Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-29
MISS ALICE l.. kEECH
On Home.Makina for the Future

A y ARMY of home makers. not only for
n the nresent but more especiallv for the
future, is seen by Miss Alice l., Kccch,
supervisor of domestic art and assistant to
the dirNtor of practical arts and vocational
education in the public schools of the city.
..rho nr;ro,n.,, otn, of tho c,os.o. which
or,bnd,, rn,.;n ,;iiinarr corn,on+ CON.
StrUctior ond tovt;io "tmdioy . said Miss
Kaoob .,is tn odrnoto ,Ln Yam, grIe in tha
a,..tom n bo ,+niiGoyt ,,T sH;iIfri amI
,rroctico1 bon,oSrnol,ors
I've find that in the last ten years the
progress made in these courses has been
nothing short of remarkable Not only arc
the girls learning TO make more useful ana
better type OF garments, bht thelr general
grasp OF this phase OF the domestic prooi"hl
and their influence in the home Is becoming
more ana more decidedly feIt.
Cono With Hama probIemc
,> .I ,.,, = u,o
-r"M tne sUuns o.. :" .%Hu i..,,, ;n",u onI a
problems at nome win GhthuSlnSin ana e. "
certain KhoWledge 'IIut haN'" '"''' le'i '''
tor"'
They not only make clothes for them
selves at home and thereby cut down thCir
cost of maintenance at school, but they help
to make things for the rest OF III" family,
their mothers and their brothers and sisters.
Their ncighbors often come in for share
of their help, and in this way they Incl
dcntally help to spread the home making
idea.
..Cos+ of materials taste color knowledge
and discrimination shoDninC ability, choice
If matorinIs and Knowledge of materials all
orr innortont details of their courses
Tho iden of elegance and conservatism
vcrv soon attracts thc girls as tho courses
nrnrord Thus many of the foreign girls
vho at first urcfcrrpd carish colors or flnr-
inc effects soon learned to prefer the more
conservative STYLES and colOrS and their
style and rh"l"e OF dress Era""o"S 'hproFcd
'or 'he "c'''''
Training Is Valuable
..Thn Girl is taught how TO tcu thc various
I.i,,Ls 90 moterinls how to diCferontioto tho
,,,,,ira frnn tLn snurious goods how 70 cut
T7notor'iaI tn thc hrSt odvanturn and vhnt
,'riay r,atoriol. ore f"r She io tnI,gL+ ~
c"n"iJor tbe wearing ouaIitios Of dress gooLs
whom making her selections as we'll ns its
a,,,,ooranrp and to consider cconomv IRON,
|Ic.o Standpoints as well as thot If rhrnn.
moss
.,Tbo questions of sIimness and nlumnno.e
oro ,nirtg thot she Ioorns tn consider in n'ol;
! Ir, bor rboire of GOOD. ond strIce Tho ,,irI.
S mn' ,njr own IroeSe "" his "nrk
" rHrroIotinr betwncn tho Lrnwing and ime
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