Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-10
Boil meat for broth.
4 Make iellied soun sfnck


4. Make iellied soup stock.
NorEs-Teach which parts Of meat (beef,
mutton and lamb) are used for soups. show
economy Of making stock. Teach the pupils
how TO distinguish between fresh and stale
meats appearance, smell, &c.)
Poach eggs
It is optional with pupils in the public schools
whether they take lessons in cooking or not
About one hundred and ninety-fve girls from
the High School attend Miss Jacobs classes.
houses on D street. opposite the High School
building, rented for the accommodation Of the
manual training and cooking schools and the
overflow from the crowded main building. In
the adjoining house Miss Watts conducts a
cooking school. attended by seventh and eighth
grade girls from several school buildings in
that part of the city. Miss Watts has about
| two hundred and ten pupils. The five other
cooking schools attached 70 the white schools
are all well attended. The teachers of these
schools are Normal School graduates, who, IN
addition to their regular normal course, have
taken special course in cooking. The pupils
come to the schools only once a week, SO the
teacher has several classes each day, and goes
through substantially the same routine with
| each class.
A SLICE OF POTATO.
When The STAR reporter passed from Miss
Jacobs school to Miss Watts school he found
assembled there about kitchen table a class
OF younger girls, who were deeply interested
IN some experiments Miss Watts was explaining
with sliced potato. She was explaining the
| nutrient qualities Of the potato. the different
effects OF cold or boiling water upon them, or
OF exposure to air. She showed the starch
cells In the potato, and in the course of the
discussion brought out the fact that Saratoga
chips are less nutritious than plain old-fash-
Toned boiled potatoes, because the treatment
TO which they are subjected extracts the starch.
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| OF some OF the experiment Miss Watts said Ia
The STAR reporter that some of the girls when
they first came to her classes did not know how
TO handle broom to sweep out the kitchen.
All the work Of the kitchen is performed by
the girls. Every week in each class house
keeper is appointed, and Others are designated
TO wash the utensils or put them away. The
practical instruction extends to the proper
handling Of dish-rag as well as to the season.
Ing OF a ragout. The kitchens are kept as
clean and bright as the most fastidious house
wife could desire. The pupils are expected &c
| put into practice at home in the interval of 9
| week between lessons the instruction received
and to report the fact TO the teacher
lnreply to STAR reporters inquiries the teach.
ers said that the classes, SO far they could
judge, were composed mostly of girls who ar,
not likely ever to have TO earn living by cook.
ing. They are perfecting themselves in the ART
| OF housekeeping. In some cases the girls in
the schools are already well versed in cooking
1 pal LANE, VI tue nlHn ocnOOl. halu one Ol
| the girls asked to be excused from the lessons
In bread-making, saying that she had for three
years made all the bread for her fathers fam
lily. No sample of the bread was submitted
Miss Lathe, the vice-principal of the High
School, said that the girls who took upon them.
selves this extra course did not seem to suffer
on that account in their standing in other
classes. They attend the cooking school only
once q week, and it is rather pleasant diver
sion.
LONELY YOUNG MAN.
All the pupils in the cooking schools are girls
except one. This is a courageous youth in tho
High School who wanted to learn how TO cook
and is doing so. He goes, notebook in hand
every week with class of fifteen or twenty
somewhat misunderstanding girls. and sit.
with them at Miss Jacobs feet. or to be more
strictly correct, stands with them around Miss
Jacobs table. Principal Lane said he had
asked the young man no questions. He did not
| believe that cooking should remain a sealed
book to anyone who wanted to learn. Whether
this young man intends to keep bachelar's hal
or is going to settle on western lands. leading
solitary life in prairie shock, or intends q
become a diplomat, knowing that the sures
way to the hearts of most men is through theil
stomachs, are questions to be settled by watch
| ing his career