Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-11-19

into the mysteries of the modern CUISINE
Therefore, above all things, let the cooper
alive housekeepers appoint one OF sheir
at q liberal salary, 70 tne or
fee of .cook-in ,chisfr lfpossiblet iettnem
afford her every advantage ofgsstroponlMM
French cHefs. who learn sauces from cneA
master. estrees from another, confecttons I
from third, aud so onA 1.-the co-operaaise \
Kitchen should ever become universal we
shall probably see American hdies ~ doz-
ems going out to Paris to study under just
such artists as the great Sophie above men
toned, and then returning. home to beneht
the whole. country with their accomplish
menis. 1t is well-known fact that no ma
ton in the world has such variety and album
dance of the best food that Nature
gives as we ourselves. She teens win
such bounty to her adopted chiiaren
that it has often seemed to me- q mis-
homer to call our country Father
land, "-Mother-land she is for the whole
earth, with her broad lap of plenty sloping
from the Rocky Mountains down to the very
Atlantic shore, as ifinviting the hungry ma
tions to come over to it aud be fed. what
feasts fit for,the immortals might grace every
able, II we only knew how to turn our treas
ures TO the best advantage, and to think
| that millions of us live on salt pork, sour or
saleratus bread, and horrible heavy pies =
THE MODERN LADY MUST no NOTHING FOR
| FAY.
II is one of the cherished dogmas of the
| modern lady, that she must not do anything
| for paw; aud this miserable prejudice OF
senseless conventionality is at this moment
the worst obstacle in the way OF feminine
talent and energy. Let the cooperative
house. keepers demolish 1t forever, by de-
claring that 1t is Just as necessary and just as
honorable for wife to earn money as IL Is
for her husband; let them, moreover, re.
solve that time and skill is what they VIII
nav for, and not sex, and the age will soor
! sec what efforts women can make after ex
cellence when there is hope OF Just rcwaf.
4 for il. Then alone shall we begin TO walh
in self-rcspect, and the poor wronged work
woman throughout the world to raise he
dropping head.
now TO HAVE GOOD SERVANTS.
, To get skilltul servants and workwomei
: then, il is necessary to make them feel tina
their occupation is not the business OF lev
r months or wears, hut their lifelong vocation
i which, the better they understood and piae
i iiscd, lie higher wOula be their pay an
4 their imnortance and of course there Is II
: way of doing this, except by making 1t pos
i sibie for them to continue 1t after marriag,
o instead OF giving il up, as they now mu'
G do. in order TO cook, wash, and sew II
|. their husbands and families Admittin
h them into the association as co-operati,
n house keepers, however, would solve u
n whole problem for then their cooking
,e washing, and sewing would be done 4
,r them as for the richer members, leavii
G. them free 10 give to the association the
TO working hours, and their skill in that SIP
nc cial branch OF household duty to which thu
in devoted themselves in their unmarried veal
I'd But, after all, The amount OF the admissl
err fee, like the pcw-rents of our churches, W
or decide the character Of each co-operati
g. association. Birds Of feather have ney
in hitherto found any difficulty in tlocking
gether quite exclusively; and all that wor
arrange itself, like the different quarters
d city, without the necessity OF inyidc
clauses in the constitution.
SAVING MONEY By co-oPERATIvE Hou'
KEEPING.
How often do we see women who ha
ed lived for years in liberal comfort and wedd
is state--ihe mistresses Of pleasant HON
whose varied range of doors and apartme
rs, made them little worlds in themselves, u
re- with the assured and dignitied position
ing society that nothing but zones own hou
a. can give suddenly stripped by widowhe
~ of all their ample Surroundings, and porti
y. ed off into one room, or at the most two,
ide some son or daughters house, there to
,da as supcrnumerary all the rest OF their da
H.. No doubt these grandmotheis, sanity ,
i"s subdued, often exercise precious influe
VI on all the members of the families they
ant with. But it is none the less hard for thu
- and if women could save and invest all
~ profits on the supplies and clothing C
'uu sumed by their families that now
oc- through their fiugers into the pockets Of
the retailers, thousands of lavish housekeel
out who are marching straight to such life
~, as this would be spared its deprivations
~ huiniiaiions. In my opinion, woman
III has onco had ba,,aa of her own, in wi
slly she has borne and reared childran, gull
Tia servants, and played her part 10 soci
should never be thrown out OF it into
out corner of somebody elses family except +
ued choice, and / wonder that women are
.eie- ofJener apprehensive of this than they $