Teachers' Cookery Class.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 155, 5 July 1904, Page 2

Teachers' Cookery Class.

ENTERTAINMENT OF VISCTOKS. Several citizens wore tho guests of tho winter school cookery class at lunch yesterduy. Thoso present included hi 3 Worship the Mayor, Uie Mayoress, and Miss Cock, Mr E. (J. Allsworth (chairman of the Taranaki Education Board), Messrs Spencer and Baliantyne (the Board's in■spectors), Mr and Mrs T. S. Weston, Aliss Hooper, Mr M. Fraser, Mr Tennant, M.A., B.Sc, Mr W. A. Collis (chairman of tho Central School Committee), and ropresenlives of the press. A capital lunch was provided, splendidly cooked by: Jttrs Uurd'nor, the instructress, and her pupils. Whilst the meal was. in progress Mr AJlsworth thanked Mrs Gardner, and members of tho class for their invitation, and for the manner ■ fat which they had arranged the attendance and other details. i The Mayor followed. When he had I seen so many young ladies at work the old adage, ''Too many cooks spoil tho broth," had flashed into Ilia mind, but since ho had sampled the; lunch ho had como to the conclusion that "■in the multitude of cooks there wus wisdom." (7ne benelit of tlio technical clusses was that young people could thus bo profitably employed. In response to Ifr Allsworth, Mr T. 8. Weston, for many years chairman of tho North Canterbury Education Board, mude a few remarks, complimenting the instructress on results obtained, and the Education Board on die opening of the class, which,' he considered an up-to-date movement deserving of the warm support of the public, who would find themselves recouped aguin and again for the expenditure. Such classes as this were an absolute necessity, and,this event took him back to tho d&ys of the commencement of cookery,; washing and ironing; classes /at nvhwe they wero an ini\mense success. New Plymouth must na,t lag behind, but must keep in educational patters. Reople hert} must agitate, aind 'in tihcir cJeuiplids, until at last Now Plymouth took tho placo that its resources,\ prosperity and climatic conditions entitled it to occupy. In. future the to\wn must progress much faster than itV had yet done. Mr Weston eon&Vflored that to acquire a full of cookery was a sacred duty. It mas

just as necessary, just as important, for a woman to receive a thorough training fo< _ life of domestic user fulness, as ii.r a man to receive hW, commercial training in an office before entering into business. Girls must be so educated Uiut they would cease to look upon domestic duties at derogatory. lb Christchurch the laundry classes had been much appreciated. Was there anything so disagreeable as to take up 1 a handkerchief that had .been badly Washed, or n, collar that had not been properly ironed ? After on pressing tho wish that the classes would bo continued, and a lino superstructure raised on the present solid foundation, Mr Weston again thanked the members of tho class for tho opportunity afforded the visitors of seeing and sampling tho results of the 'instruction, and of enabling him to meet Mrs Uard'ner, whom ho had known In a similar capacity many years ago. Mr Spencer replied for Mrs Oard- j 'ner, and after a walk around' the school the visitors returned to town.