The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-19
LETTER FR0Sg REV YORK. :
srOa en- oeesssonal Correspondent.
New YoRK. April ne. I877.' :

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! In beginning my letter to-day, L men.
! tien cooking as an art, and give you
What little ne.s hss==S gathered gathered hf ffofili
the kitchen during my visit 70 the "cook.
ing school," A Cooking SCHOOL, is q
novel establishment, even for New York,
and but few persons really know how TO
enjoy the teachings of such o school
until they get OH the bench in the kitch-
On. Miss Carson, the Principal of this
school, and "chiefcook and bottlewasher, /"
Is the name of the energetic young maid
who has undertaken to teach girls, domes
tically inclined, how to cater for their
husbands, and especially r. 70 cook.
The sciencc of cooking l.. ,Be dates
back to the year !, but now airs. Adam
cooked we are not informed. At any
rate she did not have the same kind of
cooking utensils nsed ct the r-esent day.
This school lie located at No. 8, st.
Marks Place, and is denominated the
New York Cooking School. 1t has been
successful, and at the matinees you meet
an audience worth beholding. The sys-
tenn of this school, differing from Others,
Is a simple one, and twelve consecutive
Lessons constitute an entire course. no
uniforms or extras. In the first lesson
you study the manufacture of soups.
namely: pea soup, verminelli, spinach,
&C., &c: The second you advance to
niishy dishes," broiled, baked and fried.
The third you take up meats. The fourth
constitutes thorough digest of large
meat dishes, canton of lamb, stuffed
breast of veal but stuffed breasts are
common and ham. The fifth gives YOU
delicate idea of poultry and game.
broiled, boiled, roasted, and even fficas.
see dishes. The sixth gives you thor
ough digestion of all the vegetables.
The seventh brings you to macaroni.
Ihe eighth treats upon eggs, and how
many one should eat. The ninth teaches
all about bread and biscuits. The tenth
Is a sweet lesson, of course-on cakes
and pies. The eleventh lesson Is ,sry
thin and sickly, cookery for the sick be.
ing its principal teachings, and the
twelfth lesson treats upon the various
dishes for the small fry, and particularly
Infants, and more particularly boisterous
infants. 80
The terms of this celebrated school are
from five to ten dollars, according to
manner of instruction. However. It is
not boarding school.
The chief cook is Monsieur Pallas, and
he has had considerable experience.-
There Is but one room, which is. of
course, the kitchen. The students, dur
ing lecture hours, seat themselves at q
large table, note book and pencil in hand,
and as the cook carefully demonstrates
the great necessity of each ingredient,
not too much pepper there, not too much
salt here, the cook explains minutely to
her scholars how much should be used.
the gases evolved land from eggs they
are sometimes disagreeable) how treated,
seasoned, cooked and served. Just think
how fascinating the work must be when
she says: "Girls, you must cut,up those
vegetables in as pretty q manner as pos
sible." Il thought the girls cut up more
antics than vegetables the time 1 saw
them. She says: "You can cook lust as
well when you cook prettily. There is a
great deal in the way food is served, .
she continued "and the nicer and pret-
tier it looks, the more one likes it," So.
of course, according to her Judgment, ii
you want to be econo r1ical serve your
iood In careless way, and you will have
enough left for to-morrow's train.
But the best and most pleasing feature
OF the business is, after the students have
handled it to their satisfaction, rer:st
is the precious reward for their labor
during the lesson. Now, school of this
kind Is nCG unconstitutional, and one
would imagine the 'sgirls" had fair con-
stituGons, :'hcn amazed at the manner
III which they "help themselves" no
young men heing near to cs.!. upon. /
afiixed the pepper to brunette, but, with
peculiar curl of the lip, she replied, "I-
!-l-thank you." 30 declined the
honor to pepper anybody else, and, their
meal being partially finished, and as /
was very hungry by this time, found it
very convenient to don my chapeau and
IBID fane~cl! 70 every care, Tin the
shape of meats,) and wipe my weepinc
eyes,"
THE WONDERFUL TELEPHONE.
In one of my previous letters, 1 alluded
to the telephone concert, which was to
take place at the Academy of Music, and
as it hss taken place and was a graz
success, must give you the interesting
programme of music, which was received
by telegraph from Philadelphia. can
not conpl; uent the entertainment al
Steinway BALL, on the End inst, as the
heavy rain fall prevented the perfect
transmission of the music. However. as
the first melody was received the enthu-
siasm of the scientific audience was i'm
mense. Besides the telephone amuse.
ment, MIR. Strakasch bad provided for an
extra concert, and it was more appre.
ciated than the former. A short lecture
was delivered by Professor Gray, and the
following programme from philadelphia
was received: "Hom> Sweet Home ~
Come Gentil;" ''Then you'll Remember
Me-" "Last Rose of Summer "M.
Appaxie;" "The Carnival of Venice
In few seconds after the programme
was mentioned, ''Home, Sweet Home''
was distinctly heard sll over the house
after which the audience went into a
perfect state of enthuaiasm. Some of the
high notes were inaudible, but were ex-
oti5ed, however, as the telephone was
thought to shave q cold The house
was full, and the utIc~6 good huaioE
prevailed.
In Brooklyn, last night, the telephone
concert was complete success, every air
being distinctly heard. 20, Summer
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