The Topeka state journal., 1910-10-05

unless their bodies are kept in the best
possible condition by plenty of work,
by recreation, outdoor exercise, and
abundance of good food well prepared.
SO the cooking at the institution must
be of the best to satisfy her desires for
those committed to her care.
Girls Make Good HOusekeepers.
At some time of her stay in the
school every pupil is required to take
a course in housework, including not
oply keeping a house clean and tidy,
but all the things a good housekeeper
should know. Besides their four Nitch-
ems in which pupils receive daily prac-
tical training they have a domestic
science department where scientific
course in all forms of housework is
completed That these girls make good
houSekeepers is proven by the fact that
the demand for them is greater than
the supply; and many of them are
keeping Immaculate homes of their
own where the best of cooking is
served.
The work of the pupils is conspicuous
in the auditorium building where the
girls industrial school make fine
exhibit of the decorative arts made in
this institution There are no specially
prepared exhibits, but are pages taken
from the regular work which is re-
quired of every girl in this particular
class In examining the large exhibits
made by this state institution with its
many different articles, and noting the.
accuracy, neatneSS and beauty of all,
none of which could be excelled in their
line the visitor is reminded of the fact
that all of this training has been of
unlimited value to those who have
spent so many happy hours fashioning
these articles: that the girls who have
been taken into this school and have
been taught most of them. from the
very beginning of simplest work in all
hT6F crI1f To
have certainly much for which to be
thankful; and that not only useful and
necessary, but also the beautiful and
ornamental arts they have been taught
will make them better women, and
they viii go out to homes all over this
state and in other states able to bless
and uplift others.
Ninety Per Cent Make Good.
1t is q fact that of the pupils who
leave this institution over 80 per cent
make good: and in the training of tine
pupils those studies usually termed ac-
complishments, viii often reach and
influence where nothing else can.
In the vegetable display are many
fine specimens from the girls indus
trial school. Some facts obtained from
the superintendent, Mrs Julia r.
Perry, may be of interest to the reader.
When Mrs. Perry became superintend-
ent nine years ago very little in the
soon changed. and the institution be-
gan to raise its own vegetables. But
one of tn sources of anxiety to her
was that girls were in school the year
around and did not have enough eX-
ercise in the open air.
After much planning lady gardener
was secured and a number of pupils
worked under her direction: this did
not materially alter the situation. as
only few enjoyed the benefits of out
door work, and still no vacation was
provided.
At last tt plan of sending the school
teachers with their pupils out into the
gardens for half the day, was tried and
found to work successfully, the results
being an added zest in the school room.
and better health and stronger bodies,
for both teachers and pupils Their
schools now are in session the same
number of months as city schools and
their students spend a part of their
vacation in their garden plot.
Twenty Thousand Cabbage Plants.
Gardening for family of nearly two
hundred and fifty must be conducted
on large scale. This year they have
over SlXty-Six acres of Irish potatoes,
selling many hundred bushels after the
school supply for the year is reserved.
A cabbage patch of twenty thousand
plants may not sound large, but it
covers great deal of ground. Almost
as many sweet potato plants We're set
out and nearly the same amount of TO
Tnatoes; besides acres of vines-water-
melons. muskmelons. pumpkins. squash
and cucumbers- Peas, beans, corn and
popcorn are plentiful and neat rows of
tall celery, enough to satisfy all. are
new undergoing the bleaching process.
We must not forget the long borders Of
carrots. beets and parsnips with their
beautiful foliage Many vegetab bles not
found in the average garden such a
peppers, egg plant, and others are
grown here. All these are raised in the
large general gardens, and the girls
help in caring for them.
Park. Flower and Vegetable Designs
At the front of the institution is a
park Of nine acres set with xnllrle tree