The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-29
HOW DOES HOME TRAINING
FIT FOR LOLlE MAKING

The following s. taken from the paper
written by Mrs. Charles J. Eeekman and
reau before the Home Economics Depart
ment OF the WOman's Club.
/ our grand others would have
thought u ridiculous to consider any
such subject a. "ihow Far Does Home
Training Fit for Home Making" They
consider that was the only training tina
did fit for home making. First OF al.
all the daughters I'm the house were
their mothers helpers. and consequently
when they left to make a home OF heir
own. had experience and knowledge.
they knew what was expected OF them
tiers We're compelled to give support to
the family, they were employed in home =
I OF better surroundings. thus educating
them in this line and raised them TO a
higher plane. Now these same girls are
the ones who fill factories. shops. etc.
Z How much home training is possible u
girl employed In mill or store. tired
mentally and physically when night
comes The working girls marry men
similarly employed and are the ones who
need home training. Yet the big per
cent are incompetent wives. Then we
have the more fortunate class. the rich.
Many mothers fail to realize one truth,
20 teach their daughters TO be attractive
They fail to educate them 10 possess tn,
ability. character and disposition that
VIII keep the happiness. once they have
won H. No home founded ON love alone
viii live and thrive. The ability and
character must be there When girls
can bake "a cake. make fudge. fry pota-
toes they consider their knowledge COM
plete. II isn't that they may have to
cook. but they should know know.
Can She Cook3
We all know how often We have the
price. bat not the cook. The average
man does not care II his wife has read
Shakespeare, hut what interests him
vitality j.. 90 she can cook and manage a
home inteligeutly. its the educated
woman who counts now adays. but edu-
Gated IN all things that make for home
making Tier interests should begin
there and hnger long enough to benefit
everyone IN the home. Not many Of Us
are born a genius or the mother OF one
but the majority Of uS are normal
mothers. and In every normal mother
hedrt there lies the hope that some day
her daughter viii have a home Of her
CIV n. We don't often wish the same for
our sons. but they. TOO. 90 Co make their
home and mothcr-ln-laWs find them not
IN" th'-EhtIu! men they should be. the
husbands they should be. or our daugh-
tiers the wives they should be. and may he
II may not strike us as how far our
training has lifted them. We can trall
them no better than in showing them the
thiuB~ that will make tor their own hal
pincss and possess the ability TO make
Others happy. The question OF the tu-
ture is not how many children have YOU.
but how WELL have you trained them
Let them De taught some means Of SELF
support b. uIt tuat means by which ~
is possible 90 live and have comfort ia
limited means
NO woman. rich or poor. has ever
-. ''''f ''''' ''''h' N"t l'7''H'tu OF
dressmakinG. millinery or cOoking %
come amis- ~, boy has ever been
harmed by being taught the value of "A
dollar. by being made to earn one. II Is
"A mother place To see that her daugh-
ter receives the proper training ut hOu.,
and before she leaves e. We allow our
children TO leave uS knowing the trials
that await them thinking every tutug
comes right In the end From the time
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