Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-28

school has been conducted, with do
nestle science as one Of the most
popular of its departments, and has
been attended by many housewives,
particularly among the younger ma
irons who felt their own lack Of
knowledge in regard to work in the
home and wanted to find out the best
way to do It.
In the class work this year espe-
cial stress Is being laid on the sub
jcct Of food economy, which 1t Is in
sisted is of particular Importance in
these days of complaint in regard to
the high cost Of living.
zone of the greatest reasons for
the increased cost of living over what
it was a few years ago" says Miss Oc-
borne, is the fact that women are
too busy with other things to give any
attention to the subject Of cooking.
The rapid increase in the use Of
cooked foods, canned foods and baS-
cry goods, is responsible as much as
any other one thing for the high
cost Of living "a it exists today. If
the present tendency along that line
continues, 1t will De only a few years
until the cooking stove will be use
less article in the average home.
"Our effort is to get the girls who
are under our instruction to give
more care and thought to the subject
of food preparation. There Is a gen
rral disposition nowadays to demand
fresh vegetables at all times, the
choicest cuts Of meat and everything
else I'm proportion, disregarding the
fact that the less expensive things
might be made just az appeti2ing and
satisfactory if properly prepared. II
the work I'm domestic science and
and home economies I'm the public
schools Of Oklahoma means anything
at all it means the supplanting OF
that sort Of ideas with those OF
most practical sort, the application
of which will speedily prove their
value"
That It would be better for the
modern housek ceper TO get back 10
the methods Of her grandmother Is
the declaration made by Miss Hettie
Elizabeth starr. head of the domestic
science department Of the Central OK
lahoma state Normal at Edmond. Ok.
The trouble with the modern
housekeeper." said Miss Starr, rs that
she il not practical chemist She
should seek, not to get away from the
principles Of cookery which her
grandmother practiced, but TO got
back to them SLOW cooking and bak-
ing. by means Of the old fashioned
fireplace. developed more delicious
flavors in foods than ever can be
brought about by the present day
quick methods of cooking.
AS matter of fact, the cost OF
food is no measure Of its nutritive
value. Cheap food IS that which has
required very little capital and labor
to produce. The excessive cost Of Nv
ing today is due to many other things
besides the cost Of raw materials.
When a man pays SO week for
table board he pays for fragile china.
neat caps and aprons for the maid.
time Of the cook IN garnishing. choice
of dishes. etc, so that the raw ma
terials he consumes from barely one
third Of the total cost"
BY reason Of the fact that domestic
science has TO be taught In all Of the
schools Of the state. the training OF
teachers In that branch is an import
ant part OF the work Of all of the
normal schools. II IL In charge Of
Miss Starr at the central state norm
al at Edmond; Sarah Crumley. at the
Northwestern normal at Alva: Miss
Mamie Davis. Southwestern normal.
Weatherford: Miss A. Alice Francisco.
East Central normal, Ada: Miss Clare
Nirfs. Northwestern normal. Table
quah: Miss Halle NJ Mckinney,
Southwestern normal. Durant.
Especial stress is also laid on that
work in the A. and VI. college. which
is really the pioneer in Oklahoma In
domestic science training; the Okla
homa College for Women at Chicka-
sha, with Miss Joy Belle Hancock In