Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-28

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A bright New York woman, who does her
own thinking along industrial and sociolog
ical lines and who by the way, is one
of the few for whom the help problem
holds no terrors, was explaining her atti-
tude or the servant question a few days
ago to a group of women Interested IN
household economics. Il believe she said,
that the solution of the veXed problem OF
how to obtain and keep reliable help lies
in the elevation of the position and the
elimination of the old idea that household
service is in any way a mental or ignoble
task 1 have had" she continued, the
same two maids, sisters, for a number of
years, while their brother is my husbands
man. They came to us extremely ignor-
ant, but anxious to learn, and, you
know they are all devoted to our interests.
Last year they We're ready to send for their
youngest sister to come over-a girl OF
whom they were very proud-seeming to
think she possessed the brains of the fam
lily. We will not have her to do house
keeping, said one of my maids. She knows
so much we will have her to study book
keeping You will do no such thing l
answered If you do that, the first thing
you know she will get the idea that she is
better than you in a social point of view,
and you will grow apart. If she has brains
there is no place where they are more
needed than in the kitchen The girl came,
and | took her myself over to Pratt Insti
tute and showed her through the domestic
science department. She was perfectly de-
lighted with all, especially the model kitch-
en-. and jubllant over the idea of taking
lessons there. | found her a place near by,
where the family was small, and they We're
quite willing that for less wages the girl
should have her evenings and an occasional
afternoon for taking work at the institute.
In this way she has had courses in cook
ing, plain and fancy, laundry work, mar
keting and sewing. and is already cOmpe-
tent to render skilled, Intelligent service.
Not long ago she said to me: Why, Mrs,
-, L never realized before how much of
a study Homework was. l know now that
it requires more brains to cook a perfect
dinner than to keep books. That is it.
When the mistress understands herself that
there is no vocation above that of home
making, and is not only willing to put her
own best efforts into its achievement, but
to respect skilled, intelligent service when
she finds it in others, the day of domestic
emancipation is at hand. If every town
had its own domestic training school, with
evening classes for those whose duties keep
them busy during the day, and the mistress
would encourage the maids to take the va
riOus courses in cooking, laundry work and
general care of house, there would soon be
no cause for complaint that the laborer
was unworthy of her hire
The old popular idea of the typical clergy
man an ethereal being with visage
'sicklied Ger with the pale cast of thought"
IS happily being rapidly dissipated. The
successful preacher of the twentieth CEN
fury is more apt to be a man of Drawn as
well as brain, understanding the close cor
elation between the healthy, welI-nourished
body and the clear, active brain. At the
New York Cooking School a number of
theological students assigned to mission
work in foreign fields are taking lessons in
cooking as an aid to future seIf-preserva-
ton. Nor are these men of the cloth"
alone. In nearly all the large cities the
young doctors are attending invalid diet
n no ali to into litra,o tIIr
advise the preparation of proper food for
their patients. In the large California uni
Vcrsities-Eerkeley and StanfOrd-the pro-
fessOrs pride themselves on their ability to
cook for themselves on their frequent
camping trips in the interests of science
and vie with each other in the concOction
OF "sayOry messes.' The rarchman, woods
man, plainSman and miner who cannot
bach it, satisfactorily to himself and his
friends rests under a cloud of well merited
contempt. One of the best-knOwn asso-
GATED judges of Arizona declares that no
forensic triumph ever gave him half the sat
lSfaction that was afforded when, storm
stayed in Il Colorado mining camp, nc
turned out batch of doughnuts for Christ
mas that elected the unqualified approval
of the entire camp.
The woman who makes practice of TAX
Ing lemon juice clear for the benefit of her
complexion is making serious mistake.
1t Injuries the teeth and is injurious to the
stomach as well. Diluted with water, the
acid of the lemon is exceedingly beneficial.
While the traditional plum pudding
wreathed in flames is usually served at
Christmas, one of the many varieties of
iced buildings or creams is considered spe-
ciaLy appropriate at New Year. Some of
tAtSe desserts have been known in France
since the day of Chateaubriand Here is a
recipe for a delicious fruit cream as given
by Mrs. Alice Gillette, one of the best cook
Ing teachers in the country: Three cupfuls
Of milk, one Cupful of cream, one large deem
yellow egg, two full tablespoonful of flour,
one cupful of sugar, one level tablespoonful
of gelatine off the pudding is to be nodded,
-haf pound of English walnuts (meas-
ured In the SHIELD, one-quarter pound of
figs. Soak the gelatine in a little of the
cold milk. saving three more tablespoonfuls
OF the milk to mix with the sugar flour and
egg. Heat the milk to near boiling and stir
In gradually the -four sugar and egg.
stirred i'll the cold milk. When the GUS
tard is cooked add the gelatine the cream
ana one teaSpOonful of vanilla and freeze
When frozen and ready to pack remove the
dasher, add the chopped figs and nuts and
beat thoroughly with large wooden spoon
II In emptying this from the mold it sticks
put a towel wet in boiling water over the
mold to loosen it. Then if it looks creamy
set on the Ice few moments to harden.
If you wish a tutti frutti ice cream with
out the trouble of making the cream at
home, you can buy quart of vanilla cream
a nd pint of piStachio cream at the CON
fectioners, and pack with the fruit your
self. ornament a tWO-Quart ice cream mold