Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-23
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the MODERN housgkEEPtR-
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
In an address In class of girl gradu-
aies, Nate Yield gives excellent advice,
full of common sense. and ! would have
been glad when ] graduated To have had
some sdvice of this Kind. Hut such q
thing Was not thought of, I'm sorry to
say, as learning how Ia cook, aud max
Ing good boasekcepers, ! fear, was the
farthest from our thoughts. Tier adj
,ise to girls on their graduating day
Was tlls;
"Ist me ask whether you are good
housekeeIer. Can you cookf IL not,
In the name of common sense, of the
man you propose To marry, OF the
friends Who may yislt you, of an limo
cent posterity, don't rcst until you have
learned the business Of almost every
woma ans life. which IL To keep house
we'll and economically. The woman
who cannot turn her servants out of
doors aud do better than the best of
them, has M right 10 marry, unless she
has money enough In her own right Ia
employ \ skilled housekeeper To carry
out her orders. Dear graduates, cook.
Ing IL the alphabet of Jour happiness.
81 do not hesitate Ia affirm that this
rspublIc, great ~ her necessities are In
many dirc,tions, needs cooks more than
all else. Americans are q nation of
Idyspepiics, because they eat the wrong
foods, badly cooked, which they drown
Ia ice-wAtsr."
of shat use, girls. IL n smstteriBg of
French aud music, ar even u profound
know ledge of something worth ac,lulr.
Ing, II unable Ia face the awful and uni-
yersal problem of the servant question
aud solve u by mastering itt T~snty
years ago, To have had such q lecture ss
TIL. tn the sweet girl graduates, a. they
are rightly called, for they are always
like q bouquet of apple blossoms. so
pure and sweet, would have seemed in-
Appropriate aud woald not have been
listened Ia With any interest; hut In TIL.
day. how much u !. needed aud how
much a HON. depends upon the Gull
nary art for It. happiness aud health.
a charming old grandmother truly
says; "The girls of to-dsy-thc bride.
ALL know mor- about housekeeping
aud cooking than I did, for my father
gave me q skilled cook aud bousemsh
TO begin my housekeeping With, aud !
kept them thirty yrsr.-no chang
Ing every week or monih-and ] rcaliy
think the modern housekcrpcr u q Won
der. They arr trying Ia do too much,
and Z wont listen Ia a wori against the
women of TIL. age. tell YOU, they do
twice NJ much a. their grsndmothcr-
did"
Vanderbilt daughter asked him
What shc should Civ. him for q christ.
mas gift-some magnificent present Vas
In her mlbd-and hi. answer "a. "An
appetite for breakfast, my dear. would
IL the most desired thing ou earth" a
miserable dyspcptic, De could not enjoy
the dalptie., although prepared 10y
skiilful oA,f.
I've have good apIrtli.s, ill-coolei
food u almost az bad. IA none of Va
know What day Will bring forth. the
wheel of fortune changes az rapidly,
the adyicv of kate field !. we'll chosen
Tor girl graduates, for there come.
respite from school before marriage,
sometime. very short. ~ fe~ girls ar
their mother. think u nc,e-sary Ia learn.
The mother shields them, aud the
very week th.y commence hou..kerp-
ing, ia. servant sometime. leaves them
la the lurrh. 4 bride With an exquisite
new home, every convenience aud iuN-
ury, aud perfectly dependent on shift
les. servant, IL . pltiful sight. ] often
see u, but must .sy our girls are usu-
ally plucky and make brave effort.
The mother sometimes says, "Ab, IT,
time enough Ia learn IN their own
house" ] say no. Their. arr clfcum-
stances that com. NJ that often unit
her for such work. over q hot stove,
the whole house Ia care Tor, u !. all to"
much IA learn nj once AMI Ia have ih.
care 30, aud Ne know that money wont
procuI, servants nov. NiIliouaifrs may
live aboS, the servant question, Tut ot-
binary mortal. have them to contend
With, aud Away. will. ~ hesr ia. sub
I.ct of housekeeping aud cooking dis
cu..e,i ou fair, June day. Hut how
very strange " would have sounded
twenty year. ago. II !. only when Ne
look back. r-tr,.I.-ct the past, that Ne
see the sgc IL progress. To L. SURF,
Fanny Fern used Ia tell the bride. that
the surr.t rad 10 their lIege lords heart
Was through their stomach. Fccd them
we'll az else they are cross. Even on
their bridal trip many a young Wife Ia.
discovered that hl. breakfast aud dinn.r
I. much more to him than u l. to her
self. m. days ~ romance seem Tar
away, sometimes; TIL. u getting Ia he
such q practical world there la nccc.-
.ity for 1.-THE time. demand plenty 10
common ssns..
III. cooking-school.. the culinary
writers, the hous-hold journal. have Ill
hslp@,i nobly Ia make housekeeping
easier. but there !. bothing Will help like
,ciual experience; II !. q gift Ia many,
aud Ia them II comes much easier.
used Ia think q per.on had Ia love Ia
te,ch "a make good teacher; and the
same In cooking. one had Ca love II Ia bc
a succe.s. Hut know that u not the
case some ~ the best cooking ! ever
ate WAS done by Young girl.-some
married women-that declared u Was
exc~edingiy di.tssteful to them.
~ have II Ia do" they said. IL have
learned to excel Ia Il t-c,us. ! Won't
halfway do anything. ] try Ia do
every thing we'll I undertake; 81 II !.
with cooking. ] have reduced II Ia a
science"
~ you .ee, my sweet girl graduates,
" a lecturer come. your way aud choose.
the prosy subject, be- patient With her.
II 1. the profoundest 90 all subjects. A
bright Nas.ar girl chos. the subject ~
brrad-maklng. AMI the people stood
sghsst nc such q subject. What would
ia. make out of iti Aud Ia. the audience
Was thrilled; II wss q grand e-ssy-shc
made Il q foundation for grand work
the brain MAS so dependent upon the
brrad-maklng 81 the masses. ] could
not tell you, have not space. but that
composition Was the one most discussed,
mo.t enjoyed, and the Que which seem
ell To touch humanity To meet Kindred