Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18

Learned from the Cooking Teacher. |
She WAS demonstrator. A food lee |
turer, the Newspaper called her; large,
sweet, wholesome woman, starting out
In middle lie, with no capital except
years Of experience In her home, good,
fundamental education, . broad symps-
thy with every phase Of woman's work
In the world, and . newly acquired Do.
mestic Science training. She was max
ing good, ~ such sincerity Of purpose
and such earnestness cannot fail to
make good.
There are many such women In the
field to-day, teaching cooking and home
making, and advocating the use of cer-
tain wholesome, reliable brands Of foods,
and housewives do we'll to embrace the
opportunity of learning from them.
Hundreds Of the best housewives and
cooks 10 the city had listened every day
again, In her talks, she used the word
efficiency. Over and over she insisted
that this word, which has come to mean
30 much in the business world, 10 one
with which women In the home need to
become familiar. They need to work
ont in the home some Of the methods OF
efficiency their capable husbands are
working ont In Office, factory and shop.
Not only In her talks but in her work
did this lecturer teach efficiency. In
the morning, to get ready for her work,
she put out on the table In front of her,
30 she did not have to step of the plat
form all the afternoon, pans, trays,
dishee, knives, forks, spoons and spatu-
| las. Foods were placed in the refriger-
ator, which did not stand back against
the wall far away from the work table,
but was placed where only two steps
were required TO reach IL. They we're
put in In such Q manner thar they could
be easily taken out the moment they
| we're wanted. This was not fussiness,
but efficiency, saving time and energy.
| If such efficiency ia worth while in the
cooking school, is it not more worth
| while in the kitchen where q woman
| OF epares three meals day every day
| in the year; and would We not find our
work there more interesting and less
like drudgery, if we gave intelligent
thought In planning and trying to work
out method just little better than
any other woman's We know?
Why not hang the cooking utensils
near the gas range, instead OF hiding
them in q pantry away off at the other
side of the room? Why not see that the
range and the sink are near enough for
as TO 90 from one to the other with only
one or two steps? Next to the stove
have a table on which to put dishes
ready to be carried to the dining-room,
and for dishes as they are carried from
the dining-room, l. g., near the dining.
room door. Have small kitchen with
little furniture rather than one that 10
sitting-room, dining-room and kitchen
combined, with rocking chair to dust,
table cloth to remove from the work
table, and curtains to wash and iron
every week. Have your kitchen work
shop, pure and simple. Eat in the din
Iing-room and the children will have bet
tor table manners. Rest in the living.
room and you will not grow so tired OF
your kitchen. Have 1t workshop
simple, convenient and arranged for util-
ity rather than appearance.
Let us, as women, see to it that there
is as active movement toward efficiency
aud conservation in the home as men
are making in the business world. II
We lag behind in the one business that
is truly ours, how can We expect the
men to admit us willingly into their
| world of busipess and politics?