Arizona republican., 1905-12-14
THE WOflAN'S CLUB An Interesting Meeting of the Depart. ment of Household Economies.

Tuesday was household economics ! day at the Woman's club and was in
 charge of the chairman, Mrs. Edward Ceilings After a delightful violin solo by Mrs. H. B. Wilkinson, a member of the department, Mrs. Ceilings read some very interesting extracts from papers on pure food. Those who were present received many pertinent les ! sons on physical economy and on the necessity of the housekeeper being &C., qualnted with the source of as well as with the intricacies of the proper pre- paration and combinations of food. The paper was not a discourse on cooking hut upon the primary necessity of clean and wholesome food supplies ob- taired at our great wholesale and re- tai; grocery, meat and milk houses. The women were given interesting information in regard to the Portland women's crusade against the unwhole- some and disease breeding conditions of the food suplies of the city, result ing in food inspector, woman, be- ing appointed.
 An appeal was made to the women to buy only reliably labeled goods, even at the increased cost of a few cents on the pound. A particularly effective lesson along this line was given in a cheap grade of coffee which on anal ysis was found to be composed of hogs liver and chicory seed, small amount of which, if taken very strong, resulted in severe illness.
 Another important point brought out was the warning against the use of the jams, preserves, pickles and cat sups on the market nearly all of which contain most anything but the ingre- dient5 mentioned and are colored with the various coal tar dyes, also much used ;n the preparation of the fruit syrups of soda water. One of the members of the department cited a dealer n soda water in one of our large cities, as having furnished his friends with this later information, and hav,ng warned them against the use of this concoction so dear to young America. He made two excep- .tions tbaL of chocolate and vanilla, too cheap tc necessitate adulteration.
 Mrs. PheI~s read extracts from an article on the "Monotony of the Eng fish Kitchen" which made every wom- an present feel good and satisfied that she was living under the regime of the American cuisine.
 The paper gave the experience of an American woman in England, who had the fortitude and temerity necessary to have the usual English kitchen cus- toms and train her English cook to prepare food in the American fashion A summary of. the paper brought out the fact of dearth of fresh vegetables, such as corn, lima beans, tomatoes, etc, and the improper cooking of the omnipresent potato and cabbage, each being cooked 'to the limit Or eaten raw. A few green vegetables were added mostly without seasoning, in fact the general characteristic of Eng fish food is tastelessness. Scarcely any hot breads (which, by the way, if properly cooked are being gradually removed from the list of dyspepsia producers) are used; and very few fruits, except an excellent quality of pears, are used fresh in the daily menu. There are however some "sav- ing graces" in English cooking. Their roast goose, with dressing, plum pud- dings and lack of pastry, are points which commend themselves to the judgment of every hygenic cook.
 A much enjoyed piano solo from Schuman by Mrs. w. E. Deity closed the program for the afternoon.