New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
CONVENTION ECHOES.
THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC WOMEN.

At the reception given last Wednesday by the
exposition board of women managers to the con-
vention of the Household Economic Association
there was good deal of incidental chat related
topics. The delegate from San Salvador said that
there is not woman physician in Central America,
and suggested that woman of thorough medical
intellectual and ethical equipment would find
wide field for her activities in that section of
America.
The treasurer of the national association, Mrs.
John Kendall Dunn, of Jamaica n. Y, presented
her report so cleverly that threatened deficit in
the treasury was Immediately aVerted by a liberal
gift from of the officers Mrs. Dunn began by
saying: 1t is the custom nowadays to head chap
ters of books with appropriate quotation or
epigram. 1 have selected a heading for my
financial statement, The short and simple annals
of the poor "
Simplicity in housekeeping was the keynote in
nearly all the addresses before the convention.
Scientific housekeeping said Mrs Larned. lis
learning how TO make things easy. Only one-tenth
of American housewives keep servants, SO
doing a good work if help ehem
to easy methods" Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,,
OF Cornell University called attention to the way
in which the average woman works. NOTICE now
she stoops to pick up anything" she said. IN
stead of bending her knees and getting down
naturally to get what she wants from the floor she
holds her knees rigid and brings all the strain on
her back So also at the washtub. The ordinary
woman washes with her back instead of her arms. "
Miss Van Rensselaer, advised women to note how
easily Il man saws WoOQ, ana HOHl Dy en-
ample. She spoke of the great and growing de-
mand on the part of farmers wives for literature
and information as to the best and easiest meth
DDS of doing work. and called attention TO the fact
that the agricultural department of Cornell Uni
versity not only willing, but glad, to send out
it's bulletins any in the State who would
She also read a number of interesting letters
from farmers wives, detailing their experiences
and their need of sympathy and assistance. one
woman asked the prayers of the department!
large proportion Of the nine thousand women $
household economies to their scheduled work.
c TINS con eonneeon the work OF tn the s6nH M0m@h
School Of Domestic Science, thoroughly equipped.
has been in operation for the last four years It's
teacher is Miss Stella Dodge, a graduate of the
Boston Cooking school Under her supervision
dish cookery, are carried on, well as class for
the training of Mattresses. There are at present
struction offered, while a large class of young
men men Is about to open for the ehang dish & c9okeEy;
every Saturday The food. which is prepared by the
students who delighted to get the practical eX-
perience, includes cold cooked meats, salads beans,
breads desserts, and, in fact anything suited FOR
the Sunday dinner or tea. The school often clears
Still another subject that has found approval at
the association is the investigation of the foods
of foreign nations with a view to introducing
at the exposition said to one of the women man
ayers: You American women feed your families
A point brought up over and over again was the
demand for competent teachers. The supply for
unequal TO the demand in the field of domestic
science Miss Prentiss of an institute in Gleye,
land told of the work that is being accomplished
| there. "Simpcity and truth, she said, ARE the
basic qualities upon which this Institution rests.
Fashionable students soon suoeumb to the atmos-
phere of the place and learn that there is no room
for the ordinary frivoes of fashion. unless there
is distinct basis for II. Wholesome self-con-
| troll is inculcated and the prevention Of diseases
deemed OF greater importance than their cure
Among the pleasant entertainments of the week
was dinner given Wednesday evening by Mrs
Adelbert Moot of Elmwood- ave, in honor of Mrs.
Linda Hull Larned president OF the National
Household Economic Association.