New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-18
THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE
CRITICISM ON HER FAILINGs BY MRS EMMA
p EWING.
rrcrunrNG ON "HoUsEHoLD EooNo@i NJ
cu.urAuouA-LITERARY DISCUSSIONS


cuAUTAuouA-LITERARY DISCUSSIONS
IN MEMORY OF DIR. EATON
TRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE!
Cbautauqua, N. Y, July Inns hnais ,
acv and entertaining talk on HousehoN ''0'n ,,,
attracted another large audience TINS io,ono no
- ,everal men, from whom her STRUCTURES on 'ho
-. =, the average American housewife drew
- annIause. She proved the alarming fac's 'n''
,ver as 600 900 is spent uselessly ior oi,ne ;"
.h,s country every year and that miii'on i"'nio'
throw away from S25 TO 500 IN soap s,o"so op'o,o
m the same period. Twenty ninhon uo"",s -" ,
,ot cover the amount paid anhusiiy l" hoh ~.
hosing bread In New-York alone, whloh any oi's"'
housewife might bake better hersen az "o"V ON
5000 900 900 would be saved al .no =" '~S
United states would combine 10 drive men OUT !"
49,. ,,ou,.r ,ndustry for which neither nature nor
.is e.,aa tbem Mrs. Ewing acknowledged her
-, snrco of methods whose only virtue is that they
hova oous down from our grandmotners Draining
d,.hss for instance was better way OF cloahlhe
80, 4, ~ washing them and no sensible breadrmaker
co,d afford to shut her eyes to the advantages OF
so,,n-sssea yeast A Chicago man once said
aItmv wife could only crochet dinners, what lovely
dinners should get"
Che offered the hint to those who neglected cookery
a.. rsslsss needlcwork and assured them that by
,roner management six or seven people could be
Ted ON the fat OF the land at
weekly cost of from 81 rs to 50 each.
Animated discussion followed the lecture. Some of
Mrs. Ewing's hearers attempted TO dispute the ac-
curscy OF her statistics but she stood her ground,
maintaining that bad management alone was espon-
sible for the trouble in American households, and
proving BY a rising vote that three-fourtb Of the
audience kept no proper record Of their expendi-
lures The troublesome servantgirl problem, she
declared, would be solved Just as soon as proper
training schools were established.
ak Marvel" read another Addisonian essay on
the days OF Queen Anne. and passed in review the
lives and writings of Prior, Congreve Defoe Add
son and Steele.
Mrs. Frank Beard, clever New-Yorker, whose
humorous entertainment have often d.
verted Chautauqua audiences, delivered
serious lecture on Wordsworth. 1t opened with a
delightfully."- fanclful account Of the poets life al
ROYAL Mount, and embraced critical comparisons OF
his work with that of Herrick. Burns and others.
After the usual Wednesday vesper service, the Yale
Glee Club gave a concert In the Ampbitheatre this
evening
Paul Boyton, the swimmer, disported himself this
afternoon in the lake at Long Point, and several
parties of people went out 10 see him. The steam
yacht Olivia carried party of ladies' chaperoned by
Mrs. Leech, of Louisville. the Yale singers and the
four remaining British students. Among the ladies'
were Miss Louise Rice and Miss Alice Webster OF
Evanston, ILL.,; Miss Grace Duncan, OF syracuse
Miss Louise Brown, OF Wellesley College Miss Ance
Brown, of Louisville, and Miss Carrie Leech. On
William Whitesde's steam yacht Mystery were d. W
A. Duncan the able and Woodworking secretary Of the
ness: Mrs Duncan, {. b. Webster, eX-Unted states
Consul 10 Sheffield and others.
Professor W: d. Bridge presided at the meeting o.
the class of 1882 c. l. 5 c., last night called to take
action with reference 10 the funeral OF DR.. 5. j. NJ
second meeting in the Hall of Philosophy this after.
noon wac presided by Mrs. L. J.. Radcliffe Of
IieadvIlle Penn and Mrs. Barlow, of Detroit. Miss
ISABEL Smith and Mrs VI. X. Hastings, of Bradford,
Penn, were appointed 10 draft suitable resolutions;
II. L. Cumnock, of Chicago, is far ahead In its re-
ceipts, of any other single department. depart
mcnt of ministerial eocutiOn, at which the
reading Of the Bible reading of hymns. and reading of
the liturgy will be taught, Will open on July %
Bishop J. IL. Vincent who, with Lewis Miller, was
the original founder of the assembly, will arrive here
I'm the morning from California.
James H. Kellogg Of Troy n. Y, who recently
presented the assembly with a handsome memorial
building in honor of his mother is 10 be married this
week 10 Miss Clark. at Rochester.