El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-08
Make War OnSunday Dinner
Started to Make Every
Sunday Mothers Day and Elimi-
nate Cooking on That Day.
r. By L rederic ]. Eaakin----
o. I It1ctIc o I--isF@LI
? ASHINGTON, D. c., Sept

Grated, the most popular eff all Ameri
can institutions the Sunday dinner.
The big dinner on Sunday has beei
| the JOY and delight Of the children ant
the men Of every generation since dis
| tinctiYe American social customs Wer'
| evolved. So delightful was the week.,
! gorge that the unshnted praise g1VeE
| il by men and children for long tm'
concealed, even from the mothers
| themselves, the fact that what was &
| lily was a grievous burden to The moth
er, Transforming her day Of rest into
| the hardest day of the week
! Mothers Day is Started,
| A few years ago Miss Annie Jarvis
| Of Philadelphia, originated the idea o.
| setting apart one Sunday In the veal
b. for services in honor of mothers. Phil
! adelphia newspapers gave the idea to
/ the world, the movement grew, and
soon Mothers Day became an estab-
country. The white carnation was
adopted as the flower for the day, and
in churches Of every denomination,
services are held on a May Sunday,
paying tribute to the mothers Of the
nation, individually and collectively.
Mothers Job on Mothers Day.
And yet, on that very Mothers
DAY." the average American mother Is
working over a hot stove in a hot
kitchen, preparing a hot meal that
father and the children come home
from church
The proposition to relieve mother by
the abolition of the time-honored in
stitUtion of the Sunday dinner may not
have as much sentimental appeal as
the annual Mothers Day. with It's
white carnation. but the chances are
that the living and working mothers
viii more highly appreciate this prac-
teal movement which aims to make
Every Sunday Mothers Day"
OF course, in some families there
are servants to prepare the Sunday
dinner, but it is an odd fact that where
there are servants the Sunday dinner
IS not accented. and differs but little
from the dinner on any other day. Any
survival Of prominence that II may re-
tain is due not to the presence of the
servant but to the habits and customs
originating in the history of that fam
ly when there was no servant and
when mother did the work. Anyhow,
in nine out of ten families there is no
servant.
Sunday the Hardest Day.
To most mothers, Sunday is the
hardest day Of the week The man Of
the house, having been obliged to have
an early breakfast all the week, feels
privileged to indulge in an extra nap
on Sunday morning. This necessitates
a late breakfast After the breakfast,
mother must hurry to prepare the chill
dren for church. Usually, to begin
this process before breakfast would
disturb father. The breakfast Sunday
morning also is more elaborate meal
than on week days This means more
work for mother. To clear I'D after
breakfast, attend to the children and
make her own toilet keep her ION the
jump" from the time she rises from
the breakfast table until she is seated
IN her church pew, as thousands OF
mothers can testify.
Must Hurry to Get Dinner.
II mother does not attend church,
she IS expected to have an elaborate !
dinner ready to serve by the time the
family returns, and she seldom dis /
appoints this expectation. If she does
attend church, the dinner must be a I
little later and she rushes home 10 {
prepare 1t after church, too hurried i
sermon pleased her or not. If a roast !
s TO be cooked, she can hardly serve /
INNER much before the middle of the /
afternoon After this is eaten. it takes 1
most OF the remaining afternoon to !
clear up. Usually some sort of a sun /
per IS also expected on Sunday even
ng- What wonder is it that mother
goes TO bed more tired on Sunday than
any other night during the week?
Father Gets Rest Period.
The father Of the family may work
larder during his hours Of employ
nent than mother. These hours are
TOT so long as mothers and seldom IS
us Work as nerve rackinE. Yet every !
sunday, father has a rest and an op-
'ortunlty to enjoy his home In many I
lOInes, ms very presence makes it
larder Tor mother, who feels that he /
mould have a better dinner that day
nan usual 1t is only lately that peo-
ne nave come TO feel that mother
,uSht TO have things better on Sunday
nan other days, but the idea has
Jared f-
Kansas City Man Starts Now schema.
a Kansas City man, last winter
dugnt the spirit and has taken il !
pom himself to tighten his wife's Sun
ay WORK by preparing the dinner him
ell 1t Is q novel emplovmen+ 70 |
i'm and therefore not the ann monot-
ny cooking is to his wife He serves
My such things as he can prepare
aslIy- Steaks and chops are easier J
nan roast beef or poultry His dinner |
suaIIy consists OF meat and one or
"o canned vegetables with a sfmnle /
essert, prepared or purchased the day
eIore When they return from church J
1stead OF settling himself comforta b1v
own TO read, this man turns the new
lagazlne over to mother, while he re-
airs to the kitchen. He presently
lmmons her TO a meal. mucI simpler
ian she herself would have served
ut she finds 1t a royal feast because
ne has not had to cook it In two
Inree years. the children will be
d enough to serve Sunday dinner
nd father is training them to look
inward to doing it In the meantime
2 has determined to make it posi-
e for their mother to rest on Sun
~.
Makes GCBIue Monday
Physicians say that the average Am
lean family eat too heavily on Sun
~. and that simpler meals would be
ore hygienic- Teachers frequently
nd that children are duh and heavy
ed on Monday morning, with an at
-ude indicating upset digestion. Many
business man is surprised to find
at he feels tired and depressed on
onday morning and perhaps has a
adache, instead of being refreshed
ter a. day Of rest Both of these con-
tons are to be attributed to the
avy meals provided on Sunday at the
st of so much labor to the mother
The Greless cooker, If properly used,
ay do much TO lessen the labor of
eparing the Sunday dinner If a
asst is considered essential, it may (
cooked in the fireless cooker, while 1
other is at church, and also save her :
e tedious, back breaking process
basting the meat The cooking OF I :
o entire meal NAV he doua IN The