Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-01
CITY FEDERATION MEETING.
Twentieth Century Club Arranses Pro
gram Fer Largely Attended Meeting.

About the most largely attended
meeting Of the City Federation Of
Womens Clubs yet held al the public
library auditorium, was enjoyed Thurs
day afternoon. The program had been
arranged by the Twentieth Century
Club, and consisted Of a splendid paper
given by Dr. Cora Williams Choate on
the interesting subject Of Food Eco
nomics" Mrs. w. II. Gilbert, presi.
dent Of the Twentieth Century Club.
was on the platform with Mrs. May F.
Montgomery, president of the city fed
Grafton. During the preli1ninaries to
the program Mrs. H. J. Howe presented
the petition being circulated for safe
and sane Fourth of July.
III her Introductory remarks, intro
ducing the speaker, Mrs. Montgomery
/ referred to the fact that the paper
given ty DR.. Choate was a continual
ton of the paper given before the fed
Grafton recently by DR.. Clara Schunk.
of Nevada. 1t was thru DR.. Choates
1 efforts that the federation obtained Dr.
Schunk for an address. DR.. Choate's
paper. tho a continuation Of the other,
was a complete and very interesting
chapter in itself and took UP dis
cussion of the values and best ways to
use a great variety Of foods, together
with giving many receipts both eco
nolnical and appetizing, s we'll as It's
sue building.
The sneaker said that necessity was
the mother of more than invention, as
was proved by the fact that necessity
first demonstrated to DR.. Harvey
Wiley. rational pure food and chem
istry expert, the difference between
pure food well cooked. and pure food
badly cooked. This simple awakening
led to his entering the field Of food
chemistry. He found that to cook an
egg properly was not only culinary
feat. but q work Of art, and that it was
beneath no ones dignity. not even
mans. t. learn to cook properly. In
fact he thinks man particularly adapt
ed to cooking. because he is so ac-
curately inclined. The speaker said.
IT doubt not that if we had more good
households, we would hear less OF the
divorce question In my inrermost
mind. l believe that today, more inf1u-
erce lies with the woman In remedy
ing the divorce evil. than with men,
altho both seves may be equally guilty
in causing it.
In these days Of the high cost OF Nv
irg, she said, it is necessary TO re
frugal as well as an expert in cooking.
and. It was her endeavor to chow ner
audience the food values in the less ex-
pensive materials, indicating where
one could either cut down the quantity
or substitute without etle.sening the
manufacture Of energy or heat. Flight
here it seems to me is the secret why
some homes thrive and some 90 not
because the members of the latter &c
not know how to work with the things
they have, whether they are many OF
few
Quoting from a famous CHEFS pub
nshed opinions. she said: zone poor
cook makes one bad stomach. one
bad stomach makes one cranky bus
band One cranky husband makes al
unhappy home. Ten poor cooks make
one doctor rich"
DR.. Choate also spoke Of the Y. w
C.. A. classes heing organized to pur
sue this line of study. and said tha'
she approved ct the action Of those II
charge. most heartily. The speake'
was given a unanimous vote of thank.
at the close OF her address.