Evening star., 1922-06-11

taught everything from millinery to
ladies' tailoring. In these classes the
girls have made virtually all their
addition to some for their younger
sisters at home. In most instances
the plain organdy dresses did not
cost more than 81 or $1.25. The cost
of the hats ranged from IS cents to
$1.50, according to the elaboratenesS
of the adornments placed on them
1t is said that a majority of the hats
could not be duplicated in the stores
at less than S. and $40.
In the fourth grade both the boys
and girls get instruction In toy max
ing and manual training. which
proves valuable to them in subse-
quent years of their school life. Chair
Gaming, basketry. bookbinding and
applied designing are taught the boys
and girls in the fifth grade. while the
more technical and advanced work al
ready described is left for the chill
dren in the higher grades.
Discussing the activities of her pu-
pills. Miss Davis. the domestic science
teacher. said that when she entered
the domestic science classroom, years
ago, the equipment consisted of two
stoves and not another article Of fur
niture.
Girls Make Tab1eclOths.
while we were waiting for our
equipment" she said, my girls made
tablecloths,. napkins, sheets, various
kinds of towels and curtains, ppe-
pairing for housekeeping school
which was to be q new departure In
cur school system. The carpenter shop,
under Mr.. Smith, began making the
necessary furniture for our room and
the sewing school put up partitions
TO iEyi6 intn f.
ment
New. we have an appropriately
furnished apartment that would COM
fortably house a small family. The
boys made kitchen dressers. tables,
dining room extension table. sewing
table for the living room; also
bureau, chest Of drawers and chairs
for the bedroom. For the sewing
room they made individual tables.
chairs and closets for their work.
Besides. the boys have made the
schools started by Miss Jacobs. Dur
ing the war they made largo beds
and bed tables for the American Red
Cross army camps, which arc now IN
use at Walter Reed Hospital. All the
new tin cups. buckets, biscuit and
were made by the boys in the sheet
metal shop. while all the printing. OF
recipes. invitations and the binding
of recipe books was done by the boys
In the print ship. They printed all
the notices for the Parent-Teacher
associations of the Thomson and Powell
schools, and so pleased were the organi-
cations that few weeks ago they gave
a party in honor of the boys.
1.-THE domestic science girls besides
their household work. which consists Of
cooking, laundry, sweeping, busting,
| scrubbing. learning to make beds prop
erly. care hygienically Of the bathroom
and sewing, they made forty-six con-
tainers Of grape Juice. jellies. and pre-
serves, in addition to canning vege-
tables and fruits used during the year.
They also learned how to put up eggs
for winter use when the cost was al
most prohibitive.
"The last week was housecleaning
week, and the girls put away blankets,
washed curtains, calcimined the rooms.
etc. Last year after calcimintng ono
Of the girls reported that her mother
wanted room done in similar man
ner and regretted the expense ana ner
inability to find some one to do 1t. This
girl assured her mother that she could
do the work, having learned to cal
cimine in school. Ultimately her
mother agreed, and when she started
to work tho mother helped ner. iney
did all the side walls, and when the
ather came home from work he cal
cimined the ceiling.
Taught to Keep Budget.
"of course, this is what we are
irving to do-to teach the girls to
put the knowledge they acquire into
practical use in the homes and Eelp
them in future years to mako their
own homes attractive and 1ivabfe
We are also teaching than to keep
a. budget by giving. them an imagin-
a ru a 5Oh vaarly salary to work with.
They must divide it up to make 1t
support a family of four. This has
brought forth much discussion as