Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-30
AZ tNrNlH COMPARISON.

Miss Ada T.. Daumar. after making
what she regards complete inVcsti.
CATION. reports To- the National civic
Federation that farmers wives are the
best cooks ia the world aud decidedly
better housokc.pors IN every way than
city Wom,n. Nc are not prepared "a
dispute the statement W, know
something of the cooking of farmers
wives and can TESTIFY that the farm
crs' wives OF New Mcxico are IN
crowned Kitchen queens. What they
can de- IN the way of tried chicken.
buitcrmilk biscuits. po,lick.r and corn
bread and the pie line dcfi.s any de.
scriptivc powers with which We have
been blessed.
And IL thol are possessed of super
ior culinary SIKH az compared with
city women. they are entitled 10 credit
aud congratulations.
In n spirit of fairness. however. W..
must object to a comparison of the
cooking skin of farmers wives with
that OF city women because the latter
do no, have the same opportunity To
master the cooking art that their
country cousins have. Ana consider
ing opportunity II must he snia that
the city women do very well.
The plain ruth Of the matter is.
the farmers wives have AN abundance.
ot time To- devote to kitchen duties.
whereas thu city women have not
The farmers wives In fact have liitlr
else To- de-. besides cleaning M the
house. riggtng up tn. children milk
ing the COWS, churning. attending to
the chickens. making and m.nding
the clothes for the family aud per
haps WORKING ~ The fi.ld six or srvon
hours day. Tn. wife of farmer has
nothing Ia do bat hook after her
Kitchen ana the preparation of three
meals day. ana she has ,rom I
o'clock ia tn morning until y o'clock
az night To- do this
The city woman H. not So fortunate.
Indeed her time Is So taken up that
u - usually necessary for her bus
band To- lunch down town. After n
hastily prepared breakfast she may
haze 10 rush down town to reach the
bargain counters before the choice
articles are gone. She So lucky it she
can return homo hy II o'clock t. get
into the bridge game which may last
until o'clock unless IL De- matinee
dag. Then ~ may h, uecessar, for
her to rush into her street clothes
ana take her runabnut for a trim To-
town To- So" the beauty doctor or to
get her hair shampoocd iiy the time
she g"ia homo 1t j. time for tea. Sh.
has iair> to suip that down In order
to get into the moving picture shows.
which nov start So early. or perhaps
{" take ano-i,sT run OF % or 80 mile.
ia an automobile
We need not mention calls aud ,
other social diversions which sat lp
uiur tNc q 'saHmiu eats logs. but The
iart remains that before she hardly
knows II midnight has come and ,ho
~ worn out. She docs not have time
4" sew. 80 somebody must b, hircd
L" Do that Just az somebody mus, be |
aired 90 clean the hgas,, cook. attend |
lh" YARD ana MANY othrr duties which !
The farmers wife IN hcY abundance
"i time can DO for herself
w" believe 10 the city woman had |
tm TINE tho farmers wife has and |
BAD sever learned ANYTHING abou, cook |
ins' sewing and such things. ana ifi
II wer" not for IA, "Nactions Of bridge |
'uchrt matinccs picture shows. auto.
mobiles and other strenuous tasks |
Sh' mlsht hc lnS' as good q cook as |
me farmers wife. Give th. city
woman credi, Tor ha, she ,.o.s und,r
serious disadvantages As a rule. |
from m" tim. OF her .Grly pirlhood
hniil she has lived To los. many he. /
loved canaries poodlcs ana parrots.
~" doesn't hay. "a chance. whereas |
w" inrmcrs wife has nothing els. 10
do
h' FAIR and give the cts woman a
chance
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