Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-09-12
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vivants. The organization includes
among its members the most famous
chefs in America. The formal title by
which it is known is the National cpl
curean college of the United States,
and the local branch as the Fourth
section, college No. 2. The college
was founded in 1890 and has over II
score of branches, located in the prin-
cipal cities. The object Of the organ
iZation is the perfection OF tue cult
nary art. The chefs are brought to-
gether to exchange their knowledge
and to discuss and teach all the fun
damentnl principles OF high-class cook
ing.
/ Nowadays it is fad to know how to
prepare dainty dishes. This accounts
for the large number of rich young
men who are taking private lessons at
the college. According to their tutors,
some of these amateurs who have taken
the full course from soup to pastry
/ could, in case of necessity, earn hand
some salaries as professional cooks.
A man who has the knack makes n
better cook than Il woman with the
same training, says famous IN .ster OF
the griddle and saucepan, and he sup
ports his statement by the fact that
the kitchens OF the grent in all coun-
tries are presided over by men.
The course of study at the college
is divided into fonr grades. The
fourth or lowest grade treats of the
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of study and observation are required
to learn them. A gradual advance
ment is made when the student
reaches the third grade, which has to
do with the accessories OF perfect
kitchen. The studies of the next
grade have to do with cooking in all
it's branches, and when one has taken
he last course he is thorough
master of the culinary art None but
chefs can attain the first grade. The
secretary of the local college, Nj,
Guide, declares that i'll short time
the college will select corps of cult
nary professors who will extend their
knowledge of the art to the public
through we'll organized cooking
schools, similar to those now existing
in London.
1t is we'll understood that Bourke
Cochran and district-attorney Fellows
yearn for the delights of Congress
again, and are casting eyes of scrutiny
upon the field, hoping to find districts
in which they can, without too much
effort, find themselves sufficiently
solid with the voters to secure al
election. 1t is understood that con-
.gressman Miner doesn't care for re-
election. His other duties occupy
pretty much all his time, and constant
travel between the capital and me-
tropolis is eXhausting to one who
needs physical comfort in order that
he may be Intellectually active. If
Mr.. Miner declines a denomination, n
safe berth is open for either Cochran
or Fellows. 1t is more than intimnted
that Mr.. Suffers free-silver ideas are
calculated to make him unpopular, not
only with the business men, but the
politicians of this part of the world,
and, odd as it may seem, unless D.ck
Croker puts his foot down and insists
upon his favorite's denomination, II
second district will therefore be at the
disposal of one or the other of New
York's democratic speakers. The sal
airy of Il congressman is but 1000,
while tho district-attorney' income
from that source alone is So, 900.
Colonel Fellows, however, never did
care much for money, and Cochran
has long been living on Easy street, so
the money problem is easily solved.
New York contains the only home
for the brain worker who by age or
i'll health is incapacitated from self
support that exists in the world. Four
three-story brick houses on ST. AIMS
avenue, between One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth and One Hundred and
Thirty-fifth streets, constitute the
"Home Hotel" as it is called, and the
CHEEKY location makes it seem when
first viewed we'll named. The guests
OF the hotel are taken for a day or a
week, as we'll as longer. 1t speaks
we'll for the accommodation that the
house has inmates who have found it
restful and com Portable for years.
Books and magazines in the quaint
bookcase and various games lying in
ne"r-by places make the parlor one of
those comfortable places that it rests
you to think of. These Stree guests
are mainly supported by the annual
subscription list of the home. In
each case $500 must be raised, this
sum giving the applicant homo for
the remainder of his life. The home
hotel has many paying guests, but
many are taken at a nominal rate,
and many free. Therefore the
managers depend largely on the
subscriptions of those interested in
this charity for their running ex-
penses. These donations are moder-
ate, yet seem to meet expenses. The
accomm odations of the Home have
been enlarged, and paying guests are
never permitted to crowd out needy
applicants whose past labors give them
claim. There are only two requis-
ties. The applicant must have been
an honorable "brain WORKER" and
must be in actual need of home.
This charity is due to the thought
and persistent effort of its founder
and president, Miss Mary A. Fisher,
who is lady of strong character and
broad mental culture. She states in a
circular: ''rhe scanty remuneration
of many brain worker precludes the
possibility of making provision for
time of need. Forty years ago the
late N. P. Willis pleaded for home
where the toilers in literature or art
might find respectable shelter in the
hour of need, and quiet retreat in
his declining years. This want is now
met in the Home hotel"
If the great soldier who led the
armies of the Union to victory, and
who sleeps the sleep of immortality in