The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-09

More than 5o) girls and young women
are enrolled IN the short domestic science
courses Of the Kansas Agricultural Col
leee. and more than 2oa aSshese are en-
gagged girls, who are taking the courses
10 learn how TO take good care Of their
/ future homes and 20 see that their hus-
bands have plenty Of good, wholesome
food.
Also they are learning how 10 keep
down the household expenses.
| The influx Of the prospective brides into
the big school this year has been espe-
ciany marked The domestic science
courses have been given regularly for
many years and there has always been
I large attendance, but the brides have
not before appeared In such large NUM-
/ bers. The college has arranged a short
| course IN domestic science that is esPe-
ciaiy attractive 10 prospective house
keepers. II is for those who do not ex-
pect 10 teach, but who intend 20 be real
| helpers I'm the building Of a home.
GET Actual Practice.
| PUPILS are not simply told what to do
/ in arranging for ana getting the meals
but they have actual practice in doing
/ il. and they are shown what TO do to
make both ends meet al r. time and
reduce the cost Of living 10 minimum
and still provide a sufficient quantity Of
good. wholesome food. well cooked and
/ served in the most tempting manner
| A big building is provided for the do
nestle science work. and the school
| operates a restaurant 10 give the pupils
practlca. The girls are divided into
| squads Of four and each squad has
| kitchen ali its own In this kitchen
all the ordinary utensils of the average
Kansas housewife are provided. None
! Of the costly little conveniences Is al
lowed When a girl leaves the school
| she knows Just how few pans and dishes
/ she can get along with If her husband
J is able. she may have a lot more, but
! she can get along with very few. For
each kitchen there is a table. seating
! four persons. and the instructors in the
| college are the customers Of the restau-
rant
When the girls first enter the school the
members of the squads draw lots one
member becomes the manager OF the
SQUAD for one week; another is the assist
ant manager, the third washes the dishes,
and the fourth is the waiter. The man
ager is the chief cook and buyer The
professors and instructors in the college
pay % cents each for their lunches each
| day. The manager for the week must
provide a different luncheon each day
and the cost must not exceed % cents for
each person This is the limit Tor the
actual cost of the food served. the other
cents being used to pay for the laundry.
coal. and incidental bills of the kitchen.
Food prices are so high that with many
! housewives II seems impossible 10 reduce
the luncheon bills 10 50 small figure.
but the girls do it every day. and the
meals are not skinny ones either. Here
is a bill of fare of a meal served 10 the
instructors one day recently:
| Cranberry Ice.
| Fish with Tomato Sance.
Potato Balls Parsley Butter
| Radishes.
Mashed T1TniTs
Bread. Coffee.
Salad Sandwiches.
Cafe Parfait. Cake.
Meals are served every day of the week
that equal this, no meal being alike in the
same week. and the cost never exceeds
70 cents a plate 10 the manager of the