The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-17

| The regular fortnghtly meeting of the
! Pawtucket Womans club was held in
| Masonic hall building, Pawtucket. yester-
| day afternoon with the president. Mrs.
| George l.. Thornton in the chair.
The meeting was arranged under the
auspices OF the department OF Home
Economics OF the club OF which Mrs.
George G.. Newell OF this city is chairman
and Mrs Edward L. Johnson Of Pawtuck-
et assistant The lecturer of the afternoon
was Mrs ID. A. Lincoln whose lectures
and magazine articles on cooking and her
famous Boston Cook Book" have made
her name almost a household word. Mrs.
I.incoln's lecture was extremely enter
tanning and valuable To the large number
OF home workers present and the interest
i'm the same did not wane I'm the least,
from beginning to end. In opening her
lecture which was entitled Marketing
and Seasons Mrs. Lincoln drew pict.
ure OF the grocery store OF 50 years ago
and contrasted IL with the modern and
well appointed market and store of today.
Likewise, she pictured the Kitchens Df
our grandmothers time with the modern
kitchens of the present with every labor
saving device and cOnvsniences Of all
sorts.
In word the great advantages Of
modern home keeping were dwelt upon
sharply in contrast with the primitive
methods which prevailed a half century
or more ago.
In passing to considera ton Of the SUBJ
iect OF marketing Mrs Lincoln gave com
comprehensive hints as 20 how TO buy,
economically, the various supplies neces-
sary for that all-important portion of the
domestic regime-the kitchen.
In this connection. she condemned the
custom OF buying I'm wholesale quantities
as being one OF waste Instead of economy
and gave her reasons therefor. There Is
ten-fold more necessity for the daily dis
trtbution Of supplies. where they are
bought I'm large quantities. she declared
Mrs Lincoln then dwelt upon the indis-
pensahle articles necessary for the kitten
ON and laundry and described how To buy
them and whether In large or small guam
titles
In this connection she took mp nours
and cereals. spices. coffee. tea, canned
goods ana perishable supplies
I'm speaking OF eggs butter and cheese
Mrs Lincoln declared that economy I'm
the household does not consist In buvinx
stale eggs and cheap butter no matter
how high the price. Turning TO the sub
1ect Of vegetables the speaker proteSted
against the unwise demand for vegetables
oui OF season. especially against the
wholesale use of peas beans berries etc
that come so early I'm thcsspring from the
south aud make us loose All appetite. she
said, for the real fresh vegetables when
thcy come 90 us iu their season
In the latter part of her lecture Mrs
Lincoln discoursed upon the proper selec-
tion % meats aud the economical cooking
Of The same. She proved herself an unbe-
hever la bargains. under sny circnm-
stances however, by saying that she rad
proved that 81 s worth loo cents I'm buy
Ing provisions ~ well az I'm everything
else
ln closing Mrs Lincoln emphasized the
advantages of trading with q specisl store
or market nearby the home. rs we'll as
the advantage of cash payments instead
Of weekly or monthly payments
~ the close of the iectare Mrs. Thorn.
ton arose and paid y graceful tribute to
the speaker after which she announced
that tho Business Mems asSociation Of
Pawtucket. had Invited the pawtuck..
Woman's club Co nominate = committee
10 Join With them On Joint committee,
for tho purposs 81 organisms q city i'm
provcment society.
Mrs. Thornton announced the following
10 act a. such committee. Mrs Edward
!. Johnson. Mrs. BERNARD McCsbs MrsJ
l.. Wheaton.
The Providence Mothers club met In tho
Classical liigh school yesterday afternoon
Tor ~ informal heart 10 heart talk. ~
The subject ~ Christnas.tide
Mrs. James NJ Southwick tho presidsnt
m the club. was in the char and aftef
csllirg the meeting 90 oraer ir,reducea
ss the srssker on the tonic Of tho d..
Mrs. Gertrude Ruts Field.