The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-13
ON THE ART OF COOKING
Miss Katherine Burge Tells the
Ladies How TO Make Their
Husbands Happier.
Good Living Keeps High Thinking
and Good Cooking Helps
Conscience.
A Few Sensible Suggestions ON DOmestic
Economy-An Enjoyable Lecture Last
Evening on Culinary Matters.

Miss Katherine A. Burge, of the Phila-
delphiA cooking school, delivered an inter
estina lecture on "Our Foods ut the Hel-
ena Business college last evening. 1t WAS
evident from Miss Burgess lecture That she
was thoroughly acquainted with the sub
iect, and all present were highly pleased
by her discussion on culinary matters.
Among other things she said: "a house
requires more than Il mere structure OF
brick and mortar, with carefully appointed
rooms. A man may have this, yes, and the
wealth of Vanderbilt or Rothschlld, but II
his food is not of the proper kline to give
health and nutrition and cannot DO easily
digested, these l~uxuries will count for
naught. Some one has said that the way to
reach u mans heart is through his stomach.
Have not you ladies found that your
John Is more affable and generous with his
money after having partaken of a well pre-
pared and daintily served lunch or Inner.
The best friend of woman is the one who
keeps her in her home life, the II
who makes brighter and easier
the every day work Just as 1T
comes in home life. Just as the home IS
refined and beautiful by its presiding
genius, the housekeeper. just In proportion
is society and the country made purer and
better and the fate of the race sure to tend
upward. Good living keeps high thinking,
good cooking helps conscience. Pure air,
good ventilation and we'll prepared pud-
dings have more effect upon the morals OF
a community than u long thesis upon the
recent article we read How to Cook Hus-
bands.' The author thought by tender
treatment and words much could be done
to make husbands kinder and more lender
to their wives. Now we think tender, we'll
prepared instead of tough, lily prepared
meats would have much the same II not q
better effect upon them. 1t is so easy to
give them the proper kinds OF food, and al
though we are assured that the gentlemen
of Helena are always kind and tender, we
awe found that the meat does not always
prove that way.
many marriages are unhappy IS because
young ladies spend their time in making
nets instead of cages.' We wish to add
that if many more understood how to care
| for a house and servants and carefully utll-
ize all the left overs" in palntable and
dainty dishes, we would ave fewer bank
and business failures than We now have.
For example, let me take you to an east
ern city. in an uptown street car, two
ladies are discussing cooking lessons and
lectures.
They cannot conceive what there is Of in
terest in the subject and declare that the
subject and all that pertains to it is SO me-
NAL and it makes them sick, etc.
Their marketing is sent home and the
servants cook it. That ends it. OF course
John grumbles at the bills, but all hus-
bands do that. A man can never under
stand why it costs so much to live. Our
thoughts turn to the we'll appointed homes
we have seen: of their daily inspection
by the lady of the house, how pleasantly
II Geferentially the servants speak OF her.
and say that their lives are a Joy and not a
burden to them, because 'miladi'' knows
how everything should be done and the time
\. required to accomplish their tasks.
The husband does not grumble at enor-
nous bills, for all the marketing is done by
the wife, and only enough ordered for theil
immediate wants and that of the proper
kind. because our friend has taken a
thorough course in cooking and
is thus fully equipped for her task
First take a man that is normal, that is one
that is not dissipated in any way, and let
him have daily, hard physical exetoise, or
labor; such a man could assimilate and
digest Boston baked beans, and brown
bread, rice, barley, pea and bean soups,
beefsteak smothered in onions, corr
beef and cabbage, roast spare rib and pork
chops, vegetables particularly cabbage
potatoes, beets and tnrnlps. Bread anG
butter, cereals, particularly oatmeal and
rice, with plenty sugar and cream. SteameC
Indian, suet, rice and plum puddings. II
fact, a man having varied physical exercise
can and should digest most anything; and
require heat and force producing foods. A
man in a close heated Office without physi-
cal exercise needs food that can be easil,
digested as, bouillon, soups containing
tickening or milk. Fish inc oysters il
their season; lean beef roasted, ~venison
sweetbreads in al styles, salads
raw or soft boiled eggs, stewed celery
macaroni with cream sauce. rice, tapioc'
and cottage buildings. racabout and milk
After his meals. particularly dinner, let hin
take coffee and cheese, to stimulate the
stomach to greater activity. Let us take l
man that is not normal. is much over
worked mentally and weighs several pounds
less than he should for his height. w
would give this man food containing phos
pilates and PHOSPHORUS. as oysters AM
shell fish, beans, pens and leguminou
seeds, whole wheat as n cereal and IL
breads of different sorts, never any no
breads. salads, beef mutton and game
cereals, Welsh-rAre-bit, cream of corr
starch. dandy and snow buildings, cup Gus
tards, milk and fruit as waste material.
We will now consider how 70 may reduc
the weight of an idle man weighing seventy
five pounds more than he should for hi
height, and yet keep him perfectly health
and normal.
Lean beer roasted, eggs, nOt any staTcn
food. except a small quantity of rice, no
any foods containing sugars in excess, Gel
cry, lettuce. spinach, asparagus and mill
stale toasted bread, very little dessert, food
containing acids, or sour foods, a stric
diet IN non-heating, non-fnt- producin
foods. We would u walk o
from five to ton miles daily.
Swift says, Il have no other notion O
economy than that it is the parent of cas-
and liberty
Webster says economy is the manage
ment of domestic affairs, tho regulation
and government of household matters, e spe
cinlly expense and disbursements. Niue
is now said of cooperative housekeeping
The question that arises and to which n
vet no definite answer has been made is
Whore shall We find a competent cook
For all the other needs of tho house com
petent servants can DO found but tho cook
You may secure one that, as far as well
seasoned and we'll prepared foods are con
cerned, is nm artist, but you find sho doesu'
understand ono thing about economy, an
il costs you more than it did when you lep
your own housc. Whore then is tho Saving
for which you gave mp your home comforts
What we need IL wholesome, we'll prepare,
food, daintily laid tables, happy homes MI,
Il less dyspeptio nation. All this may b
enioved i'll an economic way without parsl
mony.