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Show ABOUT THAT JOB! What It Is What It Pays-What Pays-What It Leads To -- j . DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND HOME ECONOMICS BY ELIZABETH ARNOLD. OJ state-( iltj Free Employment Service, Serv-ice, ( level mil. o. You muy have noticed that the weather la no longer the current topic I of conversation Fashionable women now comment to each other on the i price of lettuce at the market Wage-i Wage-i earners ask each other rather frantically, frantic-ally, Where did you today: iio- much did It cost you?" Food! When idid you get It, how much did you pa) 'lor It. who cooked it? are the ltal 'questions of the hour As a mutter of fact there are not I enough women a-vi liable who are trained in budget-making. dietetics, marketing, food values, and food economy, econ-omy, to supply the growing demand ; for the Intelligent handling of food SlUffS. THE FIELD. The field is B big and growing oim. It coders private and public work Tea rooms and lunch rooms now frequently have ,i trained woman as manager or owner, and trained women as heads of departments This is profitable work but requires business ability and prae-'tlcal prae-'tlcal experience as well as training Hospitals and children1! homes em ploy many trained women as dietitians. dieti-tians. These women often have colli'- training as ll OJ ipei lal I urses in hospital dietetic The demand here '.s said to greatly exceed the number bf women fitted to do the work. There is a growing demand for women wo-men to take charge of factory cafeterias. cafe-terias. Women who arc good manup-rr manup-rr and hav practical experience in marketing and planning ntenua nrn frequently found in factory cafeterias. The food served Is usually very simple, sim-ple, consisting of coffee soup and ono oi two hot dishes Such Institutions as the Associated T Charities are now calling for women : Ith domestic science training to qualify qual-ify as visiting housekeepers A person per-son doing this work must also be train for case work. Her duties are )iu study the Individual housekeeping and budget problems of dependent i families and teach ignorant house-I house-I Wives In each case how to market, how I to keep their house clean and sanitary, and how to spend their money so that they will get the best returns for iheir family. Ql ILIFICATIONS The public schools, the Y. W C. A., the community centers, are all offering offer-ing very practical, helpful courses to housewives and young girls. The girl to whom this work appeals and who I wants to make a llfo work of it must have training In chemistry to start with She can then take special courses In the universities. The College Col-lege for Women. In Cleveland, Ohio State University; Pratt institute, Brooklyn; Simmons College, Hoston. ';;nd the Carnegie Institute. Pittsburg, f.ll offer excellent courses that will :fit a plr for any of these fields. The objeotion sometimes made to Women In the commercial restaurants and cafeterias Is that the trained wo-linen wo-linen often lack practical experience. If a girl has this commercial field In j rulnd she will do well, after she has linished her training, to go Into a Urst class cafeteria in a minor post-1 lion and get all the practical knowl-1 edge she possibly can. as to economl-' cal marketing, and serving the pub-1 lie- In this field .she must also have a good head for business, be able to' handle money, manage help, and "put things over" lnsplte of unexpected difficulties. dif-ficulties. Dictiticlans Just out of training! sometimes start at $.i0 or $ii0 a month and maintenance With a few years . ; experience thej can command 5200 1 and more a month. |