Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1893 — HERE’S WISDOM. [ARTICLE]

HERE’S WISDOM.

Bouic Startling: Discoveries Made by Girls in Domestic Economy. The following notes on domestic economy are selected from the answers given at a recent examination of girls between twelve and sixteen years of age: “Cheese is as wholesome as 8J pounds of beef. Beef is a useful article of food, obtained from different animals, such as the cow, sheep, pig, etc.—the lean of beef belongs to the animal kingdom, and the fat to the vegetable kingdom. Butter is good for the brain. Milk is called a model food because it., models the form of the child. Without eating potatoes we would-become very delicate, because potatoes are very necessary to sustain human life. Stewing is very different from boiling; when we want a nice dinner we stew a roast of beef. Pot-au-feu is mashedup meat. Cretins are generally served with green-pea soup. If a man lives without food for a considerable time, say sixty days, he will die at the end of a month; or, if the constitution is delicate, he may only live for a week, or less. The body wastes away by the continual working of the bones together, and as this process goes on every day, the bones get thinner and smaller. Carbonaceous foods give the bones the elasticity of which they consist. “Lawn is a soft stuff made from the wool of the lawn, an animal in South America. It is also part of the flesh of the cow or sheep, the rib part. Shoddy is a drink made from a mixture of ale and sugar. It is the leather before it goes through the process of making into boots and shoes, and for this reason is called shoddy. It is the flesh near the foot of any animal. It is a kind of whisky. Wincey is the wool off an animal which lives in America; the lamen is its name. Calico is a good heat conductor, because it catches Are very easily. If a print dress is dried outside, it must be careful not to be left in the sun. Calendered means turned from one kind of species into another. It is things which are the shape of a calendar, like our bodies. It means preserved with sugar. It means taking the dirt out of water. It means increased or getting heavier. It is a medicine or drug. It is boiling anything by means of steam. It means chewing the food well to make it fit to enter the body.