The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-09


 Selma.-Cotton acreage will be large in Dallas county this year, but lack of fer | tilizer will materially tighten the produc- tion, according to County Demonstra- tor John Blake. Velvet beans, corn, oats
  rows of small gardens in the rear and surrounding the building gave evidence that the innate love of the soil is crop ping out in the youngsters who sat with their parents in the auditorium AL ready the plots are green with tiny plants. and all indications are that many Shelby county tables will be graced with Shelby county products this summer. Mrs. Mathis and the members of her party were guests of Dr. Palmer for din ner and enjoyed being served in the spacious dining room of the Alabama is the honored president. After a very delightful meal, which was shared by the 501 students and the officers and teachers of the school visit through the kitchens and pantries and the home economics buildings was enjoyed.
 They were initiated into the mysteries of baking cakes for 600 people at one time, and this is no insignificant task, when most of the eco are hungry girls, and into the various departments of cook ing and preparing for the large family Of students. Everything about the en- tire culinary department is beautifully and spotlessly white, and the entire corps of workers go busily about their duties in the most efficient way.
 The dishes are washed in a huge ma- chine, and at the same time are steriized in boiling water, then, before one is aware they are whisked on table that is scrubbed till it shines, and the girls begin the drying process.
 The huge oven, with it's revolving floor was open, disclosing rows upon rows of sweet smelling cakes, and nearby were tables upon which scores of dishes of cracked oceans were placed, ready for the morrow. An ice cream machine was in the next room, so the girls are amply provided with facilities for making the good things that all girls love. A beaten biscuit machine is one of the interesting things that equip this kitchen, and a kneading machine, with a huge coffee grinder, are others, and a giant potato masher stands side by side with huge Kettles for cooking soup and vegetables and boiling eggs, looking as if very monster might come there for his food
 Storerooms and refrigerators that would do justice to the most modern hotels, are thoroughly stocked with all provisions, and fruitroom, filled with SAASAN 70 OI dpPiSS anu OldHS6S ctuQ oceans and rows of punches of bananas prove how well planned the menus are. Every modern convenience has been in stalled and everything that will increase the efficiency and cleanliness of the kitchen force may be found. Limited time prevented @ visit to the dormitories, but the stately buildings with their hundreds of white curtained windows, present a beautifully pleasing appearance to the eye.
 HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING
 But the visitors were accorded a very delightful surprise in their visit to the home economics building for they were unaware that the state contained one so modern and completely equipped as this. The architecture of the structure accords with the colonial design of the main buildings, and completes a harmonious group. The interior is freshly ana pret- tily finished and wonderfully equipped.
 On the first floor may be found the sewing and millinery laboratories where the girls may be found at almost any hour. busy studying and executing de- signs, stitching, planning or cutting, un- der efficient instruction. They are be- ing taught to be independent of other ideas and are being developed in origin ality and competence. Triple mirrors, anu lllllllS TOOIllS, lIOIHil6 OOeLl0S WHICH fold up in a closet. gas irons, supplied with gas from the college plant. and many other most convenient appliances complete the equipment.
 The weaving department is perhaps the most interesting of all for there the girls design and weave the most beauti- fully colored rugs. Some of the designs were really exquisitely executed, and all of them show originality and artistic con- ton i~tr ,tr,er hn r-anI are classrooms where household decora- tions and house planning are studied, and this year, ak the request of the girls, a course in color planning has been added.
 The second floor is devoted to spacious, we'll lighted classrooms and laboratories, where designing and cooking and the art of serving may be studied.
 The diatetics laboratory is exceptionally complete in it's equipment. and the dining room is beautifully and tastefully fur nished. There are two cooking labora- tories where each student is furnished with an individual stove, and complete equipment of utensils for cooking. Here plain and elaborate cooking Is taught, and the same beautiful cleanliness pre- vails.
 The entire plant Is one that Alabama may proudly claim and the the grounds are now being so designed that in few years the place will be one of unrivalled beauty. The girls have gardens and ten his courts and basketball courts to keep them busy outdoors, and an appearance of busy happiness pervades the entire campus
 STRENUOUS WEEK
 Mrs. Mathis trip to Montevallo com- pletes a strenuous weeks tour, almost a chase she called it, for she went to so many places and saw so many things while speaking. She left Eufaula last Friday and at the request of the bankers of Luyerne, went by train to Glenwood, where she was met by MT. Jim Cody of the bank, MT. Smith and MT. Carlisle, the county demonstration agent, and carried across the country several miles to Lu- verne, where she was the guest for the night at the home of MT. Cody, a lovely place located on the edge of large well titled farm.
 Then in the morning she talked to a representative audience of more than 300 people, who were enthusiastic over her words of wisdom. All of the bankers, in- cluding MT. Ruff, MT. Cody and many others, were extremely courteous, and as their guest. she was royalty entertained. At Luverne, as everywhere, she was greeted with the cry of Why have you rever come before?" and Wont you come back?" and there she was told that her work is the great blessing of Alabama farmers
 She is impressing all of her audiences with the beauty and divinity of agricul- ture, as much as with it's practical side, and she is appealing to them as citizens of Alabama to make the most of the