The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-01
In Moman's Realm

HE APARTMENT of domestic sci
encc recently established In con-
4 nection with the Young Womens
Christian association as a prrma-
rent feature Is long step In practical
advance and Scranton is among the few
progressive towns that have instituted
such an innovation within reach of the
masses. Another branch of such n sys.
tenn offers a fine field for some enter
prising company or organization. IL IL
d scientific kitchen something after the
fashion of the adorable one depleted in
Bellaniy's novel, Looking Backward.
His Kitchen was arranged on the co-cp-
erative plan and simply to read about 1t
was JOY to the housewife.
NJ Ew HAVEN, Conn, is about to es-
tablish such a project. 1t Is to be
AN backed by prominent business men
who will put money enough into
the undertaking to secure its success II
there IL such u possibility. The chief
objection which has always stood in the
way Of the practical operation of the
theory has been obviatcd. IT was that
of conveying food for s,mc distance and
still have 1t retain the necessary de-
gree of heat. A device has been secured
which will keep hot a plate Of soup or
4 roast Of beef as long as seven hours.
The New Haven people propose to use
the latest scientific metht DIS and it is
claimed that by cooking large quantities
of food as delicious results can be OBJ
tained as are famed at Dclmcnico's.
The chief idea is to furnish private
families with food, hot and ready to
serve at the same rates paid by indi-
viduals for the raw materials. II Is
claimed that the poor man will be pro.
vided with luxuries under the new sys.
tom and these at low cost
q ClENTITIC MEN say that only 10
per cent. of the food consumed is
~ prepared so that It is really tit to
eat, as the ordinary cook destroys
the nourlshing qualities by carelessness,
consequently living is about five times
as expensive as 1t should be and the
meals eaten are vastly unsatisfactory.
If the new scheme is found practical 1t
will produce a revolution in domestic al
fairs. With cooking largely eliminated
from the household economies the de-
pendance Of the average American wo-
man upon servants will be only n bad
of such an experiment as that to be un-
dertaken in New Haven is awaited with
interest, Is assured.
YYYE L ALL talk about the good times
w 1t Is a great delight to see so few
| w idle men on the streets and to
| hear the hum Of the mills and
| shops, but while the laboring man has
more money than he had two years ago
! he can buy but little more for 1t than
| he could with his narrow means at that
| time. The average man on salary hnds
| that living has increased to an appalling
| degree, while his salary is the same. The
| necessities are SO much higher in price
| as to make ii impossible to save but q
very small portion of his income. and the
outlook for improvement of condition:
is not encouraging. The cost of meats
sugar. vegetables. milk, butter and egg.
| Is a daily source Of CONSERVATION to th,
housewife with thrifty proclivities. 4
scientific kitchen which would enable hel
| to dismiss the cook and procure food a
cheaper rates In far greater variety ant
prepared in a more appetizing fashion
will be to her the herald of a millenia
dawn. Why should not such a plan bt
taken up in this city?
40 HE ISN'T lady" remarked th'
young man in Fedora hat, wit!
~ decision in his tones "You car
see the entire sole of her shoe a:
| she walks down the street"
THE SCRANTON KERAMIC CLUI
will hold regular monthly meetins
i next Wednesday at 5 o'clock in Mis-
MacNutt's studio.
THERE IS a probability that prom
inent charitable organization vii
i soon organize for big affair il
| which +. Hopkinson Smith will b.
the star performer.