The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1917-03-23
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
MAKE FRIENDLY VISITORS
School Visitors.

Last Monday the school board, the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen, min
listers and editors visited the Central
school. The visitors were taken into
first grade room, over which Miss
Marene Allen is the presiding gen.
ius, who demonstrated the methods
in use in that department, includ-I
ing object lessons, etc. In the sec
ond grade, the next step for the
visitors, Miss Pearl Floyd is in
charge, and after a demonstration
in which many of the pupils took
part, little Miss Virginia NaillingI
recited very delightful story. The
third grade was visited next and
Miss Mamie Hamilton gave an ex-
ercise in mathematics. She had a.
storekeeper. bookkeeper, and GUS
toners. The, customers did their
marketing, paying for the goods in
school coin of different denomina-
tions, and when an article was
bought the teacher asked the pupil
the cost and how much change II
any was returned. Then the book
keeper at the board was instructed
to make the proper entries. After
this mental arithmetic exercise
was given. Proficiency was shown
all along the line in either of the
grades, and the visitors we're pleased.
Next was the department Of house
hold economies, presided over by
Miss Lydia Stone, instructor, who
recently graduated at Detroit. The
tables were arranged and the Wis
itors were joined by number OF
the larger pupils at lunch. This in
polite society, especially in the East,
is the midday lunch hour. We call
1t dinner here. But the lunch at
popular restaurant, or rather a
popular-price place, such as Childs,
would have been treat. There were
roast beef and dressing. biscuit,
macaroni, mashed sweet potatoes
and marshmallow and bananas, fol-
lowed with ice cream, chocolate
cakes and coffee, but the notable
part OF the menu was its prepara-
tion, showing the progress of the
work in the school. Every article
was first carefully selected and then
the science of cooking applied. The
service was with spotless linen and
the ladies in caps and aprons. Now
the interesting item to those who
pay the bills: The cost Of the
articles going to each plate was fig
ured at 13 cents. Lunch less one
vegetable is served there daily at a
cost of 10 cents. This lunch as in
dicated before at one Of the we'll
known chain restaurants would cost
at least rs cents and the tip would
be 10 or 15 cents, reducing whole
dollar to nearly nothing. But the
service was not included j in the
school cost.
The visiting party well pleased
with the lunch looked in at the
manual training department, where
the boys are making Morris chairs,
tables, racks, stands, etc. One is
the work room with half dozen
benches and the other the finishing
room. Several articles we're in pro-
cess OF construction. Plans are
drawn for each article and fastened
on the wall. The first work is the
making Of umbrella racks, and then
larger tasks are allotted. Some very
fine articles are being made there
and they are well made and sub
stantial, differing from the manu-
factured article in the fact that they
are in many instances more care
fully made, and If they do not bear
the sign, Made in Germany" they
look Just as we'll.
The visit was brief and timely, no
speeches, no flowers.