Show dishwashing IS ART chicago club women discuss domestic duties of today women must mul do be educated down to kitchen and standard of domes dome tic employees employee raised railed let maid use uia piano chicago women must be educated down to the kitchen and the standard ol of domestic em employees py raised thin wits was the verdict of prominent chica chicago go club women when they decided that women themselves are to blame tor for tho the lack ot of popularity kopul ot of home the occasion was the eleventh annual reciprocity meeting and anniversary of the Art Arte cratt raft institute and guild aud and the subject was how may our widespread interest in art AS a factor in every day life bo be beat employed to raise the standard of domestic occupations there is just eg as much art in laundering a piece of lace as ai in drawing the design let the second mai duse use the piano the dressmaker does doea flits flats and delicatessen stores have destroyed home life thu tho little things in life such auch ag aa washing dishes and preparing food are included in art as fully as painting and sculpturing there were other opinions to receive ceide favor incidentally mrs D harry hammer mrs mra F bowes owes and several other women clad in fine dresses 1 and wearing costly jewels not hot only admitted but took pride in announcing that they were not strangers angera to household duties 1 I would rather wash dishes than embroider said mm george even with the widespread interest in art as a possible lever ever to raise the standard of domestic occupations I 1 confess my inability to apply the lever until the dignity of all work to Is demonstrated said mrs mra hammer to dignity dignify dishwashing Is difficult but possible mrs george P could not entirely agree with the others suppose you do ralso the standard d she said what good Is that going to do I 1 would like to know how many women here would mingle with their servants but mrs afro bowes interposed raising a warning finger why she aha said there are leaders in chicago society who worked as doi cs and I 1 know of a prominent boston manof wo high standing who used to sell cigars and my husband bought from her ber too mrs george E colby questioned whether betle it would not be Idu educating catIng a woman up and not down to teich teach her more of kitchen life allt |