The Washington herald., 1915-07-07
HOUSE
WINES
DAILY
ECONOMY.
CALENDAR
GIRLS EDUCATION.

Woman's place in the world today Is
far different from the one she occupied
thirty years ago. Everybody admits that.
N-ether they believe in feminism and
the suffrage or not. And. naturally.
woman's education is as different today
from what it was thirty years ago as
her position Is. 1t must be different. She
must be educated to fit into her new en-
vironment There 10 little need nova
days in knowing how to dip candles. how
to spin and weave-all parts of the edu-
cation Of women Of moderate means a
hundred years ago. There Ii not much
moro need of knowing how to lay car
pets with their protective layers Of moth
proof papers underneath, how to care
for kerosene lamps. how to clean the
old-fashioned house In the old-fashioned
way. how to preserve every sort Of fruit
in many different ways-things in which
the moderately circumstanced house.
keeper Of thirty years ago was versed.
But Just because women's household
duties have changed. have become easier.
there Is no reason for neglecting the do
nestle side Of a girls training altogeth-
er. For today the home is still in the
natural sphere of woman's keeping. even
II that home be only q two-room-and
kitchenette apartment. and even II its
mistress carry on profession or busi-
ness after marriage. More than this.
most women still live q more or less do
nestle life. The woman who works
outside the home after marriage, or who
foregoes marriage and makes place
for herself in business or the profess
sions is still greatly in the minority.
So 1t is logical that girls should still
be educated in housekeeping. Much that
their mothers learned. most OF the things
that their grandmothers learned. they
need not master. But they must know
much that the women Of earlier genera
lions did not know.
They must know more of the science OF
housekeeping and cooking. They must
understand the use OF all the labor-sav-
ing devices that nowadays enter into
housekeeping. They must be taught to
give serious consideration to the domes-
tic-servant problem. so that when the
time comes they may help to deal with 1t
in an intelligent manner. They must
learn much about hygiene and SANTA
ton, about disease prevention. II they
are to be successful as modern house
keepers. they must really master a pro-
fession as interesting and important as
any other.
Summer Is a good time to educate a
girl In many of the ways of housekeep-
ing. OF course. the girl who has been in
school all winter deserves a vacation, so
that her nervous and physical condition
may De Drought TO as nearly a perfect
state as possible before autumn. And
the girl who is run down, either physical
ly o. nervously. should live much in the
open, in a comparatively carefree way.
But most girls have sufficient strength
and energy left in the summer to take
a systematic course in scientific cooking,
or any. other branch Of modern house
keeping.
Help them to ft themselves now. before
their actual responsibilities in running
the world begin. to be able to do their
part later on in managing up-to-date
and efficient houses. If they choose a
professional life instead of a domestic
one. this study will not be wasted: for
they will understand the problems OF
other women through experience, and
30 will be able to work intelligently to
help solve those problems
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