Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-02

due to the advent of the gas range. OF
| aluminium pots and enameled kitchen
| utensils Think OF the time once spent
in securing iron pots and copper kettles'
In polishing sinks and scraping the dough-
tray All that sort OF thing has given
place to an easier more effectual and
more sanitary system of cleanliness
through the advent of improved appoint
mcnts. The result of this Is an economy
of time and labor whereby women have
gained their opportunity for activities
outside of the home.
DO 1 think that a woman necessarily
neglects her home because she takes an
interest in outside affairs? Far from IL!
The woman who neglects her home is
fundamentally defective, and we all know
that long before the woman's movement
had it's use there were slatterns among
housekeepers Just as there were slouches
among business men-and are still! Tho
woman who keeps in touch with the
worlds progress, who Is up to date on
modern methods of housekeeping and
cooking. who understands the drift Of
public discussion on domestic problems. Is
the woman who introduces into her home
innovations tending TO the advantage Of
the entire household.
Yes, 1 am a great advocate of scientific
cooking. not only because 1 think it is
essential to health, but because l know
1t lessons the labor of kitchen work and
promotes leisure, which is the greatest
need of American life / am especially
interested in modern improvements of
methods and appointments because they
contribute to this end. They also make 1t
possible for the women OF today to do
what IL would have been impossible for
our grandmothers to do. 1 regard the |
gas range as one of the saviors OF
women in days when wood and coal had |
to be carried, ashes lifted lamps filed |
n HNFnN1 oil e.
fire to come up. When there were no |
drains, no water pipes, no pneumatic |
or washing machines, woman |
had little time to spare for outside ac- |
tivities. What are they all doing with |
the leisure which such modern improve
ments have secured TO them? They are
spending 1t in the interests Of public re-
forms, which will. believe. effect a still
greater bettelment Of the conditions in
the home They are working for civic
improvements and the establishment of
laws and ordinances tending still more TO
make the home n happy and restful spot
where man will not be constantly wor-
ried at seeing his wife Shaving away her
life and losing her youthful charms in
the sort of toll that wears out her spirit
and spoils her disposition.
SUFFRAGE AND PURE FOOD.
What has woman suffrage TO do with
the question? Well, II you want to know,
VIII have to admit that, In my opinion,
Il Is the cruN OF the whole situation Sci
entiho methods are imperatively neces-
5ary, but these cannot be had unless
many preliminary measures are made
No amount of good cooking
VIII bring about an ideal diet unless we
nave pure food. No cup OF tea will ever
.aste right unless we are secure against
ldulteration and bad water. No bread
'an ever be called wholesome TIL its
Ingredients arc what they ought to be.
Women are interested In securing legis-
alton which Will make good cooking ef-
heir children; they want the garbage
properly cared for; they would like to
lave hot-water plants,
Yes, l think II perfectly possible for
women 10 be active in the suffrage move
nent or any ether public interest with
'ut neglectlng their homes. We have
,lenty of good housekeepers who are
working for the cause and they have
'lenty of time to do this because they
lave had the wisdom TO ft themselves
or more than ono task. The woman who |
.nows how TO do a thing scientifically |
an do 1t in half the time an unframed | !
erson requires, and she has all the other
own comfortably TO those home duties
ers. Moreover, / think that the en-
reimbursement of women will eliminate
many duties which occupy us now when
ur struggle for political freedom de-
1ands OF us so much effort. The sooner
We set the vote the sooner we can settle
own comfortably TO those home duties
which enfranchisement will enable us
o do In a better way. Every woman
ught TO know how 10 cook scientifically
ecause such knowledge Is a guarantee
4 leisure Every woman ought TO have
he vote so she can promote those meas
res which will give her culinary at
a proper basis.
1t Is not true that a college training
ias no bearing upon the experiences of
housewife. The frst chicken / ever
arved was made the subject OF COM
lent and a man asked me where
earned tho art that he himself had never
ute mastered replied that / had
tudied anatomy, Numbers Of times /
!