Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-29
CALL FOR H0MEMAKERs
TOO MANY SEEKING
T0 AVOID DUTIES
Numerous Opportunities to, Take Up
work or Development Along
This Line.
ny MRS. CHRISTINE FI,EDEniCK.

ny Mrs. CHRISTINE Ei,EDEniCK
What 1 really mean to speak about
cad out OF the common paths of house
Keeping? bring this question up
now because l am go frequently asked
what opportunities arc there to take
up Tor n young woman who may be
interested in home makins' subjects;
,nd For re example,. yo9nns woman tells
n7enoerapher she vii! have tho OPP
portuinty OF later becoming n private
the nrm. or some other position OF
Incre pay and opportunity. Or i: she
decides TO become a teacher she tells
mo that in a Few years she may have
chance of being promoted 10 bet
ter hcnool or becoming supcrinten-
to advance and receive more pay.
whtic IL she thinks OF housckcc ping
At the Same old jobs forever and ever.
What ! want to prove in this short
talk is that. in my opinion, there axe
iuat AS many chances to work up along
home making lines as along those -
any other business. II tho girl Will
seek and deyelop them. ,
demand for trained .dic,icIans. either
Cor lunch rooms schools, association
who pay high salaries to The lunch
room manager who handles tho cafe
for either employees or executives.
ating their own lunch rooms ana are
eccking competent and Intelligent wo-
men to buy. plan and cook for such
Just tho other day had visit
from young sirl from large col
opportunities in tho line of house
hold engineering for women in the
Msre man ,Sa Women nsr INV Mbo 9nd aS
about foods and the practical ,nsnas-
'"A n o sne'' d "U,noS, is the op-
to ys ss ar root too5 peGas IN
ilTers and saver.!sefs. Today. NAM o.
the large firms producing food pro
fSs' eomduGt experiment Kitchens :I, IN
e.s II 2aned Women TO G
recipes. suggest further improvements
In their products. etc. etc The field
there are. no, nearly enough trained
"Profe.sfonaI Grandma"
ePGo.tHntss In tho line Of That
Own, bpt mo is Wi.iinE 10 take up new ns
IDEAS; foiioH special course OF study
home DEMONSTRATION work. As my
readers we'll know. many states sup
mort number OF such home ,dcmonstrl-
Tors and pay them for visiting coun.-J
women and others. conducting earning
cempaiEns. and bringing into. the home
theory.
I have never yet met young girl
who Is not just crazy 10 run tea
room There is something in running
tee room or inn which cvidcntlY
makes q very vide appeal 10 muny wo-
men. One O tho large cities contains
moro than 40 tea rooms
One day not long ago J was looking
for a tea room Of which 7 arm very
fond But IN some way J got into tho
wrong s!tr street and while there ran
into another place. This. indeed. wa.
no other than one whore nothing was
served eic.2t BAKED beans and bcver-
aStS. and noss!bly slice OF pie. This
Woman "hoia | me. and talked TO.
made wonderful success OF cooking
the humble baEcd beans She BAKED
-hen n small individual cnssc~oics ana
stiit them Ou' 10 her customers holncS
- pots OF various sizes. Another nlacc
fnoE has built ~ It's entire trado
Managing Ten Room.
the average tea room mana ger
be an all-Eround housckecper.
r cook and maid Of al. work II
ss-csEaT7 As far as | know. hundreds