Home Cookery

TM f of our countr3'vomcn, who aro in ohrouio misery about their cooks, never stop to consider that a principal cause of their difficulties is thoir own ignoranoo of cooking. There exista not in creation a raore jwrfectly uaolesa thing than the New York fashionable young lady, and the full forco of this fact probably only dawus upon her when she is married. What a contrast does sho presenta to those notablo housewives who were comnion enough in this country a hundred years ogo ! We have uot the least desire to see ladies whose means enablo them to keep sevcral servants occupying themsolves chiefly with doiuestic details ; but, on the other hand, we would havo every girl thoroughly initi'ated in their mysteries. Even in old countrios, where efficiënt sorvints are procured with comparativo ease, hcfuseholds arn rarely woll managed whero the lady of the house is ignorant of housewifely duties: whilo the most; of ns know by exjierionce what her ignorance entails. To know how a dinner Bhould bc cooked, it is not necessary to cook ono. There are thousands of mon who never handled saucepan or spit who can teil exaotly why a dish is not quite rigbt. If, instead of thrusting a cookery book into a raw sorvant girl's hands, and expecting her, with its assistance, to send up a dinner, ladies wero to sit down and explain oxactly how tho thing should bo done, and praiso and blaine with disoretion tho efforts of thoir handmaidens, luany a man would have a far better table, and persons of moderate means would be able to entertain a couple of friends with a decently good dinner cooked at home, instead of going to great expense by having the nocessary articles from a restaurant. There would be far léss troublo about servants among us if their mistresses showed a kindly personal interest in their welfare. This especially applios to Irish servants, who are peculiarly amenable to personal influence. There are many persons here who have not been used to servants in their youth, and don't know how to treat them. They are alternately distant and familiar, and are dieadfully indignant when tho servan t beoomes familiar too. Those who aro digniSed, considérate, consistent and lirm, will get on with servants here as well as elsowhere. Constant changing generally argües pretty nearly as much fault in mistress as in mairl