New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
COOKING CLASSES.
Miss WaIdron GiUes Experiences in
Tenement Kitchens.

Cheap deIicatessen shops and bakeries and pre-
pared fours ought to be swept off the face Of the
earth eInpna ticaily declared Miss Waldron a few
days ago Al parlor meeting held in the interests
q the kitchen classes, of the League for Home
economics. the home of Mrs G. S. Brooks.
rs Bergen-st.. Brooklyn. They. well the
cheap candies for children the bane of the
ienements. can't begin 10 tell you how many
cases Of stomachic troubles and insufficient nutri
tioa 10 say nothing of intemperance can be traced
directly to those sources. In homes without num-
Der the people just live those things. Twenty
minutes before dinner out to the
celcatessen 10 get some boiled ham or tongue
some pickles and a loaf OF bakers bread and when
The wage Garner comes home from his DAYS work
tired and hungry. that is all there is for him to eat
And It isn't always that the women are lazy
either" she continued 1T is ignorance. They
Don't know any better. Girls have no training at
nome. When they get to be thirteen or fourteen
hey leave school and go into shops or factories
Iben they marry young, knowing absolutely moth
ing Of housework
Ny sister is going to be married in the spring
sald young woman in of the kitchen classes
TO me recently, ana want her TO know more than
oio when married Really. 1 didn't know how
10 tel when water was boiling. My husband had N
teach me that and whatever little else knew when
came here and If he hadn't been the hest hus
oand IN the world he would have been SO disguised
ne would have left me-
TOT long ago" said Miss Waldron 'I went 70
ueIILSh woman who was Ill and in great
ussutuiloT- found her the first floor OF a rear
"oIse-that Is. a house behind house-darx die
H1L cold She had husband and five children
- i-O''-'As N The house 10 eat, and the Oldest bow
discouraged that he declared he WAS going ~
n. M COCKS and jump off. How does it happen
a wagner" said. Hasn't vor,r t,,,sba,,a
IN. oh yes Does he drink No ryy-r.+
~ ne earn" Eleven dollars a week What &c
g.. Hes q stoker.' Well what do vo,,
go your family onT Six loaves Of bread q da,,
NJ San OF condensed milk. We spread the bread
- mat Don't you ever cook anytbi,o9, ~
p.,s .. Hao" how And is that all your busband
" 4OI MS supper when he comes homo ~ -
q getting mad 'o' 'iI@'' instead
to Tber save mat woman a real good talking
10, - - taught her 20 make pea SCUM and =
r. - mush' and she actually cot 7oD1 -,
'es and kissed ne Noyy ,,,a ao -, u" hei
Wei, s class IN her rooms as soon a.
you ao1sH' and happier woman at the rrosr,od.
HOW TO mako that -
Of the ~, - 'heir money reach to the end
il ism, IS Is me problem in the tenement homes
70, '"l ne majority Of wage earners do,,,+
. enough: but they don't l,,o,, - -. - =
maj - advantage. When I tell them hon -
as.on,st OUT "f left-overs. they are perfectly,
Or re- OFTEN see the ends OF steak q Mound
cooking , ..--o"h 10 The cat dog. Their idea Of
:rg na9 @A IS TO put piece Of lard in the fry
steal a., "Hsh 1t is melted-not hot-Iay in the
asst =, iet IL s!zzle and dry away until as tough
eloa,sr. S'' as for Potatoes The pause was
neyer l.I One woman last week said WI
FOR az, mat boiled potatoes left over were good
they'd .. ing. When We had mashed potatoes
boiled I @' mem all Up. bat when they were lust
throw EN- away
pre.,, ot9cn he women 10 make bread?" asked
10y woman. with a serious face
THE MEN LIKE PIE.
ps las IN the course of twelve lessons there
~ OF three on breadmaking. The women are
u.t '1s to learn, and when they have learned
~, s' OF 1t Is they eli continue to keen on max
~, HE cost Of homemade loaf Is lust exact
s5gT q i-1ch as a loaf Of bakers bread, and no
- a'ofs- We offered a prize last year-a
h.s sa nlxer-for the pupil who could show the
sui ,Ieet - bread and all competed with tho re-
Gle y.o - was hard really tell which was hest
'iia!l that taught TO make moIasses cake