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- THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1912 niE people's institute or DOAE5TIG 4 SCIEACE T. J i I . t U X. . aw . .ill aiWI' .'MP lifefe- I II I f wztril Mil: flWj. v$. ?VS?.F; tt 'JH , 1 r'MM .B im M JTTfHERE is a growing, aggressive demand for the assignment of. Horn m Economics to a position of importance in our school curriculum. What do you think about it? Do you consider a knowledge of the Domestic Arte and Sciences necessary for women who are the homemakers of the land? Of course you do. ; Since thousands of dollars are spent every year in the mastery of rais ing cattle and bringing them to a blue-ribbon plane of perfection, is it not reasonable to give as much to the raising of children and to the physical, mental and moral nourishment of every human being? Home Economics gives one knowledge requisite for this. Its sphere is wide, its benefits to humanity incalculable. ' Let an instructor of a large collfghtell you of woman's important work tn the world, and of the value of Home tn her sphere. By Grace M. Viall Department . of Home Economics, Iowa . State College. , ' '.. S NCE upon a time I was asked to I I lecture In a small town In Iowa. J Before my arrival I was adver-' tlsed In this way: "If the way to a man's heart Is through his stom ach, here Is a wbman who can point1 out -the highway"; so, evidently my profession In life Is to point out the way to a man's heart through his tomach. This brings to mind the llttla Terse in Meredith's "Luclle": W may Hvs without poetry, muslo and rt, We may live without conaclence. TV may live without heart, we may live without friends. VTe may live without book; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. When w read this little verse," we think of the woman; but before we go Into details concerning woman's sphere or woman's business, let us see what is man's business. Man's business is to CAES FOR THE WOMAN, That Is why he is hero and what he was in tended for. He is the protector of and the provider for woman and the home. .Woman's business Is and do not start, dear reader, when I say woman's busi ness Is to control the world. This mav ound like suffragette talk, and you, snay throw down the paper In disgust ; but If you will read further you will see that It Is not an article concerning woman's rights, but woman's business. The old saying that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" Is now changed to "tha hand that stirs the batter rules the world." Inasmuch as woman Is the. money-spender, the food-jprovider,- the homemaker and the bearer- and trainer of children, surely aha governs the world. Do you realize that woman spends 90 per cent of the Salaries earned In this country? And how many women get the gull value for their ' money? - Most -women will never be able to spend so as to bring adequate results until they have 4n some way acquired a broad training In the estimation of Values. As woman awakens to a realization of this truth snd seeks to acquire the knowledge and skill necessary to do her part successfully, she will begin to attain the degree of comfort and pros perity possible for us to enjoy. As we know, money has a limited purchasing power. If It goes to gratify MENUS . NOTICE. This department will be in charge of Mrs. A. S. Mercurt for the month of April. -- : Conducted by Mrs. A.. S. Mercure THE last of March and first of April constitute a trytag period of the housewife who feels the necessity for economy, for the winter vegetables are practically gone and the prices for , them are very high, while the KprSng vegetables and fruits are very tempt ing and likewise ,,hlgh in price. As April advances, however, the situation will become a little less harrowing, for ' prices will grow less as the warmer weather approaches. The new vege-. tables, rhubarb and berries should be, used as freely as the purse will admit, for they contain valuable properties needed by . the human system at this time of year. The menus given- will be found very simple, and may easily ,be added to as taste ana inclination ae,- mand. Breakfasts . may easily be'honned VrVn.'T' ," """11, X enlarged by the addition of fruit and po- t a toes: but both, being high in price at thl time of Year, are Dumoaelv omitted from the menus, as these are designed toneet the requirements of the average family in moderate circumstanced. . The meat pi for Monday's dinner may be made of cold Jhieat left from Sun day: ipr;-!f there Is no meat at hand, purcw&sa 1V4 pounds of top of the round for It. ' Cut In Inch pieces, cover with boiling, water, add half n onion, sliced. wiiiis, wwr, nuu mu omuii, auteu, r'f a Rrrotllcf land salt and penner , lae. Slew .TjtTy. nalfaiHiourV- ore dinner thicken the stew slightly 4? fore nd make a baklne-powder crust, roll- lug It out and cutting Into biscuits. Lay those over the stew, which has been VVW la-v"V---i if ip 'immwm- I Economics as a factor of her success one desire, another must be denied. Most of us are not able to satisfy all of our material desires, and here Is where many of us make a mistake. We give too little thought to the a4ous avenues Of expenditure, AH we cMff Jthink of -la the, desire which Is uppermost at the time and which we feel we must grat ify, regardless of all else. Miss Richardson has written a llttla book on this question, called "Tha Woman Who Spends," In which eha very cleverly says: "Tha woman who longs to get where she .won't have to count every penny will never have her longing satisfied until she makes every penny count." So you see. that the woman through the home has a very close relationship to the business world. ' How are wo going to make women realize1 this grave responsibility? Train our girls In bual tiess ability 1s the answer. We are Just beginning to do that in our colleges, where we are teaching money values by giving courses in household manage ment, household accounts; and above everything else we are trying to aet a standard which does not cater to style. A largo amount of a woman's money Is put in the so-called fads. When a ' woman Is making out her shopping list, she always puts first on the list the things which are really not necessary. If she would stop to think a moment, she would discover that she Is" spending her money on the superfluities and is encumbering her life with unnecessary things. In all large cities and even, In small towns we see women dressed iv. the latest style strolling along tha' streets with their heads full of plans for new hats and gowns, while at that very moment their husbands and fathers are hard at business, driven to the wall, to meet expenses and debts, and disheart ened because they cannot manage to meet their wives' and . daughters' de mands and whims.' If one will observe the women on tha street today he will see that the women are better dressed than tha men. Bit in a depot and observe the men anJ women. The women have expensive furs, suits, hats, shoes and gloves, while the men are shabbily dressed. Tha women look young and well cared for; the men older and tired. So many women have no standard except the vicious one of fashion. X woman who lias no standard but AND RECIPES FOR A put into a baking and bake for fifteen or twenty minutes. The choco late blanc mange Is made by the usual rule, poured into cups, covered with meringue made from the whites of 3 eggs, iablespoonfuls of granulated sugar ,and a few drops of vanilla and browned slightly in a cool oven. The rule for birds' nests has" been published in previous Issues of this pa- The grilled sardines are simply sauted in a little butter-In the chafing dish, if liked and served on fingers of t'oast. For veal en casserole use 1 large or 2 small slices of veaj cutlets. Salt, pepper,, dredge with flour and brown in 2. tablespoonfuls of hot fat. Place in, the casserole, sprinkle with 2 table- spoonfuls of chopped onion and 3 of bdllinir -water, rover, r-ioseiv "and ooa slowly for two honra Put In dlcnJt me dium-sized potatoes, add to the casse role, turn in a can of peas, return , to ' the oven and cook for thirty-five or ' forty minutes longer. The gravy may be thickened sllfthtly. If necessary, but should be, of the consistency of thin cream. '1ir!n?, aefsert purchase empty cream puff shells, fill with flavored and Sweet- enea whipped cream. Chopped nuts are a great addition to the cream.- . a great addition to the crea Th min nmt fnr v breakfast" may bo'made o jrft from Monday's dinner s Wertnesriar'e n the meat croquettes for luncheon from the re mains of the veal casserole. The pine apple cup , for dessert Is merely diced or I that of fashion it 4 detriment to the community. , Formerljr before a woman would spend a sum t money she would think and think and think; but now we women spend our money and then we think and think and think. . , ' Many a time Ihave heard this conver sation In an elevator In ont.of. Oil eago's largest stores: "I want that suit which Is displayed In the window, but I cannot order-it until tomorrow, because I do not want it to go on this month" chart account." "I have spent all of my husband's .salary for this, month, so I shall watt until the first of next month to get my new hat, so' that the bill will not come In for thirty days." So many women buy extrava gant, unnecessary things before the money Is earned with which la pay the bills; so w women must be above) fadlsm and must set and lfrv b stand ards of common sense and good ' Judg ment. We can always be prettily and attractively attired without going o the extremes. A woman should be so exquisitely and carefully dressed that no man would turn around to rase after her sne passes him on the street. Leaving this Question of spending! stStnoney, we win next consiaer woman as food provider. Ever sines the first days woman has teen giving foodUo man, to t, his good or W his hurt The. physical, ,.i mental and spiritual life of every Indi vidual depends upon his nourishments . He may b without shelter of any kind; he may lack adequate clothing for his needs, but food he must and will have, and upon his food defends his capac ity for doing his work and doing It well. . '':: The baby, the child, the adult and the sick all have different food demands; and every woman ought to know what foods to give her babies, her growing children and tha olde"r members of her family. Women should not let. children drink tea or coffee, and yet how many mothers are careless In . this respectt Women, give your children those foods which will develop the ,body and th mind and " lay the foundation for a,, healthy man or woman.' Give the chll- t dren cereals and bread and butter, hur tering the bread on both sides. -Qlvet them creamed onions and carrots and plenty of fresh and stewed frulta and, above all, the child's food, milk. ' Milk Is a cheap food. One quart of Uillk Is equal la food value to; Three-fourtbs pound leau round of beef. Kight eggs. . ..... fill pound spinach. . 8evra pounds lottuca. J'our pound cabbage. Two pound suit rodflah. Three pounds freih coUtUh. Two pound chicken. Knur pound beet, rlv pound turnip. ' One-alith pound butter. One-third pound wheat floor. One-third pound cheese. Compare the prices of the abova articles; the tlmo required to prepare; the amount of gas and coal -required; the amount of waste, and realize how cheap and good a food milk really is. Milk I the Beat fond for the nuralnc mother. Beat food fur the weaned baby. It la a cheap food. It Is economical food. -It Is a clean and safe food, Milk make muacle. It ha no wont. , It require no cooking. Milk la a good food for the stck. It Is the beat food for all from la fancy to old sse. ... It can be ued Itt making many dishes. It Is easily digested. ' 1 t- MONDAY - . BREAKFAST Cereal Bacon , Fried Apples Whole Wheat Muffins , Cofte LUNCHEON . . ' Ctemd Egg on Toast Btewed Apricots Cak . Tea DINNER " . 1 Black Bean Soup Meat Pie Boiled Potatoes Crtamed Cabbage Chocolate Blantu Manse , Whipped Cream , Coffee . TUESDAY : BREAKFAST ' . Cereal Birds' Neats . ' AHot Buttered Toast Coffee - Marmalade ' 'LUNCHEON Grilled Sarfflnee Potato Chips Apple Sauce .'' Tea DINNER , . Cream of Tomato Soup . . Veal en Casserole v ' ' Fplnar h Craam Puffa with-Whipped Cream CofTe WEDNESDAY ; BREAKFAST ' - XJe'raal .' 1. - Minced Meat on Toast . Bolls v .. , Coffee pineapple sprinkled with powdered -sugar, thoroughly ".chilled and served in sherbet glasses, with a maraschino cherry on top. gajpLejjBMs1sljsa'SSsyBatwsy lls" of white Sauce and hard boll 4 eggn. 'ut the whites of the eggs into small pieces, add to the white fcauce, season well; pourt over thin slices of buttered toast Bub the yolks through a sieve Milk is tha most valuable1 of all foods for general use In tha home. And yet, some of you may say, "My child will not drink riiilk." . Hava you tried glt Ing it to him in soma novel way? Some times' children Who refuse milk from an ordinary glass tumbler will drink It very gredlly from a tall glass such as Is useiM a soda fountain; and It Is mado doubly appetizing by inserting two golden straws in the milk. One llttla girl who scorned milk m a golden cup relished It If it were put to a bottle and aha could tilt her head back and let. the white liquid gurgle down her . throat One clever -S"oman succeeded In getting her little boy to drink milk after a case 0f Illness toy putting a meringue on tha top of the milk, which was served In a little sherbet glass and called liquid lea cream. She succeeded in accomplishing two things In this way: She gave that little boy tho need ed nourishment In trio white of tha egg and also the nourishment of the milk. Some of you may say, "All women know by intuition how to prepare and serve food"; hut this U a tales state ment The child's future life depends upon the' food he receives during the first five years of his life, and yet how few of us know' what to glva the child after he leaves his steady milk diet The Ignorance of the average high school girl and even the college girl Is appalllng.Just to prove this point. I am going to cite some personal experiences. In an examination recently I asked a college girl this question: "What Is bacon?" and the following is the reply: "Bacon Is a meat whlc Is made by a very difficult process In which pork is used as a foundation. Fat pork and lean pork are pressed together and wa have the result called bacon." Very few girls, or perchance married women, know the different kinds of meats. The other day I asked a girl how to dis tinguish between lamb and mutton. This is the answer she gave: "Lamb is from lamb and mutton Is from Iamb when It is old." The other day I heard a young bride in the market asking for "three pounds of cow baby." You will be Sur prised when I tell you that the ma jority of girls of IS years of age do not know how to separate the yolk of the gg from the white. Thousands of dollars are being spent annually In studying the diseases of chickens and cattle; in sending out bulletins to the farmers throughout the country, so that they may give balanced rations to the stock on the farm, and yet how many dollars are being spent On our "bUIs' to" teach them to prepare balanced ration for the famllyT Men will spend many dollars on a first-class animal, which they wish to show at the county or state fair. A man will weigh out the food for this animal for months before the shew. The animal will belven the best' of care from the time it is born until the time It is displayed and win the blue ribbon, and. yet how much time, thought and money are spent on the farmer's girl? One of our authors says that the brain Is in the custody of the stomach. This certainly explains some of the irritabil ity, dullness and misbehavior of our children. A large percentage of the ahsences from school are due to mal nutrition. Women's clubs are awaken ing to this fact and are establialilhg school lunches in both town and ratal schools. In Boston they hava.recently .tried, an experiment which offered to the children at 10.30 A. M. a penny lunch, a "bite" to -break the long nours between breakfast and the noon meal. This catches the pennies which hava ben going over the candy counter1 and freshens the children tor the rest of tha morning session. The Speyer School., of New York city, supplies every child from the kindergarten to the third grade with a cup of milk and a" graham cracker at 10.30 In the morning. Tha child pays for the food if he Is able; but if not able, he is "fed with the others anyway. In the Hebrew Technical School for Girls, In New York city, every girl Is given a cup of milk or a cup of cocoa in the middle of the morning. At noon, soup la sold by tha school aa 1 cent per bowl.- It la re ported from all of these schools that there Is a marked improvement in (lie physical condition and orderly ways and in the attendance at the schools. These lunches seem to be especially adapted to the rural schools. Mrs.. Ellen Richards has made many valuable suggestions for such an undertaking In her book, "Good Lunches for Rural Schools Without a Kitchen." The time has come when the rural schools will ba equipped for the proper teaching of the boys and the girls how to' prepare and serve good, nourishing food. Some Of you may say, "What Is the value of putting this lnt the rural schools?" There are many WEEK FROM AN EXPERT IN COOKERY LUNCHEON Vea.1 Ct-oounttea Wafers. Jelly and Cream Chi Tea . DINNER Clear Boup Browned Potatoes fin-ota Pot Roast Pineapple Cup - . Coffee THURSDAY BREAKFAST ' Cereal Beauregard Eggs . Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON Cold Meat Creamed Potatoe Cup. Cakes Tea ... DINNER VegetaBIe Soup Meat Roll . . Mashed Potatoes Lettuce and Tomato Salad Cakas With Cuatard . Coffee . FRIDAY ; BREAKFAST ' Cereal - . Creamed Dried Beef - ... - Potato Cake Biscuit Coffee LUNCHEON Polenta . . Tomato Sauce Hot Chocolate Cooklea Tea DINNER . . Clear Tftmato Soup Cod a la Creme and sprthkle over the creamed eggs, - ine beet roils lor Thursday s dinner ar made from thick slices cut from tne pot roast or tne night before. On spoonful of dressing, such as is used for' stuffing chicken or meat; the slices are then rolled up and fastened In place with a toothpick. Lay in a baking dish, add any left-over gravy, a little boiling; things which can be said on this sub ject, and chief among them are the fol 3 lowing: , i The dhildren who go to the country schools carry cold lunches. If they pre-' pare and serve a good, hot, nourishing dish to be eaten with the cold lunch, they would do better work and have better health, and certainly, the attend ance would be larger, if this practical t feature were put In with the -theory courses. Every t mother would fighj for this .branch of study to .be put in her girl's school if she could realize tha value to the girl. , ' . V Every girl has often wondered and la Still wondering why her teachers com , pel her to take the courses in physics, ctoemlstry, economy, soology and possl-. bly that subject which Is detested by all ' ; i MP vfx girls, mathematics. If she could have seen, or could see, the use of these sub jects; if she could have applied what she learned In school during the day to th domestlo problems awaiting her at thome, then . her wonder would have ceased. So, on the thought side, Home Economics afford peculiar opportunities to develop the relating power and to correlate other studies. Mathematics begin to be interesting when applied to the subdividing of recipes. In the use of .the measuring cup and In the use of the scales., Every girl would enjoy her mathematics if she could work them out in Che . cooking room, instead of laboring for hours with pencil and pa per. One girl tells me that she has learned more of fractions since she has had cooking lessons than from years ot abstract study. If we can give a grl courses in chemistry which she can apply to the coloring and dyeing and the laundering of her clothes, we are giving her some thing of definite value. If we teach her the chemistry of foods, she' can assist her mother In planning balanced rations for the members of the family. We spend thousands, of dollars yearly to In vestigate diseases of animals and to de ft ermine means of preventing these dis eases, and shall not the girl have equal ' advantages and be educated in the feed ing of her child? In the study of physi ology the girl learns about the digestive tract; in Home Economics she learns what foods are needed to nourish the body daily. If she can apply -the 'laws of physics In the cooking laboratory, that subject immediately assumes Inter esting aspects. In botany and zoology she is Inter- ested In knowing wtiat plants and anl , mals furnish the materials for the clothes which she is wearing. She can apply all she learns in these subjects to her dally work in cookery and tex-. tile work. So one can readily see that the required subjects of the curriculum of our schools today can be eaally cor related to the problems of the home and will naturally arouse interest among the girls and create in them a natural de sire for the practical and necessary things of .life. One of the chief things of value In this day and generation is accuracy. Home Economics teaohes accuracy. When a girl Is drafting patterns, she must be skillful, quick and observant, of details. When she Is making food ' charts, she has to be exact and neat about her work. Students in Home Economics soon learn that mind and hand must work together to get good results, and that is one of the most de sired heights to attain in education. Home Economics is the best subject yet found to teach the power over Boiled Potatoes THth Parsley " String Beans Fruit Cream Coffee SATURDAY BREAKFAST Cereal Beef Hash . . Toast . Coffee LUNCHEON Broiled Oysters Cookies Rhubarb Tea DINNER - ' ' Chicken Soup , Baked 81lce of HarA, Brown Gravy Baked Potatoes Cabbae au Gratia Coflo Jelly Cream Coffee SUNDXEASTEB BREAKFAST Fruit - Egg Shirred With im Raised Roll . Coffee DINNER , Connomm Fried Chicken Maryland) Creamed New Potatoe Asparagus Lettuce and Ejrg Salad -1 Spoor Cake With Whipped Cream sod Strawberries Coffee SUPPER . 1 : Y t Chicken Salad Rolls -CMvas . Baked Custard - ' Tea - water, cover closely and bake for - threerfluarters or an nour. 1 The dessert for .dinner utilizes the cakes left from luncneon, with the an- 4he cakes may be flavored with a tea- , spoonful of sherry poured over, each om before adding the custard. The polenta for Friday's luncheon has for Its foundation a cornmeal mush. nr.t -stum ii OUR OPEN DOOR THERE Is no sign barring the way to our pages. The open-door policy la ours. "With a democratic star for our guide, with a catholicity of ideas and' a comprehensiveness of treatment, the People's Institute holds wide open the door to Us readers. Crowds of members are moving through the open door of. every lecture. Our. capacity is unlimited ; there is always room for more. The resources of the Institute are inexhaustible Through its medlum'widely known spe cialists in economics wilt give subjects of Interest to drive home truths to our readers. A weekly lesson, without cost, is offered by this page. The arts and sciences that pertain to the homekeeplng dear to every woman's heart are exploited here. And the door Is open! , Our readers have the benefit of the best' It Is a prize worth grasping; it Is an experieftfr'not to be underrated. The results are already claiming emphatic praise from coast to coast Next week "The Flreless CooKer" will be the subject discussed. We had almost suggested "that It Is a burning subject but that's Just the story it isn't Ida Cogswell Bailey will conduct tlho talk. . things. If overcome by some person, we excuse this on the grounds that ha is' stronger than we; but to be over come by things is a sign of weakness. Every girl gains great satisfaction in conquering yeast, baking powder, soda and flour. Personal responsibility " is developed In- the control of materials and natural forces, and the. student soon discovers that her mind and mus cles are all powerful and are the responsible factors in, obtaining a de aired result Sne learns that luck Is but a myth. If a girl pours boiling water on ' yeast, forgets salt and sugar, Is lazy in ; making her muscles work effectively, lets the dough sjand a length of time convenient to herself, and falls to man age the temperature of the oven, she gets her just dues and has a dark, sour, soggy, Ill-shapen loaf of bread. Any girl worth while is put on her mettlu by such an experience. On the other hand. If she obeys the laws of nature and fol lows out all the rules and regulations of her yeast mixtures, she will produce a sweet, creamy, delicious loaf of bread the staff of life. Do I hear you say, "All very well, tout let the girl make bread at home"? 1 reply. "The girls will not make bread at home," There to a splco about do; Ing things in a cooking laboratory which is lacking in mother's kitchen. Mothers often object to having thetr , daughters do the kitchen work because of the inefficiency of the girls; or per haps the maid in the kitchen objects to having things put out X)? place by the unskillful worker. .. Another thing which is taught in tha cooking room la unselfishness. Every day there are vast opportunities In the cooking" laboratory for a girl to learn to share her flntehed product-with her neighbor, with the teacher of with the unexpected guest It Is surprising to see how quickly the selfish trait of character can be overcome by a care ful observation on the teacher's part Another point to be mentioned ls.that of muscle control. Muscle control to gained In Home Economics. The care ful, accurate ' measurements must be ' made to obtain satisfactory results." Train" the girls to manipulate their fin gers. Mechanical Ingenuity is acquired In Home Economics laboratories. The average girl cannot take apart or put together an ice cream freezer or a meat grinder, or oil a machine,, and yet these are the things which she ought to be able to do In the home. I have only attempted to give a few of the things the individual gains In this broad subject, but it will at least shew that she gains accuracy self- v-annnalK11tv nnri lha tralntn? ii f mind and hand which she requires for her later life; ' ' The home Is the greatest thing In the nation, and In the making of a home woman stands supreme. On her de pends the atmosphere of the home. In this country we ihave wealth and op portunity, but our ideals of a home seem to be somewhat wanting. A man may build the house, but he cannot make the hom6. A woman must .do that. Asking a little boy one day what home meant to him, he roplled, "Home is where I hangs my hat"; and asking a girl what home meant to her, the answer was, "Home is where my dishes is.'" Surely there is something wrong somewhere when home does not typify more than this to the children of today. Nine-tenths of the money spent la said to go into the so-called homes of the land; with what refuilt? Our family homes are virtually disappearing - and thousands of families have no roof above them only another family. Anyhow, necessary lt is for women to know some thing .of house plans, of the arrange ment of room and of household devices, so that the work of the kitchen may be done as efficiently and as scientif ically as the work done in" the manu factories by men. I am sure that every one of us. men and women, will Admit that the mind Is as necessary a tool to the woman suc cessful In "her business homemaklng as it Is to the shrewd man In hte busi ness. Realizing then that women's work In 'the world la as important, or more Important, possibly, than man's work, should we hesitate one minute about equipping the iglrls for their life work? It is much . more dlfilcult to make old To this should "be added salt to taste," and to a pint of the cooked mush S ta blespoonfuls of grated cheese. This should be poured in baking powder tins until cold and firm. Turn out, cut in thick slices; put 2 slices in each rame kin, with a little grated cheese between and 1 tablespoonf ul oh 1 top. ' Set in a hot oven until the cheese Is melted. Remove from the oven . and in each ramekin pour a lifctl highly seasoned tomato sauce. Mdre or less cheese may: be used according to taste, and the to mato sauce may be passed instead of being poured in the ramekins. Hot Chocolate Cookies Four table spoonfuls of cocoa, 2 tablespoonfuls of molasses, teaspoonful of cinnamon, the same of nutmeg, half cup. of brown Bugar and half cup of shortening. Mix thoroughly. Add hAlf a cup of thick sour cream in which 1 level teaspoonful of soda has been thoroughly dissolved and enough flour to make a stiff dough. , iRoll out on a floured board, rolling very thin. Cut with a cooky cutter, dust with a little more cocoa and twke in a hot oven until done. The reminden of than cakes -mav be served with 'the stewed rhubarb for the nexj day's luncheon. ' , ,' The cod a la creme for, Friday s dinner Is boiled codfish, the skin and bones carefully removed, the fish cosrse ly flaked and put In a baking dish. Pour over 1V4 cupfuls of white sauce.- sprinkle with rolled cracker crumbs, pour over V cup of melted butter and sake in a moderate oven until iowfn. Fruit Cream 1 plrtfSmllk, yolks of 3 sugar, lrounaeo taoiespoomui 01 granu lated gelatin.. Softeri' the -gelatin in a little cold water.. Heat the milk in the double boiler, add the Sugar, salt and , a few drops of vanilla and stir in alow- mothers over than to form rjew mother! in the right way from the younger gen eration; and this is the work which Wt are slowly accomplishing through th' work of Hortjjf Economics. Eyery woman asks and . wants ta know how she can make the home a ideal placa. It should be full of the comforts and conveniences and articles; of charm and should wear tha air of "home," so that the children will want to "return to it I-t us first regard the woman her self. One woman once said to me: "I have so much to do that I do not know . what to do first, so I think I'll take my nap and have that much oft my mind." Every wornan shhuld take a nao every day, and the children should bo trained to realize that, this to mother' hour and she must not be disturbed. Worry and fatigue are more tiring thaa work, and when a woman Is tired oui she is not herself. It is difficult to bo patient The smallest things annoy hep and she 'loses her temper easily. She must guard against this fatigue if she would be a wise mother. The wdmaa in her home should have a system, just as the successful man is systematic about his business. Without a system In the home there Is no leisure for tha wife and mother. The woman's workshop should b , convenient She should have efficient tools, and not work In an Inefficient way. Since housekeeping is the great est industry and gives employment to over 18,000.000 people, mostly women who work chiefly for love of others and not for money, this work should be made lighter and less burdensome. The man should provide money for hie - wife to equip her kitchen properly She should . have a kitchen cabinet which will save her many 'steps; flreless cooker, which will save money, time and strength. She should not get down on her bands and knees to scrub, but should have a scrubbing mop' and a dustpan with a handle. She should take a magazine dealing? with her problems and should keep un to date in her work just as a lawyefl and physician keep up with -theis. . professions. It Is woman's business to consider every detail of her. nome, and particularly the kitchen, where tha food is prepared for the family. There is so much competition In tho world today that it takes all tha husband and father can do to attend to his business. The woman should work out her problems alone. Ot course, there must always be happy co-operation on the part of both. Tha man should always remember that he can lighten the monotonous tasks which fall to woman's hands, for his work is from morning till set of sunt but her work Is never done. And now we come to the last phase of woman's sphere, the greatest of alls the bearing and nurture of the children. And every one who is teaching Home Economics is but an assistant to the bead teacher, the mother. The mother Is the first teacher of the nation. The mothar has the exclusive care of the. child's" education for the first five years of Its life before it 'reaches the kinder garten teacher-ye'ars In which the. whole health is formed for the better or for the worse. And even after the child enters school, the mother Is still the power behind the throne and has the . controlling influence over the child's life. Surely then we should equip ouB girls for this Important work. We must impress upon our girls then the re sponsibility and duty which will bt theirs tn the making of good citizens. We have been talking about, women's sphere from, perhaps, the more material lde of life: the wise spending of the money and the providing of the proper food for the family, and the making of a happy home, with the bearing and training of the children. She has an other function in this world: to add color to the dally routine of life. If the color of the world were painted oi a, canvas. It would be a dark, muddy color, . for there Is much sorrow and trouble; but when a woman's hand touches tha canvas, It would be a dark, muddy color, color touches; and if you will notice carefully, the color she gives - to the world J not the color of a butterfly, but the golden, rich color of the sun . beam. . ly the beaten yolks of the eggs. When smooth and slightly thick add the gela tin. Set aside to cool. Soak In 2 table spoonfuls of sherry, cup of raisins, cut In small pieces, when the custard is beginning to set add the raisins and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the. 2 eggs. Sot on ice to become firm. For Sunday's dinner purchase, a fowl, have it cut in suitable pieces for serv ing and stew slowly in enough boiling water to cover, with i onion, sliced, a sprig of parsley, a stalk of celery and salt -and -pepper . ito taste. . When done let cool in the liquor. This should be , uiw vu oaiuiuay morning, e or Satur day's dinner pour off thhlcken broth, , heat and add a very U8& boiled lice and serve in bouillon cups .-The slice of ham for dinner should be browned slightly In a. hot frying pan, transferred to the casserole, I cup of boiling water added, closely cov ered and cooked for half hour in a moderate oven. The oven heat may also' be utilized for the baked potatoes and ii w,ba?(,uvau Krkttn, which la sim ply boiled cabbage covered with creara sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and browned in a hot. oven. For Sunday's dinner the chicken may be dipped in egg, breaded and fried In hot fat. It will be found to be better flavored than usual, owing to Us being boiled the day before. For Sunday dessert, bake a sponge ' ft ke, ln 1?und Pan carefully cut off the top, hollow out the center and fill ".in niupiicii cream, sweetened and unuv,nM nuueu. jv-piac.e tne top ana serve on a large plate, cutting ln snlt- , able- piece' at the table. If straw berries are too expensive, v any othtf - i fruit may be substituted. - V V I