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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE. 21. 1914 W'i' i ii" '"i iii hi ii 'mi i Vi i' ir n ' ""' ii "i - - " Jin " 'it ' I " ''"ill i " 'ii .Hi-"'' n .' ' i'i "' " " ' 111 " 11 " Mi" i m n n n ' ""' ' " im 1 ' ' " ' ' "' ' " "" """"" '"' ' '"" """ " ', ' IM " " """ " ..n ,. . , ' ," , , ' "' " '"" ' """ "" t'mimm mmmmmt,t, mtmiaaiimmHmmmmmKmmmmmmmmmm :WSSkuJ- The Peoples institute of domestic M- Ifow About tk IfousEKEEPERc ation? 1 "y ISTJ2R, daughter, son and dad have had vacations. Has , mother t Z Why in the great economist scheme mother is not considered a con- J tributor to the upkeep of the home is a question that is hard to have answered by any' of the other members of the family. We are putting it before the council today. That includes the important discussion of the need of a vacation for the housekeeper. Ira Cogswell Bailey-Allen is here with a word'for.the housekeeper and several arguments for her vacation. If you are a housekeeper, read it, and then read it to your family. If you are not, read it just the same. You may be one some day, and you certainly ought to have the other side of any story that intimately concerns the home. ; We gladly give to you this discussion of a topis that has been too long ihelved. Let us hear your opinions. By Ida Cogswell Bailey Allen Domestlo Science Export, New York. THE) moment tnotbr saw father standing in the doorway she knew what to expect. She bad lived with him for thirty years and had seen that look with each succeed ing spring It came as regularly as the first warm days, and although she did not aay a word, she knew that a fish I "Daughter travels through . .Europe" Ing trip was Imminent. Then, too, he had come home early another Infal lible sign. Soon she heard him tramp ing around in the attia and before long he called down the stairway: "Mother, say, do you know where I put my flies last year? I can't find 5 them anywhere." -N She dropped Mary's new dress which ( she was Just finishing and climbed the steep stairs. "I think they're In this drawer," she said. "The rods are here, and your rubber boots are In that cor ner. Here's the fishing basket, and your clothes are in this trunk." "Mother, you're a mind reader; how'd you know I was thinking of going fishing?" ' Mother smiled, but did not answer. ?'Tou need a vacation, John," she said; "can't you arrange to leave for a week and go up in the hills? I'll see to any Important correspondence for you." "Why, yes. I mights" "You'll eo tomorrow," she said, Anally. 'Til help you to get ready." Midnight found mother packing the grips, and 6 o'clock saw her smiling as usual, preparing father's early break fast. A she kissed Mm good by the thought flashed thspugh her mind, how different that first spring had been when they had gone together. Then the babies began t to come and, of eourse, she had to stay at home; and now they were grown up she was too old to go. Of course, sh was too old and too fat to get around very well wasn't her waistband thirty inches? Vf Nevertheless, the smell of the pine .woods haunted her as she wistfully started to houseclean. rather hated It, so she would hurry to get it done be- sore ne reiurnea. After the house was cleaned It was time to finish the summer sewing. Mother was tired, to be sure, but Mary had planned ' a round of visits and would need her clothes as soon as school was ilnished. Tha last of the year brought so many "good times" and so much extra study that Mary didn't have a moment to help not even to wipe the dishes or pull bastings and she was "so tired" that mother let her sleep late every Saturday. "I don't feel very well," mother said to herself, "but I'll get through all right." The two or three days before Mary finally got off were "nightmares." for at the last minute Mary decided she need ed another dress; there were washing and ironing to do, and gloves and shoes to clean, to say nothing of packing and so the housework had "to go." Mother smiled with pride at her love ly young daughter. But after waving a last goodby she turned to the house -with a wan look.r She was worn out. completely, but would not admit it. Selors the house had been put to i rights and the mending caught up, ' Harry and Jim, the high school boys, began to think of camping, and by the fiTBt of July had found a "bully place" in the north woods, only a few miles away. They planned to stay a month, coming home once a -week for provl , slons, and some of mother's cooking. -. The tent had to be patched, bedding .' made ready, old clothes hunted up afd mended, to aay nothing of getting to- gather the provisions and equipment. The boys helped, to be sure; they made . .out lists and planned, but it was moth er's keen mind that thought of forgot ten articles, packed the -nrst-aid-to-the-Injuredtbox and forestalled difficulties. While this - was going on a girlhood friend happened to be visiting in the town. Mother had time to call only once. As she started home she said to herself, "How well and young1 Molly look. I wish I (know her secret and how she can get away; tout them 2 don't mind as Ions; as everybody has a food time." " It seemed so strange to hare J art two at the table. For several meals moth er forgot, and out a great plateful of bread, and ordered too much meat. "It's a good time to preserve; and make the jelly," she said; so the long sunny days were spent over the hot stove the hours of possible rest and recreation were bottled up in cans of peaches and pears against the coming winter and mother grew more and more weary. When she bad time to rest habit drove her on. , i . Wh "The children leave for sunny fields" The end of the summer found the doc tor, grave faced, beside her bed all becauseher family took her for granted. A wife and mother who does her own housework and who has at most only one helper is hedged by her family bound on the north by her husband, on the east by her children and on the south by the household. All the little rifts of outside matters that come to gether trickle through these cardinal points In what the members of the fam ily bring her; by the church (which she cannot find time to attend as much as she wishes) and by the few magazines and papers she occasionally finds a moment to read. As a general rule, mother is really a progressive woman, but it doesn't take long for actual rou tine work to sap her sest in outside matters; it's very easy to neglect the piano when there are the stockings to mend; very easy to lapse from reading when one is so sleepy after wakeful nights with the children that the great est of boons is a nap; and when one's free time is spent in trips to market or to the stores in the search for some - articl or other that ls cheap. In spite of love, life is liable to look a little sor did to any woman. tAnd when sordidity comes in at the door, youth flies out of the window. It takes some time for this to be accom iplished, but it usually reaches a climax when the children are about high-school age; they are beyond "little babyhood"; and, theoretically, mother ought to have more leisure than in years; but, in reality, she has less! First, there" is more cooking to do athletic sons eat an unbelievable amount, and any mother will cook to please her men folks! Then the girls need, more clothes, more little things, such as belts, collars and the like, that cost so much when purchased ready-made that there ' is nothing to do but for mother to make them. There is more company, too,, and that means' dishes and housework ; and as for the girls, they really helped more when they were 10, for iigb school keeps them away most of the time. But the worst of it is that the family not only selfishly accepts this service, but takes it for granted as well that mother ls old. To be sure, she usually wears a black suit and hat because it Is unobtrusive and stays in style longesl She frequently wears silk gloves she says because they are cooler, but, In re ality, because they are cheap. The girls wjear white kid. She sticks to brown and blue bouse dresses to "save washing-"; the girls wear the daintiest of colors. In short, her whole wardrobe is selected in the spirit of -sacrifice; and, although she really loves the more beautiful colors suited to her age, she Stifles the desire. The process of mother growing old, then, does not commence . within her. but from without in her clothes. And there's no .better way to commence to get old than to begin to look- that way. , Who suggests that mother's spring hat be croft green, thather new foulard be in one of the dahlia shades; or. in fact, that she have anything now at all? The, boys talk of their socks, ties, shoes, etc., the girls of the latest ekirta even father appears with a new suit and hat; but mother con tinues to look nloe-; In her three - year - old dress! And there's nothing mo con ducive to e e 1 f ellmlnatlon as ef : facing clothes. Mother has grown so used to staying at home when the children were little that ' the habit has .been formed so strongly she scarcely admits to herself that efoo would like to go anywhere; so she stays In and does up the dishes while the girls go to the festival con- cert and the boys rush oflj to the debate. The children say mother loves to bo quiet and doesn't care to "go." Who tries to help her break the chain of habit that holds her down as strongly as iron links? Nobody thinks of It. She is the most important member of the household. Her work la unceasing; her sympathy Is limitless; she Is a tre mendous factor In the world; eh de serves all that is good, youthful and up lifting, because her Influence is the most potent In the home yet she ts seldom reckoned In. By the time mother Is 60 It is almost Impossible to start her "off," she has become so steeped In home. And here it is not amiss to sacra word to mother. Tou often eay to yourself that nobody cares what you do or bow you look. Can't you see the little tentative at tempts to draw you out? Didn't you hear Jimmy aay that he wished you were like Frank's mother, who was a corking chaperon and wore such, pretty clothes? You answered that Mrs. Thomas neglected her home to go, and that you'd be ashamed to have such a looking parlor she put all her money on her back. Jimmy didn't answer, and your heart ached to be "a corking chap eron and wear good clothes." When anything of this sort occurs, mother, it's time to choose. And whether or not you follow up the little lifeline your son is holding out is your own affair. If the girls have callers, what do you do, make yourself 'entertaining and agree able, or refuse to see them? Did yon ever ask your girls' advice about your clothes? Do you ever let them see what you're doing to them In such way that they will do something for you? In other words, are you conducting your household on the basis' of reciprocity? Menus and an This department will be in charge of a different instructor every month. The plan will give the housewife the benefit of wide and varied experi ence, and will present topics of inter est, to all. By Bertha Shapliegh Teachers' Oollere. Columbia University. IAma Beans Baked "With Peppers SOAK overnight 1 cup of dried lima beans. In the morning drain, cover with boiling water and cook fifteen minutes. Again drain, put beans in a baking dish or a casserole, add 3 chopped red. peppers or canned pimentos, 2 tablespoons of chopped onion, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 clove of garlic chopped. Cover with boiling water and bake slowly for two houra Strawberry Sponge Hull and mash 1 box of strawberries. MONDAY BBSA.KFAST Baked Prunes Oooxed Cereal aad Oreuf LUNCH Poporera Coffee IQnced Cbicken on Toast Bread aad ButUr , Obeoe Oookxae DIXVER Vegetable Soap Ooxmueal Sticks -Salmon Loaf Cream Sauce aad Peas Bolls Sliced Cucumber Strawberries and Cream " . TUESDAY BREAKFAST Orangea Plain Omelet Graham Muffin Coffee. " ICNOH . . Fruit Salad Peanut Butter Scenae - Cocoa XHSSES, Cawerole of Bee Spinach with En Boiled Bice " Oaramea Bread 'Pudding . 'Cofies -. WEDNESDAY BKGAKPAaT - Stwwed Flgi Cooked Cenwl and Cream is roiled Bacon : Toast Ooffa If not, isn't a little of the condition your own fault? There's mottling so m hard to move as a mother who is so saturated to home that she has no en ergy left for anything else. Any good business man knows that he cannot do everything himself and soon learns not only to trust his sub ordinates, but to rely upon them to do certain portions of the work. A wise mother will train her family in the same way, beginning in early childhood to inculcate habitual dally tasks. Both, boys and girls should be taught to cook, as well, making: mother's occasional ab sence from the home possible. When the members of the Brown fam ily saw mother lying in bed, sick for the first time since they could remember, they began to think. Father looked back conscience-stricken on his fishing trip he hadn't thought of asking her to go. Mary cried for two days as she thought of the many nights mother had sat up and sewed before she started off with her pretty wardrobe on the round of visdts.' The boys said that "iMother had been tired out all summer, and they'd let her cook all that tuf for camp brutes that they were" They all decided to "do" better, but it was Marywho iftnally thought of the plan. One evening" she" corralled the boys and father In the sitting room. "The doctor says that mother must have a vacation," she said, "but she won't go, because she doesn't see how we will get along alone. It's no use to tell her that we can manage, she Just won't gob; so the only way to make her is to get a housekeeper to do the work while she's away. .Nftw i know we" think we can't afford it; but here's my con tribution to the fund," and she laid three 5 gold pieces on the table. "My birthday present from Aunt Jane, she added. The boys , disappeared, coming back in a moment. "Here are our new olf clubs," they said, depositing 5 apiece on the table, explaining, "That's Recipes for a "Week From Expert in Cookery Sprinkle with 1 cup of sugar, and let stand half an hour. Squeeze through a cheesecloth; there should result 1 pint of Juice.; Add to this the Juice of 1 lemon, -more sugar to taste and a few grains of salt. Into this put 3 tablespoons of gelatin which has been soaked in cup of cold water and dis solved In a little boiling water. Place in a cool place, and as soon as it begins to set beat in the stiffly beaten whites of S eggs and 1 cup of beaten cream. Mold and chill. Serve with stiffly beaten cream, sweetened and flavored with vanilla, Garnish with whole strawberries. Corn, and Ghreen Peppers, Mexican Style Cook 2 tablespoons of chopped onion and 1 chopped green pepper in 4 cup of butter or bacon fat until yellow. Add 1 can or 1 pint green corn. Pui into a buttered dish, cover with fine . breadcrumbs, and bake twenty minutes. VCSV3 ' lima Ban baked with Bed Pappen Graham Bread and Batter Strawberries Tea DIXN'ER Cream of Spinach 6onp Baked Ham Battered New. Potatoes Com aad Green Peppera, Mexican Style Prune Whip Oiwtard Bancs THUBSDAY BBSAKFAST etxawberrtea Cbffea MTNOH Bhund Erga Boat, Lettwe and Mayonnaise Salad Graham Toast Iced Cocoa, PI.VNEB Broiled Chore Mashed Potato? Greco Peas Strawberry Sponse Oak Coffee FRIDAY BREAKFAST - Hominy and ffraus Codnsfa. Oakea Oornnual Muffins Coffee xjcnca . . , . Cold Bam with' Potato Balad t Buttered Toast ! 1 what we earned picking berries." Father, drew out his pocketbook and added 2e more. "That was going to be a new overcoat." lie said, "but the old one is just as warm as ever." "There's $50 then." Mary said, "for mother's vacation. A.' housekeeper at 7 a week 3d the rest for carfare and other lltUe' things; now he won't fret over us the doctor said she mustn't worry; the worst problem is getting her 'off and her clothes; for I'm going to send her to her old friend Mollis, the one who visited hers this summer." Six of the precious dollars Mary spent for a seamstresa Mother had plenty of material in the house to be made up, so a dress and waist were easy. Four . dollars more went for a ready-made house, dress. Mary's .own dark coat and a little hat she made herself helped out; and, together with dainty little things borrowed from the girl's ward robe, they made mother look years younger. A new way of fixing her hair; a little encouragement about curling it and mother was a different woman. Mary didn't realize it, but she was giv ing her mother the best of tonics In terest. It took the concerted efforts of the whole family to get her off. but at last it was done, and mother was well on the road to health. a The month was nearly up, and mother expected home on Tuesday, when Mary, now so sweet and womanly, again called the family In council. "A vacation IS all right," she said, "but it doesn't count for much if you have to work twice as hard when you come back. Now if we're going to keep mother well, we've all got to work. You boys kept your room picked up for this month; why not continue to do so when she gets back? That will save . twenty minutes a day, time enough to read the paper. I've resigned from the Literary Club that's to be mother's own' afternoon we're going out together, and if you all don't get such a good dinner that night you 4 mustn't complain. Every Sunday we children are going to get the dinner and clear it away, and mother is go : tng to church and visit all the way ; home keep on her pretty dress and be ; 'company.' I tell you it won't hurt us ; at all. As for you, dad, your share will be to buy tickets for the symphony con I certs and the travel lectures for mother and yourself, and you're to have the : best time together! I'm ashamed of myself and am going to do everything Toasted Cheese Sandwiches Cut bread as for any sandwich, and place between slices a thin slice; of cheese. Season cheese with salt and cayenne. Toast until cheese is melted, holding bread together. These are very .good with salads of any kind, where mayonnaise is not served. Braised Liver "With Bacon For a 3-pound piece of liver have ready 1 onion cut in thin slices, H cup of carrot dice, cup of bacon cubes. cup of tomato, a bit of bay leaf, sprig of parsley, Vi teaspoon of whole peppers and a pinch of thyme. Place the liver on the bed of vegetables, lay thin slices of bacon over the top. cover and cook slowly one hour, basting with bacon fat and water. Strain the liquor remaining in pan and serve with the liver. If the liquid is too thin, thicken with flour, using 1 tablespoon to each cupful. Tomato Soup without 6 took Toaated Oracaeri , , m BadUhee Baked Stuffed JJlueA-Ji Fried Poatn Creamed Ooenmben Lettuco Salad Cream Cheese Toasted Wafers Ooflea SATURDAY ERBAKFAST Sliced Orcnzc Creamed Ham on Toast Xbxl CbSee LCNCII EcaUoped Fish Uefaeated Boll Gingerbread Tea DIN HER CSaia SiAtp Toasted Wafers Braised Calf ft Uver and bsooo Stewed Potatoes Broiled Tomatoes Baspberry Shortcake Oof! em SUNDAY BBBAKFAST Strawberries and Oeeta Uncooked t-real Minced Liver on Toast Biscuits IMNWEIt Hot Coffee ChiekeB Soap with Rice . Boiled Salmon Hollasdaim Same New rotatoee with Paniiegr Butter Green Peas Lettuce and Oicuaiber Pa lad Toatted Cheexe Handwichea Froaen Friit Cream Coffee 6nPER Chicken Balad . Parka- Uoase BoUs OUtss - lead Tea In my power to make mother selfish." And the rest agreed. . ' Once trained in the vacation habit, a mother will soon begin to plan for herself, until It becomes part of the household regime. Sometimes she may choose a rest in the woods, with noth ing at all to do, but don't force It upon her. No matter If she is tired. If her nature craves Jollity and fun. the woods will not help her at all. It her go to some resort. Again, she may love visiting. : Don't discourage it Just because she may have to help "with the work," for she will have such a good time and yet be relieved of so much responsibility that the bit of dish washing or bed-making she may de won't hurt her a bit! A woman can not be transplanted from a very busy "Father. tkkes a fishing trip COME IN WB ARB advocates of the open-door policy. This page Is for yon. It has no locked sectiona It ls for you to use, to criticise, to take and make subserve your enda Come in! Gladly do we welcome suggestions that are broad, and. are mad for the general betterment of the section. Come In ! And when, you wish to sjr something commendatory about It, follow the same method, and come .Next week Florence "Willard. of New York, will speak to you about "Conquering fiummtr Pests." fall to read it. " We are proud of oar contributors. Here Is a list of them: MR. B. M. ALLEN. Chief of Food and Drug Division. Kea- tucky Aericultural Sxperiment SteUoa. MRS. MINERVA B, T. ANGELL. Brooklyn, N. T.; Domestic) Kclenee Ex pert. Massachusetts Institute of Teeh noiocr. MBS. RACHEL FOSTER AVERT, Social and Political Economist. MBS. ITA COGSWEIX BAIXEYhAIXKM. Domeatlo Bciencs Expert, New Terk. KISS L. RAT BATDERSTOM. Laundry Expert, Teachers' College Co lumbia University, New York. HARRY E. BARNARD, Fh. D tate Food and Dreg Commission er State Commissioner of Welshte ana Measures. Chief of Dirisioa of Chemis try, of Indiana. MISS ANNA BARROWS. Lecturer on Domestic Belenoe, Sohoel ef Household Arts, Columbia University, New- York; Director School ef Domestic Science, Chautauqua, N. T. T. E. BREXTHXT, go. D. Department of Chemistry, Celleee of the City of New York. MRS. WTNNIFRED HARPER COOXJBT. Pure Food Specialist and Writer. MRS. ALICE DYNES FE CLING, Formerly Head of Department ef Heme Economics, Iowa State Collese. MISS WINIFRED STUART GIBBS, Supervisor Home Eeonotnie Work, New York Association for Jmprovlnt Condf tlon of the Poor; Assistant In House hold Arts, Teachers' Collece, Columbia University. MRS. GRACE X. VTAIX GRAY. Domestlo Science Expert, ChloagTS, ZIL MISS EDITH HALL. Institute of Domestlo Science, Northern Illinois Normal School. De Kelb, 111. MJ.S CAROLINE L. HOT, Wshinston. D. C MlJfS HELEN mil"! JOHNSON. -Jiestorer and Writer on Home nomlcs. Watertown. N. Y. MRS. ALICE G ITCH ELL KIRK. Domestlo Science Lecturer, land. O. FRUIT T HE attractiveness of fruit dishes is equaled by the value of them In --the everyday dietary. The wise housewife will nearer omit a fruit dish in her day's planning, for It contributes to the health of the eaters and to that, important thing, variety in the day's rfi'-rju. Here are some unusual combinations) that may be of uae to yon; ' Stuffed Fruits Make a marzipan mixture as followsi Mix together 2 ounces of icing sugar, 1 ounces soft sugar and 4 ounces1 of , ground almonds; add the Juice of H lemon and a few drops each of vanilla,, ratafia and orange-flower water. Knead the mixture and divide into as many parts as you wish for colors e, g., red. pink, green, white. life to absolute leisure and really enjoy herself. Possibly mother lives In the country and longs for a glimpse of city Ufa Let her go to New York if she chooses there are cool spots, and she will appreciate home more when she returns. Above all, don't take a cot tags at the shore or mountains and "Son dives into pleasure" ' expect her to do "the work" I It's worse than nothing at all. and mother will long over and over again for the con venience of her own kitchen. A vaca tion, after all. should consist In do ing what one likes, but for which "one never he opportunity. So no matter how queer the desire may eeem to you. help Mother to find herself la choosing her own vacation. Only too often a mother's life be comes warped through lack of money. When the boys and girls begin to earn. It l true that they pay board, but It U never what they would be charged by an outsider, and usually Include mending, pressing and a hundred" and one little motherly things that one never notices till mother le gone. Dig down into your pockets, men and women; acrtflce that play, or some other pleasure occasionally, to secure a seamstress for mother to come week ly and do the mending and all those other things. A dollar a day will ecure a woman, who will not only do that, but will "sew mother up!" Watch her face brighten, the wrinkles smooth out of her forehead; and listen as she tells you where she goes, and who she ees, now ihe haa time! That will be a perpetual vacation, and in her face you will find your reward. the "Washington Irving High SchooL Do not MISS ALICE LA KEY. Chairman Food Committee. National consumers -earus. MISS ALICE LOO MIS. Department of Home Kconomioa, Uni versity of Wisconsin. Madison. Wla MISS MARGARET J. MITCHELL, Bruce School. New York. MISS MARY STONE O'ROCRKX. Director of Domestlo Belenoe, Adelpal Academy. Brooklyn, N. Y. MISS ELLEN C SAB IN. President Milwaukee- Downer OeUege Milwaukee, Wla MRS. ANNA B. SCOTT, Cooking .Expert and Feed Boeaemlet. Philadelphia. MISS MAY" bECKIST. Department Household Arts, California Polytecbnlo School. MISS FRANCES STERN, Massachusetts Institute ef TechneterT, Boston. Miaa; Visiting Housekeeper, Boston Provident Association. MISS ISABEL STEWART, Assistant In Department ef Narslag and Health. Teachers' Collese, Colum bia University, New York. MRS. MARY L. WADE, Household Science Leetnrer, Chleage, 111. i MRS. RICHARD WAIN WEIGHT, Washington, D. C. MRS. LILY H AX WORTH WALLA OB, Of London. Htae-'and : cooking Lecturer and Demonstrator at the Pure Fooe Con crass. MB, JOHN L. WALSH. Mayor's Bureau of Weights and Meas ures, New YorkC MRS. ARTHUR WIIITTEM, State Normal Collese. Albany, H. T. MRS. LEAH D. WIDTSOX. Agricultural College ef Utah, Leaaa. Utahy MRS. HARTEY W. WILEY, Housekeepers Alliance. Washington. D. C. MISS FLORENCE WTLLARD, Chairman of Domestic Science ment, Washington Irving' Tfiah Da part- Bcbee, Ne w York. RECIPES Take some dates. French plum, glace cherries or other preserved fruits. Cut each open without quite separating; re move any stone and insert a strip or ball of marzipan. Mold the fruit back Into ; shape with a little of the colored sweet , peeping out and dip into soft sugar. Orange Salad , Peel S oranges and divide them Into ..'slices without breaking the pulp, then 'lay the prepared slices in a glass salad bowL fctone - hi pound of muscatel raisins and mix with them 2 oonces of soft sugar and 4 tablespoonfuls of brandy, and when thus prepared mla ' gle them with the oranges. 8 queers the Juice from another or ange over the whola If the flavor ta nked. a little pounded spice may . be) added with advantage. ' M I ! .1 -4 f - 1 I - I
