, 1876-01-23
WOMEN AS COOKS;

- WOMEN AS COOKS;
J. n. F.. j., writes to tue philadc1phia Press:
Will we not after awhile, With the general utter
wor.hlossness Of hired women III tho kitchen,
come to tho sensible conclusion that tho only
good cook is man cook? Think We have too
long: delayed that result already. The New York
Times, which in its Sunday issucthas depart
ment called the. " Household" wherein. are
printed ali matters Of particular interest to the
housekeeper, said this this week:
Tbs art Of dnner-giying has been commented upon
and written about by almost al tie of tzste aud
hon vivauts whomwe can recal Strange to say, there
have not baen many individuals Of the female who
have devoted much time OK attention to writing about
this aliimporAnt subject Although tho majority Of
cooks must be women it would teem that they practics
their trade under protest. for hears Of their
rising to auy great eueuco IN their profession Of
tain that have not the loyD Of good eating
men. They much osber satisfied, and, rule,
would rather 70 without dinner than :ake tue trouble
for themselves alone It IL only When tho
ale element 5tsps In aud s love good cheer
taAt they spurred On to e1e1tiou- II il not for
Themselves but Tor their husbands, that they study
cookery books, copy EtceiptA from ono another, md
Il! to devise ali sorts OF dishes Who heard
OF lady inviting six seven other ladies to dine with
ne and promssiiaag them that tns ssat attraction Of
Nothing is nore common among N1en. There mon
whose sole merit consists In giving good dinners, aud
xho hAve brought the art to peri s..ion. An English
newspaper not long since in giving some hints about
engaging cooks advised It's readers 10 engage
cook who hsd left p'ace where there we're Indies only
in tha family, for wo1aen satisfied with little
the way Of cookery that so would to not to su
It ia Ill tho more to their credit that there s SO much
time and attention deyoted to What Aey must consider
= duty, and not self qualification.
The Times is right everywhcrc but In the last
lines. The women deserve no credit. They
perform their duty carelessly, aud will not learn.
The cook yoa getto-day knows just rs much AZ
tho ono you discharged yesterday; and no more.
Ton to one slo cannot properly boil q potato, and
certainly she will spoil your steak. We arc edriv-
an to make cur Own coffee at table, ard the sale
If we stall postpone the male cook, aud would eat
with any satisfaction, We shall have TO ges chaf-
iug~diahes and give Bridget only the ycge-
tables to destroy. On the scorn OF ccono-
my alone the male cook should be pre-
terred. He may, cost more in salary, hu.
that goes into the barrel now he vii! prepare de-
llciuus dishes. Did You ever know. a profess
slon2l woman cook to road . cook k-book2 If You
did, and cau find her, savA her for the Ceoten-
curiosity there. Col. Wood. Of the Nuseuu.
would give anything for such an attraction. Did
you ever know one to originate dish ? They
rob US with their destruction, and El|l our
stomachs with their fearful eoncoesons. Would
club, restaurant. or hotel, with any regard
kitchen womau? Women are hostils to good
eating, aad they ought to be driven out Of our
ktcheEs
WOMEN TN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
Prof Moses Colt Tyler. in Al article in Sctao-
fer's Magazine for February, says: Having
been in happy operation for twentJ-niae years
as university exclusively for men, iu the year
1870 it [the Michigan University opened Its dooTa
IN all departments for thu admission OF women.
According to the most recent returns, lit O!
that sex aze now ayaiIing themselves Of tho
right to university instruction thus recognized.
In tho distribution which they hsye made OF
themselves among the several departments,
there Ia no little Significance, -four OF them
having chosen tho law, forty-seven medicine,
aud sixty-Eix literature and science. Botore
1870 there were several colleges IN America
which had adopted the system OF coeducation;
but all Of these had adopted that systom from
tho beginning. Michigan Ia the first University
which, having begun its life and attainsd eminent
SUCCESS upon the old exclusive system, then dehb
erately incorpoFated upon itself the new aud
moro comprehensive plan. The resolution to
do 80 was BY 10 mems s hssty one, or taken
vith much chee1fuluess. It had been under
consideration fox twenty yeara, and when adopt
ed at last it was adopted with no little anxiety.
Our experience Of five Years has, think, con-
well founded. Neither good order uor the schol-
ar8hip OF the University has suffered any harm
from the presence Of ladias in its ciaaa-fooms:
while the physical disastees to the women
b, "aSa ai a aa csa1v sast
ed to be the penal consequences Of
fezn,uine toll At the dry and atduous tasks Of
university study, have thus far strangely fal!od
to make their appearance in this nnlghborhood
1ndsed the ladies here seem 10 thrive lu-
r1r v,,-h 1n1 ~
which they have beon put; and their omission
to verify the predictions OF au pr7ort alarm IL
something bordering upon tue crusL 4 beneE-
o]eut mind observing these things can hardly 10
less than utter word OF kindly caution to a}l
persong who still desire to take unalloyed com
fort in thu doctrine that women arc nor it for
or that universities ore not fit for
women; Buch persons should ablure the neigh
boehood Of institutions like the University OF
Michigan, and faithfully limit themselves to
speculative da:a~
: THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH
II. II. 3, in the st. Louis Republican She
had been beauty and 3 belle in the days OF Gen.
Jackson. She had been fine, well-kept ruin
along through Zachary Taylor and Franklin
Pierce. Some way she had held her own with
Andy johnson, but she went all to bits down the
home stretch with Ulysses, and hero, Oh the
dawn OF 0 third term. OF an Impeachment. the
poor woman VAS put to bed for the last time.
She WAS past speaking, but she, pettish!Y NC
toned toward her head aud neiehboring box,
from which her afreciionato daughter took flow
er-trimmed cap. The poor old head, so soon to
be taking it's final rest, stuck into 1t, lace
thrown over the helpless hand, and.
sensible Of her improved Appearance, the dying |
woman listened to the minister. By this time !
several members Of the family arrived, and |
doctor, making his regular visit, said. :" Mrs. -
can't lire 80 hour at the farthest. and 80 left
ns alone with this DID, old woman, already |
within the shadow of those mystel1ons gates |
She was in the full possession OF her senses, oc-
getting faint renewal OF her vocal
bowers, aad weakly whispering something un'n-
teliglb3e to the anxious ears that bent above
ler. From the recess Of + window fearful
group speoulated what the last struggling,
aickerinG desire might be. Its abon. Robert,
aer son that's in Havana,' whispered q uieco.
'4No, poor. old dear; its some agony in her
head; see, she motions toward it," re-
urned another. "Peri1aps sha wants tho
window open" suggested disciple of 4: T.
dying, they either desire a window raised. or
,olna one is impeled to raiae one, and thus tho
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