The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-25
THE NEW YORK COOKING SCHOOL
Busy Times ON the Ninth Floor of the
United Charities Building.

yes, I cooked the whole Thanksgiv-
ing Inner and Il was a great success,
too
The speaker was a fair-haired girl
and the place the ninth floor at the
United Charities building at Fourth
avenue and Twenty-first street. Twelve
happy-faced girls sat at the long table
slipping tomato CUP which they had
just prepared. The soup had an appe-
tizing odor and the bright-faced anna
teur cooks chatted merrily between
the spoonfuls. They were evidently the
kind of girls who are busy all day In
shops or stores and were making the
most of their evening of relaxation at
the cooking school.
This is very well seasoned soup. l
can tell you" exclaimed one girl. The
others agreed.
Please tell Miss cambridge we're aw-
fully sorry she couldn't be here to-
night spoke up a dark-haired girl. A
.murmur of appreciation spread around
the table. evidently al the temerity
which had voiced the sentiment which
all had felt.
We're going 20 give a banquet and
invite Miss cambridge to come n
criticise, just to give us a few pointers"
spoke up a lively girl al one end of he
table. g
Another murmur of approval greeted
this. Then. the sou plates having been
carefully removed. attention centered
on the second course, which consisted
of warmed-over beef With potato bor-
der. scalloped tomatoes and po.ato
ala with French dressing. Evidently
these dishes were as delicate to the
taste as they were dainty to the eye, for
a comparative silence reigned for five
1t was broken at last by an
incident which caused another round OF
laughter. A visitor and a pretty, dark
haired assistant teacher In a red velvet
waist had been sitting together on an
improvised bench. The combined weight
was too much for the enduring qualities
of the wood and the seal went down.
bringing the blush OF confusion to the
cheek OF the pretty young teacher. The
gentle murmur of girlish laughter soon
subsidized. bun the merry hat continued.
And SO IL went on. too. till the hour
was over. for the cooking school is a
happy combination of work and frolic.
in which the two are often confused,
but without apparent detriment to
either.
The New York Cooking school was
founded i'm 1876 and incorporated two
years later. In 1887 the school had only
one teacher. The last report us9D
shows 10 teachers and one superinten1-
ent (Miss Huntingdon. The rooms in
u tHiteu ,udfltits DuiluiflE are wei
suited for the work n the furnishings
are neat and attractive. According to
the reDor the courses or lessons in
clude classes from 30 different churches.
missions. schools or clubs. besides two
classes i'm Brooklyn. three for hospital
nurses m several classes for outsiders.
The school has sent out teachers 20 the
South. where successful classes have
been established among the negroes.
Practice classes for women in plain and
fancy cooking. children's classes and
classes in invslids' cooking are special
of the work. Visitors are well
come to the practice classes every
Wednesday afternoon at 4 { o'clock.
The cooking school has a long list of
subscribers. among whom are Miss
Helen Gould. Mrs. ogden Goelet. Mrs.
Ellio; F. Shepard. Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbiht and others prominent I'm the So
cial world as well as in the ranks Of
philanthropists. The present officers of
the school are: President. Mrs. Theo-
dore Il. Bronson: vice president. Mrs.
Henry Fairfield Osborn: treasurer. Mrs.
Linda NJ. Holt; secretary. Mrs. James
e. Andrews.