New Britain herald., 1916-07-29
PROPER CARE OF A COOK,

Since time immemorable house. wives of America have experienced trouble in retaining cooks and house.
 maids. The problem has grown by leaps and bounds until today it is
 one of the salient features of domestic
 worry. Almost everything ingenious
 minds can think ot has been advanced
 on the subject. Books have been
 written purporting to tell of ways to cover the difficulties confronting the lady of the house who would have one long road of happiness ahead of her. How to keep your cool<' is a piece of advice always welcomed among those who have made unsuc- cessful attempts to do so. And yet the subject has never been exhausted.
 Now comes Miss Mary Snow to the rescue. What relation Miss Mary is to Miss Phoebe of the road of Antra- cite, is not known. But Miss Mary servant problem in America and therefore her name will soon be hon. Ored by every housewife in this great and glorious land. She unfolds her to the Chicago Woman's Union Lea que. Her theory is that when wo- mon in the domestic arts and sciences win the same positions of social equal ity with their employers they hold in or other office work the 1 servent problem will be solved for all | time. This, because women are more l interested in domestic economies. Such 8 condition in the home would make labor come willingly and freely, is her way of putting it. And unless there is instituted a system of collec- tive bargaining between the mistresses on one side and the maids and cooks on the other, or a recognition of the by the mistresses themselves, the home will be decadent in the near future. Miss Snow says so The end is in sight unless some change occurs Her belief is that persons employed in household economics should be al home at night.
 There was never a legitimate req son why the maid and the cook should not be social equals of the mistress of the house. After all, the mistress only owns the house. Probably she just rents it. Why then should she hold herself aloof from the persons whom she employs to take care of the place and more particularly the one she hires to attend to the culinary department? No reason in tress should do all in her power to make life one sweet dream for the cook, and for the maid. The cook holds more than the spoon in her family. One carefully administered potion of narcotic and forthwith the doctor must be called. So the cooks good graces should be courted all the
 
 mistress should have to turn over his motor car every afternoon for the ! cook and her loved one to journey the countryside. A good cook can command more than her weight | in gold. Miss Snow is perfectly right l In all she says. There should be no 1 social barrier between the lady who 1 owns the house and the one who pre- oares delightful commestibles for the l nner being. Suppose the cook wants | 70 see the best show in town. Pre- | sent her with tickets,-as many as 1 she wishes There might be a police nan in the neighborhood. Suppose she wants to give a party to some of l Ter friends. Turn over to her the ,arlor. the entire house. Move out n the country until it is all over. Suppose the cook would like to invite he girls around for afternoon tea. See that everything is in readiness,