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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER

UBLIC SCHOOL as is a voca-
tional school. 1t is known,
perhaps, better than any other
in the city because Of the Gary
experimentation which have
been tried there. We may or
we may not be in favor Of
Gary schools. They often
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licious hot meats, salads, vegetables, cake, pud-
dings, cocoa.
Here was new attitude toward cooking 1t
was something interesting. They enjoyed it!
During the first period n:the morning of the
domestic science class-and' there let it be said
that the work is for different girls of the class
at different hours, so that their school work is
uninterrupted-th is a class in practical
theory. The girls learn economy, management,
practical points so necessary % their future.
Girls are sent out in the morning to do the
marketing for the day. They buy the perish
able things at this time, such as lettuce, milk;
while in the afternoon other girls go for the
lasting things such as cans of tomatoes, spa
ghetti. The girl who buys the most wisely is
given the highest mark.
They are all intrusted with the care of
money. They are taught to pay for everything
as they go. Then the days expenditures can.
so much more easily be checked They are
taught the difference between good, crisp let
tuce and lettuce that is soft, old. A practical
woman, who is employed to take care of some
of the final cleaning up in the afternoon shows
this side of housekeeping.
PRACTICAL LESSONS IN MARKETING
All the girls are marked for ability in shop
ping. The volunteer mattresses receive
five cents day for their work. One small
girl who has been an efficient waitress since
September confded to me that she purchased
all her Christmas presents last year with her
own earnings-and she had given lovely pres
ents!
But the children were returning from their
marketing Taking off hats and coats, they
were showing the teacher, Miss Allen, what
they had bought
They know Of the high cost of living. They
know that more than ever before they must
think before they buy. Just because they are
buying potatoes it must not mean that they
must be Indifferent to the locks Of potatoes
for if they learn how TO buy potatoes well
will they not have more money for the rainy
day?
The children in the kitchen wear white caps
and white aprons Attached to each girls
apron is her own towel. She is immaculate
FOR is not that necessary to cooking? Perhaps
it was not so understood in the dear mothers
or grandmother's day. back in Italy lfor this is
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She ba City Inspector Be-
cause Shopping Is Pr
manLydWoman'{JO

the Inspector Had she allowed herself to be
hoodwinked or shown any dread of possible i'm
pertinence. her task would not have been an
easy one
1t was not difficult to see why women had
been appointed for such job. Commissioner
Hartigan's common sense had told him that
woman is more at home in a store than man,
and shopping for the household always has
been and always will be more of woman's job
than a mans.
But hardly ever does she catch the small
shopkeeper.
Six wears ago. when Miss Mccormick first
began the work, conditions were very different.
The number of dishonest tradesmen averaged
very high. But since these regular shop-to-
shop Investigations Of weights and measures
a great light has shown them the wisest course
TO pursue
notwithstanding foreigners are always
difficult to deal with, not so much that they
wish to defraud, as that they seem to have no
conception Of exact weight as such. If, for
instance. one asks such man for bushel OF
coal his reply will often be, "a large or
small bushel?"-meaning a big or little meas
ure Of the coal.
But the inspectors job is not always as easy
and simple as this.
For instance the Jewellers Board of Trade
has been working in conjunction with the Bu-
reau of Weights and Measures to discover
frauds in karat and weight in the jewelry
sold to the public-which is often by no means
that which it is represented to be.
How many of US in the happy days of our
pending nuptials will stop to think whether or
not we are getting in the shape of wedding
ring full value for the money we pay?
So one day Mr.. Thomas f. Morgan, super
vising inspector of the Bureau of Weights and
Measures, dressed up in his very best clothes
and took Miss Mccormick, in the most bride
like attire she possessed, to purchase "the"
ring.
at first I refused to 60" said Miss McCor-
mick. "He was dressed up so that | was
ashamed to cross the street with him."
However, to a certain store they wandered,
after reading a sign at the window of the
shop to the effect that its owner would sell IA
karat solid gold wedding rings for 1918.
Mr. Morgan, Miss Mccormick asserts, was
in his element. He insisted on telling the
sympathetic saleslady that he had waited five
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largely an Italian neighborhood), but the little
girls know how much this idea of cleanliness
will help the Board of Health and assist in the
fight against germs!
LUNCHEON FOR THE SCHOOL.
And how they are working The girls are
keenly absorbed in the culinary experiments
Little arms with long spoons are stirring, stir
ring Meals to be made for over one hundred
people, No wonder the little chefs are busy
No wonder they feel responsibility. No won
der there is a thrill in feeling that they are
turning out restaurant luncheon.
The menus for the day had arrived from the
print shop downstairs. P. S. as can look after
itself! And the account sheets for the day and
week that each child in the theory class keeps
and hands in weekly are printed by the school
boys.
Luncheon was ready. The first group was
arriving There were about one hundred and
twenty-five children ready to eat in the school.
Had it been rainy day, ! was told, there
would have been double that number. On the
rainy days the cooks are even buster.
Luncheon is always served in two periods.
And such luncheon as they had prepared
Cream of celery soup, praised beef, brown po-
tatoes and gravy-luscious gravy. There were
creamed onions, spaghetti with tomatoes and
cheese Potato and celery salad, or lettuce
with mayonnaise dressing. Cabinet pudding
and lemon layer cake. Coffee, cocoa, milk and
tea were to be had, and rols-the last item
the only part Of the luncheon not made by the
children of the domestic science class.
And at the end of the first period for lunch
con half Of the little hungry people had had
their noon meal-an excellent one for ten cents
sometimes for more, and sometimes for
little as FIVE cents, when they had brought
sandwiches from home and only wanted hot
soup.
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The second period for luncheon had COM
menced. The teachers were served by the vol
unteer mattresses, and mite took our quite
large and complicated order with accurate eff
ficency and brought back trays filled just as
we had requested.
DIPLOMACY AND DISTINGUISHING
Then came the dull part of the course!
Diplomacy" said Miss Allen, ais whatwe must
use here. No one enjoys dish-washing and
cleaning up. But by changing the girls
routine from week to week, giving each diff
ferent tasks for the different weeks, every
thing is divided equally and they all come to
realize that there must always be some drudg-
cry in every work. Now they do not mind it,
Cooking is such fun; shopping is interesting
To pick out good head of lettuce is as i'm
portant to them as to pick out hair ribbon
or scarf"
There are the electric dish washers which
do the countless plates. The practical wom-
an" stands over this end of the work. Then
GENES the dsh-drying. Each child gets her
pan ready for the clean dishes and sets to work
to put things to rights.
One small girl presses the cash register
with might and main, and gets the slips in
readiness for Mrs Wagner, who has period
at this time of accounts, expenditures, credits,
and the copying of recipes. "You see," she
said, ''other schools are going to try to have
their own lunch rooms and domestic science
courses We are sending them some of our
recipes. The girls are copying them before
they go to the print shop"
"The print shop Of the SCHOOL," | asked
doubtfully.
"Oh, yes,' she smiled. Everything is done
by our own children"
Others have gone shopping for the morrow's
meal while some are cooking again, making
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
THIS WOMANS BUSINESS IS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

pleaded guilty, and received suspended =,
tence.
Not always are cases so easy to catch.
SO did a certain colleague Of Miss M,c..
mick have great trouble regarding a ~,
dealer. The bureau had had several g.
plants that certain company was deljy,y,.
short weight.
The coal was delivered in bags, each wv;,.
ing 100 pounds. The usual procedure in coalA
liveries is to reweigh the coal, once it has ~
the coal yard, as follows: The inspector. :
seeing the coal wagon draw up to the hons.
takes the man and his load TO reweiph on :.
official scale-gross.
Then he allows the man TO deliver his h,
reweighing the man and his wagon on q,
same official scale, thus by subtraction ee.,i,,
the tare weight Of the quantity delivered. /,
this particular instance, however the nsn.
tor knew that his man was too willy for O..
a deal. So he had scale placed in the ceEs,
and went down there himself, giving out tss
he wanted to look over one of the bins.
When the man had finished unloading a,
Inspector shouted: Finished"
The man called back: YES"
Got the whole ton in?" again asked the n.
spector.
"Yes, the whole ton" repeated the man.
very WE'LL" commented the inspector. and
proceeded to make preparations for rewegh.
ing.
"Stop,' called the man, on seeing this 4
have few more bags under the seat"
The secret was out The man had been hid,
ing under the seat of his wagon with each De.
livery several bags. Had the inspector re-
weighed in the usual manner, deducting The
tare from the gross the fraud would again
have gone undiscovered.
at must be borne in mind that the lnye.
tors must always think quicker than cheats
and sometimes it is hard work." said my con-
panion.
So, too, in the case of butcher who was
known to be cheat, but who somehow could
never be caught. One of the inspectors pre-
tended to be extremely intoxicated while buy.
ing large-sized turkey. This was too nue.
of temptation for the butcher and he under
weighed by two pounds.
Never was butcher in such a rage as this
one when he discovered that his purchaser
was really very sober indeed.
Thus did my days journey leave me mustn't
When we make our annual balance sheet and
discover the sum against taXes,-whch m
variably fills us with dsmay,-et US reall1l
that we are getting something very cehnlt.
and personal for our money. When we TINS
of the honest tradesman being specially grows
for us, and the amount we could he cheated
out of each day if it were not for this stead
policing, the work seems well worth the money
For how many of US pause to add and mu'
tiply and watch carefully when making Out
regular rounds of shopping?-to say nOthn!
of those who serenely telephone the daily Ordei
without making any attempt to watch what
they receive in return for the money they wi
be called upon to pay.
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cakes mixing, beating, stirring and baking de-
lectable dishes.
1t was all so efficiently done, thought to
myself. and the food seemed dainty. and ex-
pensive. Some one must be at the back OF this.
The money spent for luncheons by the children
could surely not pay for all.
Perhaps some enthusiast was helping the
school in this branch of work. Some rich
man, maybe, who was glad to see that radi-
cal school was still teaching girls to cook and
paw for what they got. He might have been
so relieved to hear there were women being
brought up who would not charge and send"
81 want to ask some questions" ventured
Eyes" Mrs. Wagner replied. 81 would be
glad to tell you anything. These children are
such help to their parents. The mothers
are delighted with the course. To stay at home
and make cake is JOY now-not hardship
for them They are proud of what they learn,
and they help their mothers to buy"
"The luncheon was delicious" | said. "But
it must be a great expense to have so much for
such little money. Is this kept up largely by
contributions"
THE WORK SUPPORTS ITSELF
Mrs. Wagner looked slightly hurt, then sur
prsed, then she laughed.
Eve more than meet expenses, ourselves,
she said. 1--WE have accumulative profits now
of about $3.50, for the school season thus far.
We make about So week despite the high
cost of living. We have not had to raise any
of our prices for food, even though we are pay
ing more for provisions.
at has been systematized-that is the
answer. We have studied how 10 buy, how to
cook, how to watch the daily accounts. Before
we could make more, perhaps, but as long as
we are ahead we shall not raise our prices.
A child spends, upon an average, ten cents
a day. We pay for our food, and for the
practical woman" who does so much Of the
pairing of vegetables, cleaning; we pay for our
little mattresses and for great deal OF our
equipment We have had no new equipment
from the Board of Education for year and
a half. We bought good many extra things
in September-we paid for them, and we are
still little ahead"
what about the breakage Of dishes!'l
asked as three fell from tray to the floor with
a crash.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
Every Day She Goes Her Rounds, Reweigbing
or Remeasu1ng Goods; to the Satisfaction
ofHonea Tradesmen dsWeN@Sbobper

rings which were on display at the window
A tray lying near the counter was brought
and a selection was made, after it had been
asserted that these were identical with the
rings on display at the window.
Mr.. Morgan asked the saleslady if the rings
really were IA karat. He was informed that
they were IA krt 110"-this being the mark
on them "
Next the inspector asked the meaning of
40"
"One-tenth was other metal" he was told.
Miss Mccormick discovered that this was
not sufficient explanation for her, and with
an air of bride-like innocence proceeded to ask
for further details. Smilngy she was in
formed that nine-tenths of the ring was IA
karat solid gold and the other one-tenth of
base metal. And she was stupid" enough
to have this repeated several times.
The ring was purchased, and Miss McCor-
mick and Mr.. Morgan left the shop to give
the ring into the hands of the United States
Assay Office. When assayed, the ring showed
a 6neness of 52100, which is equivalent to
1.251OO karats. The remainder of the ring
proved to be brass and alloy.
The 1eWeller LrleO 10 uSleHu HiiiSSh' III SPi'S
of the emphatic statements of the woman in
the shop to the effect that IA krt lllO was IN
tended to mean that nine-tenths of the ring
was IA karat gold. But the magistrate main
tanned that his personal opinion was that such
marking of jewery was calculated to deceive
the public.
"They are trying to bunco the public into
something that was not as represented" was
his verdict.
So. too one fine day Miss Mccormick and
Mr.. Morgan dressed as a motorman and his
wife. They passed certain pawnbroker's
shop and saw displayed in the window wom-
ans bracelet, marked "S12-Solid Gold"
Mr.. Morgan asked to see the bracelet. There
were several people in the store at the time,
and the young daughter of the owner of the
shop was requested to wait on the couple.
The girl took the bracelet out of the shop
window and, after much parley back and FORTH
Mr.. Morgan bought the bracelet, receiving
written guarantee which read, "A solid gold
bracelet, IA Kt, for S12." This guarantee
bore the printed signature of the vender and
large red SEAL
The Assay Office, however, proved that the
bracelet was 5.37 karat. The pawnbroker
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1--WE pay for them, too" she laughed. That
comes out of the general losses. You see our
rooms are not complete. When the new annsi
is finished we shall have more adequate meais
of looking after dishes. Now the chlofe1
have to put their pans on the floor, and Ine.'
is no special way they can come in or 90 ou'
for the location of stoves, sinks, tables IS DIS
yet as efficiently arranged as we would IKE
"And in our new annex" continued MT
Wagner, 1--WE are to have a suite OF roons
The children will be taught Housekeeping 20
AN OLD TASK DONE IN A NEW WAY
For sample of efficiency Public School Y
in The Bronx, has a domestic science eouis
worthy of notice. The children are taogA
along practical lines worthy OF mitailQ.
whether one is a student Of domestic ecoh0''
or a housekeeper who would like 20 see ny.
others manage. The clear accounts, the peI
ness management, are worthy of attention, ..
the luncheon they serve is very worthy Of s'
ing and enjoying
The domestic science course of p. 5. 70 ~
have its theories-but Of what harm ~
theories when they are really put TO pIs. PRE-
purposes? II is then that theory ss .ast,
from its cell Of Imprisonment and se'''''
proves TO amount to something! -
AS Mr.. Patri, the principal, SAID: %
these children an inspiration TO see! Ins ~
they can work and accomplish is daily NV
amazing, more gratifying" ,a.,,.
And as l left | thought Of those enls's q
in their own homes later on--cooklng, y. M
a drudgery task, but as work TO be dons CO. -.
"a work as interesting as that OF any n''
and an important work, too! ;, RI,
For what is any one without good 1000 80; ~
answer is simple, but while it comes to our III,
let us draw grateful breath that IN tnis rs,
of new ideas and rushing, binding II
ments the biggest experimental scnooi =
is showing how well its girls can aec0"F''
the most old-fashioned task of woman!
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/
,ir,e mon subjects suited to her apparent
youth and inexperience Of lfe-only TO dis-
cover in the midst Of the conversation that she
was 4 government inspector Of weights ana
measures.
An inspector Of weights and measures!
Which Of MS would not imagine that such OH
cialdom invariably would be impersonated by
i,,r,v male being Of fierce demeanor and au-
thori.atiyc outlook.
was interested TO know what the WORK
81 this unofficial looking young person could
nossiblv bc. so ! asked her to let me go with
ber On davis round Of inspection. Permis-
.ior from Commissioner Hartigan duly OBJ
famed we sailed FORTH blindly following
tho fasbonably clad, demure figure Of Miss
Rhca Mccormick.
Firy, into grocery store on Sixth Avenue
-. nasssd and Just like real shoppers we
entered. ,..,.
How much is your best cohee' my H''ie
friend courteously asked.
"Twenty-one cents pound
"Give me a pound" she replied, and
pound Of your best butter. Several items
we're added The supposed purchase finished
the grocer was asked TO total up. Then my
soft-voiced young friends demeanor suddenly
changed. She whisked the grocer to one side,
deftlv took out weight from her silver hand
bag and in the tone of offcialdom uttered the
mysterious words, "Scale inspector"
She reweighed the goods with her own
WEIGHTS. examined the scale, announced all
was well and gave the grocer certificate
concerning the whole transaction, so that
should he ever be accused of giving wrong
weight this would stand in his favor.
From shop to shop did we wander through
the Italian quarter, always making purchases
that we never took with US, thrusting aside the
red-faced smiling tradesmen to reweigh his
roods-and not once did we receive anything
but perfect courtesy after so doing.
These men were perfectly satisfied that the
scale inspector should exist and make her daily
round--did she not protect them from unfair
competition from their neighboring shopkeep-
crs? She evidently represented type of vigil
lance to which they were accustomed, and once
again | was amazed to discover the excellent
terms of friendliness that exist between Off
caldom and the public in this city.
OF course, much of the harmony was due to
the tact, courage and busnesslike bearing of
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These Men Are Perfectly
Satisfied That the Scale
Inspector Should Exist
and Make II err Daily
Round - Does She Not
Protect Them from I'm
fair Competition on the
Part Of NeighbOring
ShOpkeepers?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
HOME AS A SUMMER RESORT

crrAy.AT-HoMES who regard New York as
- the best ail-Found summer resort on the
eontinent nd country fans Who hear In the ehirp
~ me 6rst rsbn an Invitation 70 90 cut and dig
worms for him. will both End just what they are
looking for In Miss Elsns Fosters ne" series OF
articles on the art Of making home INC most
h,svtiful and comfortable place In the world.
The. hesin next Sunday. Here Is the list;
NAMING 4 SUMNER HOME OF YOUR
-rHE POS .. LILIES OF CITY BACK
YARD" ...... 90. 49,, o,,,,,
THE HANJiNS GARDENS Of ulh OWN
my LITTLE PLACE N TIE COUNTRY"
"wHERE HOUSE PARTIES ASSEMBLE FOR
" aLIviNG on THE PORCH AND IN THE
GARDEN"
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years for her to say Eyes" and only last night
had she consented. And now he would not
allow her out of his sight for fear she should
change her mind, and so he wanted a wedding
ring the purchase of which he deemed almost
as binding as a visit to the Mayors office.
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Didn't the saleslady think SO? The salesady
did think so, enthusiastically and at length,
without any regard whatsoever for the feel
ings of poor Miss Mccormick, who tried in
vain to keep straight face.
Mr. Morgan asked for one of the wedding
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sound a bit Wlld, 10 De SURF D"' 'O'N'
am strongly in favor of P. S. DO, not because
Of It's Gary theories, but because of the prac-
teal demonstration of results which have
seen in this school.
Among the other vacations offered there IS
a course in domestic science. 1t is divided INTO
three terms in the school year, with different
girls taking instruction in the different terms
And II was TO sec the working of this class
from the first Of the morning until some time
after the luncheon hour that last visited the
school.
Up many stairs, through doors, and was in
a large room with gas stoves lining the walls
electric dish washers, electric towel washers,
pans. crockery, sinks-everything pertaining to
a kitchen. There were tables with empty trays
and dishes being prepared for them. There was
a cash register, and high on the wall menu OF
the days meal.
WHERE HOUSEWORK is INTERESTING
Everything like kitchen-yes--in one way.
But in another vastly different. Here was none
Of the look of the drudgery Of cooking, clean
ing. washing, toiling. Here were happy chill
dren occupied with turning queer vegetables
and raw meat, sugar, -four and butter into de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-22
BY ALISSA FRANC

nee upon a time, not many
moons ago, l was introduced to
q slim, fair-haired young wom-
an.-very pretty; in fact, ones
exact conception Of the type
Of girl who has never left
her mothers lavender-scented
home. I talked with her for a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-06-16
Poinciana Club
Enjoyed Picnic

About 50 members and friends of
the Poinciana Club. filling about s
cars, motored to Kissingen Springs
Thursday evening on moonlight
picnic.
While the rain undoubtedly kept
some away, yet a large portion of
the young people decided to brave
the weather, and were well repaid.
Bathing was enjoyed, the water
not being too cold, while music was
rendered by a Victrola and dancing
participated in by some. Afterward
lunch, brought by the young ladies'
of the crowd was spread and all en-
joyed an old-fashion picnic supper
The young people returned at a
late hour, all declaring they had had
a very pleasant time, indeed.