Watkins's knowledge of languages, she began to
hope that she was making some progress. Mrs. Tsanoff and Mrs.
Peterson, who had little babies, were taught to modify milk for them,
the dangers of giving small children foods unsuited to their age was
talked about now with the recent experience to point the moral; and
ways of keeping well in hot weather were explained and listened to with
interest.
Substitutes for meat were discussed earnestly, chiefly on account of
the high cost of living but also because meat was declared to be far
too heating for warm weather use. Each of the women knew of some dish
which took the place of meat and she was glad to tell the others about
it. Mrs. Paterno knew very well that cheese is one of the best
substitutes for meat that there is.
"Americans eat cheesa after meata; then sick," she declared with truth.
Her receipt for a risotto Moya wrote down in the blank book in which
she was collecting recipes and Mrs. Paterno beamed when it came onto
the table.
Chiefly for the purpose of giving the little Italian woman a change of
thought, the U. S. C. made a point of providing Rose House with some
sort of entertainment every few days.
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