The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-24
Industrial League Progress
Is Made Along Various
Lines
BABB TO SPEAK
ON MANUAL ARTS
Cooking Club Reorganized and Work
Extended - Earning Club to Choose
officers March l = Employment Bu-
reau to Be Continued.

The work of the various clubs Of the
Home and School Industrial league so
far has been mostly for reorganization
and to plan for the future, although
some of the clubs have already begun
work for the exhibitions of next fan
The third annual meeting of the
Manual Arts club was held Tuesday
afternoon. Some time was given to q
discussion of projects to be entered IN
the fall exhibition of the Home and
School Industrial league. Several mem
bers are already at work ON articles in
tended for this exhibit and il is to be
hoped that more will get started in
the near future, thus cnsuring a lively
contest.
The Manual Arts club counts itself
very fortunate in having prevailed on
Mr.. Babb, superintendent of the White
River Chair company, to talk on some
OF the phases of the work in the fac
tory of interest TO boys. This viii be
| a splendid chance 10 get some practical
points from one who knows, and
large attendance is expected. Mr..
/ Eabh viii speak at the regular meet
! ing Tuesday, Feb. -, at 1 o clock.
\ regular meeting of the Garden
club was held Feb. 10 in the eighth
| grade room, with an attendance Of -.
/ Nine new members were enrolled. The
1 first number of the program was a talk
/ on Starting Seeds in the House, by Mr..
! Hopkins, the florist. Howard Rice
! spoke on Selection of Seeds. Richard
[ Lane on Planning Garden III the Win
ter. The club leaders gave numbers Of
1 government bulletins which would be
of assistance to gardeners and showed
methods of testing seeds.
The Canning club held a meeting for
/ demonstration last week, Friday night
Evelyn Hamilton and Gertrude Bailey,
both members of the club of last year,
gave a demonstration of the canning
OF apples and bccts. The club has an
attendance of about 81.
The Cooking club has been reorgan
lied and has a membership of 90 The
club has been diyiGsd TX the SANS VA
as it was last year, The Main Street
division, Canal and Oak Grove, anG
West Brattlcboro and Ccntcrville. eacl
division having a leader, as many OF
the girls who were club members las
year are again members. The worl
has been extended 4 little. The oil,
members will see a pic demonstration
graham bread, doughnuts and home
made candy. The new members vii
take up plain cake, white bread, corr
cake, and candy. The girls saw tn
= first demonstration in the homes Satur
4 day morning, Feb. 3, where the ney
members saw a plain cake demonstra
ton and the girls of last year saw
l pie made.
| The Sewing club held meeting 70
| organization for about % members
Officers elected were: Dorothy Pratt
president; Dorothy Harwood, secretary
| Meetings viii be held every thre
weeks.
A meeting of the Wild Flower cluI
was held Tuesday afternoon for organ
ization with about 30 members. Plan
for future work were discussed.
A meeting of the Earning club wa
held in January to discuss plans 70
4 the year 5 work, but no officers wer
elected Another meeting for that IN,
1 pose will be held March l. The toni
for discussion at that meeting will bC
| The History and Growth of Our Pre-.
1 ent System of Currency.
Il The Junior Employment bureal
/ which proved so helpful last yea,
I seems to be less necessary this YEA
eS the boys who desire work outsid
fot school hours have, in most case
all they can attend to- The bulea
still exists. however, and there are q
rolled three or four girls who are yer
capable in household labors and N
glad to earn money. Miss Auplin
glad to be of service as formerly.