The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

Nesting amid the hills of the Little Miami valley is quaint village whose name commentaries the bloody exploits of Mad Anthony Wayne in those parts over a century ago. In recent years a group of 12 girls existed there known as the Panhandle club
 What a strange name for club" says a reader. It was not so called from the gentle peripatetic art of ''panhandling. "Panhandle' meant what it said-the handle of a pan" The Panhandle club was cooking club. Each month it met at the home of one of the 12 girls and the hostess prepared a repast of the most wholesome pieces de resistance and the most delectable huffinesses. There were 12 lucky men invited to these feasts. And well Il of them have now married Il Of the girls, and the twelfth, an unhappy bachelor, curses the day he left that vii-
 age of romance.
 The history of the old Panhandle club il- lustrates the importance of the housekeep- ing art before marriage; the experience of social workers in the homes of the poor emphasizes it's importance after the home has been established.
 Every school worker has learned that although sometimes the wolf enters the home because the income Is too small, more often he comes because the outgo is too large; that too many pennies roll away in the wake of burned and discarded food materials and unmended garments; that when mothers don't know how to fight germs with cleanliness and sanitary habits disease becomes a culture medium for poverty and poverty again for dis ease in what physicians call vicious circle.'
 To rie fror Of the principles of domestic economy the Associated Charities of Cincinnati eni- ployed a visiting housekeeper, Miss Gref. Her work and just how she gets results that spell the ultimate redemption of fam flies from the curse of poverty may be most strikingly told by a true story of one family.
 The Trawigs were a sturdy German family consisting of Wentzel Trawig, his frau, and the six little Trawigs. Just as many years ago as there are members in the family, the Trawigs came from the Fatherland lured by tales of the great rewards in the land of promise across the seas.
 Late in November the visiting house. keeper of the Associated Charities found the Trawigs living in rear apartment of a wretched tenement on West Fifth street, approached through a long narrow hallway full of sudden windings and turn ings and even in day time utterly dark. There were two rooms for eight people The first of these with two beds was the typical dark room," lightless and un- ventilated. The rear room opened upon a narrow court by two superlatively dirty windows. In it were two cots. stove, a table piled with dishes unwashed and enough rickety chairs to accommodate a quorum of the family
 MT. Trawig was away from home in his vain search for work. Little Mary, aged ', was along the railroad tracks picking up coal. Mrs. Trawig was endeavoring to | restore the original color of understanding g which Italian workmen in the neighbor- hood had brought to her. For this she earned from. s1 25 to s1 ,75 per week. Miss Greif persuaded the mother to clean the children. Dena, who had a temperature of 1O2 and legs all broken out with large red blotches, was sent to the hospital. The kitchen was put in order and a place found for the cooking uten- sils The furniture in2general was straight ened up. The beds were neatly made. the windows cleaned better ventilation se- cured The door leading inso the dark room was opened At nearby stores Miss Greif ordered coal and provisions sent in at once.
 
 efforts by the improved tone of his honle, was more successful in finding work. The week after Miss Greif's first visit he earned s4 50, the next week $750. Finally he secured a position in the railroad yards, where he is now earning d very comfortable wage. The foreman says that Trawig is one of his most trust worthy employees.
 The family were found house--a whole house with three very large light rooms in the suburbs, five minutes walk from Trawig's home. In the rear of the house is a little yard and beyond that is stretch of wild hillside upon which the little Trawigs may romp themselves inc health and happiness. As Wentzel Ira wig trudges to his work in the morn inl-, the rising sun filings silver sheen out of its treasure house in the east and lays it at his feet, promise of hope that makes him glad for his chil dren's sake
 Mrs Trawig too is re-made woman. Neatly dressed and wearing the air that even the beginning of prosperity brings, she looks every whit the type of most intelligent and self-respecting German ma tron One can see that she is really quite a handsome woman. Aud the children are immediately clean. The home from kitchen to parlor is spotless. and most delicious odor from the region of the stove declares that Mrs Trawig Is a graduate cook and that Miss Greifs services as a