COOKERY CLASSES

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2024, 8 March 1907, Page 2

COOKERY CLASSES

AN APPEAL FOR SUPPORT. At the Technical School last evening a demonstration in cookery was given by Miss Lousley. There were a large number of ladies present, and Miss Lousley cooked a great variety of dishes. At' the conclusion of the demonstration Mr. DeLautour, the ■chairman of the High School Board of Governors, addressed a few words to those present. Mr. DeLautour said what had been done that evening was not in the nature of a lesson—it was a demonstration to awaken interest in the clesses. It would be impossible for those present to reap the full value or the demonstration, but it would enable them to see what would be done 'by attending the classes. Though the gas stove had been used that, evening, it must be remembered by those who did not use gas and who did not think their children would use it that the school had a coal range which woidd be used at the lessons. The object of the den onstration was to enlist the sympathies of the elder ladies', so that the attendance of the younger ladies and children might be secured at the classes. They were particularly anxious to be of service to young ladies in business, who could not receive this training in their own homes, and who would need the knowledge in after life. AVell as the present mothers of New Zealand coidd cook, he felt sure they must allow that there was much in the way of economical and orderly cooking which they could still learn. They wished to see a class for business girls, and could arrange a time to suit the majority. He felt safe in saying that the good qualities bred in a girl as the result of a course of cooking lessons would remain with her for life. He thought the Government, who had built the school, and the local managers, who had carried it on, were deserving of some healthy encouragement. The classes were a great opportunity, but be thought Gisborne was not taking as much advantage as might be. The classes were not intended to develop “fancy” cooking—they were intended to build up all that made for domestic comfort, for the physical .welfare of the children, and for the happiness of smiling faces around the hearth. The session just commencing would be gone through with whether the attendances were good or not; and if a good number attended the fees would be lighter.