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Show Domestic Science and Living Costs. In splto of all this now Interest In domestic science, a good many women still feel that household tasks aro uninteresting to a bright and clover per3on. Tho domestic science schools reply that this is becauso they havo not yet becomo skillful at thorn. Tho pleasuro In any act, thoy say, Is principally tho exercise of conscious skill. Thero Is nothing essentially Interesting Inter-esting for lnstanco in taking a bat and knocking a ball over a not. But when a girl can tako a tennis racket and place a ball within a six-inch six-inch lino In a way to confuso and defeat an opponent, tho spectators applaud, and she feel3 tho thrill of conscious skill. Tho applauso of tho household at a well mado plo may bo Just as thrilling. thril-ling. Tho domestic sclonco leaders Insist that to tho women who regard housework as an art, it is a great pleasuro to manipulate materials and turn out a finished product. Certainly tho analogy of tho work of men seoms to provo It. Thoro Is nothing essentially interesting in leather, wool or alluvial soil. Yet tho manufacturer or tho farmer who can manlpulato theso coarso materials mater-ials so ns to produco good shoos, good clothing, nnd good corn, en-Joys en-Joys hla work, finds pleasure In It. So tho domestic sclcnco leaders Insist that a woman can find llfo long satisfaction satis-faction In turning out a finished product. A groat many women aro disheartened dis-heartened by tho unwillingness of tholr husbands to glvo them good facilities. Tho best results can not bo had with antiquated tooU. Many a man frets bocauso his wife lets tho household costs mount up, but ho nover gave hor any facilities for keeping thoso costs down. Ho expects ex-pects her to bo an old fashlonod slavoy, performing tasks after tho prlmltlvo method of her ancestors. Modern domestic Bclenco makes largo lar-go promises, hut to fulfil thorn It do-mnnds do-mnnds such tools a vacuum cleaners and olectrlc and gas facilities where such aro to bo had. |