The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-10

white. green ana red REPRESENTING the
Eve degrees of the Eastern Star auxiliary:
and IL they do they are sure to step into
the pretty parlors with their daingy tables.
and have some iuneh-for the lessons In
practical economy have not yet begun.
All this s. the introduction to the prac-
ttcal. The latter begins with the exhibit
of the Seattle Soap Company. where is
wide arch of washing powder. and hand
some fireplace whose mantei Is Q huge slab
OF notified soap. On the other side il the
Seattle Cracker Company. with pilasters
resembling Everton faffy and barley sugar
sticks, but hacked by q variety OF common
sense biscuits or crackers Of every kind
The great square tower OF large cans.
whose bastlemented turrets nearly touch
the roof a monument TO the Frye-Bruhn
Packing Company, Is one OF the first real
lessons In domestic economy, and they
meet with many others At Webb 4 Co.'S
booth they taste the home roasted coffee.
and exchange wise giances over its aroma:
they go over TO the Puget Sound Flour
Mills exhibit and try q hot biscuit. and
he Is beginning TO say: MY mother used
to-" when she gives him fcrceful look
and he is silent. There. up In the south
east corner. is dining room, furnished In
solid oak by the Standard Furniture Com
pany. with the table cloth laid. and a
pretty service from the pretty collection
of porcelains from the adjoining stand OF
Seller & Co.. and there Is a pretty draw
ing room In old mahogany, where she
would like to stand surrounded by prettily
gowned women and well groomed men.
chatting gaily. yet anxiously alert for the
whispered announcement of their French
butler. Madame est servi"
From these dreams they wandered TO the
palace OF truth Of many coIors. which they
had often seen In Stewart 4 Holmes win
dow. and on TO the cool grotto or the Lee
pharmacy for lemon soda Then their
thoughts having been turned In distinct
ly domestic direction. they inspect baking
powders the Novelty Mill -four. the Cali
fornia Fruit Company's great display the
Crescent Manufacturing Conpany's stall.
and are attracted by the prettiness OF the
mart Of St. Marks. all rooted with rugs.
and there they buy book called Clever
Cooking" a pencil and pad each to take
down notes Of the lecture On cooking. and
make for the lecture hall, pausing on the
way TO examine the cooking stoves OF the
Seattle Gas Company.
The Lecture.
Mrs. Camille L. Greene-Laughlan. the
lecturer. carried forward this idea of the
science Of domestic economy In a marked
degree yesterday afternoon. She halls
from the Boston cooking school. but there
Is nothing OF the New England woman in
her appearance in fact. she is buxom and
has dimpies-nor in her manner or matter
both being marked with a vivacity and
directncss which is alien to the New En-
gland character. From her point of view
success or non-success In life depends en-
tirely upon the cook She has probably
never studied the esoteric doctrines OF the
Himalaya philosophers. yet, to hear her
talk, one could not fail to be impressed
with the idea that she had added to the
thirty-nine articles. unconsciously or
otherwise. and firmly believed that the
seat of the soul was in the stomach. Her
first Emersonian phrase showed this:
THE way to a mans heart is through his
stomach" This was her text. and while
her finely shaped but large. sensible white
hands were fitting about the skillets and
the raw beef she went on to expound this
one rapidly pronounced sentence after an
other.
said. "only 1t should have included women
also. The subject OF cooking Is so old that
most people do not stop to consider
whether there is any art or science In It,
In fact. many of orr grandmothers used
"a pinch of this and "a little OF that and
make 1t about so stiff.' and there really
was not much art about It. ga
In the past few years the cooking
schools have done much to encourage coed,
wholesome cooking, and one result that
has been appreciated is that while It is
necessary to use the best material, that
will not make a single dish palatable un-
less 1t Is prepared by a person of some
skill and experience"
Then this charming cook, in her striped
white print dress and dainty little lace