Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-23

lem which has been forced upon the home
mailer.
The women employers are learning by
hard experience the value Of work by the
hour, and realizing the fact that with few
exceptions the domestic worker was ex-
pected to give longer hours than in any
other kind OF service. They are also learn
ing a number OF other things, one side OF
which they had disagreeably realized be-
fore, as, for instance. the unpleasantness
of having some one not In sympathy with
the home life continually connected with
It, Now they found by systematizing things
they could hire outside help for certain
hours who would get the work done and
go, leaving the home in the possession of
the family. They also found that they
could dispense with a good many things
they once thought necessities, and so
shorten both their own hours Of work and
that which they hired at such seemingly
large price and still have Just as much
comfort for all. They further learned that
by a distribution of certain duties among
the members Of the family they entailed
no hardship on the children, but rather a
benefit, teaching them to do the right
things as a habit, which will be of In
estimable value to them later The mistress,
moreover, is relieved of the ever present
thought of some one who must be guided,
directed and sometimes, watched during all
the twenty-four hours.
skiIJacrue the Solution.
One OF the leading magazines is devoting
a good deal of straight talk to this problem
from its readers, and here is one solution
Of the problem-a skiljacrue. It does not
sound good the name, at any rate. "a
skiljacrue is a house for the accrument Of
skill" And accrument being a new word
to many is a little confusing. But a con-
densed description is about this Children
of the age of and upwards are taken into
home, the family from which they come
is given 81 a week and the child is clothed
and educated, given a school course and
lessons in cooking and household duties.
Each class should have honors and awards.
The skiljacrue should take in work, afford
ing employment for its students and profits
for the institution. 1t should supply
trained workwomen, who should begin work
at IS and be full workwomen at IS; they
should work by the hour, returning to the
skiljacrue to live. The mistress hiring
does so from the skiljacrue writing the
menus and the work she desires done on
blanks furnished by the skiljacrue, getting
! thus a trained helper in any line and deal
: ing with the skiljacrue. Life in the skilja-
] crue should be made sufficiently attractive
! to hold those entering; they should be
/ encouraged 10 marry. and the person en-
! titled TO return temporarily in distress OF
| re-enter I'm widowhood Who will start a
| sklljacrue to I'LL local needs? Whoever Is
daring enough to start this most desirable
method OF furnishing help and educating
| those who most need II in that which IS
most needed. and at the same time over
| coming the greatest objection TO domestic
/ service the social standard which has beer
set so arbitrarily low, will confer a great
/ benefit, but have a good many difficulties
TO overcome. But the JOY Of service in this
world is the overcoming. Don't call IT a
skiljacrue, invent a more euphonious word
Rice in Many Forma.
| old Mother Hubbard does not go TO the
cupboard these days, but Mrs, Providem
! does go to the refrigerator, and she found
I there again the remains Of some fish aRt
some cold meat and bones which latter
she covered with cold water and set IN the
stove to slowly simmer, adding. when Il
came to the boil, an onion sliced, half
small carrot sliced a bit Of bay leaf, a few
peppercoTns and some scraps OF celery and
leaves which she had carefully saved. Sht
had rice, very nice kind. that she wanted
to try in different ways. 50 she decideC
her dinner and luncheon should be largely
OF dishes containing rice, and yet that tn,
eaters thereof should hardly recognize &
IN its various guises; a chicken was pur
chased. an abundance Of milk provided anS
a package OF seedless raisins.
I Fish and Macaroni Pie-Put all the bones
skin and apparently waste pieces Of lsl
on 70 boil in water 70 cover; let cook Ter
minutes, seasoning II necessary; drain Of
the water and use It 10 make a fish sauc,
by cooking together a tablespoon OF butte
and one OF hour, then adding the stock
thinned II necessary with hot water I,
make a cup full. and stir over the stov,
until thickened. season and when ready q
serve slice IN a couple Of hard boiled egg
and gently mix then In so they will be II
small pieces through the sauce. Break tl
in inch pieces cup OF macaroni. Dol
twenty minutes in plenty OF sailed water
drain pour over cold water and draii
again; butter a pudding dish, fake up tn
remainder or the ash and put a layer Il