Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-11

Monday afternoon the attendance
at the domestic short course had in.
creased to seventy. and IT was an in.
terested audience that faced Miss
Rausch as the exercises began at 2
o'clock. The first topic was dish wash.
Ing. Not a very thrilling subject one
would naturally suppose. But as pre-.
sentod yesterday It was helpful and
suggestive subject, with many hints
now to make what is the bane of many
housekeeper's existence. an agreeable
task
System must be used of course,
method being applied in gathering the
dishes A handy device. called the
Housekeeper's Delight Is dish
scraper of rubber Another helpful
article is sink shovel perforated SO
hat the water may escape. Sugges-
lions in regard to soaking dishes and
sauce pans corroded In various ways
were given. Dishes of the same kind
should be put together as they are
soraped.
An excellent plan that saves the
housekeeper many steps is to have a
| uncovered table on rollers. On this
The dishes are placed. as they are
collected from the dining table, and
then rolled into the kitchen all at
the same time. When clean they
may be placed on the same table and
rolled into the dining room when time
to set the table for meal. A zinc
cover for kitchen table is much to
be preferred to oil cloth. since the lat
Ter is marred when anything hot is
put down on II.
Miss Rausch likes a dish mop for
dish washing. In case any one finds
cloth more to her liking, It should
be washed out of boiling hot water
once a week. since cloths must be at
tended to carefully to avoid germs.
They should also be hemmed when
the dish water is thrown down the
sink. Otherwise the lint may collect
In the pipe and necessitate a visit
from the plumber.
In passing we may suggest that
Miss Rausch is so familiar with her
| subject that she is continually ad
ding to the subject matter with de
vices. methods or suggestions until
one wonders that there is 80 much to
learn about house.
Then the cooking demonstrations
| began and obi they were 10 much
fun. We had to taste everything and
Il was SO good. Miss Rausch made
the things AS she talked and gave US
the recipes and then we sampled them
all after they were done. The mum
Der of things that we're cooked yes.
terday afternoon was amazing.
These are only few: Mullins, ce
reals, rice. cream of wheat with dates
bread rolls, coffee cake, brown bread
desserts, including several ways OF
preparing fresh fruit
School opened Tuesday morning with
larger attendance than ever. Each
session the Interest and enthusiasm
increases In 80 large ratio that pret
~ soon you wouldn't be able to keer
the women away from X. p. hall with
a club Miss Rausch says It is one
of the very incest classes she ever
taught, and II you could see the way
the ladies' behave, and the strict at
tention they pay you couldn't help ad
miring the whole business, to save
your life. We all think Miss Rauscf
Is a marvel. and consider Miss Rosi
and Miss Brown assistants par excel
lence. To make a long story short
we think ourselves very fortunate tha
Durango was included in the domesti-
short course itinerary.
Fireless cooking was Miss Rausch'
subject the first period this morning
She referred to the advantages of tn,
method. which are obvious, namely
the saving of fuel and attention, be
side the fact that nothing ever burns
there are no scorched saucepans an
the food prepared is always juicy.
The cooker is a chest, usually @
wood. with two or more compartment,
The larger is filled with excelsior, ha,
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