Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-10
CURRENT EVENTS CLUB
SHOWN PROGRESS Of CDNY
DOMESTIC ARTS CLASSES

The members OF the Current Events
Club met Friday afternoon in the Ii
brary at Cony High school. About. So
members were present and the meet
ing was most interesting and success
full. The opportunity to see the fine
work which the members of the do
nestle arts classes are doing was
greatly appreciated.
A business meeting was first called
and this was followed by the roll call
in which each lady gave her favorite
recipe. These recipes will be collected
and published in book-form and sold
Mrs. Caroline Moorhead, Of TAMPA,
Fla, then gave the ladies very in
teresting demonstration of the man
ner in which she prepared and served
many different dishes which were
made primarily from oranges and
grapefruit. 1t was revelation to
the ladies to see the manner in which
she made delicious and tempting
dishes from seemingly impossible
combinations.
Harold L. Pride. supervisor of man
ual training for the schools Of this
city came next on this program. The
mothers of the boys in this course
were as eager to know what their
children were doing as the mothers
of the girls were to see the results Of
tn work which their girls had under
taken. Mr.. Pride told them of the
work which the manual training de-
partment had done in this city for
the last 10 years and also of the
work which was being carried on in
this State and in the New England
States. He also told Of the work
which several cities were doing, that
had a local interest especially, such
as the town of Rumford which gives
instruction in paper making. He said
in this connection, that the thing
which they desired to put on in this
city was a course in printing. as that
is one of the foremost industries CT
th1 city
The ladies' were then taken to the
different rooms which are devoted tc
the household arts course and were
shown the fine work which the girls
were doing. Many kinds of canned
goods were on sale, rs well as jcllies
and preserves and the members Of
the club were surprised and delighted
at the excellent manner in which
these things were made. There are
about 35 girls taking these courses
and this is only n small part Of the
number that would do so if there was
room enough to accommodate them
For this req son it is necessary to linn
it the membership in these classes to
the girls who are specializing in this
course and will receive a household
arts diploma when they graduate.
The girls also sew and MANY fine eE-
amples of their work were shown. y
number of the girls wore dresses
which they had made. Themselves.
and many of the uniforms, that is
caps and long aprons were the re-
suit Of their handiwork.
After this tour of insnection, the
ladies returned to the library where
lunch was served by the household
arts girls. under the direction OF their
instructor, Miss Blanche Webster.
The menu consisted of fruit salad and
bzrowned crackeys, and frosted cake
and coffee The cake and coffee was
made by the girls and the sailed was
prepared by Mrs. Mooriead who made
it to show the delicious things that
could be easily made from the citrus
fruits. The amount money which
was to be spent for this luncheon
was limited to IS and the girls easily
kept within this limit. They contri-
buted their work to show how they
were progressing and they certainly
gave a good demonstration.