The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-14
With Added Intelligence They Are
Yet Model Mothers.

me lmpSfr2no0 VI Cno coiiege woman III
fiuenoe In this question Is not In tho matter Of
superior scholarship. even though Philippe
Fawcett has written her name above that OF
tho senior wranRler OF England's great uni
versity. OF greater value is II to the woman's
cause that she has taken of her corset and
built her gymnasium. and comes out Of coll
logo stronger woman than when she went in.
with better chance for the future in what
she has learned OF hygiene rather than OF
Greek.
Statistics show that while the proper
ton OF marriages among graduates not
only compares favorably with that among
other women. and Is constantly increasing. d.
vorce is thing unknown. It Is not that her
degrees equal those Of men in Importance. but
that greater proportion Of the children OF the
educated women survive infancy than do
those Of other mothers lacking the college
training which has been popularity believed 10
unit women for motherhood. 1t Is that she 10
bringing to bear upon the smallest details o.
the practical interests OF life the discipline and
enlightenment Of scientific thought. thus re-
futing at every turn the time honored tradi-
lions that college life and business training
UNIT women for the greater responsibilities of
wifehood and motherhood.
Down ON Hudson street. in the heart OF the
great factory region. there is as tho outcome
OF one college womans idea a New England
kitchen. where. for small amounts working
men and women can obtain weil-cooked and
nourishing food. This woman. Ellen H.
Richards OF tho Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. conceived the idea OF supplying
food which was nutritious and healthiul. easily
served. and kept hot without loss OF lavor
and moderate In price to people Of small
means To illustrate the difficulties attendant
upon such an undertaking. twenty expert
menta Onta IA G i'm plact
which forms the basis OF the soups to deter
mine the cheapest. most scientific. and health
full method OF preparing it. With the
aid OF college woman. Mrs. Abel
the scheme was scientifically developed. and
proved SO successful that two kitchens were
opened Ia Boston. and through the kindness
OF Mr. Havemeyer the New York kitchen has
been established. Two-thrds Of the custom
ers are working people. sewing women who
live in lodgings and eat at cheap restaurants:
mon and women who work in shops aud facto-
ries. who otherwise could have no warm food
At noon: and families where the mother is q
wage earnor. and. coming home from her work
late, has little time or strength to prepare
q warm dinner or to provide food for the chill
dren through tho next day. Indirectly it Is
believed that the serving Of the warm soups
and stews will modify the beer and tea drink
Ing habits SO prevalent in workingmen's
families. 1t Is believed. too. that the Kitchens
will be educators to the people in the economi-
cal buying ofnutritious foot, in cooking and
In cleanliness. for every part OF the kitchen Is
open to customers. and all the cooking
process Is ccomolished before them.
Over In Rivington street has been demon
etrated most successfully the college woman's
idea OF practical philanthropy. which Is not
OF the almsgiving or fancy fair fashionable
kind. The phlanthropis.s OF tho college set.
Element invite the little children in to swing in
the big swings and play in tho sand heaps OF
their yard. They ask the tired women over
for q cup OF tea in nice. neighbor!y way in
the afternoon They coax the boys and girls
into their bright parlor in tho evenings and
give them games to play and books to read.
They have clubs for sewing and cooking and
dresSmakiu8. lessons in hygiene. history
and science. Six or seven college women are
In residenc @ at the settlement. ali busy work
0rs In their various callinGs. and devotinS
their leisure to Frightening the droary lives in
Rivington street. Chicago has similar settle
mont called Hull House. where college men and
women teach in tho classes and enter into the
entertainments provided for til, people. The
graduates OF the order OF Kings Daughters
take private pupils fros o: charge and assist
them in the university extension work.
Leaving the field OF philanthropy for that OF
industrial pursuits, most unique among them
Is tho Kingwood Farm enterprise. under
the management Of Frances Fisher Wood.
Confronted with the problem OF feeding a deli
cato child. instead Of consulting the old
woman oracles and experimenting with pat
mt foods, this college woman studied the
matter Of infant food thoroughly from the best
medical books written on the subject. As the
result OF her scientific experiments has been
established the Kngwood Farm. which
Is tho wonder and admiration OF the
Granite State. In the large. perfectly
ventilated buildings are stalled this famous
Kingwood herd. each one with a pedigree us
long as an English earl's Canvas cushions
are provided in tho roomy stable for tho sleek
Deauties to knee when they want to rest.
30 clean and sweet are the zig barns that
woman can sit with her needlework in their
Sss,,E,s after it is once sterllzod and sealed in
Al new departure Of college women is in the
saissin9 Of fruits large and small. and IN flower
ers has invested the capital accumulated
ey teashirs In flower farm in the south OF
southern EIa sw wfes ilom
allsd IN al my spare time FOR tn. past sixteen
/ satisfied that women can earn Il coIniortabie
living with tow acres Of land. and the, cult-
such Vocation WIN DO i double com pom snson"
savings In real estate. and At its sale is to put
ting money In violet farm near the city.
An owner OF n twenty orange farm in
tho South claims for her occupation that it is
not only rem lucrative but In all its tendencies
highly refining and preferable to any indoor
Lucy r; Salmon Of yassar College is col.
iecrinR statistics on the great problem OF
domestic service, in the hope that some way
~at II the difficulty may be found, She urges
culiar 70 itself is alnenable to the laws which
control other forms Of industry; and That in tho
tiai And she argues wisely that the great
question for women to study L how homes
oi material and nerve force that attends
housok eeplng at the present time.
ECONOMY In tho Iowa Agricultural College. has
,.tiblIshcd school OF domestic economy, sim.
.iir In scope and character 70 the other schools
:, :. ~ 81 this school. where thr course ~ study
Hased upon the assum.t..g that /. plefsIh,
l,,ria IL an essential ricinv nj II Drnnd culture
Hn.l one of the sureSt safeguards y! Hora!liy