The age-herald., 1901-04-30
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 -BY- S@ASN A AkNKIKN ANNIE kENDRick WALKER ~ OS M N

1 flowers in the construction of dainty hats for the children.
 One of our most profitable lessons Is to generate sunshine in the home, and we caunot well do. this without occasional | fabrication to prevent friction in the ma chinery This we teach in the cooking | department both theoretically and pract1- cally. One cannot be very lavish in amia- biity unless she has an inexhaustible fountain of brightness This fountain must be aerated by pure, fresh air and stimulated by nutritive food To be nu- tritious 1t must be dfgestible, and to be digestible 1t must be properly prepared | and cooked. Nothing will so rapidly and so surely destroy the true home life as | to have daily set before you indigestibie food Man is wonderfully and fearfully made, but the Maker has most wonder | fully provided for us in creating that food which renders a threefold service to the human body--furnishing heat to keep 1t warm, material to build 1t up, make 1t grow and keep 1t in repair, and energy with which It may do its work. This our l teacher of domestic science instills into the minds of our girls, teaching them to | classify and use the nitrogenous. car bonaceous and mineral foods In such pro portions as to supply the clements which are needed In the building of muscles, bones blood and nerves. She teaches tine mechanism, care and use of the stove. to cook a meal, to set the table properly, to serve luncheon, to wash dishes and store them away. She teaches the value. | use and preparation of teas; the history, preparation and use of coffee and cocoa. The latter, you remember. was intro- duced by the Spaniafds into Europe, and 1t was used there as beverage before | either tea or coffee. Linasaus, the great botanist, was so fond of cocoa that he | called 1t the promo. the food of the gods.
 She teaches them why food should be cooked:
 | "To render 1t digestable so that it's nutrient properties may be assimiiated in the human system
 l ?. ITO render it appetizing by the de- velopment of its own specific flavor. g. ITO combine different food materials | in such a way that each will render the l other palatable.
 f ITO remove certain portions that are not good for the system; and
 5 "To destroy all parasites and bac- teria.
 Other very important lessons are in- valid cooking and the loving, dainty way of serving, home furnishing and clean- ing hygiene of bedrooms, care and de- coration of the dining room, cleaning and keeping bright the silver and china and glassware, the care of the table linen and, indeed. everything that good, ca pable housewife must know.
 You understand how necessary 1t Is for bride to know all these things when she first becomes mistress of a home. How many tears, how many heartaches. how much family trouble would be spar ed If the wife had a practical knowledge of home making. Our teacher gives her girls Atwater's carefully prepared rules of purchasing food. He says: One of the ways in which the worst economy Is prac- ticed Is the buying of high-priced foods. For this error prejudice. the palate and poor cooking are mainly responsible. There Is a prevalent but unfounded idea that costly foods such as the tenderest meats. the finest fish, the highest priced butter, the choicest flour and the most delicate vegetables possess some pecu- liar virture which is lacking in less ex- pensive materials Many people who have small incomes and really wish to economize, think 1t beneath them to use the cheaper meats and inexpensive, but substantial groceries. Many, too, labor under the false impression that the cost ly food materials are somehow essential and economical", He tells us also that the best food, in the sense of that which sold at the highest price. is rarely the most economical for people in good health. The food that Is best fitted to the real wants of the user may be of the very kind which supplies the most nutriment at the lowest cost
 We have learned by experience that ig- norance often results in great waste of hard-earned money.
 You ladies who have kept house for five or ten years have learned this lesson at great cost; but we would spare our daughters this experience by giving them that 'education which Is mplete de- velopment for complete living" The hus- band has anxious cares in providing for his household; he has worries and temp tations and vexations peculiar to his work. and when he comes home from the turmoil of the city with aching limbs or a weary brain. he needs to enter a home made beautiful by thoughtful, loving wife, who has been educated by wise mother or teacher in household econo- mics When our girls shall have been thus educated, our sons will be more noble, our brothers more thoughtful. our politicians more pure, and our husbands more true. If girl desires to be self sustaining, or if 1t Is incumbent upon her to support an invalid parent or to educate a sister or brother, there are other industrial departments which she may prefer, such as telegraphy, stenogra- phy, typewriting, bookkeeping. etc, In which many of our girls are now engaged.
 To add beauty to the home we have them study drawing, china painting. oil painting, as we. too, have learned that Art is wonderful expression through stone or canvas or musical sound of the deepest and simplest attributes of our na- ture," but music which gentler on the spirit lies, than tired eyelfds on tired eyes brings d joy into the soul that ele- yates as nothing else can do. so we would have all our girls learn music, either vo- cal or Instrumental
 The foundation for all this Is a common education in the broadest sense of that term. and our literary teachers are can dles burning away in giving light to the womanhood of our noble State-Alabama which Is trying to have the whole peo- pie respectfully enlightened"
 We, in our small corner, are teaching our girls to work understandingly, be- cause we know that if they learn to do we'll and intelligently the daily school duties they will be the better fitted for the responsible duties of mature life. and they will be the more useful women in this beautiful world which our Father has prepared for them.
 Of all the duties which God has placed on woman, that of rearing children Is the most responsible, and of all the work which she has to do that of the home making requires the most patience. Such burdens cannot be borne alone, and only those who love can do the work accepta- ply; and true love Is the product of faith and prayer.
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