Arizona republican., 1900-09-22

ara many taking bits which every housekeeper who has struggled with the help" question will appreciate.
 In the r gistry ofIie, which cores yonCs to our intelligence office. Mary Ann. the cook, is thus deli2iously cate chizsi by Llly B. who desires an ac- Comnf. n q "slavey.'
 Are you skilled in fancy cooking
 ycr-cd in lore of sauce and gravy? Concerning roasts and entrees may I
 t3ka you as a pattern?
 AGa you honest are you heater than
 the common run Of slavey!
 Are y5u tidy. sober, willing l abhor
 lazy slatt5rn.
 Can you clean the steps and windows?
 On occasion are you able
 To carry Up the dinner and attend to
 guests at table?
 Can you sharpen knives for carving?
 Can you wasA up plates and dishes? Will you do your very utmost to anti
 C.rate our wishes?
 To all of which Mary Ann succinct- ly replies:
 'Yes. yes, to every question reply in affirmation
 If this is all you ask of me, will take
 the situation"
 She then goes on to interrogate I.adv B ia turn:
 1 Are the kitchen walls emhelished with
 the works of EoGeelH Is the kitchen noo~ well waxsl for me to practice my gavottes on Does your library include the latest
 books cf Miss CorelH; The poems Of Mir. Swinburne and the
 works Of Mr. Watson? Do your fashions come from Liberty's?
 Have you a good piano? Could I practice in the drawing room?
 My voice is high soprano.
 Would you supply the supper when
 give my weekly party? I've cousins in the p'lice force and
 their appstites are heartv,'
 And Lady B makes answer: 'Yes, yes, to every question 1 reply ia
 affirmation.
 If that is all you ask of me I think
 you'll like the situation"
 Written as a satire. these wildly mirthful lines have stirred ths arrow point of truth that p.ercas the joints Of the domestic harness. There is no denying the fact that if the present strained relations between mistress and maid aye ever to be adjusted il must be through mutual concessions. It sometimes takes years of annoying ex- perience u demonstrate the fact that there are rights below stairs as well as above. and that the cooperation Of mistress and maid is needed to create a tranquil household.
 On the mistress side there must be practical knowledge of her own respun- abilities and of the duties required of her servants. There must be surceG SC of the petty tyranny and prying inter ference, too. often exercised over household help, and 9 recognition of the physical comfort. the social and even aesthetic needs of Mary Ann. The most cheerless room in the house. the cheap est mattress, no C5nV6niences for per- sonal cleanliness. food rendered unpal- a able by long standing after cook; ng. anI d total suppression of tie hosH,t- able instincts, and the ever-prasen: consciousness that. while in a home she l. Hot of it, is not conducive tO Mary Ann's intense appreciation of her position in the economic scale. Granted. noblasfe ob,iSe, that the i'm pulse to the hcigths must come from above; that th9 mistress of a housahoiI must hold herself responsible in large measure for the spiritual and material well-hriuS of her helpers. Mary Ann n's ! part toward achieveing the domestic millennium is also patent. With the | stigma removed from domestic service there should be mora education and more training brought t0 the work | Faithfulness-rot mere eye servlce- and skill should count. ari the stand ard of the servant should be raised ao- co~dir gly. Naturally, this might tend to raise wagzE, but sliding scale Of wages, apportioned to the skill of the worker there should ba. It is an a0- sur3ity that a Castle Garden jewel. to- tally ignorant and without the slight est conception of what a well-regulat- el household should be, should receive the same wages as one skilled and carefully trained with the recognition of the fact on the part of both mistress and maid that hous keeping is a sci ence, r-quiring as much ingenuity and fcrothpught as any other branch of c.E. loymcnt: with bette" wages for the skilled anl much less than is now given for the incompetent. with mutual fc:'- bearanc= and concessions on both siI $. t'7- day may cCnn when this subject ! of perennial interest shall find satis- factory solution.
 
 One of the most delicious ways of prsparin" fresh tomatoes for luncheon OF supper is the following: Cut large but not Cver-ripe tomatoes into three ] thick slices. Do not peal, as the skin holds them in shape. Dust with salt and pepper and drcdge lightly with : flC-r. Have ready in hot frying pan some butter or half butter anI half l sweet drippin%s. lay in the tomatoes and fry slowly. When brown on one side turn ovs" and fry on the other, and when tender, but not so well cooked i that they cannot be lifted without ! hr.aking, lift with cake turner and sli5a cntD a hot dish. Stir into the fat i remaining two tablespoonfuls Of four, and when smooth add slowly pint of 1 rich hot milk. Stir constantly until it ] boiIs season with salt and peper and