The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

of big business" Men hold in their
hands the reins of financial power, and
the average woman looks with awe upon
the masculine mind which can grasp
and control so much that is vital to
the welfare of the nation.
But woman has a big business to
which she may apply herself so perfect
" that men will stand amazed before
her competency. For no one will con-
tend that there are not great difficulties
to surmOunt in an occupation which in
cIudes not only the financial future of
family but its physical, mental, and
spiritual as well.
If They Could Awaken.
Many women who find existence dull,
uninteresting. and uneventful would be-
come vivid and enthusiastic If they could
only be walked up to the knowledge that
housekeeping is big business" That, in
fact. there is no other vocation in the
whole wide world that is quite so i'm
portant.
The other day a college girl. who
will be married in the fall, shrugged her
shoulders when il was suggested that she
make study of housekeeping. Il shall
keep a maid she said, and IL l should
book. Any intelligent woman can surely
follow Instructions
Can't YOU see the narrow limits she
has set to her domestic vtstonY To her
housekeeping means cooking-the posses
sion OF a maid the solution Of all prob
lens, and she, forsooth. is to be left
free TO do the things she considers i'm
portant.
Test of Good HousekeepinE.
Yet cooking is not to-day the test Of
good housekeeping. One can, If ones in
come is elastic, hire a good cook. But
there is the refrigerator-not one maid in
ffty knows how to keep it hygienically in
order And the menus? We can, Of
course. find lists in all the magazines,
but these lists must be made to con-
form to the tastes and pocketbook OF
each household.
struct the maid in table-setting2 How
many know all the details of correct
service? Yet often ignorance of these
matters is the price Of the serenity OF
whole household.
What do YOU know of the cuts of
meats? Can you meet the question OF
high prices by practical suggestions to
your cook with regard to the prepara-
ton of the less expensive parts OF beef
ana mutton. what u SOu hhO" u AONN
values?
Are YOu So Unwisef
Have you your eye on the market or
are you ordering oranges at so cents a
dozen for your breakfast fruit when
peaches are 50 cents a basket? Are you
having crown roast of lamb for your
SUNDAYS when a chicken pit with its
economy of gravy and and crust would
afford a delicious and satisfying substi-
tute?
American wives have yet to learn that
housekeeping is a business in which they
can earn money by saving ii. There are
many wives who are to-day seeking des-
perately for some occupation which will
paw them a few dollars each week,
when in their own refriegators and pam
tries food is going to waste, milk is
growing sour, and wasteful cooks are
using eggs and butter and sugar in
prodigious quantities because their mis-
tresses would consider themselves
''stingy" to speak a word of warning
or give direct supervision of the cult
nary department.
French Ahead of Us.
The French people are far ahead of
US in their observance of the penny
saved. penny earned theory. They use
for their salads the parts of the vege-
tables which we throw away. They
toast the leftover slices Of bread which
we let mold.
They prsnara from the enmmon and