Evening star., 1900-11-17
lighted from basement to roof by the turn

lighted from basement to roof by the turn
of a screw.
When we will. to ahefth the dirt, the
weight and the waste oESoal. our cookery
is done by gas Before The new century is
ten years old we shall etitute electricity
for gas in our cooking M3age and in the
steam heater for coal saa pur carpets are
steam, renovated. liftedEf md laid by pro-
fessonal adopts. sc
Our foremothers did ffheir own clear
starching. and washed their laces at the
cost of so much time and.trouble that the
possession of the flmlyst treasures was
doubtful good We senG Jour "starched
things" to the nearest launary; our iaces to
them to look as good as new.
Domestic Sctence.
Upon the deliverance from bodily drudg-
cry. wrought by the multitude of labor
saving machines and appliances, followed
intelligent ambition to elevate housekeep-
ing into a dignified calling. We have
created domestic science, and are develop
ing it with maternal zeal The cookery
school Is as significant a product of the wo-
mans century the girls college. Chairs
are established in such colleges for instruc-
ton in the chemistry of foods and practical
training in the preparation Of the raw mate
rails for the service and best good of the
human race.
Our ancestors ate to live. and in coarse,
the hearing thereof. The gst of hospitality
lay in the proverbial groaning of tables up
bearing reeking joints and launches, stacks
OF vegetables, piles OF puddings and pies.
With us each meal is a gracious ceremony.
The desire of the eye and the love of the
beautiful are consulted in the commenda-
ton Of the food to the palate Individual
appetite Is studied by hostess and house
mother, who also shows a wise regard for
constitutional idiosyncracfes.
Food Values ReaIized.~
In the days that are hundred years old
girls were poetically and popularity classi-
fled with orchids and chameleons Eating
was, at best a vulgar necessity with wo-
men; a hearty appetite and the confession
Of 1t implied grossness and ill-breeding. The
clear-eyed, clear-headed modern woman, in
sweeping away this prejudice, has arrived
at a just comprehension Of the values of
foods, and how to adapt nourishment to age
and physical needs. Chiidren-tha to do
mestic Science-are fed with food convenient
for their growth. and the aged have a
dietary carefully adapted to a stage of ex-
iStence that need not be second childhood,
because 1t Is no longer the prime Of ma
turitY.
Family Habits and Conditions.
The marked improvement in the physique
of American women, which can no longer
be ignored by the most skeptical of pessi-
mists, Is usually accounted for by the freer,
more active lives we have led during the
last quarter century. Bicycling and golf,
yachting, boating and camping OUT should
come In for their share of credit for the
transformation. More is due to the radical
change in the family habits and conditions.
The substitution Of elastic mattresses for
feather beds. the even distribution of
warmth in halls and rooms. sanitary sew
erage and thorough Ventilation. the orderly
and leisurely sequence of well-cooked food
in our bills Of fare-in short, obedience to
health laws Of which ancestors were
ignorant In theory and in practice--have
actually heightened the average of mans
mortal life, and made that life better worth
living.