Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-30
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
By Marion 4. Ne Bride.

! fcience, and the solution of many pro
blems gives the housekeeper a simpler
more direct method of work, rendering
ii possible to meet the demands of life,
: with their growing ramiications, by
: the application of exact methods. The
training of school children to exact
work proves one of the most important
factors in the solution of the questions
which belong distinctly to home life,
for the mistress must understand her
work II her assistants are to produce
the best results.
One of the most important features
of political economy is domestic
science, for the strength and power of
a nation is in exact proportion to the
purity and strength and power OF the
, home; and the home, to be powerful,
must be healthy in tone, both mental
and physical, and physical health is
based on pure food of the highest
, grade, SO prepared for consum ption
that the greatest possible amount of
nutrition shall be secured for the sup
port of life. This work is of para
mount Importance to the individual
and the community, for people well fed
are capable of greater service in every
way, and with good health comes a
general lifting OF the whole trend of
daily life.
| The Agricultural Congress at the
Hague passed resolutions tending to
improve the food supply of the world.
The central idea is to have national
boards in each country, and local
boards who would at once notify those
in charge at various points if impure
food was found in the channels of COM
| merce.
The question of pure food legislation
is being agitated In all parts of the
country, and many leading dealers are
placing their goods firmly before the
public, determined to follow such pre-.
sentation by hard and thorough work,
which must result in crowding out the
! cEoap and impure goods which have o
| foothoId in some places.
Domestic science in New England
centers IN educational work, and
Its intiGence is felt all over the coun-
| try. In Boston girls cannot graduate
from the public schools unless they
have taken the course in cook
| ing. The work of tho Mls4achr-
rectel by Mrs. Ellen Richards,
h2s had a deep and broad foundation
for solving the problems of good food
nt low prices, as demonstrated at the
New England Kitchens, li2 Pleasant
street and Salem street, Boston, also |
on Hudson street, New York City. In |
these kitchens cooking is done by gas |
| and with the Aladdin Oven, which |
Mrs. Richards calls ''the sole accurate |
instrument known to cookery" house
keepers are deeply indebted to Hon. |
Edward Atkinson OF Boston for his |
production OF the Aladdin Oven, an |
oven of such construction that its |
working capacity is simply marvellous,
and its simple construction commends |
1t to any ono who will give it a test.
Food Of any amount placed in this
scientific oven will fairly "cook itself'
if the most simple plan is followed.
Food must be prepared as for any kind
OF cooking, but the use of oarthcuwGre
or fine quality OF baking dish is i'm
portant-lmportaut at all times-more
important if possible when long. slow
applications Of heat are TO lie made.
When the food is prepared to place it
in the oven at the right tine is the all
important item, very tritle with which
to tax the memory when the alternative
is hot, humid morning in the kitchen,
weary mother or OverLeated, cross
servant because some favorite dish il
ruined or extra duties demanded ab-
Sence from the kitchen. All this
trouble is dore away with by the
use of the Scientific Cooker, for
the large bOx-like affair which stan Is In
your Kitchen is n perfect picture OF
calm content, and the kerosene lamp
which burns beneath it is not burning
to the full capacity, but if you touch
the metal bands Of the oven you will
be surprised at the heat they hold. and
peep into the oven will satisfy You |
that cooking is the only business on
hand, Gnd the dinner Will come out
luscious, each dish holding Its own
particular qualities fully developed,
without any hint OF the other articles
with which 1t has been closeted for
hours. This oven has been used over
n Kerosene lamp or gas burner with
equal success, so that the oven will n
meet equally the demand of city or
country homes. 1t it is certainly the
mCst important invention of the pres
ent day and of paramount importance
to women.
Large ovens for hotels and famil;e7, s
smaller ones at low prices for very $
small families, or for the thousands .
who must economiZe and yet must have /
good food, the securing of which ;
would do more for morality and hap
piness than anything else could do. .
while the Importance of good food at
low prices in large quantities would go a
a long way toward solving the vexed d
question of intemperance, an evil which y
can be driven out almost completely 4
from the homes of the poor by the in q
PRODUCTION of simple food scientifically
cooked. y
At the Rhode Island State Fair in Il
there will be a demon o
stration kitchen, 100x30 feet, fitted :
with the newest goods which houss-
keepers are interested in. Cooking OF b
plain foo will be shown in various Il
forms, choosing the food preparations c
which are easily prepared and possesses 2
particular qualities OF nutriment and y
p
Cooking will be done by gas or oil, \
and cooking utensils will be given par J
ticular prominence. For bread boards, =
mixing bowls, bread trays, water "
tanks, flour and sugar receivers there q
will be the Indurated Fibre Ware, u
light weight clean and healthful.
For use over the fire the Granite
Iron Ware will lie exclusively used, as n
this Ware is finely made and pro- T
nounced by chemists to be safe and
heslthful to use, a fact of supreme i'm
portance when one considers the dan I
ger which turks in cheap tin and some ?
other poorly constituted goods The I
atest additions to the line of cooking I
utensils are those made of
ALUMINIUM. .
These utensils are rapidly coming {
nto use and combine many valuable "
features which will be fully explained G.
% visitors. Home sanitation will be a .
eature of this department, and drain y
age and ventilation will receive their 3
share of attention. Housekeepers will G
rave an opportunity to insect and study s
he methods by which houses can be :,