New-York tribune., 1903-01-24
ECONOMICS IN THE HOME
An E,rhiht of Keen Interest to
HOnse7lI1,eS

Our home our table, dress, should be the IN
terpreters of our intentions.
There. that just explains idea, exclaimed
Mrs Ellen H. Richards. OF the Boston lnstitu'e OIL
Technology, she to this legend, printed on
white cardboard and placed some contrasting
photographs Of simple and fussy, pric-a-
braced rooms II was at the Teachers College,
where the home economics exhibit Of the Asso-
citation of Collegiate Alumna is free exhipluon
until February 4
This exhibit-and no housewifely knowledge Is
required to find il exceedingly neresting-s part vi
the exhibit made by the Collegiate Alumnse at the
Paris Exposition but it really started very much
further hack than that 1T IS the work OF many
thoughtful people explained Mrs. Richards; peo-
pie who are thoughtful of social conditions, VINO
looking ahead to what is going to rappeh
to the family of the future Back in 1890 when the
New England Kitchen established, we thousht
the food problem lay at the of this question:
thought If people were only well fed. the oatte
mostly fought. But have come to the con-
clusion that 1t isn't food but shelter the nome anu
the conditions of living that the essentials 80
We have tried to get the ideas of educated per
sons-people who aren't influenced by fads. but VINO
know what 1t is to live and keep house-from al
the country.
Here, for example pictures and plans OF
house a college woman has built for herself ht-
tie way out of Boston. 1t took her seven years u
think it out and get II made. You nouce tnat
all the living placed on the east ana
the north TO economic sun. and that the mouse
has outside shutters. This woman had the shelVes
in her closets placed that she could reach 'helr
contents without having to climb on char
to do It. Shelves arc generally put level with
6-foot mans head, where not one woman In one
hundred reach them unaided.
I'VE have a prize competition for college womens
homes where everything shall be dictated by MOD
scientific ideas and have reason for pens'
and where the house can be carried on without
have in the future
HOME IN ALTRUR1A.
Then, here's house Kansas college woman
has built" continued Mrs Richards. Here are
pictures from A1truria. No. 1t isn't Mr.. Howels
'Altruria,' but little home a city bred man and
his wife have made for themselves on Vermont
! hill farm. Here photographs Of the winter ana
| summer homes Of Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, and
| here are new dormitores at Smith and Radcliite
What to do is 10 stir people up to
| think about these things. The government has
discovered the laws OF sanitary, common sense
| living but private families haven't. See how the
| college student breaks down. Outrageous! Here
we spending lot of money educating lot OF
| physically incapable people! ,
trated by showcases Of iannels, lingerie etc. with
co an e anass o oe
tans corset cover cnemiss an4 petticoat OF Lne
nS and baby ribbon According to the label the set
81 2 m % e for the Tet
pieces for one year. ss7 IS Contrasted with this
Knots kr a and c@e out work The set is nice ened
even elegant put the difference IN 61st t is
at the top of the window outside the upper ash'
high hs
the window at the top without admitting dust and
model Dashboard, which is easy to clean and md
does not harbor dust: ireproof floor covering for
kitchen
give points to the inquirins housewife.
'f s' n sa ons
sae q OF pare
IN Colonial house where white pillars, broad
s'Is paror ied with stuffed furniture 6rica
Ra Paper rms IS gured the Furniture with
q6ea psedS the top Of the
you cannot move for fear of knocking oyer vase
''teetery' stand The same contrast is presented
in dnng % Of c6 e Other appess tn tn
the imagina ton chiefly as an apartment that would
require constant busting.
THEY CHOSE THE sTUFFY ROOM.
At the Mechanics Fair in Boston last October
and November great many women were asked
which they liked best-the room that was choked
with furniture and ornaments. with "cosey
corne-" all Oriental draperfes, cushions and tin
spears at end. simple Colonial parlor
where there was room enough to move ABOUT De,
tween the simple, substantial chairs. with only a
n a
bv waV Of accessories An accompanying rlacard
states almost with pathos that nearly al the
although they added that if they had to keep either
clean thsE though they "0ad % and cotton
stuffs have been tested. A piece Of Japanese cot
50n cTfpe peerfectly and hardly faded at all In
course Of fifteen hours exposure IN Dtlsn' yard
With strings Of pink between green stripes on
a white ground washed we'll but faded past @ reeoe-
Several menus arranged by puplls OF tRe ocnooi t
Of @ IN 59sneetyey I are of
The 10 cent menu runs thus: Breakfast-puree e OF
tea. sugar milk; dinner-lamb stew. with carrots
potatoes. onions and turnps; dumpnss eIa9e da1eS'
milk Total cost for family of four 1878 For one; one
N cents This as we 6ns az Are ceP ar
ranged scientifically to furnish the rlgnt propor-
tons hoT OF ta IS . adversement Wanted CON
suIting experts in planning hygenic and acceptable
1T means precisely what it says" said Mrs
Richards - am nS prvae ndivm
ais asking for menus woman VINO reaiy es % Wis
making distinctly profitable occupation in my
opinion -. .-,o,. .ah,. 10 one ~ the most
s,;apeefyc Objects in the exhibit Statistics have
been obtained from all sorts OF people IN an parts
nual incomes spent on rent. on food. on operating
taxes. efc5 or clothing and the higher life
meaning by that such things as books churcn:
ssd Mrs 'hs Rchards it
does show what latitude there tn is IN the ne
geogra phical sections spend on given things IT
% to * per cent of the Income is about the pro-
portion to go for rent and about 20 per cent for
cashier In wholesale no house in Lincoln a Neb h
who has an income OF M $3.50 year m rspf % anS ,ne
one in the list of twenty-five. He has only two in
his who ha Of
all in good health spends @ the f we s noom on on
IS 600 The largest expenditure for food is made