Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
FIFTEEN NEW COOKS.
Miss Negley's School Has Its First
Graduating Exercises.
SAMPLES OF THE WORK FOR G UESTS
Rev. DR.. Kumler Made the Days Address
and Then Hurried Away.
DIPLOMAS PRESENTED SY MRS. MASON

Line kind OF cooking tnat makes Rooo
digestion, good husbands and consequently
happy homes, was under discussion at Miss
NeEley's cooking school on Penn avenue,
East End, yesterday afternoon. 1t was the
occasion of the graduation of the first regu-
lar class of the school, and Miss Negley was
exceedingly proud of the results of her
work. The little cooks, too, watched the
tables on which were deposited their gradu-
alton cookery with the pride of a hen with
her first brood of chickens.
Fifteen little girls, ranging in age from IL
to IA years, constituted the class. They are
Edna Proven, Anna Lamberton, Mertle
Langley, Clara and Hettie Russ, Florence
Armitage, Lillian Lovelace, Ella McNulty,
Maggie O'Hara, Marie O'Hara, Laura Ran
som. Birdie McDade, Maggie Dalzell, Jo-
sephine and Celia Book. All wore the badge
of the kitchen, a matronly white cap, which
looked rather odd on such young faces. But
despite their youshfulness, the little ladies
produced numerous excellent samples of
their cooking. The guests were served a
course dinner" which a punster who
slipped in unawares declared between bites
was very fine dinner.
A Cooked-Up Bill of Fare.
There were two sections to the pro.
gramme, the talking and the eating, but the
guests seemed anxious that the last should
be first, and, as they were mostly ladies,
when it did come they run in both sections
at once. But who could help talking about
the delicious viands set up by young ladies
who did the waiting as we'll as the cooking?
The menu opened with salads, beef croquets,
buns, etc.. and later on came various kinds
Of cake, puddings and pie, in sample slices,
to be sure, but plenty large enough for the
jury to bring in verdict of excellent, and
commend the little ladies to the little gen.
tlemen of the East End as very good pros
pective housewives.
The work was done entirely by the little
girls without the least aid from their
teacher. The baking and all the cooking
was done in the school kitchen, where the
10 little cooks with Is sets of implements
surrounded not over large table. 1t is a
neat little kitchen when all is over and
things set to rights, but with Is cooks all
preparing different dishes one would i'm
agine a chaotic state which could only be
caused by an earthquake. But, according
to an authentic report, such is not the case,
as neatness as we'll as cooking is taught by
Miss Negley, and "a place for everything
and everything in its place" is the rule.
The Root of Good Living.
Rev. DR.. Kumler has added another to
the list Of Institutions at which he has
made graduation addresses, and he declared
in his speech that now he has gotten at the
root. He began at the wrong end and in
stead of the bottom started at the top. For
a.. ~ LII
day, the very foundation of living. He
has talked before all sorts Of educational
institutions, but this is the first chance he
has had to give his opinion OF good cooking
schools.
DR.. Kumler made an interesting address,
and told possum cooking story to top it
off, The story is not new, but the speaker
took into consideration the fact that the
cooks are very young and perhaps never
heard the story. He made few general
remarks in regard to the great benefits of
good cooking and the unhappiness, poor
homes and indigestion caused by bad cook
ing. Then for some unaccountable reason
the minister left very suddenly without
waiting for the edibles to be passed around.
OF course, he may have been in hurry to
prepare a sermon, but the inference is very
bad and is not at all in that direction.
Presentation of the Diplomas.
Mrs. Mason, President of the training
school, presented the diplomas and made a
brief address to the young ladies, in which
she urged them to become helps to their
mothers and grow up to be good house.
keepers.
The course at the school is 20 lessons,
given at intervals running along for nearly
four months. In the meantime the girls are
expected to "practice" on the folks at
home as often as they can and will stand it.
At the end of the term they come out first
class bakers of bread, cake, pies and some
other common cooking. and after awhile
can be initiated into the intricacies of real
French cooking with the American names
On.