SCHOOL COOKERY CLASS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1569, 27 June 1916, Page 3

SCHOOL COOKERY CLASS.

Cookery classes for girls at tending the local Stab 1 and Convent schools arc conducted (‘very Monday morning in the Town Hail sup-per-room. The classes are a branch of (he education Hoard's technical department. The instructress is Mrs Woolf, a teacher of 20 years experience', and six under the Wanganui Board. .Mrs Woolf's diplomas are: lirst class cookery, lirst class laundry, lirst class housewifery, physics and hygiene, and chemistry ot food, also (list aid and nursing. .Mrs Woolf has a. kindly disposition, and possesses the knack of being able to imparl knowledge to her pupils in such a manner as to minimise drudgery. While the theoretical side of cookery and heat is not neglected, the instructress is a great believer in practical work. There art 1 two classes, (In* senior, consisting of 14 pupils, ami junior, 2d pupils. Two gas stoves are provided, and other equipment. The children each pay 3s per year, which is to cover material, and some of the children bring milk and oilier extras. At the invitation of the senior class, in company with Mr daekson, head teacher, we had Hie privilege yesterday of partaking of a dinner cooked and served by Hie girls. Owing to lh(‘ late arrival of (he morning (rain, certain comestibles which were to appear on the menu had to lie abandoned. When we arrived, “the smell o’ cooking" was waited through Hie door, and the girls were busy completing arrangements. The personal cleanliness of Hie girls was the lirst point that struck us —no smutty hands and faces, and no pal ("lies of Hour on (heir dres-es. The stoves and dishes were beautifully clean and in order. The (able was nicely set, and the class and guests sat down to a plain and wholesome meal. Here is the menu : Beefsleak pie, meat nicely minced and liavonred and well gravied. pastry squares well browned and light, boiled potatoes, boiled sliced onions and while sauce. Then followed baked mlmv roll ami eitsiard and open jam (art, with quartered apples Iter dessert, and a well-made cup o! tea. ‘•How much huHcr wa.- used in (In*

pa tri ;" we queried Ihe in -I rue - tress. “Then' is no Imiler in the pastry," was the reply. “I do not recommend the u-c of butter at the present price." The pupils appeared to lake a great interest in their le.-sotis. If I bey can cook and serve up other dishes as well as (hose demonstrated yesterday, and display tin' same enthusiasm to assist mother at home, then tlie money ■-pent by Ibe Department in tins 1i•• i! of lie technical school cuiir-c lias dotihh served its object. Wc suggested to the inst ruct resthat an opportunity might be aiI’orded parents, some afternoon, to witness a demons! ra 1 ion hy the girls, and Mrs Woolf said she bad no objection at all. The two gas stoves in use hy the cookery (dasses an* provided hy the Borough Council.