Evening star., 1937-03-15
Dorothy Dix Says
Many Tears and Divorces Would Be Saved
if Husbands Knew Domestic Science.

prudence and forethougbt of snv man
who safeguards his digestion by learn
ing how to cook before he leads the
angel of his dreams to the altar. 1t is
the only way he can protect his stom-
ach and save his palate, for the mod
ern girl who goes from the school room
TO an office is generally as ignorant OF
every detail Of the culinary art as she
Is of any other prehistoric culture,
and is no more capable Of conjuring a
good dinner out of a gas range than
she is of pulling live rabbits out of her
hat.
How many tears. and even divorces.
would be saved if the young hus-
band, instead of reproaching his bride
with her leathery steaks and srmor-
plate biscuit and telling her how his
mother used TO cook, could say:
There, there, darling, just let George
do it," and slip into the kitchen and
In 1if1y prepare Lucullian feast!
tA'b totiiioI o 1lISUdI1O NOLlu De
who could pinch-hit around the house
IN times OF stress instead Of being
just one more liability, one hardly
dares contemplate Think OF hus-
band who could bathe a baby scien-
tlflcally instead of washing it like
a setter pup Think of husband
whose idea Of cleaning up room
wasn't to sweep all the cigarette stubs
IN a corner and chuck all the news
papers under the bed or the sofa
Think OF husband who, If one was
late In getting home from the bridge
game Or the movie, would have the
dinner simmering on the stove instead
of raging up and down the room
thinking up mean things to say to
his poor wife who didn't know it was
so late, and she couldn't break up
the game, could she? And, ANYWAY,
he is a meanie to begrudge her little
pleasure when goodness knows she is
tied down at home like a slave with
the babies. And SO forth and so forth.
mote cong eenIaLty between h1soAuos
and wives for them to have q subject
OF mutual interest, such rs cooking.
1t will give them something to talk
about and do away with those ghastly
dull evenings at home, when q mar
rled couple sits up in silence because
neither one knows anything OF the
others occupation. Time will simply
fly when Darby and Joan can have
heart-to-heart discussions about the
best way to cook q crown roast, and
exchange their views on gravies and
sauces, and plan together exciting
menus.
MEN learning to cook will auto
matically eliminate two OF wom-
EMS great grievances. The alibi that
slack housekeepers give for their
slackness is that their husbands never
notice what they do, and that there
is no use in spending hours over q
range preparing fine dinner for q
man who will gobble it down without
ever saying word of appreciation, or
apparently knowing the difference be-
tween hash and q ragout. The other
is that men never value women's work
and that Friend Husband is always
saying that he wishes he didn't have
anything to do except just sit at home
and keep house and take care Of the
children, which makes the woman who
has worked about IA hours at 4 stretch
see red.
These things can never happen
when 4 man has himself, with his
own hands, performed domestic labor.
Then he will appreciate the artistry
that goes into the preparation Of even
q simple dish and how many steps
and what back-breaking toll 1t takes
TO keep 4 house clean and comfortable.
scopyriEAs. 1872