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A recent newspaper article announ-
cing a Heritage Cooking Contest sent
me scurrying for my grandmother's
Home Cook Book, published in 1877.
The pages are brittle and fragile with
many smudges and blotches, proving
the book served its purpose well.
It's not just a cook book; it deals
with everything from the proper kind
of talk to use at the table to how to
cure smallpox. To look through the
book is not just to find a recipe but to
discover the way of life a hundred or
more years ago, written in formal and
flowery language.
When you consider that grandma
had never heard of Women's Lib,
didn't know the luxury of electric
heat, a vacuum cleaner, automatic
washer, refrigerator or any of the
other marvelous gadgets we take for
granted, running a house was not on-
ly a serious business, but a time con-
suming one, not to mention the hard
work involved. The author of The
Home Cook Book begins with a word
of "grace" to woman, assuring her
that success in housekeeping adds
credit to her intellect and lustre to her
accomplishments. She further states
that for a woman to be without a
knowledge of good housekeeping is
"as discreditable as for a man not to
know how to make a living, or how to
defend himself when attacked. He weight in society goes for very little."
may be ever so good an artist, ever The scolding writer also laments
so polished a gentleman, but if deli- that it doesn't matter how talented a
It Seems to me...
by Gwyn Whilsmith
cient in these points, you can set him woman may be, or how useful in
down for a weakling, and his real church and society, if she is an indif-
ferent housekeeper, "it is fatal to her
influence, a foil to her brilliancy, and
a blemish in her garments." Gosh!
All I can say is I'm thankful I don't
have to live up to those standards.
Free with advice on how the 19th
century woman could keep her house
clean, the author says, "If Mistress
Smith's sitting room is always neat
and fresh, it is because she sweeps it
with tea leaves, and sponges the
carpet with ox gall." And to be sure
her good carpet would look good as
long as it lasted she was told to keep
it clean by shaking it twice a year and
darning it at the first break. (So much
for Mr. Clean and Filter Queen).
Poor Mistress Smith must have
been a busy lady for she was expected
to keep absolutely everything neat,
"from the outside of the house to the
inside of the travelling bags."
"Saturday," says the fussy writer,
"is a most convenient time to see if
the window shades hang straight, if
the curtains drape well, if the walk,
steps and piazzas are neat, if the door
knobs all work, and if the paint is in
order. And every want should be at-
tended to at once."
Of course, the lady of the house was
responsible for the health of the fami-
ly, too, and, therefore, the book ad -
Please turn to page 7
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