The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
EPD1AN CITIES LEND MONEY " LOW RATES.

prize OF $3.50 in gold. There are many
housekeeping schools for the daughters
of the well-to-do and the rich. and 1t 10
not en- uncommon thing for nice German
girl. whose father Is moderately well off,
to go into the house of n stranger Of the
same class TO learn housekeeping; the
idea is that she will be made to work,
which might not be the case at home.
The housekeeping schools are attend
ed by all classes. / found one at the
Krtipp works and have visited others
here and there over Germany. The girls
are taught to cook, bake. wash and iron.
They learn sewing, mending. knitting and
dressnaking, and also everything in con-
nection with housekeeping. Nearly every
school has It's kitchen garden, the work
of which Is done by the pupils, and In q
number OF schools cows are kept and the
girls are taught to milk and to make but
ter and cheese.
1 was surprised at the scientific char
acter 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 well as
the time required for cooking, so that
ut the end she knows just how much she
has spent for each dish and the whole
meal as Wen as Just NOW siie Has SoohSSss. .fgt
1t. With such an education a girl can
fill almost any station in life as wife,
housekeeper, cook or general servant.
Schools for Everything.
The Germans are running wild over
technical education. They have about the
best schools of the world from the ,ini-
versities down. Within the past few
years they have been establishing vast
number of technical schools for every
-. III .et,Y
There are schools for butchers. bakers
and candestick makers. At Chemnitz,
below Lelpsg, the cotton center Of Ger
! many, there are schools for weavers and
! designers. In other parts there are
| schools for doll and toy makers. and In
Berlin school for blacksmiths.
There are eleven industrial art schools
| in Berlin, with more than $500 puplls.l
| Thore are commercial high schools here
In Leipslg, and also in Cologne, attended
by men who expect to make their living
in trade and by exporting and importing.
At Wilhelmshof In Witzenhausen there
is colonial school where men are edu-
Gated for service In the German possess
sions in Africa, China and the South Sea
Islands.
In all these schools the rates of tuition
are low, and that notwithstanding that
the professors are men Of recognized abtl-
ity They are of so much Importance
to supervise them, and the leading man
ufncturers tell mo that the German
trade Of the future will be largely built
upon its technical education.
The Technical School Movement.
The same movement Is going on in the
other countries of Europe. There are
technical schools In France and Switz-
erland, Holland and Belgium and O largo
number in Austria That country Is now
th0Y, "a mill oil o,ln.t
year in Industrial education, and 1t has
within short time begun to establish
commercial schools to educate It's people
in commerce and trade. We should found
such schools all over the United States
Every manufacturing center should have
them. and there should be commercial
colleges on the broadcast lines In all our
cities. Here is q noble field for some
would-be Carnegie of the future
FRANK g. CARPENTER.