The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-20

. The Woman's 81 Civic club OF Holly.
Colo. desiring 10 help the girls, of
that community to become more eff
ficient in the common duties Of
housekeeping, cooperates with the
school In the teaching of household
art. The plan Is as follows: The
girls OF the high school are divided
into four classes, as indicated by
the year OF the work they are TAX.
ing in the high school AS many
divisions are made OF each class
as are necessary 10 secure the best
results These divisions meet once
or twice a week at the various
homes in the city, and girls cook,
sew, and do other household work.
such as washing. sweeping. and dust
Ing. under the direct supervision of
the teacher and the mistress of the
house A definite outline OF the
work to be done in the home Is
given to the class and also TO the
lady OF the house, so that she may
have the material and utensils ne
.cessary ready for the use of the
girls. who do all the work and leave
the house in the same condition
as they found Il, washing and dry
ing all dishes and putting them into
their proper places.
In the latter part of the course
six or seven OF the girls prepare
and serve n light luncheon TO six
or seven other girls, the outlay OF
money being limited. The prepar.
alton and serving of the luncheon,
also the conversation and manners
OF the guests. are carefully criti-
cised by both teacher and pupils.
Occasionally the. various, divisions
visit the grocery store to learn how
to order groceries, the meat mar.
ket to learn to distinguish the diff.
ferent cuts OF meat, the furniture
store TO plan for the furnishing OF
a home. the hardware store to plan
for the purchase of kitchen utensils.
During the summer months the
work is carried along by the moth.
ers In their homes. who follow the
outline the teacher leaves with the
leader of the civic club. ,ts,.
The advantages claimed for the
plan are:
l. There is no need of expensive
school apparatus.
2. The girls learn TO cook and
do housework I'm the home and with
the material and equipment found
there and not in a domestic science
kitchen with utensils much better
than those found in the average
home of the community. The fact
they visit several homes during the
course of instruction gives the added
advantage OF utilizing a variety OF
material under varying conditions.
B.: In every community there are
housewives who are efficient in
some one or other OF the domestic
arts, such as the making of cake,
the baking OF bread, the serving
of luncheons and dinners. Under
this cooperative plan the school
girls haze the advantage OF tho var.
ious recipes and methods; also OF
the varied instruction the advocates
of these recipes are able to give
Under the ordinary plan the domes
tic science teacher would, be com
PEELED TO give all this varied know
ledge in the classroom under arti.
fetal conditions. .,.... ...t'77
4. II. Is n ., practical. method OF
bringing the school nearer the peo-
pie and of keeping the mothers
close to the girls in their school
work. .-. ..
ST. Paul, March Fifteen law.
yers from various, cities of the state
completed the organization yester.
day of the Northwestern Lawyers
association ut the Hotel Ryan. The
purpose is to protect It's members
against what they claim TO be the
uhtdiE utdtEHtHt Eicteu OUT 10 tueIu
by the Wholesale houses In the twin
cities. r....-s. ga 49,
The wholesalers allow us to
spend our time looking up credits
for them without making any pay.
ment therefor and then when they
have case in one OF our cities they
send lawyers from here to handle
Them" said Niles Porter of Man.
kato. prime mover in the plan.
Mr.. Porter called the meeting for
January 80 and several lawyers as.
sembled at the Ryan. Mr. Porter
himself could not come and this de-
layed the formation of the associa-
ton.
William A. Marin OF Cruokston
was chosen president: z. II. Web.
ster of Glenwood, vice president:
Miles Porter, treasurer, and Joseph
Moonan of aWseca. secretary. The
executive committee follows: Her.
Der NJ. Bierce, wfnona; s. s. Smith.
Worthington. and J. J. Quigley. St
Cloud.
Membership will include lawyers
from the twin cities as well as those
from the smaller cities in the state.
North and South Dakota lawyers
also will be included The execu-