Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-04
EACH TO HIS TRADE.

One of the big universities announces
that il has established q department. OF
domestic science, and that henceiorth IL
il will Instruct young men in the fine art
of darning. and patching, and sewing on
buttons, and cookery, both plain and
fancy.
Whether this addition to what has been
heretofore considered liberal education
for n man. is rendered recessaTy by the
feminine movement, Is not stated. fef-
hans IT is because so many women nave
gone out of the kitchen, that 1t Is Thought
sdvisablc TO fit men TO fgo into it, and the
time may yet come W ben girl will boast
not that she is going to marry million
airc. hut a first-class cook.
'.Aly dear" Maud will say, "Sam is the
bandsomest thing, he has perfect Greek
profile. and the longest and slickest hair
you ever saw. and you should just taste
his filet mignon. / thought Papa was
some cook, but believe me, he simply isn't
i'm IL with Sam. He shakes a wicked sauce
pan. I'll tell the world And as for the way
he can darn stockings! Perfect dreams
oh, | tell you, I'm lucky girl to get HIM,
and I'm sure we are going to be perfectly
happy, though know you have to Keep
vour eve on husband who Is treasure
ike that, to prevent some other woman
from snatching him away from you.
Women are such cats, and, of course, most
men are lust self-made cooks, but Sam
took the full domestic course at the UNI
yersity.
And we can picture Maud's audience OF
debs and sub-debs perishing on the spot
through sheer envy, for what, after all, are
lmousires and strings of pearls, and
country places. to husband who is good
free-hand cook, and who cannot give no.
tice and leave but has to stay on the Job!
OF course, to teach men how TO cook IS,
ina way, work of superrogatlon, and II $
cruelty unnecessary Heaven knows, that
as they are. husbands are desirable
enough. and hard enough to get, and we
can oulv shudder when we think OF now
fierce the man hunt will be when every
woman will look forward TO matrlmony
to asSuage rot only her heart throbS.
hut TO solve the servant problem, for at
the altar she will acquire both soul mate
and q lady's maid.
To the unthinkirg this new e6ucational
move will seem highly desirable. They
will sec in it n new unity and sympathy
that will be brought about by husbands
and wives havlrg q common OBJECT, tor the
great trouble with married couples IS that
llaNN AaAkt ~ ititsIkAstt lAANtkCott 'AS
conversation over which they can lsbber
for hours at a time, as men do with other
men. and women with other women.
But III a household in which the husband
is an expert cook and dressmaker there
viii be no dun evenings, with long areaFy
silences Husbands and wives with two
souls with but single thought about the
amount Of paprika that should go INTO
goulaSh, or who can plan out together
perfectly ravishing frocks and hats, Viii
never get on each Others nerves, or have
70 90 away from their own fireside for
companionship.
There will be no more wandering wives
when husbands learn how TO cook, and
can make the same kind OF bread, as well
as the same kind of dough, that father
made Nor viii any temperamental lady
need to go afar to seek her affinity, when