New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
AN UNKNOWN FIELD
Fec Women Understand N.
Chemistry Of the Kitchen.

Household chemistry 10 the ayera,,
housekeeper is a field unknown, and 70,
that the woman Of to-day is awaking !,
the need OF such knowledge Is shown ;,
the large number OF women taking ta..,
/ courses az Teachers College dgrirs -.
present summer session. Most wor,..
have 20 economic. and the ayorsg,
woman seems rather 20 enjoy b. bu, tss,,
/ are few American women who know bor
! 10 economic intelligently 4 kaowledr,
Of household chemistry helps 20 make II
telllgent economy possible
one OF the practical problems worked N,
bv the Teachers College students q -.
| economical use Of gas The size OF -.
| Gas bill according 20 Or. Herman
| yulte OF the department on househos
! chemistry. should not be laid az the door
| OF the gas company.
"A large part OF this expense h. ,oa
the reporter. is due 20 the ignorance and
! reolect Of the cook When the bo,i,,,
noirt il reached the gas should nms.
diatelv be turned low. Tor 20 requires very
little heat 20 keep the POT boiling al ne
extra gas used Is wasted.
The economical use % water Is also being
studied b. these summer students tnis
! IKE the economical use ~ gas. being an
entirely modern problem. as Professor
/ Vulte points out.
There was no such thing as waste q
water" he says. before tn- DAYS Wher
the water supply became plentiful tn.
man or woman who hauled tn water from
/ the well. or pumped every bucket he sod
was not wssteful-'
/ The softness or hardness OF the wats
il also studied for on this depends srgs,1
the economical use OF soap. The studenI
analvse the soaUs too. 20 ascertain whc.
ones are good Tor clothing and Which Sse
! one soap they have found lives lp 20 u.
claims II make for itself u Is . ri
cent pure
To acquire thorough knowledge Y
household chemistry would naturally tas
more time than the average housewife d
able 10 give but some tests are 80 sini'
that any one can remember ard pracrs
them. To find out Il there rs cnicory 4
the coffee. for instance. Teachers COLES
students simply take a tablespoonful I
the ground coffee and empty 10 on TOD 1
a glass OF cold water. The coffee 'oAi
ian, if there Is chicory present 70 siaG
leaving streaks Of brown.sh color IN Il
water. Chlcory is perfectly harmless. i
a. e much cheaper than coffee. and thg'I
e no reason in paying for coffee and =
ceiying chicory
How many women have blamed me prs|
, ence of rust on their freshly .aunds's
clothes 10 the wire lines used IN the 70 4
of the modern apartment house; u I'll
bsd q little knowledge of household cnsr|
/ isirv thew woulG know that these Il
stains are frequently due 20 the use %
? rouid blueing. which has an iron oas
, when rbis unites With the alkaA u 4
? SOAP left in the clothes hy imperfect RS
} 10 ron oxide. or iron rust Is forms
J These stains may be removed ry the i
Of an acid.
2 Another simple and usefu. ait o. chen
Z cal informa ton which The college impai |
is how 10 clean silver Dog electricity. 81
! want Of this knowledge many Aousesespt
= are spending money unnecessarily for FL
: expensive cleaning pans which nave o'
I put on the market. These Do nave %
merit OF cleaning the silver - i oy n'As'
r but pans possessing the same lowers q
) be bought much cheaper
. ANY bright metal vessel which Is |
t. ferent electrically from silver. SUCH as
= or aluminium. will do the work Miss Els
\ Biers. one OF the instructors N nous
. hold chemistry. explained 20 the repoTs
y Put the silver In the pan ard po~
= boiling water. An electric current y
g once set up, and the dirt and rust VII 20
a the silver. The electric current can
a strengthened by adding one tablespoon,
: OF common salt or baking powder 70 a
{ quart OF boiling water The silver -
g only be dipped In the water, ard no rg'as
= is required. This makes cleaning OF dss'
o indented silver just as easy as me pa
{ pieces
: A similar case is that ~ dlsless sH''
u ing powder. which does indeed do the W
h It claims. but was found 10 be ccmpose'
: s. per cent OF Jersey sand and = per -
OF wood fibre. with a small amount 2.
= gummy substance. similar % ceXirihe
s students concluded that however ene''-'
= the mixture might be- as a cleaner
i housekeeper could get sand a. over ia'
= Not only do these students make ehs'-'
@ tests of foods. soaps, cleaning ma'e''-
o kitchen utensils, etc, but after tAei W.
e in household chemistry lt would i@As
: clever merchant % lure one o. theh
: bargain sale OF silk. They have ahA'I
5 textiles. and they know that oarsAns
= silk usually mean that there Is l'n-.
n the time that the merchant dares
his silk materials. The pretty SIX ~
/ and dresses are SO heavily weighted
e chemicals that II they are not sod ~
- they will fall 70 pieces on the sne
2 therefore. bargain sale.
Z But the days when people with t.i,sss
, sell can trade thus upon lhe So "a 4
; women in a department slppgs 's,,rs
o their own are passing away. Jlossr
n the numbers and enthusiasm ot ~ ~ .hseI
=, are taking the course do no-sel..Jt, :
u istry IL looks as II the noLse>eel.s-es $3.50
= was determined 20 master thlt my"
lbI.tnch OF household economics