Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-04

are they instructed in household economy.
Where an untaught girl would probably
order carelessly in planning and market
ing and would spend more than neces-
sary, the one who had received instruc-
ton in this branch of learning would pro-
| vide better meals at less cost. To be
sure, the wealthy girl is often extrava-
CANT in many ways, but she is extraya-
CANT because she permits herself TO be
so, not because she does not know any
better. She knows just how much house
hold provisions should cost-this she
learns with her cooking iessons-and she
cannot be imposed upon by unscrupulous
servants. We consider it quite as much
a part of her domestic education to show
her how to manage corps of servants
as to cook. 1t all comes under the gen
eral head of household economics"
you might think that our cooking
classes, which are composed of some Of
the wealthiest young girls in the city,
would not care to spend morning or AM
afternoon in kitchen, no matter howl
attractive and modern that kitchen might
be-" said the head instructor in a cook
ing school, but they do like it, and we
are besieged by clubs Of girls wanting to
form classes and take the various courses.
They give the cooking lessons quite a.
social air with their exclusiveness and
the pleasure they get out Of them. 1t is
feather in any girls cap to be asked 10
join one of the select clubs. The meet
ings are more in the nature of luncheon
clubs. that is, for the morning classes, and
like small informal afternoon teas il the
girls meet in the afternoons.
THE CLASS SYSTEM.
"The members Of the class cook differ
ent dishes. Each one decides on what
she wants TO make that day. and she can
arrange. the lesson before, TO have all the
materials on hand, or. il it is something
simple, she can count on finding il pro.
vided for her here. By having several
in the class each member profits by the
work of the others, and it is not always
necessary for each member TO try all the
dishes that form the staple menus. For
one lesson some kind of a baked dish is
selected and the following lesson a meat
will be tried, in order to give as much
variety to the instruction as possible.
''Of course il would be more than even
healthy. normal and hungry girls could
manage to taste all the dishes that have
been made during a single lesson. but
they are given an opportunity to see each
finished product. to hear how II has been
put together and to know the special
OF the dish. III they Ike
they may have little luncheon or tea
after the work OF the lesson is over.
Usually they have important engage
ments elsewhere, however. and as som
as the class has finished they hurry away
to keep some other appointment which 10
a part Of their general mental and phys
zeal development
Private instruction in cooking mar he
had By those who prefer taking lessons
alone. These lessons cost more, but they
have their advantages. Then. for the
girl who lives out u town and who can
not arrange to join a regular class. IL.
struction at home may be given her IL
she prefers. II there are enough girls in
a suburban town to form a class an in
structor viii be sent out to the home az
any one Of them TO give lessons one or
two mornings a week. or arrangements
may be made To give them in some other
convenient place The idea u TO save
The girl as much time in going 10 and
from lessons as possible. as she has her
lays 50 full Of lessons and pleasure. Also
L Is the aim q the cooking s1hool had
10 make the lessons IS pleasant and IN
ierssting - they can Be without DEPART
ne from the original plan of teaching the
Desf and simplest cookery IN the best anx
'inplezt way