The Washington herald., 1913-02-11
Housewives Flock to The
Washington Herald Cook
ing School Course.
HEAR MRS. RUGCLES TALK
Good Things, Hot from Range, Passed
Around to 600 Visitors-To Con-
tinue Every Day This Week.
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
Grflled chops with panley butter.
Crisp potatoes.
Macaroni Milanaise.
Date Rolls.
Cranberry puffs, creamy sauce.

More than 600 housewives OF the Dis
trict turned out yesterday afternoon to
take advantage of the opening of the
cooking school course that is to be given
this week at the National Rifles Armory,
under the auspices OF The Washington
Herald.
Mrs. Helen Armstrong Ruggles. ac-
knowledged the. country over as an ex-
pert in all things culinary, delivered a
lecture on the preparation OF sundry and
divers delicacies, ard accompanied her
advice with a practical demonstration
on the stage. At the end. the good things
were passed around through the audi
ence.
Through the public spirit Of a number
of Washington merchants, the hall had
been made into a place that brought Joy
to the heart OF every woman that enter
ed. The stage was a bower of flowers
that had been sent for the occasion by
GUIDE Brothers Company. The platform
was loaded down with them, and beauti-
full ferns filled up the empty spaces.
Kitchen on Stage.
The stage had been turned into n fully
equipped kitchen that could satisfy every
want of the most exacting cook. The
gas range and the fuel was donated by
the Washington Gas Light Company. A
Hoozier cabinet that contained all OF the
necessary ingredients for the culinary
wonders that were to come to light under
the deft fingers OF the lecturer had been
loaned by the Knock Furniture Company.
The dishes came from the store OF Dulin
& Martin Co, and the refrigerator from
Mayer & Co.
The lectures will continue through Sat-
urday OF this week. and Mrs. Ruggles
will take up every afternoon a certain
menu and tell her audiences how to pre-
pare each dish. illustrating each step on
the range. In this way practically the
whole culinary calendar will be covered
by the end of the week.
The hall OF the armory on the first
floor also has been made place OF
much interest TO the women visitors.
There an extensive and beautiful exhibit
has been laid out by various merchants.
There is a daily programme OF music.
and good things to eat are passed
around.
II was not much after IL o'clock when
the first groups of women arrived. and
they kept coming until o'clock. A
prosperous, well-dressed gathering. above
the average in individuality; the sort that
one might expect at some high-class
musicale or matinee. typical of Wash
ington. The practical. not social side
was in evidence when the lecture began
substantial instruction given TO a recep-
tive audience. Many mods of cordial
greeting indicated that pupils of the 1911
class were glad TO renew their pleasant
relations.
They were there to learn, not only the
preparation OF q few specific dishes; not
alone how to cook. but the broader and
deeper science OF household economy.
And II was these women who. as others
canie and want drank in the rnod of
the lecture and its accompanying DEM
onstration, missing no word or move
ment their eager interest reflected in
their faces