SIMPLE PROBLEM AFTER ALL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 872, 19 July 1910, Page 3

SIMPLE PROBLEM AFTER ALL.

1 (To ftws 'Editor.) 'Sir, —There is one side to the domestic difficulty problem which does not, seem to have occurred tp anyone. I allude to the undue prominence given by most households to the colonial domestic weakness— meal times. Now, sir, any knowledgable and up-to-date doctor will tell you that breakfast is a most unnecessary meal, also, that .most.', English-speaking races are digging their graves with their teeth. If some must have breakfast, let tliem take a lesson fromsome ,ot their Continental neighbours and have a light ineaVeasily prepared and digested. Sucl\ a meal can bo rcleared away in ten miiiutes and the necessary work got on with. In most colonial ■ households "meals" are the. dominating, work. . In a home such as I am advocating the rnis--tress'has time to attend to drains, ete., and so save many bills. For the. outworkers let there be a light, nourishing digestable, appetising meal, with , plenty of fruit ready ,on their return. Lot it be a. 1 thoroughly satisfying meal, but' not one .to ma;ko pater and the boys nod at their desks. That cleared away leaves quit© a long time'for recreation and a walk. 'At 6 or G. 30, as convenient, have the meal of the day. Work done, no need for. hurry. I forgot to say I would like to abolish afternoon tea to the realms of occasional functions. Everyone is better without it. Let the G o'clock supper consist of two courses only, but cooked as if you were entertaining Royalty.' Thero ,is' no excuse for badly-cooked- food in these days •of ,easy cookers and good cookery-.- books. The maid can easily have her-work finished-on-ordinary nights by 7. o'clock or 7.30, thus giving a nice time for recreation or necessary .sewing. Nothing is , necessary for healthy people after, save, perhaps, a glass of water. If my method appeals to any of the, young couples fearing -to get married lest they could not make both ends meet; let me assure them if they have Che courago uf their opinions and will staunchly uphold one another, not, caring what silly people say, they will have enough and to spare. If'the young man will be frugal and tho girl not lavish iu dress, they will not need to keep the cradle empty for fear there will not be enough food. And the children of such parents will, bo bright intelligent beings with clear brains and one of the great lessons they will have, learned will be that man- doth not live by bread alone. One preat thing to be remembered is that happiness must radiate from within the homo and not from outside pleasures. Also that simple pleasures arc the most satisfying in the end. Lnvishness does not bring h'appiness.—l am, etc., A .A.