The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18

| With Gods blessing asked on the food we've
prepared,
We will now serve three courses with great
est of care.
Soup always comes first, warmed plates are
the best,
And small piece of bread placed before ev.
cry guest,
The first course is finished, the fruit dish
may stand,
But remove the soiled Dishes plate In each
hand;
With light step and quickly, bring vegeta-
bles and meat,
| And arrange on the table side dishes COM
plete.
We are ready for dessert, but first brush off
crumbs,
For clean knives and forks and plates are to
For third or last course we have pudding or
The fruit we shall pass around to each bye
and bye.
The last three occupations have
been taken directly from the
kindergarten, viz, stick laying,
paper folding and clay moulding.
With the sticks, we teach all about
making a fire, the best kinds of
wood to use etc. With the paper,
we learn something of paper but
more of napkins. Playing the
So uares are napkins, we learn how
they should be folded, marked etc.
Was there ever child who did
not like to make mud pies? No
matter how aesthetic you have
grown you must acknowledge that
your children revel in it. This
fondness is turned to account and
they are taught to make bread,
biscuits and pies through the use
of clay. :,
And yet we have not exhausted
the Kitchen Garden. We have
charts containing the pictures ofdif-
ferent animals used for food, and the
children are taught the best parts
and how to buy meat. Also, about
vegetables and how to cook them.
The cooking school is a step
further on.
The Kitchen Garden is not
simply to train servants. Its object
is three-fold; first, to make the
children better; to save them from
growing up to be shiftless, slothtul
women; second, to make their
homes better, to touch their parents,
and last of all, to make other
homes happier in being able to
procure trained servants.
How do we connect this with
Temperance? When these girls
know how to make palatabie meals
and attractive homes for their
fathers, brothers and husbands, the
men will not SO often seek the
saloon in preference to the home !;
they will not SO often be driven
elsewhere to find comfort and
amusement. Their homes will be
to them as ours to US, the happiest
place on earth.
That the Kitchen Garden is a
good thing is proved by the rapid
ity with which it has grown. The
system has grown in remarka-
bic manner, not only in different
parts Of this country, but also in
Europe and other quarters of the
world. There are Kitchen Garden
Associations in Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Cleveland, Pittsburg, St. AL
bans, Boston and Hampden. Va,
Baltimore and Louisville. The
system has been introduced, and
classes are being taught in many
cities in almost every State in the
Union. In England the interest
has increased and the system is
gaining Roadway. The toys and
books are being used in France,
Italy, and Greece. In India, ia
pan, and China the Missiopari
are using parts of the system,
and it is now so we'll known that
Missionaries from other quarters
as they come to New York, study
It's principles so that they can
adapt it to their work.
The possibilities for good in the
Kitchen Garden are almost unlim-
tied. With each lesson great truth,
can be taught, and little wedges
inserted for the moulding of char