Show J r I f 7 2 t I J l f. f r if 1 I ti a i Ai I I. I r CJ 1 kI I Ii rr r 1 f.- f. l' l r I v L Li i 1 I 1 t. t OL f 4 ll l c i t. t A f i f 1 a. a Y u t r She May Not Have to o Keep on n Cooking t L aN R r ry C But It Will Give Her Better Understanding Un Understand ut eve ever era a ers an anIn r IBS ing In Says Mrs Robert Rolert A. A Franks Who 1 i Y 1 Believes in Modern Kitchen Comforts for the Household Worker of Today h t e o 1 F r V t J fV 1 7 I J r I pr c f lc tK J J 1 rl JI t I I r j 7 v jj r-J r J fI R I II I A r i y S 'S w. r ri I w S r s 's sM M 5 I r r d FI p t IF I Ws I 8 1 y I t II 11 f t y rr n tt i i S. ir Ii 1 V t r j I V 1 4 Cf ns r tit v U J sir 1 7 F 1 t s. s i l i j y 10 t I Irl r 7 cf A 1 r i. t l rl I. I iy It Jr l i 1 J. J i J 1 e i fI v f j x j. j j I i a V r F Fr r I By Helen Hoffman C i. i l INCE the wives of millionaires have havo tak taken t to v SINCE doing their own cooking mistresses and t tr maids both are beginning to ask for a new newt f t interpretation of ol the phrase menial work t i As a result of the dearth of servants following follow follow- R 0 ing the busy days daya of war wives of well wen known f men in the financial business and professional work have been making a success of housework r Having even excelled their former servants in inthe inthe the culinary art and in other phases of housework housework housework house house- work they are now asking the question Just what does docs a servant ervant imply when she writes in answer to an nn advertisement nt Of course courso I do not 40 want to be considered menial menial a or I do not wish to do any kind of work that would bo ho considered menial ps Wives of wealthy men who declare their experimentation experimentation ex- ex ex ex- with household work was as a great satisfaction to them because they got excellent s 's resul results are not willing to admit tho the servants servant's point of view that is to tho the say point of ol view vie held by many of them that domestic work work- is menial On the contrary they assert that housekeep housekeep- tl ing g duties well performed represent labor r as h dignified i as any other kind and that than the same in- in intelligence in is required to cook a perfect dinner as s I to paint a picture play pIny a musical r instrument or r write book a The he Gospel of Happier Homes One of or the many women wives of wealth wealthy b I. I men who has made a decided success of cooking f is Mrs Robert A. A Franks of Llewellyn Park t. t New Jersey t I Mrs Franks for years has done much to try l- l 5 to make mako the housewife's lot a happier one and she has hns en endeavored tI to effect a happy compromise bet between cen mistress and maid Particularly through t f i r 1 t t i 7 7 c t j J. J ii 1 I. I 0 II 1 6 rr 1 the several sc books she has hns written on the subject she has been able to curry carry carry the gospel of Happier Homes through a better understanding of this problem to thousands of housewives Indeed she is is re regarded a national authority on the subject of simplifying housework and carefully thought out menus which when n put into practise meant better better botter bet bot- ter nourished families at reduced expense The Franks's homo home in Llewellyn Park New Now Jersey boasted before the war a large staff of contented servants But the demands of war which absorbed everything to their ends made a heavy henvy draft on the healthy young men and women employed in domestic work Out of their life in munitions and kindred war activities there has come a new v spirit of u unrest st or dissatisfaction action with their lot Servants Seek New Fields Many women who wIlo formerly did housework are seeking new fields Others are returning to it reluctantly because they consider it menial and when when they do go back they insist upon specializing Household workers said Mrs J Franks whose husband is one of the former wealthy associates of the late Andrew Carnegie in the steel business represent one class of workers that has been affected less by the increased cot cost of living than many another class They receive their board and lodging and their quarters are arc often much more mOle comfortable and their food much better than they could couI af at Iford I- I ford to have under different circumstances Then too where uniforms ms are arc worn it is the custom to provide these also Rent Kent has gone up but their employer it Food is pays much more expensive ex ex- expensive pensive but the employer buys it With the thc exception of an increase in th the price of cl clothing thing one ono can readily see that household household house house- hold workers aro not so much affected by the high cost of living At the same time said Mrs Franks they are demanding great increases in wages and shorter hours and many privileges But the greatest change chango that has been noted in the household ia is her attitude toward her work and toward her employer Everybody today wants to bo be rich with little or nothing to doThe doThe doThe do The constant contant changing from one place to another another another an an- other in the hope of getting gettin high higher r wages eliminates elim elim- nates the old feeling of interest and affection between employer and in the tho home which y A. A r- r 1 J t j r ot 7 4 ft v. v r I s a Mrs Robert A. A Franks l' l ti I Who Vh Discusses the Problem I of Domestic Help was once a warm bond of human sym sympathy and enriched life for both What do modern conditions offer in place of the old community of interest A company has been formed said Mrs l Franks Frank to del deliver yer hot well cooked meals at nt atones atone's atones atone's ones one's door at any hour designated An effort is being made to have domestic workers live outside the homo home and work eight hours per dl day with extra pay for or overtime Electric stoves cooking utensils sweepers etc have haye been invented so that for small cost one can cook and keep ones one's house in order with the utmost ease and elim irate the domestic worker altogether It was here that I visualized Mrs Irs l at nt work among the saucepans saucepans saucepans-an an image repeated in hundreds of kitchens throughout the country u Because e of the pr problems presented on every hand in engaging agin satisfactory help Mrs Irs Franks as well as many other women of wealth last year decided to do her own cookin cooking This work was facilitated d by an electric stove an nn electric dish washer ail ele electric egg beater and similar labor saving devices This question of the dis distaste for domestic employment said Mrs Franks has interested me deeply and I. I I have haye been experimenting in an effort to to make household labors labots easy and enjoyable enjoy enjoy- able for women I installed an electric kitchen and then learned to make practical use of it it I had had cooking lessons but had never cooked a dinner in my life I am am happy to say that I can now boast of being an excellent cook and it was SI so s. easy and pleasant to know this art in the midst midat of the equipment modern science has evolved to tomake tomake tomake make cooking easy eagy that I wish every woman might share the feeling of independence which I Inow Inow Inow now enjo enjoy Y Changing the Cooks Cook's Attitude I happen to be a very busy woman with many interests so my culinary experiment had to give way recently to the usual household em em- but in n the future my attitude toward my cook will be very different I shall look upon a perfect ice or jelly or patty as a work of artand art artand and md honor the man mun or woman who can create these The liThe cooks cook's attitude altitude toward me will I hope be e equally changed She will enjoy practising her gentle g art in an electrical kitchen where most of the disagreeable accompaniments of cooking cooking- blackened pots and pans and the use of a greasy dish cloth cloth are are entirely eliminated that she will feel a pride in doing her best with a 3 pleasant r nature yen Service kc l 19 O. O k y Y r r r rr r r TZ l L t s a 1 e rt t J r ti lJ I r c In Mrs l Franks Franks' s 's Home at Llewellyn Park Where here She First F Felt It the Pinch of the Servant Problem certainty that every intelligent effort will be appreciated appreciated ap by one who knows her problems from personal experience I do not feel that my dignity or 01 self-respect self has be been n lessened a particle by cooking for my family Why should I feel that way Isn't any fonn form of labor self-respecting self if it is done well J i An ItAn effort has been made to I h have e domestic Ir servants live o ut f side the home and woe work k ec eight ht r M hours with extra pay for lor o over oVe ve I time e eI c I 7 am happy to that I say I 1 can now boast of 01 being an excellent coo cook h 5 It 7 I w wish h that every woman might share the feeling of 01 m independence inde de dePendence which I 1 now enjoy i Where Were in inefficiency is encountered the worker aV al ways feels she sho is s drudging and c. c calls ng her work Wor menial but an m intelligent worker er is proud of her ability and r respects herself accordingly There is urgent need for well weB trained well intentioned workers in tho the home Children Childre them Invalids Im need need them They are needed b by b the busy women who are doin doing such fine thin thins 4 in Jn social service in service in the ho hospitals in the schools school's s in the social settlements in all the o opportunities women of means find to employ their time their money and their helpful intelligence for the public pubU good These need not only w willing ng hands but intelligence kindness sympathetic interest interest all all these go to make that kindl kindly atmosphere which t twe we feel is home What do we offer to the domestic worker worker which would attract the type of pe personality ty to tomake tomake make moke a l home environment 1 Edu Education to Solve Problems i io o 0 Do we assure them a comfortable room and the sympathy and interest t which would make maice th the tha home atmosphere a reality for them This i is something something- every housekeeper ought to ro ask herself herself her her- self said Mrs Franks I belie believe e the establishment nt of schools for the th training of efficient household workers will d da damore more than anything ng else to change the pre present en attitude of mind of the e in the home The slovenly person who gets indifferent re- re n J suits who r realizes full well that she is is not pleasing pleasing pleas pleas- j ing her employer because she is demanding eman ng a a. a high wage which she cannot meet in m efficiency is the dissatisfied person i F Training schools such as I have favored for fen years years domestic domestic science courses in c every sc school l public or private for rich and poor will poor will nIle raise the standard of the worker and the standard of household service Until this is done quite generally said Mr Mrs Mra j I Franks I 1 think many women will workers workers' learn is is cna that nay not thO w au ac 1 of household growing scarcity ends inde Unalloyed unalloyed misfortune Their feeling f of con n having and a certain in se self respect in will wll teg largely row com useful art and a ne new them for or their efforts in in p cooking cookin |