Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
WOMAN IN BUSINESS WORLD
Daughters Should Be Trained to Earn
Their Own Living.
ECONOMY IN COOKING A LOST ART
Extravaganza and waste Emphasized
by Present High Prices and the
Complaint of Scarcity
OfNFOod.


In recounting some Of the lessons learned
In the business world, Eleanor b. Richard
son. in the Bookkeeper, cites these; When
ever I read articles written by busines
women wherein the writer c%ertifies her In
tention TO keep her daughter out Of work by
which the mother has supported the family
thing Of a melancholy example Of the folly
Of such practice which once came to my
notice. A woman left a widow with W
small children nobly set TO work and by
unceasing effort succeeded In educating
them and keeping them In what she called
their proper social circle" The daughter
was sent to a select private school and
after her school days were over returned
home to pass her days in elegant leisure
until the time came when she fulfilled her
own and her mothers dearest ambition by
marrying a man OF excellent position
The mother was quite as delighted as the
daughter over the match until Fate. who
has a scurvy way OF turning JOY TO sor-
row, played one Of her tricks upon the
daughter. The man proved on acduaint-
ance to be decidedly short on morals, a
fact which his long pedigree scarcely
served to balance. After a few Years OF
married unhappiness the young wife found
herself obliged to earn her own living, and
in great bitterness of spirit set to work
in another city to earn her living In the
same manner in which her mother before
her had done, only for a much less salary.
From my work I have become convinced
that because a woman achieves financial
and mental independence it by no means
follows that she need lose a whit of her
feminine perceptions and refinements. AS
I think over the long list of splendid
women Of all ages and conditions whom ]
have known in the business world it seems
to me it would be- difficult to find an
equal number of women In any sphere OF
life who possess more of the spirit of true
womanliness. And by true womanliness l
mean not alone nobility of character, but
all those dainty personalities of mind, body
and soul which are and always will be the
everlasting JOY and distinction of the true
woman. There comes to my mind in this
connection a certain gentlewoman Of my
acquaintance who for over twenty years
has worked in the office of a certain con-
Germ, and though her work is essentially
masculine in its nature and her days are
passed entirely, among men. 1 never knew
a gentler or more delicate personality than
letS. NlOltlS,. WnlCh VI hVNPS o'"eF' -
her desk, are quite as fitting to her in the
environment of an office as they would
be had she never passed out of the luXuri-
Gus surroundings of her youth.
a Lost Art In the Home.
Some reported u%tterances OF Archbishop
ireland, provoked by the meat boycott, but
dealing with a more important and funda-
mental matter, says the New York Tribune,
will strike sympathetic chords in many
hearts and should lead to practical efforts
DOR the correction of q great evil OF
American domestic life. The high prices
OF meats are deplorable, but still worse, in
DR.. Ireland's view, are the extravaganza
and waste Of American housekeepers and
their ignorance of the neglected art of
cooking. Nor is the reference solely to the
rich. whose extravaganza is often de-
scanted upon with all manner of variations
and embellishments. People of moderate
and even scanty peans are among the
worst sinners. Theyl do not know how to
purchase economically, or do not care to
do so. and they do not know how to make
the best use OF that which they do pur-
chase.
That is the Northumberland domestic
economy. at any rate in the larder. and the
kitchen, has become almost a lost art I'm
America-and to 1t we fear there must
be widely entered a plea of guilty, We
should not say that the art was never
known and practised here, because a gem
Grafton or two ago the American house
wife possessed, and we believe deserved, a
reputation for much efficiency and some
degree of thrift. But times have changed.
The same tendency which has led so many
young men away from farms to over
crowded professions or underpaid meg
camille employment has led young women
TO shun the occupations of the home, and
particularly OF the kitchen, In favor OF
work in factories, shops or offices. More
and more domestic duties have been in
trusted to alien hlreiings. whose employers,
because Of their own lack of information
and experience in such things. are unable
properly to direct them or supervise them.
And, finally. with the increasing scarcity
and uncertainty OF such domestic service
as still exists, the home has largely lapsed
In favor of the hotel.
1t has often been remarked, without much
exaggeration, that a French family would
live In luxury on that which an American
family wastes. 1t has more often and still
more truthfully been observed by practical
workers among the poor that one Of the
greatest needs is that these shall be taught
how 20 buy food judiciously and how to
prepare 1t properly. The problem is a
perplexing one, because the number of
those who are competent to contribute to
It's solution is so small. But It is one OF
the crucial problems of our social and
domestic existence, and is worthy of the
best thought of all who are sincerely strlv-
ing for a betterment of the conditions OF