The evening world., 1894-04-21
THE BAYARD SCHOOL COOKS.
Little Girls Taught to Make Soup
Stock and Spaghetti
Bread Made and Baked In One
Hour.

Cooking is taught at the rev public
school. corner OF Bayard and Mulberry
streets.
Miss ELLA Bayios is the teacher. She
is an intelligent. gentle. little, brown
oman. and she likes the children. 1t is
n comfort to know this, for life in the
Bend is a fearful struggle. md the little
folks are not spoiled with great kind
ness. Only the big t7) girls take cook
ing lessons" and as the little women
become factory hands. tailoresses,
goose-pluckers. biscuit ana pencil
makers, nurse maids and housekeepers
at the tender age OF fourteen, the size of
the cooking pupils may be imagined.
The kitchen is a model. 1t has a gas
and coal range marble-top tables. a
mirror. an ampithcat tire and students
chairs. such as college girls and univer-
sity men have to support their intellec-
tral development The chairs are big.
the cooks are tiny. and when they get in
they have trouble staying there. In the
excitement Of preparing a dessert or GRO
c'iette they often climb up and sit on the
arms, and the only reason Miss Baylos
inter feres with their comfort is her fear
of an accident.
The Kitchen Is in the garret. Of the
o. i'Joii'iis 10 tit WI hSinoFs
where tie boys study carpentry, and
clay. as a small girl put It.
tons stopped two feet below the roof.
end when a carpenter or a designer Ia in
disgrace his little friends in the kitchen
know everything without asking a ques-
ton. This makes 1t awkward for the
bow with a sister.
The cooking lessons are on wednes-
DAY, The first Grade girls have the
In the morning from 1898 until II
o'clock.
Last Wednesday. a class of twenty
THREE came in-slim' skinny; solor;ess
and alert They wore white caps.
sleeves and aprons and carried note
books. Each child provided her own
There were nurse caps, Mattresses caps,
grannys' caps. with frills and strings,
and chefs, caps, with reefs taken In
S T,,h 5 SAFETY ym p'ns R TO make cit, them wos nyai hsr
baby's cap with a cotton pansy in front;
m nnsd with a pate buckle. Won.
as she passed and drew her lower lip
in and out of her mouth with moist ad-
miration. In the roll-call every nation
atty Of Europe and two Of Asia an
For convenience. Miss Baylos called
the girls by number. Four housekeep-
erS were selected TO prepare the lesson,
which included soup stock and maca-
roni with cream sauce and cheese.
The materials consisted Of one pound
Of beef from about the ankle. a pound
called "a choice lot Of marrow-bone."
a kitchen bouquet, n pound of maca-
roni, a quart of milk and flour. butter.
While the four little cooks were
busily, preparing the, foods the class
took the recipes. which were thoroughly
explained in an adroit system Of ques-
tioning.
She began with the package of meat
What is the first thingg' to No. 9.
Hurry and take the paper or"
Why hurry, No. So
Because the paper will draw out the
Juices"
ANY other reason. No. ~"
Yes, ma'am: make 1t smell bad.
mo. p. can't you give that reason in a
"Yes, ma,am; the paper will give the
teacher sighed. Three clean, white. nap
klns were .unfolded and three midgets,
scarcely taller than the table; wiped the
Handle it daintily: II there are soiled
places wash. them: do as you would a
baby''s face" and the girl with the bit of
sh aoh, Sa sta IT do fGt p 1nt s sonr on it; use
water and the. cloth. When 1t Is clean
cut the meat into small pieces: it will
cook quicker
A mite of a girl with a number Of
finger. rings, long black lashes that
curled like a feather and a black. bang
that stopped midway in its intention to
the centre OF the table with her back to
the teacher and guyed her classmates.
She, made faces 1T them: she made run
OF the meat; she told confding comrades
marks. and she carried on a pantomime
far more attractive than the recitation.
There was trouble in, the n%telier:
tho Mulberry mud and the Mulherryites
said ir a much louder tone than Miss
Bavlos was using:
I'll box your ears. II you do that
again"
represent the chas,isemen5. All the While
she had d,s a k knife s]k In her t LEFT m nand' with
Now. No. 10, what are you dolng?''
Please Miss Baylos. ! was taking
on the skin and fat" with ths msek,
choir OF angels in her little brown face.
Children; do we need the fat for
soup stock ~
Yes, ma'am."
why. No. AZ"
because it is rich in nutrives."
No. 10 hunted in the tucks Of, her
pinafore for a pin and only changed her
teacher.
,"cut up the meat, Ne. is: Hurry,
Please, so that you can take the recipe!
Is your knife sharp?''
she was delighted that It wasn't. and
It was dro.l to see her getting a private
lesson in. the use of the file:
Lay the bones on the bottom Of the
pot, put the pieces of beef on top.
pour in two quarts OF cold water. cover
the pot. to keep the dust. from. get
ting in, and let 1t stand half an hour;
this is to, extract the juices from the
meat and bones"
Little No. 10 mixed up her measures
and threw a gallon OF water into the
pot. which she had the pleasure of
called out with a teacup later.
A classmate was assigned to help her
put the pot on the coal range. where II
was to simmer six hours.
six hours. remember. children. OF
slow cooking. to get a rich stock"
Not being familiar with a range. and
ms chief cook. anxious to keep 1t from
burning, she put II up on the shelf. three
feet from the fire.
The recipe called for n rich Perfume;
there was to be thyme. sweet marjoram,
Summer savory. shallOt, carrot and tur-
nips. and these pale-faced mites OF
womanhood took copious notes about the
quantities, the way to make as OF the
carrots and turnips, to fry them brown
and the treatment of the bay leaf.
That excellent lesson filled several
n,,o. ann mos fpIlop,aI hy tho