Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-18
Cooking as the Z. Home,, school.

Cooking at the Is Home, school.
Miss Juliet Corson, OF New York, who, at TIE
instance Of managers OF the Industrial Home
School and others interested in the progress of
domestic science, is giving in this city brief
course OF lessons in the art of cooking, to-day
visited the Industrial Home school, George.
town, With view Of giving the first lesson to
eaSs 81 eaae h IRON OF 10 to Is years Of a
imperfect appliances. 1t Is undeniaply q high
art to prepare inviting dishes with the
onsnn 70 oe fo mnnl IN one Of our
do so In a kitchen designed only to supply the
meager bill Of fare incidental to an Institution
OF such limited means as the Industrial Home
school, is giving the culinary art a most decI-
dedly practical application. To CARRY the war
against tDdigestlbles into the Kitchens of the
the poorest can OF their limited stores spread
an inviting table, is cei tainly no less desirable.
Thus Miss Corsoa, without any appliances
Institution, upon her s arrival at at once set
about with the simple stores in the larder
Of the "Home" to show how good meal may be
the unpretentious and of1haud manner pccu-
liar to Miss Corson, she demonstrated on this
occasion to the inmates and managers Of the
Industrial Home school Pre- ..ent the feaSabllity
Of good cooking despite all manner OF draw
backs. "Have you pot .toCs, a little flour and
some meat and EGGS butter or lard, salt and
the Matron by. NILS Corson on enter
ing the ngylooking kitchen ut the
"Home." Upon being answered In the affirma-
tive she Immediately cleared off table and
said to the cook ''give me frying pan. a sauce
pan and anything you have to boil pot atoes H."
at the same time helping herself to such dishes
on the old sideboard as she desired to make use
of. In the meantime twenty five or thirty
children had gathered in the Kitchen to witness
the novelty Of cooking lesson. But they were
not to be the only witnesses. Some Of them
were to do the coortng t1em-elve for
Miss Col5on soon called for volun-
teers-as she wanted the children to
how. Ore little girl was put at boiling potatoes;
another at making stew, &C.; whilst one of
the boys, in an incredibly brief lesson,
turned out an omelet which for palatablene.S
would certainly be difficult to excel. The scene
was busy one, and Tire questions asked and
answered numerous, for the children were soon
at ease with Miss Carson, and manifested an in-
terest in what was going on calculated to tn-
sp1re query one present. Cooking thus per-
at the "Home' closes the candidates for the
proposed cooking clas 8 VIII be rather more nu-
merous than can we'll be admitted.
morning John II. Wilnarth was in the Police
Court on the charge Of an assault and bait cry
on COltaX P. Blair, a small boy. The boy teStf-
fled that while going along the street Mr.. Will
disturbance about a school building, 18th and
l streets northeast,) and shook him against
house, and other witnesses corrobOrated him.
Mr.. Wilma1 Gh admit ed that he took hold of the
boy, with the Intention of taking him to his
father. The Coui remarked that he did not see
where Mr. W. obtained authority to arrest this
boy, there was legal way to proceed and he
should have taken that way. MI. Wilmarth re-
marked that the boys were very bad in that
section, and be had occasion before to have two
of them before the Court. The court reiterated
his advice, and imposed nominal fine Of 81 and
costs.