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Show 1 SUB f 0 I I ROSA ; MIMI I Kitchen Policemen MAYBUS yon thluk I'm going to refer re-fer to (he cop who comes around to the back door to make love to the cook and the apple pie. But that Isn't the only kind of man jroo may stum-ble stum-ble on In the kitchen. Nor do I mean those poor dough boys who were eel to the sink and made to clean the kitchen when they misbehaved tn the army. The offlcera put them on kitchen police duty, but they couldu't make tl.cm love the frying fry-ing pan or dlshmop. I My Idea of the man who doea real I duty In the kitchen is that of the fellow who does his share of bouse keeping, as far as cooking is concerned. con-cerned. There are lots of men who have come to the realisation that kitchen work Is no picnic for a woman, wom-an, and these enlightened men have begun to share the responsibilities of tbe gas range and dlshpan. With the old-style marriage, whicn is rapidly growing extinct, there was a "division of labor." whereby the man worked from sun to sun. or from whistle to whistle, while woman's work was never done, because she wasn't running on scheduled time. ' With the new marriage, the man finds It both possible and agreeable to do a certain amount of work In the shadow of the gas range. Ills wife may be doing her part In meeting meet-ing household expenses with the L'll pay envelope, so It's only fair for him to match her work with his. If she's In an office, be can be In a kitchen. This arrangement changes the meaning mean-ing of the rolling pin. Time was when this kitchen Implement was only a sign of the wives' disapproval. Now It meana that men, too, hnve some Interest 1n tbe place where their food It prepared. Do yon think that kitchen duty makes a man effeminate? I don't. It doesn't change a man when he does woman's work any more than It changes a woman when she does man's work. It's Ju3t a case of turn about Is fair play. I know of a man who Is about as far from being effeminate as a man can be. Judged by bis body and brain. And yet that man takes his place at tbe sink, and Isn't half bad when It comes to performing on the kitchen range. He says be learned the trick In camp, where It was his Job to get the breakfast The family used to have strong coffee, soggy cereals, and robust ro-bust muffins when be got the meal, but they liked the fun of seeing him play cook. Hall to the Chef 1 |
