New-York tribune., 1909-01-13
Of Interest ~
" to SOomeTl
FRILLS vs.. COOKING
Lots of Lorely Cooks Unmarried,
Says CIub1COmdn.

The Society for Political Study got 50 excited
! over the coming city Fed election yesterday
/ afternoon az its monthly meeting in the Hotel As
! tor that # was thought wise 10 GO into executive
session and eject the reporters. But later on the
/ domestic problem Ioorned large that politics was
! forgotten. Presidential rivalres not in II
| when ii came TO kitchens and dishwashins
! Mrs. Frank NJ. Cronise had been announced to
speak on The Womans Problem and this turned
out to be the domestic problem. Mrs. Cronise said
that she wanted vote. but didn't care much for
the arguments by which mos; OF It's adherents
sought further the cause OF woman suffrage In
particular she thought II absurd that women should
asert their competence 10 turn the tide Of political
corruption when they fleeing "disOrgan lied
and panic stricken before horde of unframed ser
wants"
our homes are dismantIed" she said "our chill
dren crowded into hotels where they not want
cd. ard women are showing themselves absolutely
impotcnt to solve the problem. I know women
who to think it heneath their dignity 10 90
/ INTO their kitchens. and mothers who viii wear
themselves into prostTat ton preparing beau-
tfUl TroUsseaus their daughters. but neve
spare an hour 20 teach their daughters 20 COOK"
Mrs. Cronise recommended elaborate scheme
of employment bureaus and training schools and
certificates for mistress and maid and home edlcs
| tion of daughters. and then the club went into
committee OF the whole TO consider the matter fur
ther.
Mrs John Judge conceded the desirability OF
| teaching girls 10 cook. but when vas i' TO be
done"
They come home from school so loaded with
books said that you haven't the heart even
TO ask them 10 wipe dishes. We not 10 blame
Tor that. Men make the curriculum They are the
Board Of Education"
Nine Chairman" put in Mrs Belle de Rivera.
plantvely. Il don't think II is so difficult 10 learn
20 wash dishes 40 one taught me- and
think 7 do very well and tho time may come
when there dishes 10 wash. In my life
have seen many kinds of work 90 out of the home,
and the time viii surely come when II will all go
and we shall have communal kitchens
G-oans from all corners or the room greeted this
grevsou1e prediction. 40 dish washing and no
kitchens, II too dreadful even 20 be uttered.
such things might in the city. Mrs CroHise said
but they never could ne in the country, and then
she pictured the horrible fate OF bride OF her
acquaintance who had lovely trousseau and didn't
even know how TO make cup Of coffee
Perhaps" suggested Mrs. de Rivera, mildly.
her husband may know ho~ to make coffee
For time il had been evident that Mr. Julia
Godzirr who had been persuaded To tak" the
chair while the club was in committee Of the whole.
was finding difficult 70 act the part ot Impartial
arbiter. At this point she burst out with.
on won't some one say that II she hadn't had
all those lovely clothes no one would have married
her no matter how well she cooked There are
lots Of lovely cooks that aren't ma ar-iel'
When the committee arose some suggested that
Mrs Goldzlcr be permitted 10 express herself at
greater length. She did so. and protested against
the Individual kitchen with such heat that when
She sat down Mrs. Croniss remarked severely.
Let US pray that the young lady viii never
marry
Young LADY," shreked Mrs, Goldzer. I've
been married twenty seven years and the oldest Of
my three children is twenty-siN,
The election riot prectpitated when the sec.
retary read the ticket headed by Mrs William
Grant Brown. Mrs. de Rivera insisted that the
ticket headed by her should also he read and the
Eoes Of war were forthwith unclaimed.