The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-07
BY Ed L. Keen.

| Gondon Correspondent for the United
Press)
LONDON, Jan. 7.-"They're not like
the pies father used to make"
This paraphrase seems destined to
replace the popular household COM
ment on the excellence of mothers
pastry-in England at least. With so
many of the womenfolk nowadays out
politically demonstrating window
smashing, pouring acid in mail boxes,
and occasionally trying to blow up
cabinet makers, Englishmen apparent
ly are awakening to a sense of their
responsibilities in connection with the
problem of domestic economy.
Tangible evidence of this tendency
| is presented in the fact that cookery
schools throughout the country report
a big increase in the number of male
pupils of all classes and ages in the
past few months.
Although it is true that the new pu-
pills include many bachelors and wild
overs, the cookery schools proprietors
attribute the sudden masculine inter-
est in the culinary art largely to the
suffragette campaign. Another reason
is the recent activity of the police au-
thorities in enforcing the law closing
restaurants at midnight, which COM
pels the young man who wishes to give
quiet feed to his friends after late
theatre evening to take them to his
own apartments.
Male Students Excel.
In London especially the culinary
colleges are overcrowded and in many
cases they have had to turn away
eager applicants. AS rule the in
structors declare they prefer male
students to female because, it is
averred, they are more apt to inject
originality into the composition of
their products.
Il have found that the Englishman
is as much of a sportsman in cooking
as in anything else" remarked lead
ing professional chef to your CORE
spondent. After mastering the rudi-
ments of the art, he very quickly starts |
experimenting with ingredients or pro-
portions of his own devising. Therein |
lies the chief difference between the |
male and the female cook
"The woman usually follows the
very letter of the recipes in her favor
tie cook book. With her cooking is a
science rather than an art And she
caves nothing to chance. But man
ioes not relish such a sure-thing
game. There must be some hazard
for him, even in cooking. Hence,
when he feels confident enough of
lis own prowess he chucks his cook
,ook out of the window.
ITO meet the peculiar demands of
,ur male pupils we have had to add
pecial courses to our ordinary cur
iculum We find it difficult, for in
lduCo, 10 Interest new SJuu0uIS III Ju0
of small cakes and other
light and airy articles that ordinarily
o with afternoon tea. But when the
lass in Welsh rarebits, deviled kid
eys, praised sweetbreads, or curry
auces is called to order, the male
MEMBERS are right on the job.
Men Make Suggestions.
ALSO, we receive many more sug-
estions from the men than from the
yomen. Everyone who has ever been
utside of England wants to learn how
} prepare some particularly pleasing
ish encountered in his travels. And
hose who have dabbled in the cook
ry of camp life during hunting ex-
editions apparently find irresistible
ne lure of repeating their expert
tents under more favorable conditions
n returning to civilization"
The awakened interest Of the male