Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-24

from whom she learned a great deal
about cookery; ia fact Hhe claims that
the peop'e oil Maryland can COOK
everything, especially things that are
native. La her early married life Alrs'
Ewing felt the necessity % better
methods Of cooking and for tho beueht
OF her own family began the siuuy ns
a science. pcroeiviug, even irom 90
limited an experiment as her own
Homework, tho great benefit derived
ftom scientific preparation o. i1oli
che decided 10 spread her knOWl-
edge, that all might proht theteuyi
aud 20 this onu publlsheu
book entitled Cooking aud Gaelic
Rmldiug,O which ran through several
editions. AZ she studied and eEpurl'
mcntcd, tho Interest In her Work ~
much absorbed her that she decided 10
make 1t q lliowork, Tor sue perceived
the great necessity Of combining the
intellect with the hand ia housuwofk
~ well a. other thiugs, and now and
Interesting field Of labor for her sex
opened before her. Tho idea OF cu0k-
log schools nui training women for
house work soon possessed Der, ana she
lost no time In pofisciing her ideas.
NNu lNNNNA W hAtAAsNt HNiaNfa"H
thnt 90 entcrpfIaiug and fapil-
~ growing western city was the
6est place for new Ideas. In
this she wAa not mietlEun; for
though almost a stranger, she met win
Wonuur ul success. Having opened
private school for cookery, she soon
hal some Of the beat known ladies In
Chicago taking n great interest In her
work, among them the admirable Mis-
Hsnfouu, whose labOn iu connection
with tho WoFlJ's FAIR have caused her
10 10 20 widely known.
No doubt out Of this private school
grew tho National Houtoh0ld Econum'
ic Association OF Chicago. In Ices
than two Yeas this school was larger
thau Mrs. Ewing could attend 10
without help, and she then pef'
, crivcd the necessity Of training
teachers. But Ia order to DO 81
properly che iult they must have
kuUWlrdgo VI botany, psychology Anu
chemistry. While PIONEERING "A way
and means Tor training school
Imagiue her satisfaction when the
Iowa state Agricultural College offered
her pr0iessUfship Ia household
science, II che would tAko charge o
auch a school In connection with th'
college. This, " ooutsc, solved th'
question for hor,and was just what bh'
wanted. Though tho salary was no
| nearly equal 10 the receipts from thl
I school Ia Chicago, she accepted th,
| Cflerand was made "a member ~ thi
/ faculty In the Iowa College, while Ia
school Of Domestic Economy wa
made 0ne OF tho departments o
| tho institution. After the Hch00
had brun Ia operation yea
| tue board, IN connection with Mrs
| Ewing, organised hpost.gTnduntu tiud.
| iu household science nuu alter a w,
yoars' course, granted tho doEfor o
master oi domestic tciuuCc. Me. NV
ing remained until alter the grAniin
OF two dogtccf; she then ielt hor wot
there finished and accepted Himila
position AZ Pefdue universally, Lnfay
cite, Indiana.
Mrs. Ewing points 10 the fact tina
the West was the iirst 20 open school
Of domestic science and had them Il
perfect working order before the east
crn cities had taken up the Idea nj NIL
though now II isa voty int rcstlns que
ton IN tho East, especially In tue iaTs
cities and there are nt present som
very noted schools VI this character
for Instance Pratt Institute, New Horl
Dttxul University, Philadelphia, al
the Barton schools for young wOmUt
After thoroughly establishing IN
school at Lafayette, Mrs. Ewin
moved 20 Kansas City also 10 tax
charge Of school Ia domestic scleuci
Her summers for the past eleven yeai
have been spent at Chautauqun wher
she has charge OF the cooking schoC
and lectures frequently on her iav0rlt
topic. Her looturea are among IN
REGULAR cuuTse In the ashembl
given In tho hall OF Phil0i
only, aud aTo published 1
t6u Assembly Herald Two OF them
! entitled respectively, "lho Missiu
Link ia the Food Question:" an
"rhp Greatest Need OF The NiuoieUut
Centufy,n have called forth consider
able discussion. The greatest nee
of course she holds 10 be pTOpcfl
equipped training school Ia housohOl
.riencp-at prescott there Is 10 cue
, institution IN tho landi but SHE hop'
. soon To SOC uue in every state ana b
, leyts Congress might bc persuaded
DO aumutuiug towards tue founding
such an Institution.
/ 80 pleasant are Mrs. Ewlnga nssooi
. tons with the ChauiHuqua asaumb
. | hat she declines many offers Of SUI
: | mpr visits and lecture tours, at
r this was unb reason she tuiuH,
d. 10 give the daily lesson
, brea l-magiug from June 10 October
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