The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

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soup and tho waste paper OF the poor man
Is kept for fuel.
German stoves are economical.
They are made OF porcelain and are often
| a yard square and from six to eight feet
+all. Each stove has a series OF fues. and a
! very little fuel sufices to warm It.
! Onoa hot 1t gives out e gentle heat all
'sT. using about one-third the coal Of an
american base burner and nothing like that
IF t furnace.
Every bit Of coal is saved. and a great
BTsr OF that now used IS In the shape OF
tvasuettes or bricks made OF coal dust, 30
hsh,,y pressed hat they are as hard as the
coal i.xe!f and at the same time perfectly
/, mean.
This is a great business in Germany.
The Germans have n better system Of do
rgsst,c service than We have. In Leipso
and other German cities the people live IN
Oats, 80 that the most OF the work is con-
fined to one floor.
Every room is valuable and tho servant
usually has little moro than a closet to
sleep IN. The mistress of the house knows
all about housekeeping, that being q part OF
every German girls education. and she
watches to see that no food IA wasted.
Tho servants are seldom given the Same
food as the family and among some It Is
customary to give the hired Girl an allow
ance of . or 2 cents for her supper and let
he buy It outside.
II there IA fruit on the table II seldom
goes out "a thu kitchen.
an, much Interested IN the employment
agencies her.. Each town hiss one or more
such Institutions srnportad hv low charges
| unea sr,rlovers and e-rnloyes.
lcH TOWN HAS AN
akpinyMENT AGENCY.
~ cha-on "a about - cents for GETTING p
s~s.t end halt that amount to the
want vho wants = MACS.
Tbs laws rroyide thst nyer~ servant shan
~ record or paeehook telling wh.re she
~ nor er- md r-ev+ous eerr'tr7de.
: Sss- ~. have fra recorHs ~ tho n'aces she
= S-tea and TIE s'rnatures Of her FORM
A. t'over. .-etifvirE tn her character.
~fs ~o,er r,rst stpup every record. show
inr Fret II Is correct.
A SoIIar,a weak "a n Rig p-'ce for n hired
rirl. and ut one Of the arenries I was told
THAT exc-,Iert servants could he had from
SKI 10 e. rer r,o-tr.
The eervarte IN those bureaus looked lfk>
cord girls. They rerc well 5rnsaed. though
not so e~xtravaGant'y ms their class in Amer
Ice.
There ave many schools here for training
servant girls.
Berlin has on o~rganizst ton known as tire
Housewives Union. which devotes itself to
such things.
It gives prizes for good servants. reward
ing every girl who stays five years at one
place with a gold uin and a memorial: and
after ten years n second prize of $50 in
gold.
There are many housekeeping schools for
the daughters of the wall-to-do and the
rich, and It is not mn uncomm thing for n
nice German girl, whose father is moderate
ly well off. TO go into the house OF a
stranger of the same class to learn house
keeping: the idea is that she will be made
to work, which might not be the case at
home.
The housekeeping schools are attended by
all classes. ! found one at the Krupp
works and have visited others here and
there over Germany.
The girls are taught TO cook. bake, wash
and iron. They learn sewing, mendinr,
knitting and dressmaking. and also every-
thing in connection with housekeeping.
Nearly every school has its kitchen gar
den. the work OF which is done by the MI
pills. and in a number of schools cows are
kept and the girls are taught to milk and
to make butter and cheese.
I was surprised at the scientific character
of the instruction. Every girl keeps an
itemized account OF just what each meal
costs.
She must set down the weight and value
of every ingredient, as we'll as the time re-
- ANi 'NHNAAA5 ~ IitA dl Tue end she
knows Just how much she has spent for
each dish and the whole meal, as well as
just how she has cooked It.
With such an education a girl can fill AL
most any station in life as wife. house
keeper, cook or general servant.
The Germans are running wild over
technical education.
They have about the best schools of thu
world. from the universities down. Within
the past few years they have been estab-
fishing a vast number Of technical schools
for every ranch of manufacture and in
dustry.
BEST TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
IN THE WORLD.
There are schools for butchers bakers and
makers. At hemnit haIov
Leipsic. the cotton center of Germanv
there are schools for weavers and design.
ers.
In other parts there are schools for doll
and toy makers. and In Berlin a school for
blacksmiths.
There are eleven Industrial art schools in
Berlin. with more than 900 pupils. Tbare
are commercial high schools here in I.ein-
sic. and also in Cologne. attended bv man
who expect to make their living in tra6e
and by exporting and importing. At vii.
helmshof in WitZenhausen there IL n
colonial school where men are educated |or
service in the German possessions in Africa
AIlIid anu INC SNo iSIdi!uS.
In all these schools the rates of tuition
are low. and that Notwithstanding that tba
professors are men of recognized ability.
They are OF so much Importance that .
federal bureau is being organized to s,,ner-
wise them. and the leading manufacturers
tell me tina the German trade OF the future
will be largely built upon its technical edu-
cation.
The same movement is going on In the
other countries of Europe.
There are technical schools in France
and Switzerland. Holland and Belgium and
a. large number In Austria.
Tha country is now spending more than
a million dollars a year in industrial educa-
ton. and it has within a short time begun
to establish commercial schools to educate
its people in and trade.
We should found such schools all over the
United States.
Every manufacturing center should have
them. and there should be commercial COL
leges- on the broadcast lines in all our cities.
Here is a noble field for some wouId-be
Carnegie of the future
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Copyright. 1903. by F. G. Carpenter,