Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-03-20
DoMesrsc SCIENCE
Shsst Course Brought to . cssss %
Friday Night.

The proceedings OF the Domest;e
Science Short Course for the first
three days were published in last
weeks Enterprise. The attendance Of
ladies, which was good from the
opening session. steadily increased
until the capacity OF the hall was full
ly tested. The old-,imc illustration
of sardine box crowding was literally
true of oddfellows hall during the
later sessions. All the chairs were
used and standing room was At .
premium. many ladies standing
through the entire meetings.
Thursday morning Miss Rausch
gave lecture on the art Of dressing
well. how to combine coiors To make
an harmonious appearance. Valua-
bic directions were given on how to
dress for sundrv sn-riai occasions.
Hints on how to dress comfortably.
dress for school girls and the selec-
tions OF hats were given.
This was followed by hints on how
to entertain. the scndino of invita-
tions. how to travel and the care OF
the guest chamber.
In the afternoon there was anoth-
cr interesting demonstration in cook
cry. The comparative value of hard
and soft boiled eggs were dwclt up
on and how TO prepare them. Hints
were given on creamy omclct. baking
bread. cocoa. bacon. how to make
French dressing. how to cook bacon
and how to roast chicken. Her talk
on the convenient arrangement OF
the kitchen will be utilized to the
saving OF many steps by many who
hear II. Among the suggested con-
vcnicn, devices were these: A ket-
tie protector to prevent the cooked
articles sticking TO the granite ket-
tic. promoting tho long life. When
making jelly instead Of hanging the
jelly bag on broomstick laying on
two chairs. get bird cage hook.
To make hard boiled eggs digcsti-
bic cook like this: Put in cold wat
or and let Il conc to boil. then set
off the stove and let stand for 10
minutes. Persons who do not have
taste for olive oil were advised to
cultivate Il as Il Is = most hcalthfui
addition to the table for everybody.
Shoulder narat has rs much nour-
ishmcnt as the hind quarter but has
not so fine a flavor. Soup is not
nourishing but stimulant.
Fridays Session.
During the previous days the ladies
had talked Of the propricty of giving
Miss Rauseh and her assistants tes'i-
monials Of appreciation Of their
work. The movement took the shape
of an organized meeting at time
when the instructors were absent.
Mrs. NJ. U. Randcl presided and tho
following committee was appointed
to arrange for the presentations: Mes
DANES ]. r. MeKclvcy. w. +. Fem
ton and o. Ferril. AZ the same time
the following were named as COM
mi,tcc on resolutions: Mcsdamcs w.
D. Lewis. R. p. Collins and II. w.
Royal.
Among the kitchen topics touched
on during the day were the follow
ing: The preparation OF chicken sal
ad. salad dressing. salmon loaf, ice
cream. sea foam and white cake. Val
uablc hints were given on how to
utilize scraps so as to convert them
into appctizing dishes. In these days
of horscicss carriages, wireless tclcg-
will no, be considered impossible to
sometimes called hay box, and every
woman ough, to have ono. Briefly
described it is a box filed with hay.
or excelsior. or sawdust. leaving
space for ono or two kettles. Have
the non-conduc,ing matcrial on the
bottom and also as a covering. Put
your meat or vegetables on the stove
and come to a boil. Let the meat boil
for half an hour and vegetables for
ten minutes. When thus boiling place
in the firclcss cooker and let remain
from two to FIVE or six hours. When
taken out you will find that the food
has been cooking nicely during all the
time il has been in the cook IL IS
wonderful saving of fuel and dis
comfort during the summer. Any
handy farmer or city resident eau
make frclcss cooker, and there are
many ladies who can do tho same
Make one and you will thank the
| Enterprise for urging you to give IL
trial. As many farmers Will nave
what they think to be more important
work on hand some Rocky Ford car
renter ought TO go into the manuia!s,
turc of these cookers and rapio
sale would doubtless result as 500
as the ladies know that such val
u7blc addition to the kitchen can be
purchased at reasonable price.
Sundry hints were given ON IN
care of cut glass, silver and ch'na
the ventilation and sanitation ot th'
home and its surroundings. Suggcs
tons were made as to the preVen
ton of tuberculosis.
The use of r s. V. p. on invita-
,ions is going ont of date. it now. be
ing undcrstooi tat all invitation
should have -cs onses without be
ing so requested Entertainment an'
social function '-" much less tnr
NAL than some cars ago: lnvir
,ions arc sent o' Nn'y short t'm'
before TIC cn.cs -~'cnt. and the re-
frcshurrts arc modest s'n 80