Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-25
Teaching the Young Idea How to Cook

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For some time the Olivet Industrial
School, Of New York, has been teaching
housekeeping and cookery in q sort OF
kindergarten play TO its little scholars.
Now, for the larger pupils, all necessary
appliances have been procured to give
them practical experience in dealing
with the problems of domestic life, and
thew learn to do in reality what they
have been singing about and making be-
lieve to do. The New York Times
reports Of q recent public exhibition OF
the cooking class, at the school build.
ing;
twenty-five girls, whose ages ranged
from ten to fifteen years, marched into the
cooking-class room, which was pro-
vided with kitchen range and long
wooden tables, while the cooking uten-
sils were hanging around the walls and
in cupboards. The little cooks made 9
pretty picture, wearing the uniform OF
the school, which consists of long
buff linen apron bound with red and the
monogram TX. c. Kitchen garden) EN-.
broidered upon the right shoulder, and
iaunty little muslin caps. A bright, cleal
fire was burning in the range; a sponge
of bread, whose whiteness and lightness
would have delighted the heart of the
most fastidiOus housewife, stood ready
for further preparation upon snowy
wooden table, haviug been prepared the
evening before by one of the pupils. Then
began the real cooking of the dinner to
the accompaniment of CHEEKY, simple
songs. Deft little hands kneaded the
bread and made IL into snowy biscuits
Others prepared vegetables, meat and
custards. All the time the sweet voices
of the children joined in songs like the
following:
IL potatoes you would boil,
Cooking girls, cooking girls,
And potatoes would not spoil,
Cooking girls, cooking girls,
You must open wide your eyes.
Get potatoes of ono size
Cooking girls cooking girls,
Then you pare them very thin,
For the meal is next the skin,
Cover them with water cold.
Pray remember what you're told,
Cooking girls, cooking girls.
On raised platform a dinner-table,
arranged for eight guests. was served BY
little waiting girls with the most perfect
skill and dispatch, tho different courses
being served, dishes removed, etc, with
out single accident or exhibition OF
awkwardness. The songs accompanying
this exercise were replcte with useful
hints. and were sung with charming
gusto:
We are just little waiting girls
Just little waiting girls.
We set the table
The best we're ablc.
We pass the tray like this.
We pass the tray like that;
We try to hold it,
Always hold it,
Very, very fiat.
To make shocking NOSE
Is always very BAL;
To knock a dish or bi ealg cish
Isvery, very bad.
The last feature of the exhibition con.
sisted in the whole company being ~
vited to inspect and taste tile dirneI
which had been cooked by the children.
who were a grave-faced, demsre set
little cooks, who throughout seemed
much impressed with the serious respon.
sibility resting upon them. On one OF
the long wooden tables was spread thu
dinner. 1t consisted OF bean soup,
Dreaded chops, potatoes, spinach with
egg dressing, puffy biscuit, baked tC
perfection, and golden custard for des.
sert The most skeptical must have
been convinced by this proof, which
equally appealed to the sight, smell and
that the dinner was a delicious success.