The New York herald., 1873-12-18

Reading OF Interesting Pnpers-The
1roublcs with ssGr1en Girls''-A Plea
for Training Schools-How Martha
Washington Cooked the Food for the
Family.
largely attended meeting OF the woman's So
cal Education Society was held yesterday after
noon at Plimpton Hall. The first business trans
acted was the reading OF paper by Mrs. Dr. Hall
on Truth in Amenities" which advocated the
perfect vivacity in all relations in life and
that white lies or black lies were equally cuipable
At the conclusion Of her address the fair lecturer
was greatly applauded by her listeners.
The next paper read was by Mrs. Professor Ly-
man, entitled "a Plea for Training Schools for Ser
vants.n Mrs. Lyman in opening her discourse de-
picted the model home, where all was Joy and
serenity, and then described the antithe.
sis, where an ignorant or extravagant
wife made home misery to all concerned.
In the latter useless servants were criticised
without gloves as being fruitful causes
of domestic inencity. The frivolity OF the French
had caused the word "homen TO be almost un-
known in that land, save to its peasantry. French
flats are now taking the place, unfortunately with
US OF what would otherwise be well regulated resi-
dences. What Is the cause, we may well ask
(which brings about this lack OF "nomen In our
midstY Will tell you 1t Is an effort on the part
Of our women 10 fly from the responsibility or
household duties, and women are responsible Tor
the existing social chaos when homes are being
broken up by hundredS. Know tlat the question
OF .'helpn Is an old and hackneyed one, but /
must remark, however, that in my experience OF
% years, there Is or late an increase OF insubord
nation on the part OF servants towards their en-
ployers, and they are not as easily made useful as
they were before--ln iact the crude material we
receive from Castle Garden Is very difficult TO
mould. what we want is training schools, out OF
which we can receive experienced servant girls
who can sew, cook, wash, &C., and who Will not
insist upon uressing like prlncesses while In our
service. for the days Of Martha Washington
who in the morning would spend nours IN prepar-
ing food ior the family, and la the evening bedla-
,nonded and dressed In satin, would do the honors
OF the house with rare'grace! We want schools for
housekeepcrs, for If the mistress Is not able to
carry on the domestic economy the servant or
housekeeper should be- With good servants we can
have happy homes, where all will go on smoothly
as clockwork. / will not trouble you with discus
sing the miseries we have to undergo at the hands
or s.green pirls,r in the furniture, crockery and
china they smash: suffce IL TO say that they are
most times useless as an EsquiTnau In watch
mandatory. Thackeray once said "In America
all the men are dyspeptc, and the women are suf-
ferlnQ fron. liver complaint, on account OF their
not knowing how to prepare tnelr ,. food;n Peo,
hbrine for their muscles; but If their food Is
bad or insufficient these chemical qualities
will be lacking Our dispositions and qualifications
mucn what our nourishment makes us. The
Laplander's talk Is burberry while the Frenchman
is Joyous and vivacous never tired OF singing the
charms OF the wine and apricots OF his sunny home.
good cook Is a necessary adjunct In every family,
but the 'green girls'' whom we nave TO employ can
only cook potatoes and unpalatable bread OF her
native land, and becomes obstreperous II her ig-
norance is found lault wlth Ruskin defines the
science OF cookery as q knowledge OF meats,
frults herbs and balms. oh, shades OF Ruskin, ye
have never dlned In "a New York boarding house
Apropos oil boarding houses, with their mean gos-
sip and demor azing influences, wnat difference
between them and happy honest After the con-
clusion Of the address the subject was dist issed
and ~ was agreed that initatory steps should be
taken toward the formation OF training schools for
servants at the next meeting Of The association.