Evening star., 1940-02-17
Three Books
Demanding
Attention
Volumes Reviewed
In Today's Column
Widely Varied
BY BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor.

Womans Editor.
Three books have come to the
desk for review during the week
and q more varied group it would
be hard to find!
Smallest-and to many of us the
most fascinating-is q tiny volume
published by the Colt Press of San
Francisco. The Epicure in China"
is a new companion for the popular
"Epicure in Hawaii" that appeared
a year ago under the aegis Of the
same publishing firm. We are told
that these two will be followed by
1.-The Epicure in Mexico" in the
not too distant future. That will be
good news for those who like their
dishes from south Of the border!
The Chinese menus and recipes
contained in this years contribution
are exceptionally interesting. There
are eight dinner menus-planned
for guests ranging from two to
eight. The introduction by Gwei.
Diem Lu, BIS. (Nanking), PhD.
Cambridge, tells us several in
teresting facts relative to the origin
and customs of Chinese cuisine.
He states that so far it is only
the Cantonese type of Chinese food
that is known in the Western world,
and that there are extreme differ
ences to be noted in that coming
from other sections of the country.
The book contains typical Cantonese
menus and dishes.
The publishers suggest certain
substitutions that may be made
for hard-to-get Chinese ingredients,
and also lists which ones may be
bought in tins in this country. II
you love Chinese cooking, this book
is definitely your dish-and you
can serve a complete and correct
Chinese dinner to amaze your
friends when and as you will. There
are even directions for making tea
and cooking rice in the proper
Cantonese fashion!
Frederick A. Stokes e. Co. has
come out with a volume that should
be of vital interest to all women
who are concerned with educa-
ton. As a matter of fact, it will
draw the attention of men, too,
for much that it contains will find
a response from the masculine fac
ton. "A New Design for Women's
Education" by Constance Warren,
president of Sarah Lawrence Col
lege, is first step toward explain
ing new world, in which living
and learning become one.
Miss Warren believes that edu-
cation should be matter of help
ing each person to develop to the
fullest extent of his or her ca
pacity, and she has been putting
this theory into actual practice for
some years at Sarah Lawrence COL
lege. It is, therefore, intensely in
teresting to read this report" on
its practically. Miss Warren her
self describes this new design" in
this way:
so far as the student is con-
cerned, the difference between the
new and the old attitude toward
education seems to me somewhat
comparable to that between an
enthusiastic golfer and the caddy
who trudges along behind him,
carrying the heavy bag of clubs,
and hunting for the balls knocked
out into the tall grass. The golfer
does his Is holes because he wants
to, the caddy because he has to.
The golfer is his own master. The
caddy is under orders. What seems
incredible to the skeptic Of modern
education is that the student can
ever become as enthusiastic about
learning as the golfer is about his
game. Once over that hurdle, it
Is simple enough to understand how
the student in the modern college
will put himself through training
as the golfer practices his strokes,
for the sake of the game"
This book is going to cause plenty
| Of controversy. The more the
merrier!
Third on our list is "Housekeep-
ing Management and Organization
for Hotels, Hospitals. Institutions, .
published by the Dahls of Stam-
ford, Conn. This should prove .
| valuable textbook to any one con-
templating engaging in the busi-
ness Of housekeeping for any large
| organization. The charts, time
schedules, equipments lists. etc, are
excellently planned, and clearly
presented