The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-27

So many things are taken for granted
nowadays by those extremely educated
writer's and lecturers upon Domestic Sci
ence"-most of them with a startling
number of initials after their written
names, Indicating goodness only knows
how many scientific, or pseudo scientific,
degrees attained-that the inexperienced
housewife is often at a complete loss to
understand what they are talking about.
what it Is that they trying to teach
her. and usually all for the lack of COM
mon household term and the substitution
therefore of some scientific phrase or
even it's Latin equivalent.
domestic Economy they call 1t In
England, and this subject is attracting
far more attention In the girls colleges
over there than it used to do. Even the
London University has taken on this de-
partment, with the especial view to add
ing something strictly of practical every
day use and application to the curriculum
for girl students, and the similar insti-
tutions of learning this side of the
water are beginning to look to their laur-
els in this wise.
Many stories are current, and most OF
them more pathetic than ridiculous
from the housekeeper's point of view
anent the college girls views upon the
problems of housekeeping. 1t is related
that of the professors It a famous
college for girls undertook the home house
keeping during the long vacation when
most of the family were absent Some
guests coming unexpectedly to dinner
Sunday evening, the maid Informed
the head of the house that there would
not be sufficient bread to serve at dinner,
and that being Sunday, all of the bakeries
OF cir
must just serve some toast, that's ALL
she comfortably replied, seemingly igno-
rant or forgetful of the fact that 1t re-
quires bread to make toast
Marie Antoinette's historic reply when
they told her that the people of Paris
were starving for bread: "Weli, why
don't they eat cake!' is pretty much the
answer that the average June bride. just
taking up housekeeping In September,
might be expected to make.
Many of the large, and, one might add
incidentally, expensive, schools that clus-
ter around New York and its suburbs are
beginning to take up the domestic side OF
the girls education as a part of the regu-
lar curriculum. One of the better known
Of these Is about to offer q postgraduate
course in the domestic sciences. This is
rated at the same cost the usual school
year, III Spilt Oh TIE iAtI iAt STU
dents are expected to put In a part of
their time In the actual housekeeping
work of the school. Hygiene, both per-
sonal and households. the care Of furni-
ture, cooking utensils, plumbing, the diff
ferent nutritive values given foods and
their combinations. the planning Of a
household and a housekeeping program
on either a weekly a monthly basis,
the average cost of foods and foodstuffs,
their preparation, servants and their
training, the proportion Of income to be
devoted to each department of the house
hold and other ma tiers which will better
fit the student to meet the cares and per-
plexities of housekeeping after gradua-
ton are all included
And. apropos of this, 1t may be taken
as a straw that indicates the course Of
the current that a magazine devoted to
building interests passed comment the
other day upon the decline Of the apart
ment hotel in building activities More
housekeeping apartments have been put
up during the past six months, and some
buildings that started out apartment
hotels have been turned into housekeeping
flats The instinct OF woman is TO
where her orders are supreme, her ideas
paramount and her will law. and IL this
home can be but a lIying-room, bed
room, kitchen and a bathroom, It is al
the better for being her home.
However, to return to the other side Of