New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13
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THE TRIALS OF YOUNG HOUSEWIVES.

THE TRIALS OF YOUNG HOUSEWIVES.
TIE blunders and perplexities OF young. mex
pericncei housekeepers are often most amusing.
and yet there is a strain Of pathos connected with
them TOO As rule tho American girl is pro-
foundlv ignorant OF Housekeeping and when she as
sumes the position Of vie and hOusekeeper she Is
tho continual sufferer from wel-meant but often
worse than futile advice. She has read elaborate
bills OF fare and wise dissertations on the economic
use OF food and she IS possessed with unbounded
faith in human nature.
II she has attended pra ctical cooking school as
a great many sensible girls DO nowadays before
they assume the government OF kitchen and OF
2 re,inue Of servants. sne is usually mistress OF
the situation II she is one Of the few girls who
have been carefully reared at home in domestic du-
ties who have learned TO broil beefsteak as well
as scan Greek verse at school. one whose athletic
training in basketball md tennis does not prevent
her welding broom for the instruction OF the
maid she is possessed Of a greater power. for no
domestic training in any school will entirely take
the place Of the instructions OF mother who is an
experienced housewife
These experienced girls are the exception. how
ever The little maid comes from school. and all
too soon dreams the dream Of love. just her
mother and other women have done before ner.
She soon realizes that the continued peaceful ex-
istence OF aer home depends upon her ability 70
meet practical problems in which she has had no
experience and In regard TO which every one gives
oer different advice because each household differs
from the other =,
Each housewife has individual tastes and condi-
lions 70 meet and each must meet them her
self
Fortunate is she who understands enough Of do
nestle economy keep her household from disas-
ter Il is not TOO much TO say that the beginning
happy marriages results from household mismanase-
This doe not mean that the wife is entirely in
fault The man who marr1es a girl who Is utterly
Ignorant OF domestic matters must nave patience.
AM. AM rom her prentice mana cement. The wife
v.1o finds that with all her womanly dignity she
cannot command the respect OF her servants be-
cause she is 50 profoundly Ignorant Of aousekeep-
Ing that she does no know Whether her s,otnss IN
ordering a quart OF oranges and buying potatoes
nv the dozen cannot expect 10 command the re-
sheet o. even the fondest husband.
MISTAKES OF INTELLIGENT WOMEN
These are all errors that otherwise intelligent
women have been known make The writer
Lrav a bright little wife who was known as
scholar and desired 10 surprise her friends with
her other accomplishments
Her mother was most careful housewife. but
one who was so methodcal that she never allowed
,ar daughters 70 interfere In the kitchen, The
vo,lng wife obtained recipe for cake ana IN the
privacy OF the kichen during temporary ao Se
Vas no mention Of -four, so none was put IN:
puzzled look noticed on me COOK race "neh
shs asked afterward Tor that cake
Such ignorance this is as dsgracetal as It is
absurd exists today more nor S Slen among our
srhe fashion OF giving young women special In
s,rnction in domestic matters began score or
M, q, the South Kenslngton schools 1t became
The custom Tor women Of the highest rank 10 take
e.e ,,-sresf In all manner OF hOusewlfely arts and
s AZ, special schools Of cookery The daughters
a. 10 English Queen were the leaders In this
.. , ea,r The fashion introduced among
women o. wealth in this city soon after and young
80 vrhOse mothers Kitchens were provided with
1,-c,ch chefs and a retinue Of attendants them
selves attended the cooking classes and were the
5ie classes In wealth or from that class 10 which
the study OF economy was 70 a certain extent
,scessitv This is the reason that the regular
s6oos 81 cookery in this city have never been
successful