Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-04

cooking classes Of the public schools. At the
opening of each season representatives of the
school go into the alleys and byways through
out the city and find the neglected children
They interest the children and parents by de-
scriptions of the work to be done and the value
Of the knowledge they will receive and thus in
duce them to attend the classes. If girl be-
comes irregular in attendance during the winter
the teacher always visits the house in order to
learn the cause and if possible to remove it.
One lesson a week is given to each class through
course of twenty-eight weeks. The classes con-
sist of not more than fifteen and the attempt
Is made to teach plain cooking and the princi-
pies of cleanliness. 1t is the art Of making
good and wholesome things to eat. Beside the
instruction In cooking, it is intended within
another year to carry on classes in homework
The children will be taught how to sweep and
dust and all other things necessary to make
them useful in keeping homes comfortable and
tidy.
1t is felt by those interested in this work that
the best possible gift to the children of the poor
is the power of doing something useful. The
work of the school can never be open to the OBJ
lection brought against many efforts to assist
the poor-that it encourages pauperism. On
the contrary, it helps these children to help
themselves.
THE MANAGEMENT.
The school is under the immediate direction
of Mrs. Woodbury., while the classes are taught
by two capable assistants, who devote nearly
all their time to the work Of the school. For
number of years the expenses of the school
were borne by Mrs. Woodbury. herself. with the
assistance of some of her personal friends, prin-
cipally in Massachusetts. Within the past few
years an organization has been formed for the
purpose of assisting in the management and
financial support of the school. Among those
interested are Mrs. A. L. Woodbury., Mrs. Hugh
McCulloch, Miss Tuckerman, Mrs. $. C. Miller.
Miss Hosmer. Mrs. W. II. Smith. Mrs. w. B.
King, Mrs. Robert Stead. Mrs. Hubbard Thomp-
son, Mrs. C. G.. Dulin, Judge Arthur Macarthur,
Mrs E. L. Stellwagen, DIR. A. G.. Warner, Miss
Shellabarger, Miss Force, DR.. s. C. Miller, Mr..
j. o. johnson, Mr.. W. B. King, Mrs. U. H.
Painter, Mrs. Lewis E. Atkinson, Mrs Freder-
lex d. Power, Miss Childs, Mrs. Prof. Ward.
Mrs. Comstock, Mrs. George P. Whittlesey and
Mrs. T. B. Hood.
In connection with the school and helping to
meet the expenses of supporting it is a pay
school, where the cooks of some of the best
ordered households in Washington are sent to
perfect themselves in the high calling of pre-
pairing healthful and delicious dishes for their
employers. Though SO large a number of girls
are reached the expense Of the school for
year is only about 81 100. The reputation of
the school has extended much beyond Wash
ington and some contributions for its support
come Vim from other cities, where its
manual is used and its examples are
approved and followed. But of course its
chief support must come from Washington
itself, and a growing pride in the modest enter
prise has made this increasingly possible. For
some years the Commissioners have ap-
portioned 300 to this school from the fund for