The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
WHAT EVERY WOMAN
OUGHT TO BE

other while shopping In the lingerie
section of one of the big stores
After greeting each other, the oldel
one remarked:
wasn't Mrs. BIS dinner a delight
full affair? But 1t seemed so very
rich that feared it would distress
me afterward, as so often happens
after one of these heavy dinners
But really, l slept like a baby aftel
1t and today l feel perfectly splendid
Mrs. B must have a wonderful cook.
Mrs. B is really her own cook,
said the other woman. eve known
Alice b all my life and everything
she does is just like that. She won't
undertake anything that she hasn't
fully mastered. l suppose that's the
German thoroughness In her. She's
of German descent on her mothers
side, you know.
you ought to go into her kitch-
en-. It's perfect. There isn't lot
of fancy stun hanging around. She
has everything that is necessary. but
no more. She had wanted q tiled
kitchen, but couldn't AFFORD 1t, so it's
Imitation tile in painted plaster,
which can be washed.
There are windows on three sides.
Everything is in convenient reaching
distance between stove, sink and ia
BILE. She cooks with electricity, and
there seems never to be any smoke
or grease or bad smells in that
kitchen.
"All her recipes and housekeeping
data are filed In such order that she
can turn to any subject Immediately.
And everything is so orderly that she
does her work in one-third the time
that most women would use doing
the same work.
when 1t comes to cooking, Alice
is both artist and scientist. She I'M
derstands the chemical affinities Of
foods, and 1 have never in my life
known anybody to feel badly after
eating at her home. So many places
where one dimes, you know, one feels
i'll or uncomfortable afterward.
There seem to be very few hOstesses
who know how to serve a well bal
anced meal.
"Alice never seems to have any
sickness In her family, and I believe
1t Is largely due to her scientific
cooking. They eat mighty well In
Alice's family. tOo-always seem to
have the best things in the market.
used to think she was extravagant.
But she said she had reckoned out
long ago that it was cheaper to buy
the best material and prepare 1t prop
erly, than to waste time, energy and
fuel preparing the cheaper grades,
especially when she considered that
1t all went into bone and flesh In the
family.
Her business, she says, is to build
human beings, and she wants to be
proud Of her work. Moreover, she
told me, she was able to bank money
that other families paid out for doc
tors and medicines" "a
"She must be a very brainy wo-
man." said the other shopper.
Not any bralnier than you or l."
retorted the friend OF Mrs. B. "She's
simply put her mind to work on
that a great many women
think Is beneath them. l don't think
she has any more genius than most
women, but she recognizes her re-
spOnsibility and takes great per-
sOnal Joy in the results achieved by
her efficiency. Really, l don't know
of a jollier, healthier, nicer bunch
of people to know than the B fam
lily"
81 only hope they appreciate Mrs.
b." sighed the older woman. when
sacrifice themselves to their
families like that they are so seldom
Mrs. B. not appreciated" The
other woman almost shouted her
laughter. did you see any evidence
of that last evening? The family
adores her. Even the high school
daughter thinks her mother is the
prettlest and smartest thing she ever
knew-and that's going some. Mrs.
b is no drudge, let me assure you.
You ought to see her skate, and
throw snowballs, and the way she
and her small son discuss the prob
lens Of the world together! She's
what every woman ought to bean
all around good fellow as we'll as an
all around good home keeper"