The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-01
ALL ELSE MAY GO,
WE MUST HAVE COOKS
Prime EdibIes PREPARED While Won.
en- Listen to Sound Philosophy.

There are three kinds of profess
sional cooks or demonstrators" said
Mrs. Nellie D. Cans one afternoon
last week during theS course of one.
or her cooking lessons which she has
been giving in the Basement of the
Golden Rule. There Is the cook who
appears before the women she would
instruct, dressed in clean but unbecom-
ing garb, her hair fastened up in a
smooth but ungracefuf knot and her
CAP plain to severity. Then there is
the cook who affects ascoquettish uni
form, whose hair is always carefully
curled- and whose cap Is exceedingly
smart. The successful professional
cook, think. is the zone whose attire
suggests a happy medium between
these two extremes. Her uniform is
becoming enough to be attractive, but
it is not so smart that it distracts
her audiences attention from the cook
ing lesson. ITSELF
Every afternoon last week from 2
to large number of women have
gathered in the basement of the Golden
Rule to listen to- and watch Mrs. Cans
give her cooking lessons. She suggests
In her neat and becoming uniform, her
pretty cap and generally spick and
span appearance the happy medium
she herself described. The dishes
She prepares and explains are all prac-
ticable dishes and doubtless that is one
reason why she draws so large an au--
dience. The broiIing of various kinds
or meat, the putting together of SIM
pie but appetizing salads and the
cooking of vegetables in the many diff
ferent ways that provide the necessary
change In the menu are the things
! that MIS-. Cans teaches chiefly. On her
right Is the gas stove on which she
Goes ner cooking, in front Of her Is
the table on which is arranged the
materials she uses in one lesson and
the necessary cooking dishes. After
the dishes are prepared they are pass
ed around In order that the women
present may judge for themselves just
now each one tastes and what sue
cess has attended its preparation. Mrs.
Cans has some novelties in her cook
ing course. One of these Is the max
ing Of bread without yeast Instead
OF the yeast baking powder is sub
stlfuted, and the bread baked in this
modern fashion looks well and tastes
even better.
ALI of Mrs. Cans lessons are inter-
spersed with bits of kitchen philosophy
which give spice tosher lessons just as
tue pepper and salt give the necessary
flavor to the dishes she prepares. Ad-
vice concerning household manage
ment and the easiestl method Off pre-
pairing meals are carefully jotted down
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the women bring to those cooking les
sons. After the lesson, which takes up
fully two hours, isSower the demon
.strator answers all the questions her
grown up pupils put to her. Those
pupils themselves represent many diff
ferent walks of life. J. The busy house
wife who does her own work is very
apt to be found sitting beside the So
ciety woman who, because of the scar
city Of help, has been forced to ex-
anime into this perplexing question of
the preparation Of food. The profess
sional woman also finds time to drop
In for half an hour at least, and the
young girl on whose finger CLEANS the
new diamond Is an interested pupil.
Mrs Cans will continue her lessons
this week. Each woman who attends
Is given cook book prepared by Mrs.
Cans, who Is Chicago woman. She
has a wide experience in her special
line OF work, and Is considered one OF
the best demonstrators in the coun-
try.