Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-20
SOCIAL
THE sEAMAN'S TOAST
Here's to brave hearts and an open
sky
A fair or an i'll wind blowing
Here's luCk'
Practical Examinations


Here's lucki
Practical Examinations
Connected with Throop Polytechnic
Institute in Pasadena, California, Is
domestic economy department, where
the girls learn cookery, dressmaking
and millinery. Perhaps the most
unique and at the same time practical
feature OF this department is the form
which the yearly examinations take,
We are wont to think of an exami
nation as some long.tob dreaded,
must.be.endured kind OF plague, and It
stands as a synonym for all that IL
disagreeable in school life. Only fan.
cy then, when examination time comes
instead OF sitting down in a stuify
room with thirty other pupils each as
miserable as yourself and each try.
Ing to answer questions he Is too ncr-
vous to recognize as old landmarks,
that all you have to do Is to give Il
elmer and invite your friends and
have a good time'
This Is the way the Throop girls In
the cooking-rOom take their eXdmina.
tons. one of the rules is that every.
thing for the dinner must be made on
the day Of the dinner. so that the en-.
bryo housewives shall have the ey.
perience Of preparing meals quickly.
The students Of the class take their
turns at playing hostess, waitress and
Kitchen assistants, so that when the
series OF class dinners Is at an end
each girl has demonstrated her abil.
fly to her teacher In every line Of
ner. When a girls turn TO act as
hostess comes she makes the seleC.
tion as to the nature of the AFFAIR she
gives. II may take the form of a din.
ner at o'clock. OF "a | o'clock lunch.
con or - o'clock breakfast. or II
she wishes she may make It picnic
TO the woods. where the proper prep.
aration and serving of an al fresCo
luncheon shall be demonstrated. She
plans her color motif, decides what
her decorations and place cards shall
be and selects her guests. one of
whom Is always the sweet-faced won.
an who Is NJ the head of this depart.
ment.
The instructor usually chooses the
menu, as there are certain things
which she wishes every girl to make.
but hostess may usually make any
selections which she may wish. Her
place cards. which are always painted
In water cOlors and are sometimes
quite elaborate, may be prepared be.
forehand, but everything else must be
done ON the great day of the feast"
On the day of the dinners the girls
are excused from other recltations
and when they come to class in the
morning find the menu written on the
board with the dish which each girl is
20 prepare written opposite her name.
have been to some very artistic lit.
tie dinners In the old Throop cooking.
room and they have been as well serv.
ed as heart of hostess could wish.
Mrs. Dutton, the head of the depart.
ment, Is a pupil of Mrs. Rorer's school
and keeps up in all of the latest good
things to eat and their proper serving
and she Is very particular that hcr
girls shall perform each part of their
work as well as II can be performed.
When Ethel is hostess Gladys is walt
ress and Marie and Helen serve In
the kitchen. the rest Of the class sit
ting at table to help entertain the
guests.
The next day Ethel must be wait
ress. Gladys will entertain, and so on.
Every little detail of perfect service is
taught the girls and scientific carving
is one of the things which every hos
tess must prove she understands. Ev.
cry waitress is taught that the hostess
is always served first; that nothing
except drinkables may be served on
the right side: that when she fills a
guests glass the carafe must not
touch the able-thesc and all the little
things that go to make up perfect ia.
BILE service must she learn.
While the girl acting as hostess has
the privilege Of asking whom she
pleases she Is advised to study care
fully the art of guest.groupng and
choose only those people who will be
oongenial. She Is taught that the cost.
lest and most perfect dinner imagine
able may be quite spoiled and render.
ed stiff and uncomfortable by placing
the wrong people next one another
Or introducing one discordant element
ut the board II she Is bit clever
she ponders well this bit Of advice
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