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MODERN METHODS.
And Aiso Modern Cooks, and What th
' Result Always Is.
"The old-fashioned cook who cleaned
licr conking vessels by swabbing them
out with her finger is a relic of tiio
dark ages," declared Mr. Ililler, the
tuxji.ing expert who is in Lincoln tor
the purpose of demonstrating that, the
art of i ookery. is really a science.
And as. she was talking .Mrs. Hiller
went right ahead showing that it was
jr.yt bk easy to c;kjK good ioou, serve
it daintily and do it economically. as it
is to do it the Old way.
"In modern cool-ins ihe old method
of guesxhig 1.; eliminated?" continued
Mrs. Hiller. "We are as exact iu our
measurements as the architect or the
patternmaker."
Several hundred women sat and
watched and listened with deep inter
est as Airs. Hiller measured and talked
and baked and broiled, and her every
word and motion, was fraught with in
formal ion. She made u toothsouie
toast, covered it with white sauco. gar
nished it with ;.;g and put ii on a
ldattcr. She baked some pop-overs
that would inake a dyspeptic shout
with delight. She built a peach -shortcake
that was a dream of gustatory
Joy. and topped 1 lie exhibition off by
broiling .a porterhouse to just that
shade of delicious pink clear through
that is the acme of every housewife,
arobltlcn end the ultima thule of every
huseanr,"a household hope. It was all
done with a cleverness or method, a
cleanliness of preparation and a spied
that apneajed to all.
'people talk about Cue robber g;vt
tiompanies,' " said Airs. Hi Her, "but bo
that a it may I am not here to de
fend anybody or anything save tleau
liness and c-ouonjy it would be well
to investigate for yourselves and not
be swayed by prejudice."
Mrn. Hitler's demonstrations' are all
made wilh a gas range, and 8he injects
a thousand and one little gems ot
thought that show her thorough be
lief in the utility of gas as a fuel, es
pecially in the kitchen. An interested
JiBtr.uer had a thought whtle Airs. Hil
ler was mentioning those who talked
about "robber gas companies." There
r- "others." For instance, there is
the husband who robs his wile of
health and comfort and time and con
venience by compelling her to, split
kindlings and lug in coal to Keep the
Infernally hot steel range goins and
heat the kitchen seven times hotter
than a potter's oven in order that she
may bane or broil for the husband
who is taking hi3 ease in the Morris
chair and reading the evening paper
while waiting for his supper.
Down town the husband dictates to
a stenograpner in order to save his
time and his physical energy. He
rides to and from his work in the
street care. He pushes an electric but
ton and calls an office boy to deliver
messages. He insists on having every
thing convenient anil as comfortable
ns possible. But it's different out at
the house. The wife is suffering over
a red-hot steel range in order to bake
bread or pies, to boil the potatoes or
to make the coffee. The coal hod is
emptied. There ts no, "office boy" to
call with an electric bell and send
after the coal. The wife must hike
out and expend her strength in lug
ging in the coal for herself. The ash
pan is filled, j No "office boy" ou hand.
The wife rnnst drag out the ash pan.
carry it to the alley and then shove it
hack tinder the red-hot grate while the
heat singes her hair and scorches hei
face, i
O. yes; there are worse robbers than
the gas companies are. even though
they were, guilty of all that is charged
against them. The husband who robs
hit; wile of health and strength and
comfort is the worst robber of the
lot.
The bi:sy housewife snatches a lew
moments "rest" in the afternoon by
getting out of the darning basket. She
becomes intent upon her work and
scarcely notes the flight of time. Sud
denly she looks at the cloak, gives au
exclamation of dismay and jumps to
her feet. Nearly supper time and the
litiHband will soon be home, tired and
hungry aud nervous from his long
eight hours- work at the office, blie
hurries to the kitchen. The fire is out.
The coal bucket is empty. The asu
pan is full, it would never do to wait
until "hubbie" comes home and ask
him to split the kindling, carry jn the
coal and lug out the ashes. No, indeed!
He will be so tired after dictating let
ters to a stenographer and giving or
ders to the olMce boy that it would be
cruel to ask him to do that sort of
thing. Su the woman who has done
nothing all day but get breakfast, pre
pare th eiluren for school, wash
Jisbes, :iiaia4 beds, 8 ween rooms, get
noonday kmc for tlia little ones, wash
more dishes set the sponge, knead
' hi'onri nnrl riarn An Tir1lpK.(i aiTSV rif
worn stockings and torn I rocks the
woman who has done nothing but these
simple and easy duties all day, hurries
to the woodshed and splits some kind
lings. Then she shakes down the
ashes and puts in the kindlings. Dis
covering that the coal hod is empty
she hurries to the coal shed and lugs
in forty or fifty pounds of black and
dirty coal. Just as she starts to touch
a match to the kiridling3 she discov
ers that the ash pan is so lull that it
will shut off the draft. So she hurries
out with the dirty ash pan, enjpties it
and hurries back. Then she lights the
lire. In half an hour the steel range
is hot enough to boil coffee, fry pota
toes and bake biscuits. By that time,
too. the kitchen is hot enough to kill
a poor weak man ; if perehance he
should have to endure it while engaged
in the extremely hard work of dictat
ing to a stenographer and swearing at
an office boy.
Antl when the grouchy husband
lired and weary gets home he won
ders why his wife looks worn and tired
and says td himself that it's "such a
pity that his wife can not dress up
and lock as pretty as she used to lcok
before they were married and he caiu.i
on her three or four or seven eve.i
ings a week.
Wouldn't that jar you?
If every husband in Lincoln had to
cook a weelr over a red-hot steel raus
they would break their neclcs getting
down to the gas qffice to order in gas
ranges. The Wageworker is trying to
improve the conditions of the wage
earning classes. For that reason it is
going to hammer away at "robber hus
bands" until" they give their tired anu
worn wives something like the con
veniences they demand for themselve...
A young Jior.sewife who watched Mis.
Hiller with deep interest wanted to asu
a question, and being there in quest
of information she, did not hesitate
a minute.
"Wouid it not be possible to broii
that steak just as well in a gasoline
oven on top of the stove?"
"What! A gasoline oven in this
busy and enlightened age!" exclaimed
i'l'. r.
"O. I don't mean a gasoline stove
I mean a detachable oven such as s
used ci a gasoline stove."
The audience laughted at the house
wife's instant disclaimer, because it i
really a joke to even think about us
ing gasoline for cooking purposes in
this day of gas ranges.
"I always remove the bone from
steak," said Mrs. Hiller. "It is mere
ly a matter of choice, and it is a mis
ako to think that leaving the bone in
manes the meat sweeter. Removing it
enables the carver to perform his work,
better: that's all. But the bone and
the tot gh end of the porterhouse need
not be wasted the stock pot should
always be at hand. From the stock
pot we get the bases for our soups." '
Thus talking and trimming an;
demonstrating, Mrs. Hiller prepared
the porterhouse. It was two 'inches
thick, and it had just the deep pink
color that all steaks should have. She
put it on the broiler, " first greasing
the broiler with a bit of .the fat cut
from the steak.' The steak was put
under the blaze and turned every few
seconds. As she turned the steak she
talked, and by the time the steak was
done just to a turn she had told a!i
about how it should be done.
And when the steak was carved ami
passed around the hungry man in the
rear of the demonstration hall sniffed
with delight and made ready to spet-r
a bit when it came near.
Airs. Hiller is presiding over a cook
in.?' school under the auspices of the
Woman's club, and she should have a
class that embraces every housewife in
Lincoln. ,
FAREWELL RECEPTION.
Friends of Mrs. S. A. Hoon Meet to Bid
Her Goodbye.
Capital Auxiliary No. 11 tendered a
fare will I reception to Mrs. S. A. Hoon
i.id Tuesday niirht at the home of
AJr. and Mrs.- J. E. Aiickel. Despite
the bad weather- a large number of
Auxiliary members and their husbands
were present and the evening was hap
pily spent in social conversation, mu
sic and story telling.
Refreshments were served, and just
as the guests were rising from the ta
bles Mrs. W. M. Maupin made a short
speech and on behalf of the Auxiliary
presented Mrs. Hoon with a handsome
silver berry spoon. s Mrs. Hoon re
sponded briefly and thanked' the or
ganization for its thoughtfulness and
kindness.
Mrs. Hoon and her two daughters
left Thursday' for Denver, v.here they
will join Mr. Hoon, who has been in
Colorado for several months in search
of renewed health. The best wishes of
"printerdorn" and a host of other
friends accompany Mrs. Hoou.
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Ethel What makes you look so
pleased? ...
Edith Oh 1- -Jack" says I'm the first
girl ho, ever rropos,ed to on his automobile.
Irate Parent Tell that young Soft
leigh that he must cease his visits here.
I forbid him the house.
Daughter But, papa, he doesn't
want the house; it's me that he's after.