The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-15


$very large "A pers cent. N OF the well DO
ella as &c our be orlo every orc have given ven
their daughters advantage of the OPP or.5
gtunities Furnished by the best sci ols ana ~.
colleges OF our country, Il and IN man
tcas sea at heavy costs to the pa en e, . ndi
these girls are very bri ght and at tractlYe
Sparlor& ornaments and IA cinattn sS en- N.Y..
8tatners bit on one OF the most pr "a W v
and Important phases of II 9 and NO
economical housek " gre more
and incompetent Mt Than the most
nntutored girls Of lore IN ~
station IN life.
l The wealthy spend much money for4 tn
services OF skilled PHI siclans to correct r.
disorders Of the st omac oh ard other ali II
Z merlts. brought on BY ignorant and Ut;
Bterly incompe tent co oks. 5!s
$9S: The poorer; class, and especially among
tho women delve from tla to GIG y ! andS.
spend Gil they can get IN cheap patent
medicines, when q II tile &energyS direcitea
room, y would dlspel NIL Of these gone
Feelings and nuke homo bright and every,
meal d Joyous fea st
Hif low, a ggesti ion for tho! rometly 4
Let us have some schools for tlo @educa 3;
Etlon q & the girls o & our Sta te sin THIS
sad ly needed and almost wholly ncgle acted
!, texture Of ta praottca ducntio for We
men, Let the State estab lisll g t3S r chs
5mond or at some more cen 4 pc ~ 4. 40
College Ito &traina teal hers only " no VIII
agree BY Scontract TO tea CHI some spe clfled
furnish free OF charg O q Sui Ia BILE build
Sing for these teachers to use y K
n. I believe that theses SCI ools Would be
3larg ely pat ronized every here. for WI q
a 81 family Of good. VI llealth ful appctites
the dining room A is the mos Eat tractiye
place inSthe world, and the meal times the
( happiest OF all hours tha t. come, and y rs
this hour comes three times avery day.
Sit$ls 40 strange to me that PEG pie of he
stations in life seem to ut i:
50 little Importance to ~ proper md ms
stelligent preparat ton 3 Of y the food that
affects every M mDerS8 OF x the M family,
either forBso much pleasure and good or
for SO much discomfort and ailment. n @
58 can cite many instances of now5ruined
homes where men married lad les Of good
station "a In life, who A were well ed ucnted
Sings Language science and mr. t, but 3$ who
were wholly ignorant Of housekee ping
In any OF Its departments. md especially
linz the preparation of a healthf ul meal,
and not Knowing herself she could not
INSTRUCT the#lelp she had, and soon she
and her unfortunate husband were wi =
tins OF patent medicine advertisements
for dyspepsia. ss s.35 *
Finances as usual, soon went with
health. and a pltiful, ruined and unhappy
homo exists, when health, osperit " and
happiness could and should have rel ned
had the wl 10 been instructed lin the ordl-.
nary duties of housekeepi ng. low. strange
that the most important Things that tend
for the health and happiness Of every
member OF one's family should be viz
tunlly put In the hands Q & the most igno'-
rant and unreliable class Of people that
exists In ourbland. Our cooks ought to
BIO the best educlted people that we have
and command better salaries than sales
ladies, stenographors or school teachers.
IA good cook and honseke eper should be
a more honorable calling than eithor
OF the above mentioned trades, which 80
many Of our young lad les are following "
to-day IA SIT ~ III XXI lsi I'm 81 5ss3
With better cooks. we will have letter
health. better intellects. better morals,
better sooiety,s5 bet 5reli sion and q bet
ter nation. H 81 81 Is ss II
Blackstone. Va, March 1906,