Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-25
Mrs. Anna Carroll,
Who Will Instruct
Philadelphia House
wives, Arrives Here.
Auditorium of Horticultural
Hall Will Accommodate Au-
dience of 1000-Gas Ranges
will Be Awarded as Prizes
TO Cooking School Girls.

..r,risted for the big cooking contest for
.,,,s of Philadelphia cooking schools, and
M croking demonstrations and lectures
.hich tho EVENING LEDGER will conduct
,,or June to June l2, inclusive, in the
.udl,orIum of horticultural Hall.
Mrs Anna Carroll, who will deliver the
lectures to Philadelphia housewives and
!, the various special classes each after
ANN during the period selected. has ar
rived in Philadelphia from Baston, where
,hs has been conducting a similar school.
Grraugements are being completed now
~ laying out the big auditorium at Broad
.nd Locust streets for the event Early
rsyt week the United Gas Improvement
Sompany will install special piping to
,ske care of the gas appliances which
~ n bn used in the demonstrations.
Cabinet gas ranges and double oven gas
,onres will be placed on the platform at
,hs west end of the big room. The plat
totn, and seats will be carefully arranged
~ that each person who attends the lee
,ures will be able to hear and see every
thing Mrs. Carroll says and does.
arrangements will be made to take care
a. an audience of 1000 AT each of the lee
,nres and II is expected that on some of
,ho specIal occasions a far greater num-
Mar than this will be accommodated. Care
srl he taken to insure safety and COM
,ort for all who attend, and on the days
sybsn children are present, special attend
ants will be on hand to see that they are
al safe as they would be In their own
homes.
The four cabinet gas ranges, which are
N be awarded as first prizes In the four
classes of the cooking contest for cooking
school girls, already have been given thor
,a ifn Ct IN
nresence of representatives Of the EVEN
Ne LEDGER These will be placed in the
hack mart of Horticultural Hall next
saturday night, ready for the inspection
Of visitors on the opening of the first
lecture Tuesday, June 1
In an interview this morning. Mrs. Car
roll said: 81 expect the biggest attend
ance at the lectures in Philadelphia
which ever has been known in any spe-
cial course Of cooking school lectures. !
also expect, owing to the large enrolment
OF children in the cooking school classes
OF the city the largest enrolment In the
ehildrens competition which has been
known in a cooking contest in this coun-
Try.
II have always found that the interest
IN both the lectures and the cooking
school contests, in other cities. has
grown exceedingly following the first ses-
SION on looking over Horticultural Hall
md that IL is an lueal DOtn
the lectures and the display of bread,
cookies, sponge cakes and biscuits. The
many small rooms will add much to the
convenience and comfort of visitors. 1t
also Is we'll arranged for the comfort of
those who will attend the lectures, and,
owing to the central location, there
should be days when the auditorium will
be taxed by the attendance.
certainly, with an enrolment Of more
than 1900 children in the cooking school
classes of Philadelphia. the entries In the
contest will run into the thousands.
IF We should have even 1000 or 5000 en-
tries, Philadelphia will witness one of
the most stirring sights ever presented
here when all of these children attend
the final session on Saturday, June ~, to
witness the awarding of prizes
Mrs. Carroll is very enthusiastic about
the coming lectures. She has made the
statement that she prefers to lecture to
audiences of Philadelphia housewives
since these audiences are made up of a
large percentage of women who are more
keenly interested in the field of domestic
science than audiences of other cities.
ehe attributes this to the fact that the
nousewifely spirit has taken hold of
rniladelphia women to a greater extent
nan the women of most other cities, the
eolect OF nearly every housewife here be-
ng TO have her own home. 1t is this
spint which has made Philadelphia
4 noWn the world over az the "oitv of
/ homes" and given 1t total of more
man $4,000 separate homes.
Mrs. Carrol's lectures are going to be
more than passing interest. Her COM
ng at this time is most welcome. With
pvustuHs soaring in price. and the house
rns IN despair at making the usual al
wWahee meet the unusual requirements,
tallee IN making the foodstuffs go as
'ar as possible will be of great value
an KayIRr. kn
Auend the lectures.
economy Is particular watchword of
IH CarrolPs-an economy which makes
~ income. whatever II be, nicely cover
s needs but an economy which has
r'lnhs 10 do with parslmony and mig
srdly skimping"
MARKETING A BIG FEATURE.
Vhe OF the most important features of
A's carroll's lecture course is her care
p'V studied conclusions on marketing, a
Hahch of housekeeping which most
fouse~ives have not had an opportunity
study closely and upon which many
FAee 100 little stress. There is no doubt
s1oat Mrs. Carroll's genius for the kind
sofk she has chosen or about the thor
,snness with which she has approached
he subject
sas attended Drexel Institute and Neff
f.tee specializing in domestic science
He former and in the latter on voca-
pA psychology and efficiency. She has
H several years as cooking instructor
some Pt the largest gas companies OF
eoantry; has conducted private cook
IL SCHOOLS, and has Travelled extensively
j egh the United States giving public
e courses under one organization or
ser In the interest of public and prl-
scnool education In domestic science.
4 carroll has taught cooking to some
II 4 ~ s most widely known society women
nm believer in the old thought that