The Washington herald., 1911-10-04
COOKING SCHOOL CHANGED.
A WOMAN'S WHOLE OUTLOOK

& What did The Washington Herald's
Free Cooking School mean to me-
1T meant so great thing, my dear
Mrs. Manz, that 1 am only too glad to
express TO you my appreciation" writes
one attendant.
Until ] saw Mrs. Armstrong prepare
dozens OF food stutfs with an ease so
perfect that she could talk iuently to
hundreds of women at the same time,
had always had the firm belief that cook
ing was drudgery pure and simple, and
that there was no way to get around the
fact.
'T learned, during the six afternoons
that / attended The Washington Her
AIDS Free Cooking School that domestic
work may be a never-ending drudgery
or not according to the plain common
sense of the individual woman, and her
knowledge of economizing labor and time
Il learned that cooking is an art, an
art as high and beautiful as any in the
world, and such knowredge has taken
from my heart all resentment that II is
necessary for me TO prepare the meals
for my little family and do my OVID
housework
Heretofore, / have done the actual
work in my home under protest, and
with but one aim, to get through with
each day as quickly as possible.
Created New Earth for Her.
Mrs Armstrong; talks have instilled
into my mind the earnest desire to grow
in my work, to make of it an art as
high and splendid as Mrs Armstrong
herself has made il, and I shall not
miss an opportunity to perfect my home
through this work that is my lifework
now not through necessity only, but be-
cause l wish it so.
This is what The Herald's Free Cook
ing School has done for me. 1t has
created for me new earth, and this
seems to me a wonderful accomplish
ment. a thing so big and splendid that
! have no words to adequately express
my thanks for the week with Mrs. Arm
strong.
Yours sincerely.
MRS. PETER c. NEWTON"
One such transformation in the feeling
of a homemaker toward her work makes
all the trouble in bringing Mrs Arm
strong to Washington for a week by The
Washington Herald as naught.
But this is just a beginning Of the
letters that have come to me in reply
10 the invitation given the readers of
The Heralds Page for Every Woman !
to tell what the Cooking School meant |
Il them individually.
Inclosed in her solution of this weeks !
puzzle of Iocoed housefurnishings came |
the following letter from Mrs. E. David |
Brown.
My dear Mrs MANI: 1t is true |
missed the puzzle last week, but the |
Cooking School, with Mrs. Armstrong |
made up for it.
IT had no idea cooking-the subject |
of weeks talk-could be made SO very, |
very interesting, and the week passed \
all too soon The personality of Mrs. |
Armstrong was charming, and compelled |
attention. I think the Puzzle Circle will |
all admit they enjoyed the time spent |
there, and certainly with no regret, but |
We have you also to thank, for your |
untiring zeal in giving us such an en-
Joyable week" = |
Letter from the West.
From far-away wisconsin comes a
message of appreciation Of The Heralds
Free Cooking School from a reader who
was not able to attend it, but who,
nevertheless. gathered much help from
the accounts of the talks and the recipes
demonstrated published in The Herald
Page for Every Woman. Here is the
letter:
Editor The Washington Herald
Dear Sir: Though it has not been
possible for me TO attend in person the
lectures given in Washington by Mrs.
I am heartily in sympathy
with the movement, and have read with
great care the account in The Herald.
Il found the recipes used by Mrs.
Armstrong on Tuesday, but a careful
search failed to disclose those used in
Mondays lecture Will you, therefore,
he so kind as to send me a complete set
Of the recipes used in the entire course,
and oblige, Yours very truly
CATHERINE T. THELEN.
Madison. Wis, Sept. 30
What did the Cooking School mean to
you?
Everybody who attended the lectures
in the Arc e last week is earnestly
invited to answer the question. Names
will not be published where this request
a letter.
II the week meant any one particular
thing to you, as it did to Mrs New
on, / would like to know about that
one thing, or the many things, as the
case may be.
J. c. M