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THE SUNNY SOUTH
OUR HOUSEHOLD.
Borne Mattem, Spier Letters,
Domestic Hints, Etc.
CHAT.
I most again beg the members oi the House
hold to “possess their souls in patience.”
Sweet, beautiful, charming letters wait for pub
lication. My pigeon-box is full of these letters,
and my heart is full of pride and gratitude for
the talent which dictated them, the kindness
which prompted them, and the sunlight they
hare let in on the sunny, Suknt South.
Wait, and anon your time will come to speak,
and you will be heard and heeded by an atten
tive and appreciative audience.
Several have written for the badges to which
they were entitled.
Now, let me remark, that the prize I am soon
to present to the successful contestant, is not
: n affair of the Household, but it is my owd in
dividual otter. No person but myself is con
cerned In, or responsible for it. I. not the Su.v-
xv South, or its editor, or any of its pafties or
employes, am offering that prize, and It is in the
hands of the committee and will certainly be
awarded and delivered.
Hut if I had shouldered the book and marched
off, as I was almost tempted to do when I saw
the copy sent was so nice and handsome, the
parties contesting would have been without re
dress. Well, the badges promised occupied
precisely the same status as the prize offered,
except that then were not and are not in the
hands of a committee. So, while I will do all in
my power to get up and send those badges, I do
it solely from the personal kindness I feel
towards the Householders; and the only obliga
tion resting upon me is the obligation to favor
my friends.
It has been suggested that books are more
easily purchased than won In a contest, and
that I offer as the next prize a photograph of
Col. John H. Seals and no matter who else.
Col. Seals Is now absent. If, on bis return, he
consents to sit, I propose to open the new year
with a contest for his picture. Who, of my
many children, does not like to lookat pictures?
Kit Warren.
The Metropolitan Museum, New York
We will now ascend this stairway on the left
hand. The walls are covered with paintings,
which we will describe before we enter the
large gallery. “The Kish Market” Is a Dutch
scene on the sen-shore, where the fishermen
have spread out upon the sand the Osh they
have caught; a group of rosy-cheeked girls,
with gaudy handkerchiefs around theirheads,
and clad In thick woollen jackets, short petti
coats, gray stockings, and iarge wooden shoes.
They are bargaining with the rough fishermen.
“Spring,” is a large picture—a green field
dotted with flowers, a farmer and his son har
nessing two large fat horses, and a little child
near by gathering butterccps and blue bells.
Those two are by Jan Josef Horcmans.
"The Recording Angel”—a beautiful spirit
with white wings, and clad in a snow-white
robe, bolds a tablet on her lap and a stylus In
her right hand; the face is very pale, and the
mild blue eyes are raised to beaven as if in con
templation. This is by tbe famous painter Cor
reggio.
“St. Agatha,” a fair lady with golden hair, a
mantle of royal purple-over her shoulders, and
clasped at tbe neck with a gold brooch. She
holds in her right hand the emblem of martyr
dom—a palm branch. Artist, Christopher Al
io i-l.
“Venus and Cupid.” Cupid, a lovelv infant,
is lying on the ground amid flowers. Venus is
in a reclining position. She supports herself on
her left baud; in her right band she bolds a
bow. Cupid has bis chubby arms extended and
is trying to reach it. This is by Giovanna Ma-
nozzi.
The next Is a colossal|“Angel’s Head,” by
Baldassare Franceschini.
“St. Christopher and the Infant Jesus,” a gi
gantic man carrying a pretty child through
water. The child is seated on the Saint’s right
•boulder, and be supports him with his right
band. In bis left be holds a staff which is half
Ini mb* d.u la the -.vaicr. The child* 3 Ivlt bate”
f rasps tbe Saint’s hair, which Is curly and
lack, and in his right hand he holds a globe.
This painting was cut from tbe walls of the
Michelozzi Chapel, at Florence, and presented
to the museum by Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
“Joseph’s Dream.” Joseph lies on his bed
In prison. A chain Is on his right hand and the
end is fastened to a large iron ring iu the wall.
A bright ray of light comes in through the
small barred window, and falls upon the face of
Joseph. The artist is Andrea Del Sarto.
“Head of a Cherub,” by Coreggio. This mas
ter excelled in cherub's beads.
The next picture is an “Apostle’s Head,” by
Albert Durer. ;it is very large, we might say
colossal. It is an ideal head, with gray hair
and a long, gray beard.
“St. Anthony,” by Gblrlandago. The Saint Is
kneeling. He wears a dark, loose robe, gath
ered at the waist, and tied with a rope; liis
eyes are raised to beaven. On a rude table is a
skull and an hour glass. The face is very pale
and emaciated.
"Mary Magdalen,” by Giovanni Manozzi.
beautiful womau kneeling on the ground; her
hair is uubound and falls over her shoulders;
her bauds are clasped In front, and sbe looks
pensively on the ground on which au open book
is laid. She Is clad in a rough brown garment,
and her feet and arms are bare. A dense forest
and a stream flowing over rocks are seen iu the
background. £
“Summer,” a harvest scene in the back
ground, with reapers reaping wheat with old
fashioned reaping hooks, and girls In short pet
tlcoats gathering tbe grain and binding it into
sheaves.
On the wall opposite is "Autumn.” a hunting
scene. The parties have returned to the
chateau, three deer are laid on the ground iu
front, and a young girl Is serving the hunters
with wine; au attendant in the background is
gathering in tbe hounds, while another winds a
silver horn.
“Winter” comes next. The scene is laid iu
Holland, on the canal, which is frozen. Gaily
dressed skaters are seen on the bank. Near
3D old farm house a group of peasants are kill
lng hogs. Oue is suspended, and a stalwart
peasant with a knife in his kaud and another
between his teeth is ctntiug the hog open.
Below this picture is a large canvas; it is
called "Happy Childhood.” A number of nude
children are at play; two are playing see-saw,
“Christ and the Four Sinners,” by Peter Paul
Rubens. This is believed to be an unfinished
study for tbe iarge picture Iu Munlcb. Artist
unknowu.
"Lady with Fruit and Flowers.” A beautiful
lady with curly, black hair, dressed in a decol-
lette areas of blue velvet, bolds a basket of flow
ers in her bands.
Portrait of Amerlcus Vespuclus. Artist un
known. This is a profile, and represents the
great navigator with a roll of parcbment in his
right hand. The head has wbat pbrenologists
would call “large perceptive organs.” Tbe fore-
bead is very bigb and the nose prominent.
An “Italian Landscape,” by Cornelius Hays-
mans, shows a thick wood, through which a
narrow road is cut. In the distance a hunting
party is seen
oue is rolling a hoop, and another is pulling yel
low flowers, while yet another is chasing a blue
winged butterfly.
“Now we enter “The Old Masters’ Gallery,”
so called because there are several paintings
by famous Masters hung on the walls. The
light aomes from the roof, which is made of
Iron and ground glass. In the center is a set of
lounges covered with morocco leather, on which
tbe visitors to the gallery may seat themselves
and enjoy the pictures at their leisure, provided
their eyesight is good, and they have brought
with them a good opera glass.
The largest picture iu this room is “Diogenes
and Alexander,” by Gaspard de Crayer. The
figures are full size of life. Diogenes is repre
sented as a poor man vested in a single brown
garment, which is open at the breast. His
hair Is long and matted, also his beard. Before
him stands the noble form of Alexander; bis
left hand rests on his hip. and in his right baud
he holds a staff; his mantle of Tyrian purple is
tbrown gracefully over his left shoulder, and
falls behind, where it is gathered and held by a
handsome little page. The war horse Bucce-
phalus, who was always restive and unmange-
able tbe historian Piutarcb tells us, when not
in tbe presence of Alexander, is represented
rearing up on his bind feet In tbe distance. A
look of pity is on tbe face of Alexander. The
courtiers In the company of Alexander look
down upon Diogenes with looks of disgust, and
wonder why their master has paid a visit to
such a miserable creature. This picture once
adorned the grand salon of the Empress Jose
phine’s residence at Malmaison. It was ex-
nh'inied for some garden statuary and found its
way to HoUand m where it was purchased by the
banker Van Noort. At tbe sale of his gal
lery it was purchased for the Museum whose
now is The storv of the visit has
aireadvVeen told in the Sunn y South by an
other correspondent, so there is no use of me
?illfnv tt oveV again. Besides, most of our read-
£Ke read FluJarch s Lives.wbere they have
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bro^’forehead eat Hlsc 0 at is^uTl| ,n embroidere(l
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artist is Pierre Nareisse Gu^Rm. An
o 1 d*w11herecTm'amwittfa high hat and feather.
11< I l ucM C< Crana t ch ee, (eiirly 1U 9ixt<Pmth 0 ce"utiH-y)
”Vt?p“ Cmid!” The 7 virgin mother ho ds a
pretty babe upon her lap. His “HJe chubby
arms are outstretched toward*. youns U he
Sfflr« n ai'rsspectsVolor and
fine drawing.
he Banquet,” by Dirk Hals, shows a Dutch
scene, a large table is spread in a grand ban-
quettine room, and on it are large flagons of
wine. Large vases of flowers and fruit are also
seen. Tbe company are all dressed in costumes
of the sixteenth century, the men in velvet jack
ets an-1 ruffled sleeves, and large white collars
about their necks. The ladies are in very decol-
lette costumes. aDd tbeir hair is drawn up to a
point on their heads and powdered.
“The Triumphant Magdalen,” by Tedoerlco
Baroccio. The saint is kneeling, her hands
clasped and her eyes raised to Heaven in an at
titude of prayer. A skull and palm branch lie
near
“The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine,” art
ist unknown. A beautiful lady with a ray of
glory round her head, clad in a white robe and
imrple mantle. Her left hand holds a palm
branch and rests upon a large wheel with large,
iron teeth on it.
“The Virgin” holds the Infant Jesus In her
arms, and he holds a golden ring between his
thumb and fore-fiuger. St. Catherine holds her
white hand toward the Infant. This painting is
evidently by some famous master. It Is very
fine and well executed.
Next Is a silhouette portrait of George Wash
ington. drawn from his shadow by his niece,
Party Custis. Ira Jones.
Elizabeth, N.Dec. 5, ’85.
[TO BE CONTINUED ]
The Moving Eloquence of Col. John H
Seals and the Late Election.
My Friends: I have been absent for some
time, so far as actual chats are concerned, but
my heart Is ever with you and I visit you quite
often for a few moments at a time as a looker-
on. I have gotton so into the whirlpool of the
commercial world that my time for literary en
joyments is very limited, but like everybody
else I have idle moments occasionally—“be
tween acts,” as it were.
As 1 sit this cold, chilly November night be
fore a warm, comfortable lire, with the con
sciousness that tbe day’s labor is done and that
I am at liberty to give my mind up to freedom
of thought, it reverts to tbe great campaign
that our city aud county has just passed
through. Whisky or no whisky was the ques
tiou we settled on the 25th of this month (No
vember). “Against the Sale” and “For the
■Sale." were the two tickets. It was the most
exciting election I ever witnessed or took part
in. I was a “red-hot” prohibitionist—one ol
the fanatics, so called by the whisky advocates.
I did all i could for tbe cause, and being a mem
ber of the Voung Men’s Prohibition Club, I
wore one of their beautiful blue ribbon badges
pinned to the lappet of my coat by my House
hold badge. Well, prohibition carried by 228
majority—a small majority, but will be large in
result. It was a grand moral and religious vic
tory, and shows that we have a remarkable city
of 50,000 people who believe In doing the right
and suppressing tbe wrong. I hope all the fair
cities of the 8outh and of the country at large
will follow the example of Atlanta.
Atlanta is tbe largest city I believe In tbe
country that has bad the moral courage to
throttle the worst enemy that society and reli
gion ever had, and she proposes to show the
world that she can grow ever green and thrive
morally, religiously and commercially upon the
crystal dews of heaven, rather than upon the
poisonous springs of iniquity and death.
1 could go on and bore you with a lengthy ar
ticle on tbe merits of prohibition, not that all of
you would dislike the subject, but by acclama
tion. I am sure you would "sit down on” the
rhetorical merits of tbe dissertation.
I wish you could have heard tbe speech of
Col. John H. Seals, editor of this paper, the
other evening at a large gathering of 6,000 peo
ple, under the “Sam Jones tent,” in favor of
prohibition. He is a man of great magnetic
power and carried the vast audience with him
like a storm. His convictions were their’s, and
they would interrupt him frequently with upro-
rious applause that would last sometimes for a
full minute. Col. Seals Is noted as a humorous,
forcible and eloquent speaker, and draws large
audiences when it is known that be is to speak.
X would like to mention rigbt here that I no-
ii» .«iie Ol * - ImPv Manertt dnvtne the can*.
palgu, one of ilie sweetest’little speeches that
ever appealed to tbe heart of a drunkard; it was
a poem by our warm-hearted coble Gretchen.
You all know her; Kerr does, I am sure. And
what I say of Gretcben. I say also of Dora
Thorn and Daisy Darling, as they wrote beau
tifully in like manner, and I am sure those di
vinely inspired women by appeals converted
many workers to the cause of prohibition.
(Little Ugly, I agree with you; let all tbe old
members come forward and let us see and bear
from them. I remember with pleasure all of
the pioneers who first took part in the building
of this home of the free—free in thought, true
in action and expression.
I miss our gitted, loyal Mrs. Bryan, but am
pleased to meet and know her worthy, able
successor, Kit Warren. He will champion our
cause nobly, as has already been proven. I
have seen him and would give you a pen pic
ture if I had time: will in the future if he will
allow me.
Won’t Mrs. Bryan honor us with a visit? I
think if she would transfer her thoughts and
self, if for only a brief stay, into our warm,
cheery circle, she would pleasaDtiy forget all
the hardships of duty fora season aud and
have a regular picnic with real friends.
Kerr, I haven’t your last letter to the House
hold before me, but I think you said something
about my size, age and baldbeadedness. You
said you imagined me very corpulent, old and
baldheaded. Now 1 didn’t think you capable of
such reflections upon my juvenile aud dudish
proportions. I am tall, angling and gawky-
have a full bushy head of hair and look like a
new moon on the decrease. “Dost thou like
the picture?”
I would like to speak to ail my friends that
have kept the memory of Mack green iu their
thoughts and have kindly asked after him from
time to time, but space forbids now; aud if dear
Kit will pass this overly long effusion safely
turough the ranks, I will come again one of
these days aud say less. Very truly.
Mack.
The Great Revival of the Household
and the Meanness of its Pre
siding Spirit
Answers to the Roll Call and Honors
the Hero Blood of Virginia.
I have been young and now am , (ah. spare !
me!) vet have I never been able to write a let-1
ter naturally, gracefully, spicily and effectively.
But for this my infirmity, I should long since
have answered to the roll call; though, really, I
was not called for—only Quien Sabe, Sub Rosa
and Xlxy. I have been waitlDg for the more
talented pens to deplore tbe loss of onr vanished
Star and to welcome our ne* To which of
the firmamental bodies shall i liken bim? So
far he shines on us as benignantly as the sun;
but he may be only luring us down, down to the
deepest depths of tbe waste basket, a la spider
sure enough, and I may be the first to reacn the
bottom as a reward for my “audacity.”
Pshaw! I did not Intend to quote that indis
pensable appefldage to an editor’s sanctum. It
was a lapsus lingue. I suppose, however, it is
the proper thing to do by way of depreciation ol
one’s own efforts.
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh,” and I am bound to add my mite to tbe
f eneral rejoicing here in tbe old dominion State.
he mother of you all is as young and frisky as
a lamb, now that one of her sons, a descendant
of Light Horst. HarTy, Is elected to fill the gu
bernatorial chair. Shades of our Revolutionary
heroes!—to think of our having to go back to
the beginning to do our first works over! How
streams and children and nations do struggle
here, there and everywhere, out of the right
path! But we are on our way to glory again;
and. such Is the power of association, the black
est youngster in the blackest belt “rahs” all the
day long for Fitz Lee aud tbe Democrats.
I echo Sub Rosa’s salutation, “Long live the
King!” May his shadow never grow less.
Virginia.
Asks About the Mysteries of George
Eliot’s Life-
win you not (tell the readers of your valued
and valuable paper something of the inner life
of that lovely, lovable woman. George Eliot.
I have lust finished her life, edited by her hus
band, J. W. Cross, but confess myself “at sea,
for it has left me iu a state of curiosity, per
plexity and doubt.
Was she estranged from her husband? and
why? Was she only tbe friend of Mr., Lewes,
and in all tbe years they read and worked to-
g< ther, where was Mr. Cross? If such a rela
tionship as this book represents existed with
Mr. Lewes, what was ihe motive that inspired
Mr.|Cross to give the world her life? It could
not have been vindictiveness, or tbe hope of
planting a prejudice in the minds of tbe read
ers, for througnout the whole, not a sentence,
or a line or a syllable, but what binds you to
her all tbe closer. It was such a singular state
of affairs, and so incongruous with American
notions, habits and tbougbis, that I am unable
to grasp or take in the situation. Not that such
a slate of things never happen with us, but it is
usually among the vicious; but could one imag
ine such a condition of things to surround a
gifted, cultured woman of our land. Wbat
would be the flat of the public, or ol equally
gifted men and women?
Social ostracism!! Nothing could give her
impetus, nothing could lift her up, and yet in
her own land George Eliot’s fame was marvel
ous. She held the keynote to sympathy and
love, and seems to have swept away every
cloud and blot that might have blurred her
fame; for all men vied in paying homage to her
greatness. Sbe was tbe lriend of Dickens,
Froude, Browning, Carlyle, and a host of others
equally notable; and now, sir, once morel re
new my appeal. Tell us something more of the
inner life of George Eliot, aud oblige an old
Subscriber.
How sweet are you girls, to look at you, bliss I
Ruby lips moulded for some-one to kiss;
Your blue eyes aDd black reflect back tbe light,
Like stellars glimmer o'er the ocean bright!
Now bend, oh bend that curly head quite near,
I wish to whisper in that “shell-like ear:’’
You’re good indeed, we all believe,
In fact we all doth know,
But can you take the rolling pin
And ply it in tbe dough?
And can you rake a little lump
And make a big fat biscuit plump—
A nice good biscuit—a first-class biscuit—
Soft brown biscuit like grandma used to make?
I’ll venture to say tbat Fiaxie can bake
(Funny ’twould be if she’d cook me a cake),
A biscuit so bard, so mucb like a stone.
You’d think it stepp’d o’er from the 8. F. Zone!
Do not get angry for this, Fiaxie dear,
It cross’d th’ equator before it got bere.
If each fair one will make me a biscuit
I’ll promise to eat it—yes—I’ll—risk it;
But, notice: Use no pepper, its for meat.
Ana just enough sugar to make it sweet;
Practice on “papa” if you have not learnt,
Tbat none may send me a biscuit that’s burnt;
Do not be basty, nor try to have fun,
The result would be a biscuit half-done.
If sent by express be sure to prepay,
As I have no funds to invest tbat way.
While all are cooking for Johnny’s dear sake,
Make do mistake with a “johnny hoe-cake;”
’Tis quite unhealthy and “scratches my throat;’’
Just send in its place a slice of brown shoat.
Happy I’ll be, when these biscuits I see,
Come sailing along all butter’d for me—
Round-topp’d biscuits, plain-cut biscuits.
Or big soda biscuits like grandma used to make.
Johnny Tuberose.
•Domestic -Hints.
GERMAN FRIED CHICKEN.
After cleansing a young chicken, hold it for a
■niuute in very hot water, and then the same
length of time in very cold water. Cut it down
the back with a sharp knife and remove the
backbone; tneu cut eacd piece in half. Sprin
kle the quarters with a little fine salt, roll them
iu flour, dip them in well-beaten egg, and then
roll them iu bread crumbs, with which may be
mixed grated parmesau cheese, if liked. Fry
immediately iu plenty of warm butter or drip-
Si • ' — **■—
Dear Householders: I rejoice at the revival
of feCMng and “large attendance at family gath
erings of the Household” noted iu last week’s
Chat. Aud as I have been longing for admis
sion for months past. I hasten to apply before
tbe seats are all taken.
I am not surprised, dear Kit. that your “at
tachment for tbe Household increases with tbe
arrival of every mall.” Did you and your en
tertaining contributors know bow much it is
worth to many a lone wanderer o’er this trou
bled sea, I am sure it would never weigh less in
your estimation, and tbat all would strive, witb
renewed zeal, to keep alive and burning the
blessed fires of sympatby and love wbich their
happy contributions have kindled in our hearts.
I have been away from home for three years
past; and many an'evening have I returned,
weary and heavy laden, to my dreary room at
the boarding bouse. And rather than yield to
a strong inclination to fall (in a fit of despond
ency) across my little bed and make foul wea
ther with despised tears, have taken a copy of
tbe Sunny South, turned to tbe Housebold,
and Instead of the lone occupant of an eight-by-
ten room, (contents, one three-legged chair, on
which I am sitting, and one cotton bed 2 ! 4 inches
tnick) I have in a few moments become (in im
agination) the lord of an elegantly appointed
mansion, witb dozens of easy chairs ana easier
sofas of convenient length, and am busy receiv
ing tbe many Householders who are responding
to an invitation to “tbe banquet of tbe season
to be given—” etc.
Weil, a number have arrived—others are com
ing. And. taking a glance at tbe familiar faces
iresent. we recognize Angeline Evergreen flirt-
ng (the idea of Augeline "a-flirtin’!”) and look
ing love (over her spectacles) at two of our
Househola boys who imagine that they are ter
ribly smitten with her; and we involuntarily
say, “lay on, dear boys—faint bean ne’er won
anv sucb ladv.”
Just then Kit Warren enters. We notice tbe
cordial greeting he receives from Musa Duun,
among others, aud are rejoicing that she is so
far reconciled as to be able to endure bim, when
we bear “saussy” whispering. “We first pity,
then endure, then —A moment later we see
Kit pouring “taffy” in the poor little widow's
ear; and she (poor thing) taking it all as holy
writ, and as tnough she didu’c know Kit was
given to extravagant flights of fancy and impas-
sionate outbursts of eloquence, and. at6ightof
the beautiful, a chunk ot wisdom, or a glance at
the tally sheet showing a safe majority for his
favorite candidate, is liable to use a thousand
expressions, appreciative, sarcastic, witty, wise
and otherwise, that be couldn't be held ac
countable (or in sober moments.
Then Leal .
Enough, did you say? Then, au reroir.
Valdosta, Ga. Kbtold.
ping until a delicate brown. Move tbe pan
gently during the process, wbich requires about
four minutes, so that there be no danger of
burning. Lay the fried pieces on some slices of
bread to absorb any fat. Fry some parsley in
butter a light yellow. Serve tbe chicken on a
warm dish, placing the pieces so that they are
higher toward the center; sprinkle the fried
parsley with a little salt and arrange it around
the pieces of cbickeD. and place a nice bunch
of parsley in the center of tbe dish.
COOKING TURNIPS.
After scraping and washing well, cat them
with a vegetable knife or spoon, or, In default
of these, with a sharp kitchen knife, in cubes or
slices. Put them in a saucepan wilh cold water
and a little salt, and boil gently until tender.
While the turnips are boiling make tbe sauce
with two ounces of butter and a tablespoonfui
of flour well mixed together. Add a pint of
milk and set on tbe fire, stirring constantly.
When the sauce becomes thicK set it on the
back of tbe range where it will keep warm,
Beat an egg with a teaspoonful of cold water,
and mix wiih the sauce, adding salt and pepper
to taste. When tbe turnips are done drain
them, pour tbe sauce over them and serve hot,
A cream sauce may be made in the same way
using cream instead of milk, aDd less butter,
although, of course, the butter adds to the rich
uess oi the sauce.
RAISED BROWN BREAD.
Put one quart of yellow Indian meal in an
earthen bowl, pour over it sufficient boiling
water to entirely moisten it, and let it cool to
blood heat ; wtien it is cool mix with it one
quart of rye meal, one cupful of molasses, one
cupful of home-made yeast or half a cupful of
baker’s yeast, oue teaspoonful of salt dissolved
in a little water, and sufficient lukewarm water
to make a sofr paste; after thoroughly mixing
these ineredients put the dough into a buttered
eartiiern or thick Iron pan, smooth it on top
with a wooden spoon wet in cold water, cover
it with a folded towel, and set it in a moderate
ly warm place to rise; when the surface be
gins to crack open put it Into a moderate oven
with another pan turned over it, for four hours;
or steam it five hours, aDd then dry the crust iu
the oven.
fish AU COURT BOUILLON.
Bass, biackfish and biueflsh are excellent pre-
pared au oourt bouillon. Cleanse three pounds
of fish aud put It in a fish kettle, just covering
it with cold water and a gill of vinegar. Add
three or four sprigs of parsley, one of thyme,
two eloves of garlic, half a carrot sliced, one
onion, a little tarragon, if you have it, one clove
aDd salt and pepper to taste. Put the kettle on
the fire and simmer the contents until done,
Dish the fish and serve warm with caper or
anchovy sauce or currant Jelly. The sauce is
served in a sauceboat.
AFFLE MERINGUE.
Prepare six large tart apples for sauce. While
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Dear Cousins: It seems quite an age
since during my rambles. I have senght an
entrance into the Letter-Box, but I have
been a constant and faithful reader.
I am glad to see the familiar faoea of
some of the older members whom I had al
most given np as lost, and I hope they will
not again desert ns.
Who can penetrate the disguise of Sa-
manthy? I for one cannot. I don’t think
it nice for cousins to obBngd noma.
What has become of Lottie, Blaok Eyes,
and Merle Monte? I onoe wrote to Blaok
Eyes bnt have heard “never a word” from
her.
Estelle, I am very mnoh infatuated with
you and enjoy your letters hugely. Will you
correspond with me? I once visited yonr
city and think it a charming place.
Neda, Ootober too, is my favorite month
and the fall my favorite season—when tbe
woods aglow with brilliant hnes form bean-
tifnl contrasts with ezure skies and the vista
of the future is made bright with aspiring
hopes and plans for the fntnre year.
Luoile, you may count me in for making
Aunt Judy a Christmas present.
I think Aunt Jady must have the patience
of Job to read and oorreot so many letters.
We should all try and do our best so as to
give her as ltttle trouble as possible.
Can it be that Aunt Judy and Calla Lily
are one and the same? She has not denied it.
A short time ago I was invited to a “can
dy stew,” given by some young lady friends
and yon oan imagine my plight when cov
ered with oandy-bntter and uncomfortable
feelings I fled to the kitchen in search of
water. I think oandy stews are inflictions
on boys and ought to be prohibited by tbe
humane society for the prevention of cru
elty to boys.
Howard, from what part of the old north
state are yon? Do yon live at Oxford? I
am glad to kDow yon are a “Tar Heel” and
would like to know yonr real name. It is
indeed very tantalizing to live near a fe
male oollege and be denied tbe pleasure of
talking to the girls and I sympathize witb
you. My home is near two female colleges
and one is only a few hundred yards off; but
1 have a sister in the senior class and am
sometimes so fortunate as to obtain admit
tance into that paradise to Lays
I have seeD Lottie's photo and think she
is quite pretty.
If Aunt Judy will let me in this time I will
promise to behave and will call again soon
and tell you about a reception I am invited
to. With love to all I will take my hat and
exit. Tab Heed.
Dear Aunt Judy: Hive in a very pretty
little town in South Carolina. Our house is
on a hill, surrounded by a great many t ees
aDd we have a yard full of pretty flowers
and shrubbery.
Aunt Jndy let me tell you something: The
other day a friend came to see me on horse
back. and as I never had been on a horse by
myself bo I thought I would try and ride this
one, so I got on and started effi at a very
slow pace. After I got a good little p eosup
the road I tnrned baok and was feeling very
proud that I had gone that far all alone, but
my sister took a notion that I wasn’t goiug
fast enough, so she took a little switoh and
came and hit the horse. I begged her to
stop bnt it did“no good—she just laughed
The old horse started off on a rnn, then J
commenced to scream; at this our dog be
gan to bark at tbe horse’s heels and that
only made the horse go faster and me
scream londer, then the dog began to bite
the horse's feet. At this the horse began to
kioh with all his might, and of all the scream
ing, barking and going on you never beard
tbe like. When I got off I declared I never
would get on another horse again, and I
never will either.
I dearly love to reed the Sunni South
the first thing I look at is tbe Letter-Box and
then I read the stories. I am reading “The
Hazel Wand;” I like it ever so much.
I go to sohool and I enjoy myself very
much indeed. I study arithmetic, algebra,
rhetoric, French and chemistry. I have just
finished physioal geography. My teacher
has gone to Virginia to get married. He
will be baok on Friday, we are all going to
give him a present.
Has Sweetbrier stopped writing? I think
I know yon. ArnH your initials J. B. R ?
would like very much to see you. Don’t you
have a good timeup there at sohool? I know
I would.
Yatohman, the idea of you making out
tbat yon are so big. I bet yon could go
through a key-hole if it wasn’t for yonr
ears.
Calla Lily, I am just head over heels in
love with yon. If 1 were a boy I would con
sult you matrimonially._
Please c-on’t pnt this in the waste-basket.
Will somebody correspond with a
Kat?
Yon oan get my address from Aunt Judy.
My Dear Vixen: Several weeks ago
chanced to see in the Letter-Box some kind
words from you in loving remembrance of
myself, and 1 have wished to reply and let
you know tbat there is still a very warm
oorner in my heart for Vixen and some oth
er whilom correspondents of the dear old
Boys and Girls” paper “of blessed mem
ory.” I do not know how few or how many
of them contribute to the Letter-Box, but
with the exception of Town Tackle, that
big, lovable boy and your dear self none of
them have ever shown that I held a place in
their memory. “Out of (mental) sight,
out of mind,” perhaps; but I have eo doubt
they would all remember me if 1 was still
talking to them on paper.
Bnt Davie, whom I olaimed as my own, es
pecial big boy, still writes to me occasion
ally, and do you know that he is aotialiy
married—has been a happy benedict for
more than a year—and I suspect is now a
grave and dignified paterfamilias. He ia
now at Morrillton, Ark., and is railroad
agent, ootton shipper and telegraph opera
tor. He gets a good salary, but I am afraid
he is working himself to death os he sent
me this past summer a gem photograph as
he appears now, aud he does not look near
so stcut as he did just before the “Boys and
Girls of the South” died a serene and natu
ral death, and when that sanoy Paul Fry
said Davie climbed a tree to kiss his sweet
heart through tbe window. By the wav, my
charming little Vixen, I do not think I have
been quite so happy sinoe the demise of that
paper, as I was when I was talking to all
motte boys and girls. I could tell you a good
deal about some more of them, bat if I talk
much longer I am afraid Aunt Judy will
put me in the “Balaam Box.” I ought not
to fear her, though, for some one » hispered
to m», that instead of being a dignified mat
ron, Aunt Judy is a bright-eyed, rosy cheek
ed maiden of sweet sixteen. Doa’t yon
think she conld have found a prettier nom?
I send yon, dear Vixen, jast as mnoh love
as oan be transmitted on paper; am very
f lad yon have not forgotten me, and hope
will yet meet yon “some sweet day,” face
to fa.e. M. Louise C boss ley.
Dear Cousins: Here I am again. No
doubt you'did not expect me to return so
soon. I have just finished reading the Sun
ny and feel as if I must pay you a short visit.
And then I want to thank Aunt Judy for her
kind weloome, and I do thank yon dear
Aunt most sincerely. Already I begin to
feel at borne and this is only my seoond let
ter. One oould not feel otherwise among so
many bright smiling fares.
I see that we now have another oonsin
from Franklin—J. V. E. Give a body an
idea as to who you are, J. V. E. Who knows
bat that we are tbe best of friends?
Cousins, I must tell yon of a nice visit I
made not long sinoe. It was out in the
country about half a mile from C——
Springs. We rode horsebaok, roamed in
the woods and did almost everything imag
ionable. The . ext evening, Satuidsy (we
went out from sohool Friday afternoon) we
walked down to the Springs. It is a bean
tifnl plaoe and is entirely surronnded by
bills. On eaoh side of the Springs is a large
one. The hotel is situated on a hill, and on
each side of tbe graveled walk from tbe ho
tel to the Springs is a row of neatly white
washed oabins for tbe aooommodation of
visitors during the Bummer months. Every
thing all around looked lonely and deserted
We spent a pleasant afternoon and just as
the sun was sinking behind a tall hill in the
distance we turned our feet homeward. The
next morning being Sunday we prepared
for Churoh. Who does not enjoy a nice
sermon oat in the oountry? We went to a
little red briok ohapel situated in a large
wood. It was a pretty srene—this little
churoh and the trees revered with their
beautiful foliage. The next morning I re
turned home having spent a very pleasant
time. ,
Ah, Goldie Ashburn, I was reading an old
oopy cf the Sunny ihe other day and I, too,
feel sum, our Aunt Judy and Calla Lily are
one and the same.
Blunder Buss Poll, right gladly will I oor-
respoi d with yon. Address “Cecil,” lock
box Nr. 3, Franklin, Tenn., and I will reply
by giv ngmy real name. I welcome you into
the L. B.
Hurrah for Atlantal Who was not glad to
hear she had banished saloons? When our
time for voting comes may we, like Atlanta,
also win.
With a kind weloome to tbe new cousins,
and a kiss for our dear old (?) Auntie, I will
olose. Cicil.
Dear Consins: How many of you are in
terested in the great temperance movement
wbioh is now stirring oar oountry to its oen-
ter? We have an organization in onr town,
the “Bond of Hope” for the ohildren, though
as yet, nothing has been done towards an
organization for the older people. This is
a very fascinating work when one becomes
interested in it, and the ohildren seem to be
completely infatuated. Oar president is
making|preparations for an entertainment to
be given Xmas night—consisting of recita
tions, essays, music, etc.
It would be nice if some of tbe members
of the Letter-Box would nee their influence
in establishing this important work in their
midst. The ohildren eduoated in regard to
the bad effects of strong drink is what we
want. If we look around ns and see what
desolation intemperance has oaused, the
sight is appalling. How many homes made
places of wrelobedness and misery—how
many hearts broken! When we think of
this it inspires us with fresh oourage for the
straggle; for it is indeed a fieroe struggle.
The Sunny South is my favorite literary
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appearanoe.
Hoping to be the means of interesting
some in this noble reuse I will bid yon
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Little Dorritt’s sketch of Dante was espec
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of Homer, Milton, Addison and others.
Goldie Ashburn, do not leave us “for aye”
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inexpressible pleasure.
The forest is lovely now—a perfeot bou
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and bronze. Have the cousins been gather
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would like to know. Tbe maple is my fa
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