Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-30

CHE taught the army and navy
how to cook.
What an inscription to have
written upon Il medal OF honor,
awarded. let us say, during the year
1918 OF the great war. Nor is it
700 fanciful to imagine any such an
award being made by one Hoover of
INC food administration. For if food
is to win this war, as we are told
II is, then why not medal or dis
Junction in this branch of service?
Why not Il Croix de Gucrrc, for
instance, TO Mrs. Mary a. Wilson. of
Philadelphia, late chef to Queen Vic
toria. who has trained and formed
units of commissary stewards and
cooks In two naval bases in France,
ana who is now teaching second
class cooks to make tirst-class show
in the Philadelphia Navy-Yard and
at Commonwealth Pier?
Well--why not?
Not that Mrs. Wilson seeks any
such reward for services rendered
Far from that. For at present she
has offered her services to the United
States government. She has offered
TO go anywhere and to do anything
in her line for her country. And
she doesn't even ask for dollar-a-
year rating.
Ready to Teach
Richmond Women
Mrs. Wilson has also offered 10
teach Richmond women how TO cook
economically at the coming food con
servation exposition of The Times
Dispatch at the Blues Armorv.
April to IL. She has offered to
snare with our women her secrets
cleaned from her work under cx-
perts OF this country and Europe
me magic OF her art will be at every
woman's disposal every day during
the fair.
And Mrs. Wilson is Offering her
services as economist, expert chef
with degrees OF distinction from chef
collcgcs-and housewife. both TO her
country and to the women of New
England, has many rich gifts to give
Her cupboard will not be found bare.
but filled with treasures gathered
not from theoretical experiments. but
y,r i.,.l
land, France. Germany and Italy.
Her Indictment
OF American Cooks
Wherefore bridcs-war. prospcc-
tive or Observation-Disclosures and
grandmothcrs. and even you men
who are wont TO boast of the kind
that mother used to make" note
some OF the counts in Mrs Wilson's
Indictment Of our American women:
Unhappy marriages and divorces.
the large annual crop of dyspeptic
husbands are due to poor cooking.
The alarming prevalence of can
Ger in thes United States is caused in
large measure by soggy biscuits,
impossible bread. leaden cakes, cop
per-plated fapjacks,' 'brass-enamelcd'
mullins and other so-called foods.
'tndertakers are multiplying and
thriving upon the carnage wrought
by careless cooking.
The frightful waste in our Ameri-
cup litchcpc ;c bnrI;nr mt a.-
toward every kind OF ism which
makes for social unrest and moral
decadcnce.
1T is Il pretty and touching cere-
mony to have the bride murmur
1 will honor and obey but it would
be far more to the point if she would
say, i promise to cook you three
nourishing meals Il day if you will
provide the wkerewithal. especially
during these war times"
Surely this is enough to arouse the
fighting blood of our American
housewives. But this is just what
needs to be aroused, Mrs Wilson be-
lievcs, for these war days are bring
ing home TO every housewife the
realization OF the sum total of her
capabilities and the absolute neces-
sity OF her efficiency in order that her
country may aid the starving millions
Of war devastated Europe
Housewives Must
Learn Food Values
Now, if ever, our housewives must
economic in their buying. Now, if
ever. they must learn the meaning
of food values, food substitutes, food
preparations, said Mrs. Wilson.
Our women must feed their men at
home to keep them happy, contented
and to make them efficient to carry
on their work Of rebuilding and re-