The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-07-10

being older towns, stick to cid ways
and their bread will not compare will
that of Chicago. New York bread is
secondrate, Boston third.rate ; and the
bread in Washington where I have
been stopping is abominatle, far worse
than in Boston,
That doesn't surprise me. This
town has the finest of markets and the
worst of cooks. Most of the inhabitants
are so used to eating horrors they don't
know enough to protest. II ever we
needed National school of anything il
is National School of Cookery
"Bless you That subject lies next
my heat. In teaching myself to cook |
interviewed everybody possible and
found the majority hopelessly ignorant.
soon became convinced that the
grandest benevolence would be the
founding Of training schools in cities for
the instruction of housekeepers The
misery of servant galism is largely due
to ignorant mistresses
"Thank you for that opioion. What
should we think of putting man in
command Of ship or an army who
knew nothing of navigation or OF the
science of WARP"
precisely. When opened my
school Of cookery in Chicago eleven
years ago, leading women came with
their daughters to learn in the interests
Of their servants. / never once adver.
tised that school, having more than
could attend to during the two years OF
its continuance. 1t stopped, unfortu-
nately. because there was no competent
person to take my place, though sixty
leaders of society were ready to back a
successor, could she be found. There
are not more than six women in the
Union who are fit to teach the art and
science Of cooking, but, as it is a
line of work which pays splendidly,
the demand has been supplied by
women who have had no means OF
qualifying"
"Why did you leave Chicago, Mrs.
Ewing.?"
because in 1882 the Agriculture.
College of Iowa offered to establish a
School Of Domestic Economy if l would
take the professorship. Not only that,
but the trustees volunteered to make
nee member of the faculty, put my
department on level with civil engi-
neerine, etc. This was the entering
wedge to the dream of my life. and,
though my salary was one.tenth of what
| received in Chicago, gladly made
the change for the sake of the cause.
Housework needs to be elevated to the
reg on Of scientific investigation. 1t
must be dignifed."
t GLOW long did you remain in
Iowa?"
-Four years-long enough to set
my department well on its feet, and
witness the graduation of two young
women. one of whom took my place.
The other has taken charge of a sim
liar school at the Minnesota Agricul.
tnral College, with a salary of two
thousand dollars
"Bravissima From Iowa You
went to Purdue University in La
Fayette, Indiana, I think; why is
this institution called university,
when it isn't?
because and ] blush to tell you
because it sounds more respect
able. Girls and boys will go to a
university when they soon't 60 to
an agricultural college,"
what a disgraceful state of
thingsl And in a republic which
pretends to consider the farmer the
first in its thoughts y
sob, can tell you something still
worse. The board of trustees and
president ofthe Industrial College at
Champaign, Illinois, had the name
changed to the University of Illinois,
because the word Industrial was
mot popular
"Shameful r.
"After serving two years at Pur-
due, yielded TO the intercession of
prominent women of Kansas City
and established with their aid a
Training School in Domestic
Science. The c'ass is most interest
ing. 1t is made up of ladies', many
of them about to be married and
anxious to learn their duties. One
young girl told her father she could
not conscentiously marry until she
had fitted herself to keep house,
"Then there is balm in Gilead
Mrs EWING. Won must coma 10