The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-18
the NEW BOY.
u,s Education Includes Course IN
Nccdlework and Cooking Lessons.

His Education Includes Course F"
Nccdlework and Cooking Lessons. :
Now that so much is going forward,
or imagined, in the production OF new I
" tvnes Of humanity, the question
naturally arises if anything can be
done with boys. They are such un-
questioned specimens OF nature M !n9
original package that the mature mlno
would be apt to dismiss the subject
Will, m tha venerable remark that boys
will be boys. But if the boy IN. IN
general sense, remains the same from
are to age, he undoubtedly sho ';s
soma variations, according to MS
trainings and surroundings. Inc
4 Amar;con bow. for example, was never
more ardently devoted 10 a'I es
than now, and he has made the pa pace
verv hot While the youth OF Eng
land spend two afternoons in game
Of cricket, our young gladiator. com
nress the fun into two hours OF base
bali, and, as for football, 1t is no
, l I in order to speak Of the piping
times of peace. Its victories, u
academic circles, are more renowne 9
$ than war, andits casualties, from thelts
$ alloyerish damage, rather more serious
J than those of warm brush between
Il two army skirmish lines.
: But there are reformers devoted 10
n the idea that boys eau be improved IN
70 ~.,,o,, tl,on What are called masculine
IS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, These sangulne
a; a persons are usually connected WIN
IN schools and experiment with theories
n backed up by authority. In Harlem,
N " a few weeks ago, the school
az hoard decreed that the boy pupils AZ
lr we'll as the girls, should be- 1nstruc.e ea
D. in needlework. The situation was
IT, accepted by the boys, who seem ~ =.
&C. Lava been willing to find out wha'
IN, there was for them in sewing circle G.,
ith with maidens of their own age. II
'ch he sure. the garments they produce,
up. looked like grass ducking SUIT, whlc'
' IN: is cut out with scythe and lapPe
tt'e +ooather with cotton Irvine, but the
Inc stuck to their lessons, and some t eve
les, insisted on studying at night. I'M
her 1n'!''o>' -,>:oe rho;r narents locke
SOL ut them uneasily, Us if they were n:
~ real boys. The parents finally rose
orI revolt, aad needlework is no long
Jug taught the boys Of Harlem. ~.
mes In one Of the high schools IN VI u
ANY my cinnati ten boys have been enroll
ras 81 to study cooking under a young wo'
81 Oh an who is a professional teacher
this noble form Of chemistry, utll'z
[dief three times day. The class me-
pr pr regularly in the basement OF tne ~
' s''erl school, attired in the regulation
'w St,i and apron. Their first lesson s., y "
noul- moi, nooched eggs, showing q high dee
map pf confidence in their talent, TOR
the sofest start for a boy il cuiln
IS the , ~ractice is eggs hard boiled. NJ
,t Gno they were taught to r5ass p; po, ~
'rtlng toast bread and provide q jar OF
lencu aver useful bread crumbs. Az
the end Of the lesson the boys were
m;tted. not compelled, to eat
)n }!, articles they had prepared. Perhaps
8 nh mo new branch will succeed II restll
erman to a soldiers, hunters, fisherman
heavy " w., f" a s;,1a NAM A boy would e
If the Alonu 'u;,'a ormv f,aniacks and in IL
b SOL III cuon ~. % o;vo them. when brow
diff ing no :1a ~ 9hot graceful twirl i,
I'D be Que sla' whan fnlly mastered, m
d, and a'r M Si;or ~ ornament of his ,
proved q sol n, oh I'll times and rough work
ch. IL io cooks. and theref
W for are ! -: .n,,;to can and apron m
teps in wy ~ 60, a, That st. Louis G
, cap is = n Ivy on aUa