Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-12

requisite hardness and wrought into val
70 the third or highest class In the High School
the south wan is shelf divided into haif-s
bulky box. Thess are the materials for moulding.
The patterns are made on the lathes, which stand
TN room fSs g IN charge
Of M Emory.
ATTENTION AND APPLICATION NECESSARY.
'Do you think that this work has developed any
latent genius7" asked the reporter of him.
swell. no; can't say that do think So TO be
believe that alf could do equally well If they only
apply themselves and concentrate their attention
the trouble Is that some of them come down here
lathes their minds are away Oh, bent on some
thing else. The result Is that they make mistakes,
they don't seem to have any talent for it, There
fore we aim to keep them Interested in the work.
ana 70 iasten their mipds upon the value OF the
"Dont hold your gouge that way" he exclaimed
y 70 s ~ o VINO was trying to turn wooden
s O s IS =, must hold
the wood has got to come, and" burr, burr.
ana the shayings snot up toward the ceiling.
continueo MI. Emory, returning to the reporter.
THE SCHOOL OF COOKERY.
In couple of rooms In the front OF the building
Is the school Of cookery, taught by Miss 4 8.
Jacobs. The classes are each composed Of twelve
High school girlA who are given one lesson two
girls had Just come In when the reporter opened
the door. They were seated around q long
table in the front room. The teacher, who
Calling the a e.en girl answering sns ssSsr
or mo" 70 her name. This was In response To an
Understood question whether or not the pupil had,
since tie last lessiOn, tried at home the cooking
py the recipes given at that lesson. The record q
the fact that the girl has tried 70 cook The sue
cess cess lt y supposed, Is taken for granted The
pupils OF the necessity OF freshness In all OF the In
gradients OF cooking, OF the value OF neatness and
various little points to DO observed In preparing
another for wses Which sr u
for reference in her notebook The reading over,
which occupied about twenty minutes the teacher
into two sections Of six each giving 70 every girl
q part OF the work OF preparing the cocoa or the
waf1es. Thus, one girl OF section number one was
cooking OF her section, and with the task OF get
ting OUT and preparing the utensils that would be
needed Another girl was assigned to cook the
WameS, and one the cocoa; one TO wash che dishes,
the END OF the lesson. The other section was divi.
As soon as the names were read each girl grasped
her notebook firmly. and there was general
movement toward the kitchen. The house
the dishes and gave orders TO go to work. The
dtsh-washers and the others who were to put the
olShes away CROWDED around the cooks, who went
10 work with Will, measuring, pouring, mixing,
stirring, asking questions, referring for dis
puted points TO their books then mixing again.
The wafteS being the more quickly prepared
were put nrSt on the stove and were soon siZ-
zlfng In patent frying machine that turned them
over without dropping them on the stove. When
the machine was opened at the proper moment
there were exposed to view four delici0usly brown
Quartersection waf1ies.
THEY'RE DoNEw
exclaimed the cook.
'See II they stick" suggested the teacher.
''Oh, they dol" was the cry.
''No they donr!" exclaimed another poKing
knife under one OF the quarters and lifting one
edge.
In the outer room THE STAR reporter noticed that
the walls were hung with notwithstanding charts.
In one patient COW was laid on In sections and
quarter sections. each bearing an odd name. An
other chart gave mathematical pictorial expla-
nation OF the "nutritive ingredients water and
refuse In specimens OF food Materials" another
"the potential energy OF food" and another "the
divisions OF food" These were the first steps TO-
ward study OF the chemistry OF food, which will
be pursued next year to greater extent The
Annex. on Capitol Hill, and is taught by Miss II.
Z. SlOat.
II was found at FIRST that some of the pupils
clean about the kitchen; but now that the prac-
tical value OF the course has been established even
the most fastidiOus OF the young women tie ON
their long white aprons when the time comes with
an alacrity that shows that this feeling mas