Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-10-29
School
ForCooking
Will Open
Both Theoretical and
Practical Homemak-
ing Will Be Taught.

WASHINGTON Is TO nave It's own
f1omemaking school for brides
this Winter. Which doesn't mean, of
course, that Washington brides need
more education than do brides In
other cities. Heaven forbid! 1t only
means that the Nations Capital is
following a fashion that seems to
have caught on with great popularity
in other towns. For brides schools"
are being opened. it would seem, here,
there and everywhere. New York
has one and 50 has London. It is
only proper that there should be one
in washington. too.
The new school will be under the
auspices Of Martha Washington Semi
nary on Sixteenth street. Like the
New York and London schools it will
offer special course in general home
management and cookery for brides
prospective brides and real ones, too.
But also like the schools in other
cities, it will be open to women Of
sill ages and States. The name,
brides school," it is explained, will
not exclude those who are not brides.
The enthusiasm with which these
schools have been received would in
dictate that there are many women
who are not only quite satisfied to be
homemakers, but are also making q
real profession out Of their homemak-
ing Jobs. The constant developments
and discoveries in the field of dietetics
is one good reason in itself why wives
and mothers-as well as brides-might
want to brush up on their knowledge.
Just how many vitamins are there,
anyway? Some one Is always finding
o new one. And what is the latest dis
covery about diet and weight control?
And 50 on. A busy woman can easily
fall behind the busy scientists.
The Sixteenth street school will
have o competent dietitian in charge
Of its courses. She is Mrs. Eleanor
Smith, author Of q acknowledgement
cook book and q well-known con-
tributor to magazines on home eco
Monies. She will give classes in cook
cry, food values, food elements, mar
keting, child diet and proper table
service, among other subjects. The
school is equipped with modern kitch-
en-, a dining room and breakfast room
to allow for practical work by the
pupils, who will do actual cooking I'M
der Mrs. Smiths supervision and serve
and eat the meals which they prepare.
They will keep notebooks and compile
their own menu booklets. When they
become very expert they will be al
lowed to use the school facilities for
entertaining friends.
The whole emphasis Of the new
school, however, will not be on cook
cry. It's aim is to furnish thorough
home making education with both
theory and practice. It will take up
interior decoration, with special at
tention to the new developments in
fabrics and color schemes. It will 60
into such technical matters as plumb
ing, lighting, heating and what they
should cost. It will take up the prob
lem Of domestic help and offer classes
in budeeting to women who employ
one servant and those who employ
two or more.
The special course for brides is so
designed that 1t can be attended
without offering conflict with . young
woman's normal activities. It Is a
sort Of concentrated schedule. con-
tanning the fundamentals Of home ad-
ministration and cookery. I'VE are
arranging IT," says Mrs. Smith, so
that the girl who Is doing her own
work can attend as conveniently as
the one who has . maid"
Registration is already under way
at the new establishment and Q fair
number have enrolled. Glass Sec
tions will be limited in size 80 that
each student can have the benefit OF
the instructors personal attention.
The school will be formally opened
for classes on November 2.