Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
WAR ECONOMY
TAUGHT AT PARK
COOKING SCHOOL
Excellent Attendance and In
creasing Interest Shown in
Domestic Science Course

War economy and the use of sub
stitute flour in preparing meals are
two of the important things being
taught to more than 200 girls at the
Reservoir Park cooking school by
Miss Anna M. Bender, the instructor.
Increasing interest is being shown in
this branch of city playground work
and according to Miss Bender the at
tendance at the school, which is vol
untary, is excellent.
For the first time a fourth-year
class has been formed, fourteen girls
having taken lessons in cooking and
housework for three years. Recently
they told city officials they would
like to take a fifth-year course next
summer, and it is likely that it will
be added.
Miss Bender insall her receipts in
which -four is used, has the girls
use the substitute brand getting ex-
cellent results. She also is high in her
praise of the government war bull
letins, which she receives monthly
from Washington.
''I have tried many of the various
foods, preparing them according to
the receipts in the bulletins and
found that by following the measure
ments accurately one will get the best
results" Miss Bender said. II use a
number of them at the school after
| have tried them first, and the chill
dren have no trouble either"
Many Enrolled
A record number of girls are en-
rolled in the various classes and Miss
Bender found it necessary to have
three groups daily for instruction.
Her classes are held from 10 to IL
o'clock in the morning and from l
to and to in the afternoon,
with the fourth-year class on We'd
nesday morning from to IL o'clock.
There are 1872 girls in the first
year classes; A in the second-year
classes; "a in the third-year classes,
and IA in the fourth-year class.
Miss Bender is very enthusiastic
about her work and keeps the girls
busy all the time. Each week there
is something new to be learned and
at each lesson she first gives them
the receipt for use that day and
few minutes later the girls are busy
at the table mixing the ingredients
and preparing them for cooking or
baking. Can they cook? Just glance
at the list of things they learn to
make in the first-year class:
The girls learn how to build and
care for a fire and then the various
measurements and how to make CO.
Goa; the next lesson is macaroni and
cheese and stewed apricots; then
cornstarch pudding and toasted
crackers and cheese; egg vermicelli
and creamy rice pudding; baking
powder biscuits and apple dump
lings; Italian goulash and corn muf-
fms; gingerbread, using substitute
-four oatmeal cookies, another
wheat saving food and ice cream for
the last lesson.
Glass Work Reviewed
The second-year class lessons
Cream of pea soup and review OF
first-year housework; creamed dried
beef on toasted points and rye muf-
fins; foamy omelet and baked Gust
ards; creamed salmon and stuffed
potatoes; Hungarian goulash and
southern snowballs, (made with
rice); breakfast, (this is the first
complete meal which the girls pre-
pare); cake, using war flour; lunch
con, formal; luncheon, simple; ice
cream.
Third-year girls are first given
review of the first two years of their
instructions and then take up more
advanced domestic science work.
Their lessons follow: Cream of lima
bean soup; boiled beans with toma-
toes; corn mullins and dates; pies,
(custard, using substitute flour);
I,.n anripnf Whin and cnGflrd
sauce; cake lesson; canning, cold
pack method; salads, ice cream.
After reviewing previous lessons
the fourth-year class first learned to
prepare tasty French fried potatoes
and lemon jelly; their other lessons
follow: Formal breakfast; formal
luncheon; dinner, invalid diet; lunch
con; menu making; formal dinner;
ice cream, oatmeal cookies and apple
sauce cake.
According to Miss Bender the
study of menu making and invalid
diet and the preparation of complete
meals in the fourth-year course are
among the most helpful things for
the girls, many of whom although
quite young will soon be able to take
complete charge of the kitchen at
home and prepare everything that is
needed not only for the usual meals,
but also in case Of foods necessary
for sick persons on diet.
All the girls are taught to waste
nothing in the preparation of the
dishes and to be cleanly at all times.
There isn't a speck of dirt in the
kitchen and the girls are all dxessed
in snowy white.
Miss Bender had charge of the
school last year also, and when 1t
closes late in August. she will make
arrangements at once to begin her
duties as domestic science instructor
at the Harrisburg Central High
school, succeeding Miss Frances
Hamilton, who is on leave of absence |
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