The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-29

absorb the instruction that he is Civ
ing to the boy who has been his winter
p:ril. But for at least once in HI 5
life the small boy is the center of the
family; and the Wanderlhrer never
loses sight of the fact that his atten-
lions must be conferred upon his pupil
Every crop and every animal on
the farm passes under the inspection
OF the Wonderlhrer, and in the eve
ming the observations of the Gay are
reviewed and again discussed, and
each member of the household is CIV
en- an opportunity to ply the travelling
instructor with questions"
But the German boy has no mono
poly on the benefits of the"itinerant
teacher who brings education to
home and field, where it's practical
value is bound to be tested in real re-
suits; the Prussian farm girl is also
visited by Wanderlhrerin in petit
coats. According to Mr.. Cooley, the
skirted travelling teacher Of the. future
housewives -of, the farm home is full
| ly as important a factor in the scheme
of carrying practical education to the
home of the farm peasant as is the
Wand arl h ror intrCucorc a,d ,,o,I,,,>,
bit more imprtant. Because the
German father is almost Invariably
good feeder, and life without it's
pleasures would from his point of
view be failure, he welcomes this
colporteur of the gospel of efficient
kitchens and sanctions any teaching
of hers that promises to improve his
table.
Then, too, thrift is the first com
mandment among the farmers in the
kaisers country, and the Wanderl-
hrerin never fails to make home
run in holding out to the housewife
the promise that the education she is |
dispensing will yield the fruits of
practical economy, give better results |
at lower cost, and save a pfennig I
here and there So long as the
Wanderlehrerin in skirts is under the
roof of the farm home she is in prac-
tical command of the kitchen and of
all home activities that fall to the
lot of the average German housewife
Her teaching is intensely practical.
She is as tight to her job as is her
brother educator who follows his boy 1
pupils from field to field All her
instruction in the art of cooking is
Ieyed to the demands and conditions
II country living. She lays strong
emphasis upon the sailing, curing,
and cooking OF meats of
very sort, the handling of milk and
he making of cheese and butter. The
of vegetables and fruits is
mother cardinal point in her curricu-
UNI. The care of poultry, of pigs
md of calves is a standard part of
he German hausewife's luties. and
he Wanderlehrerin is an adept in
hese arts, giving her instruction by
in the feed pens.
Another subject never neglected by
his wandering woman missionary of Il
etter farm living is the matter of hy- &
iene and sa itl. ion IN the farm home
Zach Fraulein is given simple, prac- r
lcal lessons in the care of the sick.
nd any unsanitary condition in the
ONE is promptly pointed out to the
tmily. AS the woman of the German +
lrm is the official gardener, the sub 81
,ct of garden management is always
)vered by the visiting teacher. Laun-
ry work and needle work of every
'rt are carefully taught by these p
nerant teachers, with the result that d
e average girl in the German farm q
me is sounder and shrewder Judge 81
fabrics and their value than are b
ost American women who have gen q
GUS charge accounts at the big met q
politan stores. n
This outline of work done by the n
srman Handkerchief is too scant to n
We an adequate idea of its full scope, u
t it will suggest something of its u
Oroughness and practically. 1t is a
al farm education reduced to it's
nplest terms, stripped of every friIl
d carried to the kitchen and the n
Id, where the boy and the girl will
rk for years to come-in most cas-
for the remainder of their natural x
es. 1t is a training that meets n
editions as they are and in their
n terms, not an effort to force up-
the pupil the education that he
sht to have If he were to become 81
ncellor of the empire instead of
easant farmer.
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