Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-21
Sunday as a
Day of Rest
By Loretto c, Lynch


cere old gentleman who is working
very hard for what is termed the
Blue Sunday" He told me he be-
lieved everyone should observe Sun
day. He believed that folks who
work hard six days a week should
in the interest OF health, if for no
other reason, have the seventh day
upon which to rest. He was the
speaker, | the listener. But he in
tcrrupted himself about 2 in the
afternoon to inquire of his wife If
dinner was ready. There was some
sort OF a feeble reply from the kit
chen. Then said the man: IT'S takin'
her all fred long to bring on the
dinner to-day--been at it, too, since
9 this morning"
waited, anxious to hear him de-
nounce the lady who had been work.
ing in the kitchen from 9 in the
morning on "the day OF REST and
! waited-but there wasn't even a
murnur in this direction.
The dinner was delight. We
began with iced grapefruit and went
through all the courses of the con-
ventional dinner from soup to nuts.
You've quite party dinner to-
day." | suggested. knowing that !
had dropped in upon these folks un-
expectedly and that no special pre-
paration had been made for me.
"No, indeed: this is our regular
Sunday dinner--'bout the same every
Sunday. Pa just has to have course
dinner on Sunday"
1t would not have been polite to
say anything at the time, but who
could help think, about the consis--
tency. or rather the inconsistency, OF
such a situation? Here was man
who worked hard for the observance
of the day of rest by the OTHER
fellow and then insisted on having
a course dinner prepared by his own
wife when he realized full well that
it meant hours of work in prepara-
tion and in cleaning up.
Yet in the average workaday Amer
lean family Sunday is often the only
day when all meet to gether around
the family board TO exchange the
gossip of each ones small world |
Then, must the mother work all day !
to provide the Sunday dinner? Must |
she be busy in the kitchen cooking or |
cleaning up. while everybody else in |
the family sits restfully about and |
reads the Sunday newspaper, or
plays a quiet game, or takes a nap!
The answer depends largely upon
the woman herself. She must elimi-
nate elaboration She must care
fully plan. She must manage to
carry out her plan.
The observing woman will soon be
able to gauge the appetites OF each
member of the family and will come
pretty near to putting the required
amount Of food on the plate. a
salad or dessert and a drink will
complete this dinner with minimum
sf dishes to be washed. and mother
will be able to enjoy the meal with
she family.
why, my family would not eat
meat that had been cooked the day
before and then just reheated, said
IN indignant woman to me when !
suggested that she more than half
roast the beef on Saturday and fin
lsh the cooking just before serving
time on Sunday. Yet both her hus-
oand and her sons were active club
members and frequently attended
club banquets at local hotels. The
chef at one hotel told me that at one
of these banquets, where more than
$50 turkeys were served. they had
been almost cooked the day before
and the cooking was completed just
before serving hour.
Plan a simple meal for Sunday.
Only have desserts and other foods
that will be good if they are made
the day before and stand in the re-
frigerator over night.
If the housewife cannot have 4
day of complete rest, at least she
should plan to do as little work as
possible on the day the other folks
rest.