Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-11

Editorial by WOmAn's National Daily
COmmends Importance of work

Editorial by womAn's National Daily
COmmenda ImpOrtance of Work.
The woman's National Daily Of st. Louis
commends the National Corn exposition
with its splendid domestic science depart
ment to all women and girls seeking to
know how to perfect themselves in house
hold economies. In an editorial some days
ago under the caption A Great EXPOSE
ton, the National Daily says;
the value OF Uncle Sans corn crop
this year Is greater than ever before 1t Is
fitting that the managers Of the National
Corn exposition, which il to be opened
next Monday In Omaha, should rave ar
ranged for the best and largest display OF
corn and corn produce in the history Of
that progressive organization. King Corr
this season. says Assessor Wilson. other
wise known as the secretary Of a~gricul-
ture, is worth s1.720, 000, 900. He Is entitled
TO al exposition. Anything that is &C
tually worth q billion and t~hree-quarters
dollars deserves attention. for 1t goes with
out saying thet IL 1t is not a blessing to
the people 1t must be a curse. 1t will be
the purpose OF the corn exposition manage
ment, therefore, to show that King Corn
belongs to the respectable class Of billion
aires. 1t will even go further. 1t will show
how the old king can be encouraged and
how he can be made an even greater
blessing than he has been in the past,
There is one feature OF this question
that should be Of especial interest to
women. 1t Is the domestic science labora-
tory. ElsWhere in today's issue Of The
Daily, the work that is to be undertaken
in this laboratory is explained at length.
From this we learn that the management
expects to give domestic science instruc-
ton to between 200 and 800 girls. They
are to be told how to cook economically,
how 70 prepare all sorts OF grain foods,
how to use fuels to advantage and how
to operate the fuel-saving firsissS cooker,
how TO set dining room tables artlsti-
cally and temptingly, how to cut and
handle meats, how TO adapt the extremes
OF colors and fashions to their own needs,
how to adjust patterns TO individual re-
q~uirements, how to cut goods, how to
sew on buttons so as to make the thread
instead Of the goods stand the strain Of
wear, how to darn co~rrectly-how, In short,
TO properly and economically keep house"
zone perhaps reads this outline, re-reads
It, looks at the exposition ates-Deeember
6-1S-discoYers that the fair ia to cover
a period Of only twelve days, and asks
herself: How Is all OF this 10 be &C
eomplished in such q short timer Has
some magical methOQ OF teacnihA pS9H oS
vised. or is the thing a fraud? But on
reflection the questions answer themselves,
There is no magic to be employed and no
fraud is to be practiced. Nor is it probable
that the promoters OF the laboratory plan
expect that the greatest value OF their
work will manifest itself in the increased
skill OF the 800 or 800 young women. who
will take this domestic science ycourse."
The plan will be, Of course, TO teach a
few general principles and to give the
students such opportunity as is permitted
by the limited time at their disposal to
practically apply these principles. But the
chief end 10 be accomplished is to open the
eyes OF the students to the possibilities OF
scientific housekeeping. The, interest OF
the young women will be aroused ad-
dluonal converts will have been made to
a great cause.-the cause OF RICH. living
and ambition win be given an effective
dig Of the spurs"