The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-16
TIE soUrnsRS NEED OF COOKS.


some Facts Constituting the Causes OF Dys.
pepsis and Many Other Evils-- Education
Needed.
Correspondence OF the Nashville American.)
have had occasion to travel consid-
croDiy during the past year, and at
half the houses l stopped tho biscuits
were raw ut the bottom, and either as
heaVy as lead or as yellow us Il pump
kin with soda, while the meat was
swimming in grease. Why, it Is
enough to give Il razor-back hog. Il
Shccp-Ellling dog Or Il Bengal tigor
dyspepsia. And then the coffee. low
delcctahlo! What it is made of | lmvo
not tEe slightest idea; but, whatever 1t
is, II nus not the remotcSt kinshiD to
genuine Rio or the dcIiciously favored
Java: Horace Greeley visited tho
ooutn soon after the way, and tho only
criticism his kind heart made was in
these memorable words: "Thc south
needs 10000 cooksp 1t would not
have been prudent for Mr.. Greeley to
nave made visit to the South before
thc war, but If he had, and been enter
tanned by 10000 farmers and planters,
he would have said: "Thc Soutl, has
2O,OOO OF the best cooks In tho world -
daughters, and when these daughters
married they made their home attrac-
tive IN various ways, aud especially in
the cooking department. THEY cdt,ca-
ted negro women in The art of cook
ing, and allowed them to do nothing
! else, consequently the cooking was
| excellent. But tho abolition of slavery
also abolished good cooking, except as
! t,,lf ,Nr, d,
Gated by their mistrcsscs in the culi-
nary art, and the mistrcsscs them
selves. [ heard a gentleman make q
very scnsiblc 10 remark recently. "Vun-
derbilt, Peabody and Slater have given
millions Of dollars to the cause of
education in the South, and | honor
them ms great benciactors OF our Sec
| ton; but if had several millions to
give away. l would establish all over
| the South schools in which the art of
| cooking would be taught. In doing
! this | would be subscribing the cause Of
morality and religion, as well rs Of
civilization and humanity. Properly
cooked food causes health, and perfect
health Is conducive to good temper.
| chccrfulncss, kind feelings, efficient
and capable work, mental and plvsi-
cal. while badly cooked food prnduccs
indigestion; indigestion causes bad
health in every part Of the human svs-
tenn, trctfulncsS, hatcfuIncss, lisc0n-
tent, poor mental and physical labor,
and renders life Il curse to himself and
all those around him. a man cannot
be II true Christian, in all tina, means,
If he is fed upon badly cooked food all
his days. The great need OF the coun-
try is good cooks and plenty of them.
Young ladies should be instructed in
the art, both at school and at home. II
is Time the country was awakening to
this great need. a wcll-tu.du parent
spends $500 to give his daugl,tcr
musical cducalion, and another 5000 to
buy her Il piano, and nine chances to
one she never plays on it Il year after
her marriage. If the 81 600 were
spent in giving her Il practical and
theoretical knowledge OF cooking. il
would he far better for her and inf
nitely better for her future husband
and childrcn." The man who made
these remarks is married, and has
three beautiful NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
these tears"