Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-17
PRIZE ESSAY WON BYA
MILLERSyILLE GIRL.
The Subject OF The Essay Was "What
Little Girl Did At Her Cam
ming Club

ming Club
Miss Mary Lillian Lane, age IA years.
won the first prize in the girls contest
of the Canning Club. Miss Lanes sub
ject was what Little Girl Did at
Her Canning Club"
The prize winner is a member Of the
Chesterfield Girls Canning Club, of
Aillersville, this county. The prize
is a years subscription TO popular
woman's magazine.
The prize essay is published here
with as follows:
Alma Marks was a girl twelve
years old. She longed to have the OPP
portunity to join Canning Club, so
one day lady came TO her school and
asked her and other members of the
school to join. Alma was the first TO
consent.
After a short while she received her
seeds 10 plant in the club garden. AZ
the first meeting a president, vice
president. treasurer and secretary for
the club were elected. the patterns for
apron and cap were handed Alma and
she went to work. When these We're
cut she folded them in a big bundle
ready to be carried home. When she
got home. she asked permission of her
mother to let her use the machine
Her mother consented and she went TO
work and soon her apron and cap were
! completed She wore them at every
meeting and when they were soiled
she washed and ironed them as nicely
as she could.
At the second meeting she canned
blackberries and beets. The black
berries were packed in jars, which had
been sterilized. She filed them with
water, and added a little sugar The
beets wer cooked nearly tender, pack
ed in Jars that she had sterilized. She
put some salt in a jar and filed it with
half water and vinegar. Then the tops
were partly screwed on and then pro-
cessed. In her excitement she forgot
to screw the tops on the blackberries
This was done and they were pro-
cessed.
To process canned fruit means to
boil it certain time. AT the third
meeting blackberries. beets and snap
and beets were processed as before
The snap beans we're snapped and
broken into short lengths, put in
canning basket and steamed. Then
they were dipped in cold water, packed
firmly in jars, which she had steriliz-
ed and then she put a little salt in
the Jars and filled them with water.
partly sealed them and they were
processed intermittent. That means
so many hours day for three days.
At the fourth meeting a dinner was
served and the girls picture was taken
| That day Alma canned tomatoes and
peaches. The tomatoes were canned
! in tins. When they were well scalded
/ she peeled them, packing them in the
| cans as nearly whole as possible in
tins that had been sterilized, and filled
/ with tomato juice, to which two tea
spoons OF seasoning salt TO two-thirds
sugar was added. When the cans were
i soldered they were exhausted in boil
ing water, and tipped, then processed.
The peaches were stoned. peeled and
put in jars, to which sugar was added
| and then filled with water. The jars
were sterilized before putting in the
fruit After being filled with water
the fruit was processed.
At the fifth meeting tomatoes, peach
es and lima beans were canned. The
tomatoes and peaches were processed
as before. The lima beans were can
| ned in jars. They were sterilized while
! Alma shelled her beans. The beans
were blanched in a canning basket
put in salt water to shrink and packed
in jars. They were partly sealed and
processed intermittent. At the sixth
| and last canning meeting Alma canned
sweet potatoes, apples and pears. The
sweet potatoes were boiled tender
packed dry in jars and processed. The
apples were cored and pared cut up in
slices and packed in jars. Some SUI
gar was added. The last time Alma
| carefully steriliZed her jars first of
ALL as she found out that this would
save time.
But let us not forget Alma's account
book, for this was kept very nicely,
and at the end of the season a business
meeting was held. She could give in
her expenses, profits and the number
of jars she had canned, also what
| they were, as well as some some girls
/ older than she. After all the accounts
were read and signed, the Club wanted
to hold play in order to pay expens-
es, so this was discussed next. Alma
| took a part in the play when it was
held. After the play came the refresh
ments. Their Club made enough to
pay expenses and a few dollars over.
which would go for some other good
purpose.
Alma's story of the Club was nicely
written. Her design was neatly
drawn. Her canned fruit and vege-
tables looked very winning at the ex-
hibition. Everything was so pleas
ant that Alma enjoyed the meeting
very much.
Every year she is going to try to do
better for some day she wants to be
great canning demonstration. Who
knows but she mayl
-O
AUCTION TONIGHT AT
ST. ANNE'S BAZAAR.