The evening times., 1896-01-09
GERMAN WISDOM.
Messrs. Krupp Of Essen Have opened
-I,,t,tup school Tor Future Wives

n,o.srs Krurn of Essen Have Opened
lruIrItng school for Future W HeS:
Germany is foremost IN her sciehtiiic
research relative TO the science Oh MUIR
ton. Her experiments have peeh ~ carinN
ON for many years, as also, lnvestleatioh
of the conditions of living, with reference
esueciaIly to income and expenditure OF
the moor classes. In many localities where
weaving is the main industry, 1nSesuSa
tions have uncovered starting Iemihihe az
norance of the necessities of nature, Dotn
physically and mentally. The combined
earnings Of the family do not ofteh eAceeu
400 marks q year, about SO. as class
they are extremely weak, very few OF item
being able to do farm work. They eat
meat rarely and beer is considered lux
ury. Their main diet is bread, with per
haps a third of il potatoes. Their phssiedi
condition shows a notable lack OF mus
Cuiar energy, the women generaliy peins
the stronger of the TWO sexes
If is to uplift these people and others
Ike them that Germany has introduced
her training schools for young gris- IN
the city of Essen there is one winch VIII
serve as an Illustration OF What Tue yer
mans are doing to improve the condition
or this helpless, ignorant class. Messrs.
Kr;Ipp OF Essen, the leading merchants OF
the place. employ some $4,000 men and
women in their steel works. The city. IN
fact depends mainly upon tins enormous
ministry True philanthroplsts that lhey
are Mcssrs. KrUpp have recognized tine
Importance of a better home life, wiser
food supply and more intelligent eNpendl-
ture of small incomes. They have ehtab-
Iished the 'Krurp's Training School,,
model institution of its kind
The girls training school has for ITS
object general education ana instruction
In those things pertaining to the care OF
the household ard the duties or Wlle ana
mother. The course In these iatter
branches lasts for three months and in
cIudcs purchasing Of food, cooking. pre-
serving, aud care of provisions, manage
meat of the kitchen n-garden, washing, iron
ing, mangling, knitting, darning and all
kinds of Housework. In food economy pu-
pills are taught what quantities of materials
are required for a given number OF persons
and how much should be prepared Tor eacn
meal.
Each pupil is expected to provide for
ten others for a number of days. She must
weigh out The necessary food stuffs and
prepare and cook them. She must keep an
exact account of what is used for cach meal
and the cost and quantities OF the several
materials employed. At the end of the
course each girl preserves her own account
book. which makes a valuable guide for
reference later in life, in that 1t tells her
how nutritious and ut the same time va
rleddietmay be furnished at comparatively
small expenditure. The girisaveraSea about
Is years of age when in the school, leaving
it at about 10. well prepa red to enter upon
the ultimate duties of womanhood.
Such training is SO rare that one cannot
but admire the liberal policy and enlight-
ened humanity of Messrs. Krupp. Their
school has been the object of profita BILE in
ycstigatfon by German scientists. who are
by their interchangeable zeal and ureless re-
search promising to effect revolution in
the field of distriics and nutrition.
American investigation is still in its in
fancy, bat growing recognition of its inn
purtance promises better things in the
future.