The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-17
INTEREST IN LENTEN
 COOKING GLASSES

The Lenten cooking classes that were to be opened today under the auspices of the Womans club have been post poned until next Tuesday.
 Mrs. L. c. Stevens who will again di- rect the classes. has prepared a pro- gramme that will interest and appeal to every woman, and the entire series prom ises to be quite as successful as the pre- ceding classes, when standing room only' greeted late corners.
 The lectures will embrace both praoti- cal and artistic subjects. the selection of foods. as well as their preparation. They will be in the nature of practical and helpful talks on the subject of daily menus and will include many little sug- gestions that the woman with aesthetic tastes will embrace
 The interest in the cooking classes is by no means confined to women. Ear from it. Thus husbands, brothers and fathers are fully awake to their impor- tance, knowing that all the new recipes learned at the cooking school will be 'experimented with" at home, and that the men of the family will really derive the greatest benefit from the cooking classes.
 The young housekeeper who mortally offends her husband by her ignorance of certain dishes that "his mother prepared" will find in the cooking class just the recipe she Is looking for and while she may be little foxy" and may conceal from her husband the fact that she has q al T1 she will be able to surprise him with a delicionsly prepared menu, and he will decide after all that his wife knows as much about cooking as he and his mother put together.
 'The "experiencedn housekeeper knows that there Is always something to be learned in the art of cooking, and she cannot afford to ignore the cooking classes, which she will find are instruc-. tive, interesting and entertaining.
 Then the woman who goes in for fads and who likes to be in touch with the Lenten classes will enjoy the cooking school, where she will meet her friends and spend an hour or two listening to the discussions on dinners, luneheons and chafng dish suppers.
 There is already a flutter in the kitch- ems over the cooking school for many Minervas have been informed by their mistresses of their intention to attend the cooking classes, and one ebony goddess declared that her feelings were hurt" She considered the mere suggestion an insult and with typical pride announced that she "knowed mo than any cooking school that eber WIZ" Her young mls. tress paciied her by telling her that the instructor of the cooking classes was a woman who could teach French chefs @ thing or two, and that she had the power to enrich in every cline her knowledge of the gentle art of making friends by ingratiating stews and broils, or words to that effect. N
 The cooking classes will be conducted in one of the rooms in the city hall At tractive little programmes will be dis tributed at each lesson and the souvenirs will be five pound packages of flour, the brand that will be used in the demon- strations.
 Besides this the club has made arrange ments with a specialist for souvenirs in the shape of toilet articles, little tubes of cold cream and other preparations for the care of the face and hands. These will be distributed free to each member of the class.
 Every effort Is being made to make the classes the popular success they were last winter, and they promise to be largely attended.
 The classes will be held on alternate days, and will open about ten o'clock.
 The city hall is so centrally located that the club Is considered fortunate in be- ing able to arrange for the cooking school to be conducted In this building.