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Show Domestic Science and Living Cosis. Tho former nttltudo of woman to ward houso work differed somowhat from tho nttltudo of men toward tholr tasks. Fow men cvor drop tho more routino nnd laborious aspects as-pects of their tasks provided they can sco a. dollar in it. Tho farmer does not hesltato to tako hold with tho shovel and tho hoo if ho sees his crops needs It. Tho morchant will unpack his own goods nnd oven swoop his own floors If help Is scarco. Ho does not complain com-plain If It Is dull and uninteresting work that a boy could do. Ho doos It because for tho success of most smnll businesses it is frequently no-cossary no-cossary that man tako hold and work a good deal with their own hands. Tho high cost of living Is persuading persuad-ing a great many woman that It pays for thorn to nttond moro closely, close-ly, to tholr own households. They flnoT a business profit In so doing. They nro saving money that gives thorn In mnny ways a freer llfo and moro money to spend on pleasures and Improvement, than they bad when thoy kept servants. Tho Domestic Science movoment Is omphnzing several points with great forco that nro worthy tho attention at-tention or every housowlfo. Ono of theso Is that with competent train Ing nny woman should be able to save probobly laundry work. The Domestic sclenco experts say they know In their own acquaintance a great many women who are doing that. They are perfectly good housekeepers, house-keepers, yet they havo half tholr timo free either for social lire, for literary nnd study club work or Tor philanthropy. A great many or them use It In some monoy earning occupation outstdo tho homo. It Is tho testimony ot theso active housekeepers that they could never in tho world havo dono It, had It not been Tor tho training they had had In domestic science. Also they could not llvo on their husbands' lucomes nt present prices, had they not had domestic sclenco training. |