The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-24

Training Schools for Women.
Not among the least Of the practical
helps in woman's work, says the New
ork Repubtie. are The earnest eDdeayors
which are now being made to help those
who are incompetent to earn their own
ilving by teaching them some paving Oc-
cupation. Such school l. the Wuman's :
Educational and Industrial Society located
at No. AZ East Tenth Street, under the
care and guidance of some of the leading
ladies of this city. To extend helping
hand TO their less fortunate sisters, they
resolved TO open a place for instruction.
where every respectable woman who ap-
piled for assistance could be received and
trained, and when thorough i'm her 2voca-
ton. supplied with work or placed in a
good situation. To this end the free train
ing schools of this society were first open
ed at the residence of one of ITS officers,
for the purpose of training industrious
aud worthy girls and women in the differ
ent branches of female labor. To this
/ praiSeworthy object nationality and Sec
tarianiSm are not allowed TO oppose any
barrier, the sole conditions of reception
being good character, decent, wOmanly
conduct and faithful application to work.
a sewingrOOm was accordingly fitted up
with machines lent by the Wheeler X Will
son, Wilcox Il Gibbs, and SecOr Sewing
Machine Companies; q competent teacher
was placed i'm charge of the room, plain
work was obtained from manufacturers,
the society guaranteeing the safe return of
the goods, and girls were reccived for
training. At first they were taught the
mechanism and management of the ma
chimes, and practiced upon strips OF cloth,
but at the earliest moment of proficiency
the teacher intrusted them with work, "a
record of which was kept by her. The
work, when completed, was returned
10 its owner, and the money paid for
it was divided among the sewers by
the teacher. The thread, needles, practice
cloth, use of machine, and inStruc-
tons were all freely given to the learn
ers, and as soon as they became good sew
ers every eXertion was made to secure
good situations for them. Then there are
classes in shorthand writing, prOOf-read-
ing, writing and bookkeeping taught with
out charge by ladies of the society, besides
an opportunity for musical practice TO
young ladies who were fitting themselves
for gOverneSScS.
Since the panic the society has turned
the attention of the stronger and Drawer of
these girls to domestic labor. This inStTuc-
ton also extends TO housekeeping, and
some of the best ladies in society have
Joined this class, that they may be able to
conduct their culinary department with
skill and economy. The system of instruc-
ton is direct and plain, and necesSitateS
the use of every thing, the waste OF no.
thing, and the indispenSability of cleanli-
ness and punctuality; suitable utensils for
cooking are used, and their various pur-
poses demonstrated the selection and
lot TNf
rect application to the formation of a va.
ried daily diet at once palatable and nOur-
ishing. In short, the endeavor is TO teach
the application of philosophical common
sense to the management of the house
hold.
On one occasion the delineatiOn before
the housekeeping classes was made with Il
fore-Quarter of mutton. OF this there We're
five different dishes made, viz: One of
Scotch broth canton of lamb in the should
er, dressed and stuffed to cook and taste
like roast duck; the neck made into har-
icot, which is made with vegetables, and
extremely palatabIe; the breast made into
epgramme of lamb; the fifth was French
chops. Then there was fricandeau of veal
larded, which closed the meat. The vege-
tables in order were mushrooms, tomatoes,
cooked celery, and potatoes; the desert,
these articles of food cooked before the
classes are served in the restaurant at mod
crate prices. The social entertainments Of
the society are fruitful in good results.
This winter the first and third THURSDAY
evenings in each month will be devoted TO
reading, and short lectures
upon different subjects. These are pleas
ant and welcome reunions, where the rich
and the poor. the helpers and the helped,
meet in perfectly informal manner. \
library is also being collected, and aid in
that direction is solicited from the public.
The dining-roOm in the basement serves
double purpose; the mattresses in train
ing receive here practical instruction in
their calling; the attendants of the schools
and many ladies take their meals alta mod
crate cost, while wOrking-girlS may OBJ
tain a cup of coffee with bread every
at the nominal price of five cents.
The receipts of the trimming schools from
April, 1873. to April 1874, show that the
number of women admitted for inStruc-
tiOn reached about 5000. The number of
trained and placed, 2,3O0;
taught, 81; boOk-keepcrs
taught and placed, %; proof readers
taught and PLACID, 9; domestic servants,
gOyerneSSeS. teachers, etc.
o. In chamber-work. washing. and in
fact every department, the learner is
taught each branch in succession by COM
Dctent instructors, and is then placed i'm
rood and lucrative position. With such
institutions in existence there can hercaf-
er be no eXcuse for the mIIch-tIked OF
ncapacities which have properly de-
barred many women from getting en-
plOyment.