Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
HOME COOKING is
URGED BY EXPERT
sousehold Efficiency and Sys-
tenn Taught by Miss Peet
in Lecture Course.
e BROUGHT HERE BY ARGUS
!. 70 Be in Rock Island All Next
Week. Giving Talks in Ma
sonic Temple Hall.


EJo OF pleasing the women Of
I'll Rock Island who are al
- ways proving themselves in
f1l terested IN up-to-date help
- full propositions OF all kinds
.~>zI has arranged for a better
~ foods. better homes cam
lin TO be carried on here the week
. Oct. %, under the personal super.
.s.son OF Florence NJ. Peet, domes-
- sctence lecturer and expert cook.
Miss Peet will give a series OF six
No-,a economics lectures. all of which
Al be entirely free to every woman
xho Is al all interested in good cook
,.s She Will speak every afternoon
-ert week except Saturday in MASONIC
ri and will give one evening lecture
:, Tuesday. The afternoon sessions
IN begin promptly at 2:3O and the
svsnlsg lecture. TO which men are in
v;,ed. will be AZ 1880.
Miss Peet IS an enthusiast on the
snhiect OF good home cooking She
avs there are few families that would
~ urefer the product OF the home
ti,ehea concocted after traditional re-
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--o.bers Miss Peet believes women
oueht TO do their own cooking. She
avs that the past generation of women
All Il with poorer materials and less
s1cieut methods and more meager
scutDment and that women Of today,
With better materials and easier meth
ots and finer home appliances. ought
"a nv Il for the sake OF their families.
she emphasizes at all times the matter
az home cooking. and in her cookery
lessons shows how il may be done
With intelligent thought and planning
AID still leave housekeepers time and
Energy for outside activities. She rec
onnends simple menus and explains
how these may be varied from day TO
day. She teaches economy in every
lesson. She says tina: in the matter
Of proper cooking ones knowledge can
not be too complete
Apply Efficiency Principles.
Mss Peet believes that the prin-
ciPles OF efficiency which are being
successfully applied IN every kind OF
business may be equally well applied
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study any more vital topic than that
Of household efficiency. She proves
that It IS a matter Of paramount i'm
portance by explaining its effect on
the character OF each members OF the
family circle and shows how this ef-
feet naturally widens into the com.
nunity life. the business life and the
Life OF the entire uarfOu
At The Argus Home Economics
school where Miss Peet will teach
household efficiency. practical econ
ony and good wholesome home cook
ing next week. al OF the latest styles
II desserts and salads will be dis
eussed. the newest models in cakes and
pastry viii be shown. the most fashion
able methods OF frying. baking and
steTing VIII be demonstrated. Miss
Peet viii make doughnuts and cookies
and cakes and Biscuits. She will bake
bread snc cook meats and vegetables
and a. the special evening session on
Tuesday she Will bake ice cream.
Women who cannot attend the after
noon sessions are cordially invited to
tnis evening session. Men are also
invited and everyone who attends Will
Be served 10 ice cream and cake. Not
!ast ordinarily frozen ice cream but