Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-11-04

some extent what is being undertaken in
the Lancaster schools, and is published at
the request of Mrs. Isabel I. Servis. the
Lancaster instructor. instead of her regu-
lar weekly letter for The Herald upon sub
Jects pertaining to her department of our
SchOOlS-EDITOR HERALD.
4 might just as we'll die right
now. There certainly won't be any
thing left for me to eat or wear
after my husband and three small
children have been taken care of. =
Shouts of laughter greeted this
woe-begone lament, for the speaker
was a sophomore at the South Divi-
sion High school and her companions
understood the reason of her despair
and sympathized with her heartily.
As part of her work in the household
arts department, she was wrestling
with the problem of apportioning al
annual salary of $500 so that all
the needs of a family of five would
be met, with a little left for bank
account.
Il haven't any money left for
meals on Sunday; | guess We'll have
to De invited out, sighed class
mate of the suicidally inclined one,
and there was another shout of
laughter for high school girls are
merry lot even when graphing with
the serious problems of life.
CARE OF CHILDREN TAUGHT.
Few Milwaukeeans realize how
much of the serious, practical side
of life is taught in the high schools,
especially in the domestic science
course. Nearly every one knows that
this course includes cooking and sew
ing and some people know that it
also includes millinery. But here
are a few things that not one in
thousand of our good citizens of Mil
waukee uoes know:
The feeding and care of children is
taught in our high schools.
Laundry work, not the theory
alone but the actual practice, is part
of the four years course in domestic
science.
First aid to the injured, emergency
and home nursing are also part of
the course.
So are marketing and household
accounting.
1t makes no difference how many
millions your father may have. If
YOU are a Milwaukee high school coed
- l.. 4,I-o +Io JO,,ooeFio Soiapoa
course. YOU will stand over the wash
tub and wash your own clothes and
after they are dried you will iron
them. You can't dodge it, for the
work is done right in the school
room. If there are stains in the
garment, you will be required to re-
move them, not partly but entirely.
If the garment is faded, you will be
taught how to make your own bleaches
and how to use it on the fabric until
it becomes pure white. If you don't
want a white gown, you will be
taught how to dye it.
LEARN TO APPORTION INCOME.
The household arts course, as
taught in the Milwaukee high schools
under the general direction of its
organizer and supervisor, Miss Ella
l.. Babcock, is above all things
practical and one of the most in
teresting and valuable features in it
is the teaching of household economy
and accounting. Particularly in
teresting are the experiments in APP
Forthcoming the income, which comes
as part of the work in the first
semester of the second year, after
the elementary cooking and sewing
have been mastered. Laundry work
and household accounting are taught
On alternate mornings. Wrestling
with the income problem is part OF
the accounting.
Each girl is given a certain income
ranging from $500 to $4,000. Each
girl is required to divide the given
income 30 that there will be a proper
~ proportional allowance for rent,
clothes. food, and other expenses.
Then she is required to take the al
Iowance for food for each week and
fioure out a series of menus which
can be served within the sum allowed
and which will give the greatest pos
sible food value for the money ex
nended. An elaborate Sunday or
holiday dinner often means only the
plainest essentials for the balance OF
the week. The dress allowance is
worked out in the same way, the
student being obliged to specify the