Show I M 1 S TIC r D Li SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Conducted tI Ily hits un I Klith TAKE YOUR PENCIL AND PLAN PLANA A SYSTEM problems or of tho the homo home moo are more T THE difficult to today ay than they have ever or been for each tuch n advance In science each cacti modern Invention hus bus brought new i and now duties Moro More knowledge e and skill arc are required than ever over before in tho the a ad administration ad- ad ministration of or every department of ot Clip i horne home some Standards s of living H hay havo o hanged ed and greuter perfection In all al housekeeping Is demanded o of tho the Th The food foud problem Is perhaps tho the most difficult of or all tho the physical problems to solve sol because uso of the in influence in- in fluence of or food toad upon tho the welfare T of tho family We Vc aro are all faco faro to faco face with the problem of or securing nutritious food tood at prices vvo wo can afford to IHl pay At one onetime time timo this meant providing something palatable and antl supposedly wholesome at a cost coat within ones one's means Today lO UY it must be a knowledge not only 0 of the cost and nutritive o value of oC th the food materials their composition an and digestibility but of ot the proportion of food principles necessary ar for perfect nourishment and all this In variety to suit the old the tho young young- tho the laborer tho business man woman or student It has huI been estimated that there are five ways was In which one rU one fifth th of oC tho the mone money expended for cor food rood Is actually actually actu actu- all ally w wasted First Needlessly expensive I material providing little lion tion Second Second Second-A A great deal deat not willfully willfully will will- full fully but thoughtlessly thrown I awa away Third Third knowing Knowing little or nothing nothIng nothing noth noth- ing of or food tood values consequently ba bad preparation I Fourth Selecting Fourth Selecting foods out of or season Fifth Fifth Badly Badly constructed ovens I and failure to understand the relation re relation re- re lation of ot heat to food tood which Is to tobe be ho baked I QUESTIONS TO IO DE BE ASKED Long t before a woman asks anything anything- about muscle or building bone-building foods the questions What hat shall I spend for tor foo food How Ilow shall I proportion my may income appeal to liar her and anti usually by absolute necessity she Is Ie forced to de decide do- do cl chic cide o the questions then later How low Howshall Howshall shall I 1 spend wisely In determining the amount of or mono money for food per lIeI neison Jerson per por tIn day daj locality t will be f erv 1 Important In man many cities clUes wo we find this especially especial especial- I ly the case cas as In different sections of tho the ell city there Is IR a wide variation In prices In In Institutions where food Is purchased In largo large amounts the food is la less per pel person So an absolutely definite statement is Js therefore impossible while We w. say oay on one fifth of or the income should go for rent lent If for schools churches sanitary conditions etc It should seem wise for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the bc best t interests of ot tho family to expend expend expend ex ex- pend mote more then there must be economy my on too food or clothing It can more safely bo be made on the tho latter or furnishings furnishings fur fur- ur- ur of ot the home BEST Tho- Tho best living or economy conomy does docs spending a a. small amount amount but necessarily spending mon money money mon mon- ey 0 In f such uch a way that It may bring in inthe inthe inthe the largest returns All ill things thInS's In the house planned and arranged according to a s system will fall all into lino and serve us If Ir our wills atC are stron strong enough and our purpose Is 15 sufficiently stall steady This looks look vcr very well as I write writ it It but In an Int Instant tant a home with all its possible interruptions is seen The butcher the baker the telephone or door boll boil and usually both at once callers sickness and we could go on indefinitely loom up beCore before be be- be fore Core us Wo We o all know tho the story but have havo we as housek housekeepers deliberately planned our outi homes and housework for tor convenience order and system so as to accomplish what we had to do with the least possible effort and the thc shortest shortest shortest short short- est space of time Yes 1 believe man many p homes have ha and are arc doing Just this very thing to toda to- to da day But It docs does not represent th the major major- It ity Uso Use your our brains while you tou uso use your our feet and hands plan what you ha have vc for tOl the week In advance whether er It be cooking sewing preparation or buying Much luch of our housekeeping can be bo made more efficient moro mono economic and moro more systematic b by p using new methods materials and antI appliances in cooking and general housework SEED AEED A A business man said to me tte recently I J have ever every p known saving labor de device device de- de Ic vice for tho the woman Jn In tho the home homo in my office and yet m ray my wife insists upon upon going g on using the utensils and methods methods methods meth meth- her mother and grandmother used Revolutionize your kitchen equipment equip equip- ment mont uso use gas g-as denatured alcohol steam and nd cookers cooker and sloe elec when practical And especially with the fireless cooker cook coole- er ell If It interruptions come your our food il in where it is cooking without burning burning- and no anxiety to you We do so much useless housework G Get t rid of ot it Tho The wise domestic ad adminIstration administration ad- ad ministration is planned so that everythinG every every- thing Is done clone in the least labor and in the tho shortest time Housekeeping Is recognized as a definite science and schools and colleges are adding courses in domestic science and home economIcs econom econom- ics When a R. great many people want the same thing thc they get it Manufacturers ers are making wonderful time and saving labor devices but the they cannot systematize your our work worle for tor you ou Do this and the homes will be more comfortable comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able less friction no nerves nen-es and more more attractive to young and old It is utterly impossible to make mako out outa a 0 schedule for tor your work in your Our home as it would be to make menus for Cor you In my housekeeping I could not see Bee that Monday londa was a a. good day for wa washing But that might be the er very best day l for you Take a a. pencil and paper an and l make maIe out your our own awn schedule and trim tit fit systematize until it is ix best beat adapted to o your our family and your our standards of living HUng |