Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19


millinery, manicuring and massage,
general housekeeping, business, social
settlement work and music. The cost
is $3.50 a month, with SO extra for
music. The girls are required to run
the place themselves. hiring only one
man to do the Spring plowing and
building repairs. Meals are prepared
by the domestic science class, much
of the clothing is made by the dress
making class, the girls are manicured
once a week by the manicuring class
and coiffured by the hairdressers.
One cottage, dedicated by a Chicago
religious denomination is used eXclu-
sively for practical housekeeping. The
first floor, containing a living room,
dining room, kitchen and buffers
pantry, is furnished simply but cor
rectly, while the second floor contains
six well-arranged bedrooms. Here
each girl takes her turn in perform
ing certain duties OF the household.
One week she is housekeeper, plan
ming the meals and overseeing the
work of the others; the next week she
may be chambermaid or cook, the
next week parlor maid, and so on un-
til she has learned every line con-
nected with the keeping of a model
house. At any time it may be an
nounced that they are to entertain
actual visitors from Pennsylvania,
Mississippi or Kentucky, who are to
be house guests for the week in which
case the housekeeper makes her ar
rangements and each girl is assigned
additional duties.
In this house, also, are given ban
quetS and various entertainments for
which subscriptions are taken, any
monetary surplus being turned over to
the school. Recently, the girls de-
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looking rather shabby and needed a
new coat of paint. This they found
would cost $40, which just then could
not be spared from the school finances.
But few days later the domestic
science class came to the rescue with
gingerbread and lemonade. costing
just 81, which they sold to the rest
OF the pupils and few visitors for
the necessary ten. In helping the
school the girls are not only being
taught a lesson in self-reliance. but
they are learning TO bear their share
of responsibility for others.
Great emphasis is placed upon
household economy, the pupils being
taught how much time and money
should be spent on a single meal, and
also the value of efficient marketing
The girls do the marketing for the in
stitution themselves under the super
vision of the teachers. Each week a
specific article of the household diet
is studied and dissected. For ex-
ample, one week salads will be under
discussion, including their food value
In the menu, the varieties of dressings
to be served with each, together with
various combinations and receipts until
each girl in the class is familiar with
all kinds of salads and everything con-
1ected with them. The next week
the same procedure ensues with meats
or breads, or potatoes.
Economy, efficiency and cleanliness
are the three notices of the National
training School. The beds are kept
spotless, the floors are scrubbed vigor
ously and the school laundry is done
as part of the household courses.
Such great stress has been laid upon
cleanliness by Miss Borroughs that il
has become necessary to police the
hall leading to the bathtubs. The
afternoon bath is the cause of great
excitement and lively conflict between
Pupils, often ending I'm disastrous re-
suits to clothes and hair.