Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05

M I'N. M.Nlsf y. WILSON, officially
A'A styled as tho only woman in the
world who could teach the navy how
to cooh,' is going to write articles on
cooking for tho EvEH1NG PUR11c
LEDGEns Woman's Page. Beginning
Monday, December 9. the articles will
appear oaily.
Mrs. Wilson is by no means
stranger to Philadelphia women.
Through her work on the Public
| Ledger she has won u high place for
herself in thousands of homes; in fact,
70 such an extent that the name Mrs.
Wilson has grown TO be a beloved
byword.
Next to her sai!ors-and 10 one can
think Of sailors without thinking of
Mrs. Wilson now-thc thing she is
most proud OF is that she has been
called up lin the middle OF the night"
to settle some Philadelphia woman's
cookery problems.
You sec" this twinkly-eyed. fifty
places-at- woman says, II believe
poor cooking causes more divorces
than all tho rest Of the reasons put
I together. l think soggy biscuits have
driven more love out of mems hearts
than ever pretty faces lured in, And
that is why like to tell women about
cooking: because it makes for happi.
ness in tho home"
Mostly every one knows Mrs. Will
son was special cook TO Queen Victoria
for five years and that she became
known in Europe as a Cuisiniere and
| instructor of cooking extraordinary.
And Just because Mrs. Wilson's recipes
worlds greatest epicures. the average
woman might think her royal expert
! ences left this unusual woman with
the desire and the abilit:' to cater only
to the rich mans appetite.
Caters 10 Poor Mans pOcketbook
But such is not the case. Perhaps
the best contradiction Of all this is the
| $4,000 cooking school for sailors now
in course Of construction on the
grounds Of the Naval Home, Twenty
sixth street and Grays Ferry road.
Commodore T. d. Griffin, governor of
the Naval Home, secured the appro-
prlation.
In June, 1917, when the idea was
evolved to start a school for sailor
cooks at the Naval Home, Mrs. Wilson
volunteered to take the class without
pay. In spite Of the fact that she was
woman - the first woman ever &c
; make such an altogether astonishing
suggestion - the offer was accepted
And speaking OF ability to deal with
the poor mans pocketbook! Mrs. VIII
: son did such unbelievable stunts with
: the sixty cents a day allowed for {
sailors three meals that there seemed
nothing else to do but build her 1
$ great big scientifically equipped build
= ing, so that hundreds of other men j!
: the navy might have the benefit o
}. her experience. Some days the thre
i meals run as low as twenty-nine cents
6 Other days, of course, they ar
i higher, but the average of eXpenditur
h has been forty-eight cents a day
s twelve cents below the Government
navy subsistence.
n "And since those first days when tll
Il boys came to me, not knowing how I
e. peel a potato" Mrs. Wilson explaine
proudly 10 u visitor who went dow
to sample mess, my boys are mar
ming all the naval bases in Franc
+. and a great many of those in tn
n United States, and we have heard tha
p Great Britain is to send us some of III
g. English navy to te trained here"
- Fed Sailors for 80 Cents Day
y The 100 sailors now in training wit
Mrs. Wilson are very proud OF he
ID When the visitor asked to see some (
It the menus-the cooking school, I
!e course, feeds itself-one OF the boy
IN displayed the one which gave thr'