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Returning now to the southeastern corner of the grounds, we 

 find close to the Anthropological Building a small structure de- 

 voted to demonstrations in cookery. Owing to various obstacles 

 it was not opened until about August 1st. These demonstrations 

 form part of the Massachusetts exhibit. They are conducted by 

 Miss Maria Daniell, under the general direction of Mrs. Ellen H. 

 Richards, Instructor in Sanitary Chemistry at the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology. The building is called the Rumford 

 Kitchen, after the scientist of Massachusetts birth who did so 

 much to advance the art of cooking just a century ago. Selec- 

 tions from three classes of dishes are prepared and served ; name- 

 ly, soups, luncheons for school children and students, and foods 

 for the sick. Leaflets containing instructive matter are distrib- 

 uted, but no set lectures are given. 



Beside the Rumford Kitchen stands another small building, 

 also devoted to the teaching of cookery, and opened about the 

 same time as its neighbor. This is a part of the New York exhibit, 

 and is in charge of Miss Juliet Corson, the head of the New York 

 Cooking School. 



Considerable evidence may be found that cooking is being made 

 a subject of school instruction in this and other countries. In the 

 educational exhibits of the several States, which are placed in the 

 gallery of the building of Manufactures and Liberal Arts, this 

 subject is included in the school programmes of many cities and 

 towns, and some pictures of classes at work are shown. From the 

 gentleman in attendance at the educational exhibit of Japan the 

 writer learned that domestic economy is taught in the schools of 

 that country. In the German section of the Woman's Building is 

 an alcove containing utensils, charts, and models of buildings used 

 by the people's kitchen schools, household schools, and homes and 

 schools for servants in Germany, with statistics concerning these 

 and related institutions. This exhibit was prepared by Frau Lina 

 Morgenstern, of Berlin. Near by may be found information con- 

 cerning the housekeeping and other schools maintained by the 

 Ladies' Societies of Baden, with pictures of the schoolrooms. 



When we look to see what articles of home cookery have been 

 sent for exhibition we find that the catalogue of the Woman's 

 Building mentions fig preserves, other preserves, jams, jellies, 

 home-made wines, and catsups, sent by four exhibitors, as being 

 in the lecture room, but a diligent search in that room fails to re- 

 veal them. In the exhibit of woman's work in the Illinois Build- 

 ing, made under the management of the Illinois Woman's Expo- 

 sition Board, is a neat case in which the Chicago Exchange for 

 Woman's Work exhibits preserves, jams, jellies, and several kinds 

 of pickles, very attractively put up. Preserves and jellies put up 

 by women may also be found in the North Carolina section of 



