The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-06-15
ALL Is READY
For Series of Free Lectures to be
Given in Dixie Theatre.
Interesting Review With Mr.. Charles
Edward Draper,

Edward Draper.
The biggest thing on the calendar
for Waxahachie women this week is
The series of lectures on Efficiency
in the Kitchen which are to be
given under the auspices of the Wax
ahachie Gas Company. Very few
daytime affairs have been planned
because most women will attend the
whole series of talks.
Mr.. Charles Edward Draper, the
well-knoWn domestic science expert.
who has been engaged by the Waxa-
havhie Gas Company to deliver the
lectures arrived in the city this
morning, and proceeded to make pre-
liminary arrangements for the first
lecture, which is to be held Tuesday
at 300 p. m.
Mr.. Draper put in busy morning
experimenting the installation on
the stage of the Dixie. of the cook
! ing equipment which Will be used to
| illustrate the talks. Then there
We're provisions to buy roasts,
flour, sugar, ngea all the ingredi-
ents of all the good things which Mr.
! Draper will cook before the eyes of
an admiring audience this week
Til Light reporter finally managed
to corner Mr.. Draper for fifteen min
utes. and learned some Interesting
things about the science of domes-
tic economy
About twenty-five years ago. ;"
said Mr. Draper, gas ranges were
first put on the market At that time
| they were far from perfect, and the
makers realized il, yet. they hardly
dreamed of the great improvements
which We're to follow. Now they
seem to be as near perfect as
science and skill can make them.
There is no article of food which
cannot be prepared Oh the gas range,
! in quicker time, at less cost and
With more satisfactory results, than
on any other style OF form of COOK
ing apparatus.
Coming to the subject Of domestic
| economy, Mr. Draper said.
More food is spoiled in the bak-
ing than in the making At least
| ten per cent. OF the food stuffs con-
sumed is wasted III the kitchen, and
the total yearly loss through this
source has been estimated to reach
the tidy sum OF f9,500.0d0 90 The
! object of the educational campaign
. which is now being carried on in all
parts of the country, and of which
our work in Waxahaehie is a part
| is to show people how the greater
, part of this waste can be utterly
avoided"
| Mr. Draper then went on to point
! out that many people think it neces-
! sary to use the largest burner on the
| stove to do all their cooking The
| largest burner consumes % u feet of
gas per hour. while the smaller ones
| consume only 10 feet each, and the
| small simmering burner about II
! feet All soups, for instance, when
| they commence TO boil, should he
taken from the large burner and put
over d smaller one. a great quanti-
| ty of gas is saved in that way, and
the work just as we'll done.
Another common mistake IS TO
! allow the flames of a gas range to
/ play over the sides OF a vessel For
! any ordinary purpose the flame
should be just large enough to cover
the bottom of a vessel, as the part of
| the flame which plays around the
sides is almost totally wasted
Many other points OF this kind will
be explained in Mr.. Diapers talks.
and not only explained but actually
demonstrated. The lectures are to
| be held in the Dixie Theatre, Tues
day, Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day, at 90 p. m. No charge OF any
| kind is to be made for admission.
| Mr. Draper will also be at the
theatre each morning from 900 to
| l2:o0 to answer any questions and to
give individual instruction to all
women interested adv70