Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-22
FREE COOKING SCHOOL WILL Be ,
HELD IN AUGUSTA NEXT week
Noted Expert Will Show The Delights of
Cooking-One of the Biggest Events Ever
Staged in the CITY.

Since the beginning OF man food |
has been his first thought. How to
get 1t was his second and the third
has ever been how to prepare 1t.
In the onward march of events we
have improved SO vastly from the !
primitive times and meth that to-
day we are in an age which has be- !
come well nigh perfect in obtaining
results through modern methods and
the inventions which have come out
of genius.
The Kennebec Journal, realizing
that the culinary art and how to cook
foods the best, the easiest and dain-
test, was really most important to
us humans, decided to arrange for
this Free Cooking School to take
| place next week beginning Tuesday,
Nov. 80, with daily sessions at the
City Hall.
The Cooking School has become a
necessity and not luxury as most
people thought when first it was pre-
sented. The housewife was quick
o realize that she could obtain great
results and knowledge by attending
these cooking schools. And now she
| finds 1t part Of her yearly business
| to go to the Cooking School and get
all the new wrinkles that have come
| out, In order that she may surprise
! her husband and delight her children
| and the family in general with new
| dishes and some old dishes smart
| ened up to nicely causing some
| person with courage to remark: Mrs.
Smith, just what have you got in this
| pudding or cake or bread or veget-
| ableS 2"
Ever keeping an eye on this mod
ern trend of our fast developing
| country the Kennebec Journal has
| stressed the Importance of bringing
this Free Cooking school to Augusta
| with the idea In mind that 1t will be
of great benefit to all and the house,
wife in particular. The Journal gave
serious study to the importance and
character of the Cooking School and
especial attention to the lecturer who
would present the subjects to the Wo-
men of Augusta and vicinity.
! And now we are happy to an
! nounce that the lecturer for our Fre3
! Cooking School will be Mrs. Lila 2.
/ Cross of countrywide fame. Having
(, vlsualized that the women of Amer
lea are ever alert to improve their
homes. Mrs. Cross has given much
time and thought to the gathering of
workable solutions of home problems.
| She has some new and intriguing
|
Will make every woman who hears
her glow with happiness in the inter-
est of adding something different and
better to her home. All Mrs. Cross's
! ideas carry something worth record
Ing for future reference. So come
prepared to jot down things said and
be prepared to do them after you
return home. Don't forget your paper
! pad and pencil that you usually carry
in your shopping bag.
1t Is interesting to note that Mrs.
! Cross has done many years of crea-
tive work, such as arranging church
ana club entertainments throughout
! the country. Added to this she has
/ taught groups of young people the
! art of entertaining and cooking sub
Stantial foods. She has been q boor
to brides to- be and they have fiocked
about her to learn how to become ex-
| pert home keepers
! So you can readily understand
: what is in store for you when you
, come to the Free Cooking School
) next week under the auspices of the
kennebec Journal Everything about
! your kitchen and its appointments.
! it's arrangement, its equipment and
above all those little hints at time
! saving and step taking will so inter
est you that you will wonder how you
did not think out some of the things
| yourself.
! You will have hours more time in
i stead of minutes to spend with youl
sweetheart and your family You
J will be able to prepare meals with
! alacrity and pleasure the while you
! are saving time. There will be no
I more work about the roast that
+; must get into the oven at such an
! hour or else the dinner will be late
! Oh! there will be hundreds of new
| ideas and methods shown you by
| Mrs. Cross.
I Mrs. Cross is ranked as peer in her
! chosen work, not SO much because
OF her scientific training. which is
extraordinarily thorough, but be-
| cause of her practical originality
and her powers of observation. She
knows how to add to her store of
knowledge and knows how to impart
that knowledge to others. But above
all you will enjoy the wholesome
charm which she radiates at every
thing she does and says. She Is be-
loved because of the heart interest
she has in her work. Mrs. Cross
greatest desire is to be of genuine as
| sistance to all who come in contact
with her
Don't forget the dates next week.
and time of the sessions of the school
at the City Hall. Come early and
! get a good seat up front. Bring any
/ of your friends or neighbors who can