, 1902-11-07
TEACH COOKING.
The Mother of Every Girl Should pc
that She Can Prepare Food

The Mother of Every Girl Should See
that h Can Prepare Food.
A rather pathetic incident came pm
der my notice a few months ago. a
young woman who had married the
man of her choice made the discovery
when too late, that she was totauy En-
fitted for the duties she would nave
to perform in her new position. Fhe
had no experience in cooking anything
besides frying bacon and making YEA
Even porridge was a failure when she
attempted to make 1t. THE reason or
all this?" you ask. Well, her mother
was so accustomed to cook for her fam
lily that she was unwilling TO hand
over the reins to her daughter, al
though the latter was quite ready to.
learn.
The mothers excuse was that Der
husband was extremely fastidieus re-
garding his meals, and she feared do
nestle disturbance If they were pot
prepared in the way he had hitherto
enjoyed. No doubt the woman meant
well, but l think that not only was 1er
husband a selfish man, but b was a
very unwise woman not to eonsifer
her. daughters future happiness, amp l
feel sure that every right-minded rehd-
er will agree with me. So much COM
fort and domestic peace depends upon
the skill of the middle class wife as
cook and housekeeper that | wonder
al any mother expressing her unyil-
ingness to teach her girl every bra9ch
of household work. I have heard NAT
a hungry man is an angry man, and
especially is this true when he comes
home from work and finds before $im
a meal prepared in such a way az to
render 1t unenjoyabIe-if not uneat-
able. The poor young wife may have
done her best, but a disappointed, tied
man will not recognize the fact; Wlat
he wants is the knowledge thatJhis
earnings are spent judiciously, his fPod
cooked in a nice, tempting ann fnd
served on a neatly arranged tabld
If your daughter Is at home all day,
let her take the dinner entirely in hand
two days a week. To make 1t clear,
give her q certain sum In the morning,
or the evening before, If more conven-
lent. and let her go out and purchase
the, necessary things, for the days I'm
ner: then let her cook the meal. If
she fails, as she, may do, the first fw
times, is 1t not better for you to &e
with her and to show her where De
goes wrong than. for her to hear Yhe
~reproaches, If not worse, of an inpa-
tient husband?' No doubt she will be
less careful with butter, sugar, eggs,
etc. than you are, but a little patielce
on your part, and willingness to M
prove on hers, will soon teach her th'se
little Economics in the Kitchen witch
are so necessary If you wish to mike
both ends meet, with a limited incohe.
heard a mother say one day: Il
can't zeal to see my daughter cooking.
She burns as much coal for a little
stew and a vegetable as wouldLbe
wanted for a big roast" OF Cd
that item has to /P wat9
the meat-is 9HH
In the morning a ices
to cook 1t. A mother Is one
who can teach the girl al title
things, for she can do it in her bwn
quiet manner without impatienc( or
~reproaches.
There is another side to the picture.
A man, while praising his wife's skill
as a housekeeper, naturally looks with
gratitude on the girls mother who has
trained her so we'll; and in this case
the mother-in-law is not the desplsed
creature that writer's of fiction would
have us believe.-The Scotsman.