The evening world., 1911-01-06
Modern Wife and Mother
Not Equal of House
keeper of the Past, As
serts Mrs. Mary E. Mi
mott.
Nothing but Intelligence
and Common Sense Are
Necessary for Good
Cooking-H's an Exact
Science.
By Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
The definition Of rood cooking

By Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
1.-THE definition Of good cooking
contain these three adjectivss
Appealing, Healthful and Eco
nomical. And under this definition
not ten per cent. OF the women
who live In cities can qualify AZ
cooks"
Thu says Mrs. Mary e.. Minott, until
recently at the head of the dietetic de-
partment of the Massachusetts, General
Hospital. and now about to take charge
OF a very new and special cooking
school In this city. 1t will open tonight
under the auspices of the Associated
Clubs of Domestic Science. n will be
In session every Friday evening this
winter at Labor Temple. Fourteenth
street and Second avenue. 1t marks the
practical operation here. on a large
scale. their theories about purc food,
Its purchase and preparation. Several
similar schools have been run with
great success In Chicago. and 1t Is
planned to extend the work here II this
first venture has a sufficiently favorable
reception.
All Of which vas v~ouchsafed yester-
day by Mrs. winnifred Harper Cooley.
national secretary Of the clubs. and
then Mrs. Cooley presented me to Mrs.
Minott. the tall, sensible looking woman.
with keen, kindly gray eyes. who u to
do the actual teaching.
What do you think Is the most COM
- S.,,ys 80 a,,r nanlaru ~ 4 aaLal har
first.
Not Enough Of Il.
THAT there's too little Of H." she
answered promptly.
"Ths typical city family, no mat
ter what its income, depends far too
much on the dslicatssssn shop and
h baker.
THE modern wife and mother IL iiv-
ing under different conditions from those
surrounding the all accomplishing
~housekeeper OF the past. But at least
the Of to-day should give intel
ligent supervision to everything thai
goes on her table. and most of heI
menu should be prepared at home.
The tiniest apartment has its kitch'
enette, and an alcohol stove may b
set up in one room. There Is no excus,
but ignorance or lAziness for the mod
ern woman's slavish dependence on out,
side agencies for her family's food sup.
ply"
But do you think everybody cal
cook? Aren't cooks born and not NADER
ventured to insert.
Nothing but intelligence and common
sense are necessary for genuine good
cooking, that which gives results al
once appetizing. healthful and economi'
cal. Personally I never prepared a mea
until after / was twenty-one. But
had no difficulty In learning. though
wasn't even brought up a cook. much
less born one.
Cooking Is a Science.
Cooking Is simply a science and, Xix
every other science. It requires absolute
exactness. One OF the first things
have 10 teach my students Is to follow
their recipes. You would think that tn,
direction. 'one level cup OF sugar. reat
sufficiently plain. Yet half the member
of my classes. meeting It for the firs
time, either heap or skimp the cup. Ere
auently one roman will repeat u recipe
to another from memory but woe 4
unto the second woman when she triet
the dish, She IL almost certain not 4
nave been given completely exact dIrec
lions.
keeping accurate weights and meas
ures Is, OF course. the point where In
telligence is necessary. But the goo
cook never falls to adapt herself to cir
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