ="Experts in Flavor" In Business 68 Years= =Chicago, Ill.=

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=WHITE HOUSE _Coffee_=

=_For the Business Man's Breakfast_=

A steaming cup of _White House Coffee_ at the morning meal gives, to most men, just the needed impetus which carries him through a strenuous day and brings to him the successes he strives for.

_=1-3-5 lb. Packages Only=_

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="Where My Money Goes"=

_Weekly Allowance Book_--simple little book 32 pages, small enough for your pocketbook, easily kept; gives classified record of all personal or household expenses, _10 cents_.

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=Junket

MADE _with_ MILK=

is wholesome milk in tasty dessert form. It is eaten slowly and _enjoyed_--hence it is the better way of serving milk.

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=8 Inches Square, 5 Inches High=

You can be the best cake maker in your club or town. You can make the same Angel Food Cake and many other kinds that I make and sell at $3 a loaf-profit, $2, if you

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="The Art of Spending"=

Tells how to get more for your money--how to live better and save more! How to budget expenses and record them _without household accounts_. 24 pp. illustrated, _10 cents_.

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Direct from grower by Prepaid Parcels Post to your door. More and better peanuts than $5 will buy at stands or stores. Along with Recipe Book telling of over 60 ways to use them as foods. We guarantee prompt delivery and ship at once. 10 lbs, $3.00. Money back if not delighted.

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CODFISH, FRESH LOBSTER

RIGHT FROM THE FISHING BOATS TO YOU=

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