Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-30
SCHOOLS OF HoUsEWlFERY.
Reviying Primitive Sciences for the True
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Reviving Primitive Sciences for the True
Advancement Of Women.
Correspondents OF the Dispatch)
NEW YORK. December 29.-Neglect-
ing the love- for the higher educa-
ton Is now apt to be the fault in
training girls. contend magazine con-
tributors. And the public joins In fear
ing that the present system will result
In disaster. Why can't a woman learn
to make bread as well as Greek plays,
and control house az well as she does
a bicycle. A race Of physical and mental
athletes of the softer sex may be the
outcome, but what Of the hand that rocks
the cradle and thereby rules the world?
STILL IL the mothers are allowing their
daughters to go into life and matrimony
IMMERSED in the laws Of the household,
they are seeing to 1t that children OF
other classes are learning the most primi-
tive and useful Of sciences.
The big schools that are in progress this
winter for the teaching of good house.
wifery ara credit 10 the country. Mrs.
d. Willis James, the elder Mrs. Astor.
Miss Stevens the IAring Braces. and
number of other rich philanthropists have
established with their capital such schoois
in the most thickly-populated wards OF
the city.
To those unfamiliar to the work II
would seem strange TO enter a large aca-
denny where hundreds of pupils were en-
gagged in cooking, bed-making, in room
sweeping, and window aShing. The pro-
cession Of white-capped, white-aproned
girls, who were marching to market with
baskets and account-books in their hands
would impress the onlooker from the
standpoint of novelty. However. these
are the lessons which are combined with
the rule of three and the learning Of the
three 'R's"
TAUGHT ALL THE NEEDS.
Every need necessary TO the conduct
ing of household is here taught these
young girls They are not only instructed
as to the cooking Of a meal, but as to
its why's and "wherefores." What In
gradients are savory and salutary and
which detrimental, Is drilled into them by
severe examinations. They are taught by
charts to Judge meats and learn by ex-
perience the reason Of the variation In
its prices according to its parts. All
other food articles are carefully attended
Z to In the same manner.
The reasons for keeping room
| healthily ventilated and clean are also
part OF the curriculum. One day Is de-
| voted 70 bed-making, and sweeping, an
other Is given to busting or polishing,
| until there Is nothing left in the domain
| of excellent housekeeping to master.
| The beneficial effects of this teaching
| will be felt through every artery of the
| city. On first blush its effort seems to ot
| in the direction-a primitive and wise
| one--of obtaining good, hygienic, mousse
\ keep,ng among the classes who serve
| themselves. or those who are DESTROYS OF
becoming hired housekeepers. But the
result will be more far-reaching than TINS
for the art Of living we'll though" simple
| has an influence, direct or indirect on the
whole nations good, mentally. morally
and physically
FARM SCHOOLS
Thsse same healthily-inclined capitalist;
are placing farm schools In the country
for the boys. Az these will be taught al
the skill and secrets requisite for sue
cttsful farmer. They argue, these rhi
lsn,hroplsts, that the United States ha
too much waste or ill-cultivated AID. an
| ,ts cities too many badly-nourishel
scantily-clothed children. SO they are go
| ing 10 --ork in manner that shall tors
supply and demand 10 meet each other.
Young men won't go into the country
they continue, because they know nothin
of It's possibilities, and are ignorant a
TO how TO master its difficulties. Conse
qucntly. boys shall be taken this mont
| from the crowded by-ways and alley
and put in.o big comfortable farm houses
with strong food and clean clothes. There
under competent instructors, they WI
| learn the scientihc side OF sowing an
| reapipg.
The idea has met with the approbatio
| of All the soeiologists who are busy work
ing for the good Of the race, and II Tn
| plan promises need OF success. capita
| will at once be advanced for the erectio
| OF more farm-houses.
Both schemes for the perfection 9
| the primary science of living are worth
| OF adoption In any of the large towns
The world after all doesn't progress YER
4 FAR away from its elementary needs, an
as long as nation has good house
| keepers and fine farmers 1t promises
great deal of prosperity.
JOCELYN DAVIES.