Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-07-28
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
TEACH GIRLS TO COOK.


Mothers Are often Negilcnt In Instruct-
Ing Their Daughters In This Accom-
t.ishmcut,
Our girls are we'll instructed in gram
mar, history, music and art, but very
few are taught to cook
"CoolSl" says one, "Why, can make
hice bread, Il lovely fly cake and deli.
cious cookies. What more can You
want"
There is something more to learn than
just cake, pic and tart
A girl should know how long to cook
vegetables, how TO serve them; how to
boil, roast or broil meats; how to steam
rice, and cook the various cereals; how
TO use graham, rye and cornmeals; and
how to cook eggs In dozen ways.
Many girls, even up to their wedding
day, have never taken full control OF
the kitchen and served the meals for one
week, or even day.
Mother, you are not doing Justice TO
your girls, If you do not teach them to
cook. Surprising you are wealthy, the
time may come in any girls life, and
that very soon, when the knowledge OF
how to properly prepare foods will be
of inestimable value. No one is sure OF
always being able to hire French cook,
and even were it possible, 1t is comfort
Ing to know that the mistress is able to
prepare even the finest dinner, II some
unforeseen accident should happen to
the household machinery.
/ have heard fnahy a lady say as she
apologized for some badly-cooked dish,
81 always have just such luck; when
was girl, mother always said Oh
don't bother now; I'd rather do 1t my.
self than stop to teach you;' and 81
had to learn after | was married, and
how | hate to cook for nothing ever
seems right"
Girls now-a.days are not raised to the
idea that they must get married as soor
us possible, but, married or single
every one will come to time when she
will ''thank her stars" and her mother
that she is n good cook. II seems al
most disgrace for a woman to be
poor cook. 1t is said that woman
will throw but With spoon faster thar
a man can throw in with a shovel; anC
it is a very forcible illustration. 1t is
wicked for wife to waste the hard
earned wages of her husband by spoil
ing everything she cooks. She burns
bread crisp, scorches the meat, serves
Vegetables half done, and coffee like
muddy water. Do vol think a mar
can love and admire her? She indy u;
very talented and beautiful, but th'
warmest love will grow cold under
wretched dinners and poor bread. W.
laugh at the old saying that "the way
to a mans heart is through his st0nt
ach, but let man be ever so cross ant
tired and ugly, acknowledgement mea
will cheer him quicker than any thint
in the world:
If happiness is not ali incentive Il
good cookery, one should rer1embe
that poor cooking always makes poo
health. Mothers, never encourage you
girls to say they do not like to cook
Teach them to like it. As soon as the.
are old enough to help you, give then
at first one DISH and require their care
full treatment of the same. Tell then
the why and how, and see that you
words are needed. Sometimes a gin
Goes not know how to cook very sim
pie dish. One day In the first of m
housekeeping, husband saidi Marion
wish you would make some hast.
pudding for supper; here is some ney
meal, and always liked it so much a
home" Certainly" said l, and the
sat down to think. Hasty pudding?
had never made any, but of course
could. put a quart of water on t
boil, and Just as John came In to suppe
l stirred it thick with cofnmeal
dished it up proudly, thinking how mic
it looked lie only took one taste.
marion, what is thisf'
"Why, hasty puddingr'
81 should say it was hasty; it hash
cooked bit Mother always cooke
it three or four hours"
was disguised with myself, an
though / could make good bread an
lovely cocoanut cake, concluded ha
better learn those simple everyda
dishes which makes up the staff of lif'
In the long run girl might niue
better be good cook than fine IN,
sician or wonderful artist Thos
things may all come in time, but fir'
and foremost teach the girls that mos
important art, necessary to the welfal
and happiness of all the world, how
cook.
God pity the young wife who has tw
or three hard, weary years to strugg
through trying to learn alone what hi
mother ought to have taught her Ion
before. No wonder sometimes that d
vorce suits arise, when the husbar
wonders why he ever married such
little fool, and the wife wishes herse
back with mother, away from such di
couragements and troubles. Mario
Washburn, in Housekeeping,