class="smcap">Mrs. Mattie Reid
Winchester. |
Mrs. David S. Read |
Roanoke Co. |
Mrs. Wm. C. Rives |
Albemarle Co. |
Mrs. J. Henry Rives |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Roane |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. J. H. Robinson |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. W. Russell Robinson |
Richmond. |
Mrs. Dr. Edward T. Robinson |
Richmond. |
Mrs. John Roberts |
Fredericksburg. |
Mrs. E. M. Ruggles |
Fredericksburg. |
Mrs. Dr. Sale |
Liberty. |
Mrs. Geo. D. Saunders |
Buckingham Co. |
Mrs. Ann Saunders |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. James A. Seddon |
Goochland Co. |
Mrs. Dr. Semple |
Ala. |
Mrs. H. H. Service |
Alexandria. |
Mrs. J. W. Shields |
Richmond. |
Mrs. Jas. W. Shields |
King Geo. Co. |
Mrs. H. T. Silverthorn |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Wm. A. Strother |
Lynchburg. |
Mr. Wm. A. Strother |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. John W. Stone |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. John F. Slaughter |
Lynchburg. |
Miss Lillie Slaughter |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Kate Slaughter |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Judge Spence |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Henderson Suter |
Liberty. |
Mrs. Harriet Stansbury |
New Orleans, La. |
Mrs. Shannon |
Miss. |
Miss Ellen Shute |
New Orleans, La. |
Miss Rebecca Smith |
Norfolk. |
Mrs. Charles Sharp |
Norfolk. |
Mrs. Sparks |
Virginia. |
Mrs. Col. Smith |
Pittsylvania Co. |
Mrs. A. H. M. Taliaferro |
Orange Co. |
Mrs. Mary W. Taylor |
Campbell Co. |
Mrs. Major Thos. L. Taylor |
Campbell C. H. |
Miss Julia Thompson |
Williamsburg. |
Mrs. C. L. Thompson |
Richmond. |
Mrs. J. Hanson Thomas |
Baltimore, Md. |
Mrs. Eli Tutwiler |
Lexington. |
Mrs. Samuel Tyree |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. John H. Tyree |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Jas. Taylor |
Fredericksburg. |
Miss Edmonia Taylor |
Orange Co. |
Mrs. Tucker |
Virginia. |
Mrs. Judge Watson |
Abingdon. |
Mrs. Dr. Thos. Walker |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Col. W. |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Col. Robert E. Withers |
Wytheville. |
Mrs. Philip T. Withers |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Dr. R. W. Withers |
Campbell Co. |
Mrs. Edmund Withers |
Nelson Co. |
Mrs. Dr. Wingfield |
Maryland. |
Mrs. R. M. C. Wingfield |
Portsmouth. |
Mrs. J. C. Wheat |
Winchester. |
Mrs. Judge Wharton |
Liberty. |
Miss Emily Whitehead |
Norfolk. |
Mrs. Robert Whitehead |
Nelson Co. |
Mrs. John M. Warwick |
Lynchburg. |
Mrs. Wm. N. Welford |
Lynchburg. |
Mr. Philip Withers |
Lynchburg. |
Miss Kate Wilson |
Lynchburg. |
Dr. Thos. L. Walker |
Lynchburg. |
Miss Nannie S. Langhorne |
Lynchburg. |
HOUSEKEEPING IN OLD VIRGINIA.
BREAD.
Bread is so vitally important an element in our nourishment that I have assigned to it the first place in my work. Truly, as Frederika Bremer says, "when the bread rises in the oven, the heart of the housewife rises with it," and she might have added that the heart of the housewife sinks in sympathy with the sinking bread.
I would say to housewives, be not daunted by one failure, nor by twenty. Resolve that you will have good bread, and never cease striving after this result till you have effected it. If persons without brains can accomplish this, why cannot you? I would recommend that the housekeeper acquire the practice as well as the theory of bread-making. In this way, she will be able to give more exact directions to her cook and to more readily detect and rectify any blemish in the bread. Besides, if circumstances should throw her out of a cook for a short time, she is then prepared for the emergency. In this country fortunes are so rapidly made and lost, the vicissitudes of life are so sudden, that we know not what a day may bring forth. It is not uncommon to see elegant and refined women brought suddenly face to face with emergencies which their practical knowledge of household economy and their brave hearts enable them to firmly meet and overcome.
To return to the bread question, however. Good flour is an indispensable requisite to