The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
TO TRAIN SERVANTS.
Chicago Has a Utopinn scheme for
Settling IAfe.s Greatess Problem.

From the Chicago Tribune
There IS soon 70 be incorporated unie-
state law and established IN Chicago a
training school 81 domestic science L
is 10 Be placed in the 80 house. surround
cd b. ample grounds. which stands where
Tnirtleth street crosses GrOveiand ave
nue.. When a girl gets through the two
years course she VIII be a trained SER
want. And should IL chance that the day
she arrives al the house where she mas
secured Der FIRST employment the house
we - giving a dinner party, ana shouiu
tell the newly arrived help that she Will
go into the kitchen and show her how 10
make tomato nisqIe. the H0ildnda-se
sauce FOR the fish vegetables jardlnlere
lafded tenderloin, AMI the pistaenio
cream IN cases, she VIII probably De near
j. thrown or her feet by the calm state
ment from the new.y arrived help
i can make all Those things uuai4ed.
know now 10 serve them properly anu "
you wish / viii arrange the dinner table
II you viii tell me the number cf expected
guests"
This training school for servants Is 10
be conducted after the manner Of a tram
ing school for nurses. The object is 70
make Il self-suppOrti and 90 cover ali
things which in any way pertain 10 do
nestle science in its brOadest sense Two
or three clubs started such labor q one
time, but II went under for lack Of funds.
Il mere are as every one knows, cook.ne
SCHOOLS and places whore other household
work - taught, but they are widely sepa-
rated one from the other, ald the idea
now is to put everything under one ROOT
and 70 teach everything that a servant
should know.
Among other things they Will be taught
marketing, so that when they 90 10 the
butchers for a poTterhOUSe steak they
viii not bring back bit Of salt pork They
Will be taught not only 10 tell differences
In meat, but to tell grades OF meat. No
~ u I ms NIL II o.
dlminutive size, be pa.med on on these
trained girls for spring chickens They
viii be taught 10 tell by the beak Of
prairie hen whether 10 is a patriarch of
the fiock or fiedgling. They will know
what condiments or sweets should go
witp different dishes. and no one viii have
his fresh pork served with currant jelly
or his venisOn with apple sauce.
IL is the intention of this domestic
science school to pay full share of its
attention to the art Of cooking. for cook
ing is the finest Of all fine arts let the
sculptor and painter scoff If he Will The
girls will be taught to prepare everything
Tor the table, from boiled eggs and corn
ed beef hash to Scotch woodcock and lob
ster Newburg. To say that these things
Will be cooked paiatably and hygienically
Is to say in a word what one Of the chief
objects of the school Is TO be. All sorts OF
plain and fancy dishes are TO be learned
by the girls, so that their cooking may be
in accordance with the tastes and the
purses of the households into which they
may go Economy is TO be the watch
word How to make use of the odds and
ends which may be left over will be drill
ed into the students
The arrangement OF the breakfast, din
ner luncheon, and supper tables will be
part of the curriculum. The care of
glass and of silverware and of fine linens
viii be a part of the course. as viii clean
Ing, sweeping bedmaking. the care Of the
refrigerator, and brass polishing
Arrangements will be made at first to
provide for fifteen girls who can secure
such recommendation as will warrant
their proving faithful to the work in hand
house near the school is to be secured
and turned into sleeping quarters for the
students. They will wear dresses like
those worn by trained nurses, save that
the dark stripe will be a deeper blue. They
win wear snowy caps and aprons.
For the first six months the girls will re-
ceive no pay excepting in the way of
board sleeping apartments, their train
ing, their washing, their incidentals, and
the results which come from being in a
home which is a home In the best sense
OF the word. For the second six months
they will be paid So a week The course is
two years in length They will receive the
second year a slight increase in pay over
the SECOND six months and at graduation
viii receive, in addition to their diplomas.
800 each
There will be carried on in connection
with the domestic science school a class in
reading, writing, and arithmetic for those
klflS WHO nave been unable TO receive ear
~ advantages. There will be also univer-
sity extension lectures on hygiene and gem
eral food subjects. There will be a course
of lectures in the building for housewives,
so that they may learn in general way
what the girls are doing and may them
selves be taught some needful things.
A social club win be formed, and the
girls WIFI be allowed to give little enter
tainments for their friends.
The school will open probably the sec
ond week in September.