The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-29
POPULAR LECTURER TO SPEAK.

POPULAR LECTURER TO SPEAK.
Florence NJ. Peet who has been Sc
cured by The Gate City to conduct a
course In domestic science and good
home cookery for the women OF Keo-
kuk, makes friends for herself and
her Better Foods Better Homes move
ment wherever she works. She has
been engaged In preaching the gospel
of good foods for q number OF years
and is one Of the most popular Bet
ter Foods Better Homes lectureres
In the country. She Is most enter
tanning speaker and has friendly
personality, which always creates
pleasing social spirit among her
classes. The hearts OF the women OF
her classes are won by her smile be-
fore she begins to talk and when she
has given one lecture and cookery
lesson, they realize at once that she
is as much interested In good house
keeping and good cooking as they
themselves are, and that she has
much valuable assistance for them in
solving their everyday household
problems. Her very presence sug-
gests home comfort and a pleasing
friendlfness, and 1t only takes about
one hour for the several hundred
women who always attend Miss
Poets first lecture, to fall in love with
her.
Miss Peet believes In good eating
She says man, to do effective work
Of any kind. must be well fed. She
holds to the old-fashioned belief that
the way to a mans heart Is through
his stomach. and she Is going to give
Keokuk's already good cooks some
new secrets of winning mems hearts
by this method. Miss Poets ideas of
good eating and good cooking make
for less work for the cook, and in
crease variety and wholesomeness Of
foods for the eaters. She tells the
women OF her classes that they
should cook good food for themselves
so they will not lose their good looks
She has been conducting schools
somewhat along the lines Of the one
planned for Keokuk in number OF
Iowa cities and has been attracting
large crowds every day. She is tire
less in her efforts to interest women
IN good cooking and never wants TO
take a vacation. The school she viii
conduct in Keokuk is TO be entirely
free for the women OF this city. There
will be absolutely no expense at
tached to this course Of lectures and
cookery lessons and no obligations
Of any kind are involved. There will
ing will be offered for sale. Miss
Peet will lecture every afternoon ex-
cept Saturday and will give lecture
on Tuesday evening and all Of the
subjects chosen for these talks will
interest the average everyday house
keeper. The experienced conservative
housekeeper will be convinced By
Miss Peet that domestic science meth
DDS are scientific and efficient meth
DDS which assist every woman in
tightening her task and making her
work more effective. Miss Peet wei
comes all domestic science teachers
and students in her domestic science
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given special lectures before domes-
tic science classes and is always very
popular with any one interested in
this work
One OF the pleasing features of Miss
Poets course is that she answers
questions at ali times. Women bring
her their personal household prob
lens and she shows them how to
solve them. They come to her with
difficulties OF various sorts which they
have been unable TO overcome, and It
only takes Miss Peet little while
to straighten these out. All over the
country are housekeepers who are
she has given them in running their
homes with less friction and greater
happiness.
Miss Peet always has a question
box In connection with her school SO
! that il there are any women who are
too tmid to stand right up in meet
ing, as often happens, there is not
time for the large number of ques-
tons women want to ask. they may
simply drop them into this question
box and Miss Peet will be sure to take
care OF every one of them.
After giving talk On good pastry
: making or good cake making or pure
foods, or how to buy meats, or some
other such interesting subject, Miss
Peet will give cookery lesson. She
VIII each day prepare different foods,
:. and VIII prove to her classes that she
r not only knows all Of the principles
underiing this art Of good cookery,
e but understands exactly how to amply
II these and the manner In which she
a does 1t will delight every one who
Y sees her, and more particularly nov.
|. haps, everyone who has an onor,nn.
d ity of tasting the foods she cooEs
+ This will include every woman wb.
iattends The Gate City Home Bcopom.