Chapter XV: Appendix

RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE MOTHERS’ SOCIETY.

1. THAT this meeting shall assemble one evening in the week, at seven o’clock or half-past seven, according to the season of the year, and close as nearly as possible at nine o’clock.

2. That at every meeting a passage of Scripture shall be read, and followed by prayer. The work shall then be commenced, and deposits received, both for clothing and savings’ bank. The lady who presides shall then read, or relate something suitable to the object of the meeting, and if desirable and time permit, conversation shall ensue.

3. Although remarks to the purpose will be highly valued from any member of this Society, it will be necessary, to save confusion, that all such remarks should be addressed to the President of the meeting, and that not more than one shall speak at a time.

4. That we all endeavour to cultivate a spirit of kindness and sympathy with one another, in our common difficulties; and when cases of peculiar sorrow and distress arise, they should be mentioned at the commencement of the meeting, in order to be made the subject of special and earnest prayer.

5. That at these meetings no mention shall be made of our neighbours’ faults and failings, but that we all, faithfully and earnestly, seek to obtain the greatest possible amount of assistance to aid us in our very important and often difficult duties.

6. That the Secretary will make a point of being at home an hour before the commencement of each meeting, to see any member of this Society who would like to speak with her privately.

7. That the articles of clothing provided, and sold at a reduced price, shall be obtained only by those who have regularly enrolled themselves as members of this Society.

8. That no article of clothing shall be taken away until finished, and paid for, unless by permission of the lady who presides.

9. That each member provide herself with thimble, needles, and cotton.

10. That the work be continued until the time arrives for the concluding prayer by the Clergyman or the City Missionary.

CHEAP COOKERY. RECEIPT. CHEAP SOUP AND VERY NOURISHING.

Two ounces of dripping 1d. Half a pound of solid meat, at 4d. per lb. (cut into dice 2d. one inch square) Quarter of a pound of onions, sliced thin; quarter of a 1d. pound of turnip, cut into small dice; two ounces of leeks (green tops will do), and three ounces of celery, chopped small Half a pound of rice, or pearl barley 1d. Three ounces of salt, and a quarter of an ounce of brown ½d. sugar Fuel to make it ½d. Six quarts of water. — 6d.

HOW TO MAKE IT.

Take an iron saucepan (a tin one will not do); put into it, over the fire, your meat cut small, with two ounces of dripping, and a quarter of an ounce of brown sugar, shred in your onions, and stir with a wooden or iron spoon till fried lightly brown; have ready washed and sliced your turnips, celery, and leeks, add them to the rest over the fire, and stir about for ten minutes. Now add one quart of cold water, and the half-pound of barley or rice, and mix all well together. Then add five quarts of hot water, made ready in the kettle, season with your salt, stir occasionally till boiling, and then let simmer on the hob for three hours; at the end of which time the rice or barley will be tender.

This soup will keep two or three days if poured into a flat pan, but it is best made every other day. You must stir till nearly cold, when you take it off the fire, which will prevent its fermenting. A little bread or biscuit eaten with it makes a supporting meal, much better than a cup of tea, and would go far to prevent the craving for gin.

Great care should be taken that the saucepan be perfectly clean, the dripping and meat sweet, and the vegetables fresh.

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FOOTNOTES.

{8} See “The Book and its Mission,” vol. iii., p. 254.

{110} This letter is given in the Chapter “Letters.”