Show N I 1 0 h iad rb 4 41 W to scoff cai aa released Eele aBed by western newspaper union valentine to 16 U S women 6 OM FEBRUARY 14 1842 a bostonian named corson and his wife presented a valentine to the hortien of amerita america although at the time they had no wa way ot knowing they had done so 0 for enthat on that date the corsons carsons became the parents of a daughter to whom they gave the name ol of juliet and it was Us little 9 girl irl who ho was destined to establish the first cooking school and theirry havea have a far reaching effect upon the d diet fet of 0 future iene generations rations not only ol of americans but of people all over the world juliet corsons carsons Cor sons parents moved to new york when she was six years old and because she was fi a sickly child and denied P the joy of taking part in most ahll drens pastimes pa she bl became carne an avid reader and devoted d e voted most of I 1 her time to her studies forced to make her own av living at the g age VW V W avav WA of 20 she became librarian of the working library for which she was paid 4 a w week eek however she he raised that to 9 by writing a weekly article for the new york vork leader this led to her being asked to prepare the semiannual semi andua annual I 1 index of the national quarterly review and later to her becoming a member of the editorial staff of that publication in those days most americans still believed that place Is in iii the home and the nearest thing to a career open to them was employment as a seamstress in order to make them more efficient in this occupation miss corson in 1873 started in her own home a free training school for the young women of new york city the school grew so rapidly that she was forced to seek larger quarters and these were provided by wheeler and wilson manufacturers of sewing machines in their building they them lent machines c for the use of the school as did other manufacturers and within a year more than 1000 girls had bad been taught how bow to sew and at least three four fourths of them immediately found bound employment trained stenographers by this time miss corson had al also 0 added stenography and bookkeeping to the curriculum of her ber school and soon afterwards began giving training for domestic service As her sc school 0 gre grew she took a large house used the t top p floor as a dormitory tor for her students the first floor for f or classrooms where sewing laundering and other household work was taught and the basement for a kitchen where meals were served at c ost cost to ma many ny girls employed in the neighborhood me out ut of the latter grew her belief that diet can make men strong or weak intelligent or stupid and she began her lifework life work of teaching both the rich and the poor the proper way to prepare foods she dt did ad this s through public lectures ane and through jr articles artillis arti clis which she wrote for the newspapers in 1876 miss corson established in new york a cooking school for idles idies ladles ladies the first of its kind in america and within a short time 1000 women were receiving instruction there annually she charged rich women high tees fees to attend the school but asked only 50 cents a lesson from women of the middle class and gave instruction tree free to poor poo r girls the next year during the railroad strikes when there was great areat dis tress among the poorer classes she wrote a valuable little book fifteen cent dinners tor for Working mens families it cost to print and distribute this booklet tree free 0 of charge to workingmen earning ao 10 1 50 a day or less but all but of this sum was provided by miss cor con son out of the earnings from her school incidentally her booklet was translated into several foreign lan grages and soon had a worldwide world wide circulation it was a boon to the poor people of every nation after the success of this b booklet 00 klet miss corson became a lecturer on diet and founded many other cook ing schools she also began campaigning pai gning for the introduction of the study of cooking into the public schools and because of this she was asked by the united states commissioner of education to prepare a dietary tor for schools which was published and an d distributed by the department pa part ment ent of the interior her long career of usefulness especially to the laboring classes came to an end with her death in 1897 another claim lelm to fame another ct juliet corsons carsons Cor sons claims claim to tor fame re rest tj upon her pioneer work in preparing concentrated foods for soldiers and explorers and nd medicated foods to 0 ds for invalids at al the chicago worlds fair of 1893 she wis was the only person persona who wha wax was given an award for dentine cookery and sanitary dietetics dietetic she was wag also chosen aka as a member of the committee lee of judgeson judges judge if food products at the th e exposition was twice elected to that pos position lilon ana andaas vas finally asked to serve permanently 1 |