Fourteen years ago, The Star-Bulletin started an experiment.

It was an experiment to test the interest of Honolulu women in things of the home. The women were invited to attend a free electric cooking school.

It was held in the auditorium of Mission Memorial hall, and when the several hundred seats of the hall were filled on the opening day, The Star-Bulletin was gratified.

The following days, even larger crowds attended, and Star-Bulletin cooking schools became definitely a bright spot on the calendar of Honolulu homemakers.

The 14th annual school will open here next Tuesday morning, the demonstrations staring promptly at 9 after a program of music.

Miss Galvin was First

Miss Bess Edna Galvin was the first cooking school teacher, and she returned for several subsequent schools.

Other cooking experts who have conducted the schools included Miss Carol Dangler (now Mrs. Ray Turnbull), Mrs. Julia Perrin Hindley, Miss Bernice Lowen, Mrs. Fern T. Hubbard, Mrs. Stella Floyd and Miss Myrtle Turney.

From these women, word of the charms of Hawaii has spread, and there is much friendly rivalry each year among the group of cooking school demonstrations with the Edison General Electrical Appliance Co., to obtain the assignment to Hawaii.

Miss Viola Decker is the lucky one this year, and Honolulu women will realize before next week is over that they are equally lucky to have her in the islands to bring them the newest ideas in cooking and homemaking.

Economy is Emphasis

The aim of all The Star-Bulletin schools has been the same—to demonstrate labor saving, time saving and money saving in cookery and household methods to the housewives and homemakers of the territory.