The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-01
THE THIRD DAY
Of SHORT COURSE

is taught inside. If they were to go
into the large dining room of the
church, they would see assembled
there sixty women or more listening
to a lecture. The women are the
members of the Short Course and the
lecturer is Miss Knowles of the State
Agricultural College at Ames. She
| is teaching domestic science in are
markably clear, concise and forcible
way. She presents definite facts in
clear form and logical order. Each day
there is first an interesting review of
the preceding lesson; next the pres.
entation of the new lesson and finally
demonstration of the principles in.
volved in the information just given.
The women of the Short Course are
taught just how a certain dish is
made and why it is so made. The
dishes demonstrated are sensible
dishes made from plain, wholesome
food. A few points CLEANED from
the lesson on breakfasts may inter
est those who cannot attend. There
er or not we need breakfast Miss
Knowles believes emphatically that
we do. 1t has been found that many
children cannot do good school work
because they do not eat suitable
breakfast-and this not only among
poorer families but even among the
well-to-do. Not that a hearty break
fast is necessary for everyone. That
is only for the active out door work.
err, the corn picker, the boy who does
chores and then walks mile or more
to school. Habit has much to do
with the amount children (and grown.
ups) eat. Eating slowly and masticat.
ing thoroughly helps to lesson the de-
sire for an over abundance. If chill
dren do not wish any breakfast, they
may have been indulging too freely
In sweets or fats. Or the meal of
the preceding evening may have been
too hearty.
One of the good and easily digested
foods for breakfast is bacon. The
process of curing the meat has made
the fat very digestable. Bacon
should be put into cold frying pan
and cooked moderately fast, the fat
being poured off from time to time.
This fat is a wholesome and economi.
cal shortening for cornbread, graham
mullins and gingerbread.
Rice is another good breakfast food.
1t may be combined with eggs and
bacon to make a tempting dish. In
cooking rice (after it has been thor.
oughly washed and drained) one
should put it into from four to eight
times its own bulk of water and keep
it boiling till the rice is done. The
large quantity of water keeps the
grains from striking together and be-
coming soggy.
Toast is more easily digested than
bread, because the heat of the toast
ing has changed much of the starch
to dextrine. Bread should at first
heat slowly in toasting, then more
briskly so that the toast will be
crisp clear through.
Experiment Station.
An experiment station was con.
Quoted last year under direction Of
of the Ames Agricultural school on a
piece of ground north of Penn Col
lege property and east of the Yearly
Meeting house for the benefit of mem.
berS of the Mahaska County Short
Course. The work of the station was
reviewed by a member of the short
course faculty upon the occasion Of
the county picnic held at the Yearly
meeting house last fall and the result
analysed and explained. The station
proved a valuable and instructive
venture and the members of the insti,
tute desire to have it continued an,
other year.
Professor Mosher, of the Short
Course faculty, will give a special ad
dress concerning the work of this
station at the Red Men hall at -four
o'clock Thursday afternoon, follow
ing the regular class work and the
people of Oskaloosa and the public
| in general are invited to attend the
meeting, which will have features OF