Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-10-24
Kitchen Talks,

I keeping IMAM SUE uOco ho" VI wv
Ischool.room. My mother thought
liz she could give her girls a good
education, they could make their
| wsv in the world, even under the
most adverse circumstances, and II
we did not become as proficient as
our teachers it was no fault of hers.
But sue never seemed to think we
mightqeed a drill not usually found
| in schools.
IF, during our vacation, there
was any disposition exhibited on
our part to assist her about the
house, there was nearly always
some reason that she could not be
bothered with little girls work;
| and so, while we canned lessons, OF
passed the time playing with dollg
or doing fancy work, she "orKeu
in the kitchen, dining room, OF
chambers, or hired a foreign born
! girl to do the work her own gli'S
ought to have done, and, OFTEN
enough, she had to teach her 40"
to do, before she became anywAS
efficient.
eve read a great seal about the
hiqher 1Glks of sfe, and you may
laugh at my ts,te; but l will leave
| il TO any sensible woman's judg-
ment, if is not like walking on
the most delectable heights, to
those women who thoroughly I'M
derstand al the mysteries of keep
ing a we'll ordered home, and have
learned the art, step by step, from
the lo'-a--aabin in the wilderness,
to the palatlaf ----.A.pee on Fifth
avenue ? / would willingly -
~ that l learned from school DOCKS
the last two years of-H.y girlhood,
for the ability 20 always make good
bread, first-class butter, to cook
meals satisfactorily, and potatoes
that would come out of the kettle
like fake snOwballs; and, withall,
make a little go a great way
The lack of this knowledge, and
the inability to do up fine shirts in
a creditable manner, and to keep
up repairs in general, has caused
me more grief, in my three years of
housekeeping, than l ever ex-
perienced in all my previous life.
Now, we hire help all the time;
and | have a good experience and
observation from my servant what
| ought to have learned from my
mother, long before l thought
seriously of getting married.
NO, little Bessie will not be kept
in the school room all the time,
Y ear after year, she will spend part
of the season in learning to keep
h ouse. And if l had no other
incentive to learn all there is to be
taught about making home the
most delightful place, would do it
for her sake.
Il know cooking schools are get
ting quite fashionable. But they
will not take the place of the yearly
teachings of an experienced, patient
mother Besides, my daughters
may not be so Situated as to attend
one, Just when it would be most
desirable; and cooking is not all
a girl needs to learn. Mamma and
Bessie will work together, won't
we, little one ? and the fond mother
took the child upon her lap, who
was now the little playmate; but
would soon be her mothers right
hand supporter and companion.
Then, when Bessie marries, she
will not have to bear the frets aud
frOwns OF an over-exacting hus-
band, because she does not know
how to do the work of the house
hold; I will also teach her to be
/ interested in reading the general
topics of the day, instead of love-
sick stories, that are so numerous,
attractive, and yet so disastrous to
a giddy mind
viii the young mothers who read
this form the same resolution that
Bessie's mother did, and thus save
their daughters untold grief? viii
those mothers who have daughters
! going with John, Dick and Charlie,
sons of neighbOrs, to parties, pic
MICS and rides,seven times a week,
ask themselves whether said daugh-
tiers are fitted to become the heads
of we'll ordered households Re
member that the education that can
be utilized every day as their neces-
sites require, is that which will fit
them to both serve and command.