The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-06-05

Years ago Solomon set the value
Of a good housewife above that of ru-
bes To-day, being scarcer than at
the time when he expressed his his
toric opinion. she is even more pre-
CiCus. There is a human touch about
the old joke wherein the newly-mar-
ried husband finds trouble in mastl-
eating his wife's cake, and, being told
that she made it out of the cookery
book, suggests that his piece con-
tains some of the cover of the vol
ume.
Especially among the working-class-
es is a knowledge of cookery and the
hOusewifely arts a luxury rather than
matter of course at the present day,
and because of this the London coun-
~ council has inaugurated special
school of housewifery at Brixon, and
classes in kindred subjects at over
200 Of its ordinary schools.
This being the case, wnen Mary
Smith arrives in one Of the highest
standards of her particular school she
is now Initiated into the dark myster-
les of cookery, bed-making, the care
and feeding of her baby brother or
sister, the making and mending of
her own clothes, washing, mangling,
ironing, and other things which her
mother ought to have taught her, but
was unable to enlighten her upon for
the best of all reasons-that she was
ignorant of them herself
Mary, If she is lucky enough to at
tend the special school at BriXton,
learns how to be a scientific modern
housekeeper She is sent into the
splendid laundry and shown how to
wash special articles of apparel. For
instance she is taught not to put her
brothers flannel shirt into boiling
water with soda in it, because its
unhappy owner would never be able
10 get into II again after such treat.
ment
To Mary's astonishment there is a
wrong and right way even in such
an apparently simple business as
washing clothes, while, when she
takes her turn in the mangling ard
ironing department, and learns how
linen should be ironed and finished,
sAe begins to look on a competent
Washerwoman as a being worthy Of
Tie deepest respect
OF course. dressing and undressing
and washing baby" is the best fun
IN Mary Smiths estimation. What
ary does not know about the proper
treatment Of an infant would, as a
rule. fill large volume, and what she
does know is hardly worth mention
ing. For this reason she is not en-.
outraged TO bring a small relation for
practice work; baby" is an inanimate
infant and takes the form of a large
doll.
Thus, without any danger TO any.
one. Mary Smith learns from actually
doing how TO dress and undress a
young child wash it, put it to bed.
and generally provide for its well be-
Ing Everything is done on strictly
economical lines; superannuated
aanana crate makes an excellent era.
G.a when money is a consideration
and baby will sleep just as happily
IN II as in the most elaborate resting
p.ace modern skill can provide.
They also tell Mary that beer and
sa-1lnes and similar delicacies. are
taa fer little thing, although grown
UPS KAY enjoy them with more or
less impunity, and so she is Instructed
i1 The art Of preparing tbs proper
iaad for babies. and how to make a
-..l.ed outlay Or money 20 as far as
POSSIBLE in feeding them
Although healthy people can sleep
.a almost anything II yoa have a bed
Y - house il is "a vel. to under