The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-11-18
A'naersor1 gutel1igenter.
Girls, Read This.

One of the creates curses Of this intel
lectual age is the great lack of proper
education of our girls in the practical
affairs of every day life, says the HEATH
and Home. They all want to be school.
marms," governesses or the wives OF rich
men. Household work, which should
form the basic principle of our economic
life is Stunned by them IS something
degrading. We have schools in which
our girls are taught cooking, embroidery,
music, painting, school teaching the Ian
gusges, but positively not one in which
IS taught the art of house keeping.
Why? Simply because of the prejudice
against it. Yet all girls desire to get
married, which is very easy to do, but it
is very, very difficult to live happily in
marriage; and where the wife has no
knowledge of the art of housekeeping,
domestic economy. or is poor cook, be
her husband as rich as Cresus, her lot
will be miserable. Such woman IS
totally incompetent to be wife; her
proper place is in some garret singing
the song of the shirt" While man
admires .womanly beauty, yet in married
life he admires much more good square
meal, cooked by the hands of his wife or
under her immediate directions. What
we mean by go"d square meal is not
simply roast teel and potatoes, with
piece OF iudigestible pie and a cup of
ordinary coffee, bu, table covered with
snow white linen, the china and glass
ware shining like so many miniature
mirrors, with bouquets of fresh blootoing
flowers in season, and napkins soft and
fresh from the laundry, not stiff as paste
board, so that they will slide from your
knees. These preparations cost but q
trife and are the invariable precursor OF
a good appetite. No dish should be
served undecorated, the fish or meat
should be surrounded with small pieces
of either parsley or beets, carrots or tur-
nips cut by molds into various knick-
knack devices, not so much for eating as
for ornamentation, and also as an appe.
tizer. For puddings, melons, ETC., pull
verized sugar should always be at hand,
aud for iced tea slice or two of lemon
with granulated sugar. These and q
thousand and one other little things we
would mention concerning the table,
cost no more than the slovenly served,
appetite destroying foods of the present
time. Cleanliness of the table sould be
co.important with cleanliness of the body
Such a table would never fail to make
home the abiding place of true love and
solid comfort. But as We have no schools
for teaching the above arts what are We
to do?' Why not establish one, establish
dozen, yes, and in every city and every
village. Have it school of practical
house keeping. Instruct the pupils IN
every department, from the scrubbing OF
the front door steps to the mysteries of
the kitchen. Run actually as q board
ing house. Issue diplomas of graduation
to your servant pupils after two, three
or four years course. Have each pupil
begin by learning the most menial labor,
and By degrees advancing until she is
thoroughly qualified in every depart
ment of the scullery, chamber, laundry
and kitchen. Have her to do practical
work, not work in theory. Take in
boarders, charge good prices, give first
class service, and as Colonel Sellers
would say, "there's millions init" viii
any of our readers take the hint? a
diploma from such an institution would
insure marriage, and what is still better,
happiness in marriage.