The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-02
The Fine and Gentle Art of Cooking.

who, though handicapped by so great
physical infrmity as to confine her to wheel
chair for number of years, had. for many
years, been al expert in all matters relating
to food as purchaser and as cook
A number of years ago this lady had been
a teacher in school: later. the fortunes Of
her family compelled her to remain at home
and aid her mother, in the rearing of large
number of younger brothers and sisters As
an aid to her mother in operating boarding
house, her peculiar talents were able to de
yelop and when one of the younger sisters,
then at an age to take her place in the house
hold, suggested the beginning Of a cooking
school, the elder took the idea up with zest,
and the result is now apparent in the cee
brated Boston Cooking School" where she
was SO long a teacher. and which is erecting
building in honor Of this woman, who chose
to train young women in ''the fine and gentle
art of cooking
Judge Ben Lindsey. one Of the pioneers for
special work among the derelicts and way
ward OF Denver, expressed himself once as
believing that more crime, more misery and
more general devilment" could be traced to
lack Of, or improperly prepared food, than to
any other cause that tended to criminality.
He cited the food of the tenemens-where
slovenly woman would put on a table, for the
meal of man who had probably been at la
horious work all day. food that was unfit from
any standpoint; it failed to satisfy the natural
hunger. In many instances, or failed to nour-
ash the man, who was urgently in need of the
nOurlshment
The nearby saloon, with its well-stocked
Stree lunch or the lunch at moderate cost
served with the liquids that would be bought
to wash it down, was the solution for this
man; too much drink would be the almost
inevitable result a quarrel when he got home,
and the balance the too familiar police court
scene.
Germany and France are two nations that
realize that 'the strength of nation is in the
stomachs of her people, which may be liter
ally translated into mo nation of dyspeptics
can ever be strong" The war pictures of both
these nations, in the present conflict, show the
most elaborate outfits which the field kitchens
have, and the utmost efforts are being made
to keep the food supply of the soldiers up to
the standard.
A well-known historian has blamed more
than one of Napoleon's defeats on the fact
that his soldier went into battle with empty
stomachs, and the proof is not hard to find
Then, if we realize that this part of human
duty plays so important a part in the entire
scheme of things, isn't it marvellous that so
few women realize the great value of develop
ing and cultlvatlng the really fine art of
cooking?
Real cooking, is one thing; making pretty
meal, out of nothing is another,
but the planning of nourishing, tasty, we'll
prepared and nicely served meal, is important
enough to call to its profession, the best there
is in womanhood, when the health and the
happiness of the family in their care, depends
on it.
There is certain woman" editor e., the
man-edtor of woman's magazine sim
ply inaugurated a reign of cookery that was
appalling to those who read the menus he had