The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-28

at the Commercial club yesterday. Mrs.
Neville spoke on Household Econom-
les" before a representative gathering
of st. Paul club women. AS a mem
Der of the committee on household
economics of the General Federation
of WomenS Clubs, the speakers words
carried weight and her audience lis
tened to them with deep, attention.
The situation that confronts u.s."
said Mrs. Neville. lis not how to get
sufficient food, but how TO get food
that will give the needed nourish-
ment. 1t is folly to believe that a high
price paid for food means q high quail
ity of nOurfshment."
The speaker stated that in her own
town, Green Bay, the women had made
d number of interesting experiments in
order to ascertain at just how little
cost a table could be furnished with
nourishing and palatable food. Some
had been successful in making % cents
cover the total expenditure for one
days food for one Individual But
Mrs. Neville admitted that she had not
been one of the successful experiment
ters III this matter, that frequently her
expenditure for each member Of her
household amounted to a few cents
over that amount.
But she admitted that economists
claimed that where the income was
$1,000 year, % cents per day for each
individual was sufficient to cover the
purchase Of the raw material Mrs.
Neville said that she had demonstrated
to her own satisfaction that so cents
day for each individual would set a
| luxurious table.
We club women believe" said the
speaker, that plain living and high
thinking go together, but unless the
plain living gives the needed nourish-
| will h. Ia;
The speaker thought the chemistry of
food should be carefully studied and
suggested that the school children
could not begin too early.
we often hear" said Mrs. Neville,
of some multi-millionaire Offering
million dollars for Il good working
stomach" She said it was badly pre-
pared food that caused stomachs to
wear out early.
Mrs. Virginia c.. Meredith, precep-
tress of the state agricultural school,
in her address, which followed Mrs.
Neville's, said that this question Of
household economics was of interest to
men as well as women.
THE sole object of the home" said
Mrs. Meredith, lis to protect and per-
| fect child life. Unless it has this OBJ
| Ject the home has no place in the eco
nomic plan of the universe. Woman has
| been the creator of industrialism in
| the world, just as man has been the
creator of militarism, and mother love
has been the corner stone Of the for
mer. Whatever the mother does is for
the we'll being of her offspring and the
interest that is now being shown in
this matter of household economics is
but a step in that evolution that is
making for the highest development of
child life"
At the conclusion of the address
questions We're put to Mrs. Neville and
Mrs. Meredith and the women were
given an opportunity to meet both the
speakers at the informal reception
which followed the meeting.
A business meeting was held before
the regular programme was taken I'D
yesterday. Mrs. c. A. Dibble, as chair
man of the social conditions section.
which was in charge of the meeting
yesterday, presided. The league de-
cided by vote to adopt the bylaw
which provides that the council of the
league will hereafter elect the -presi-
dent as it does the other officers. A
| new council was elected as follows:
Mrs. HI. A. Boardman, Mrs. Alexander
Barclay, Mrs. William Ely Bramhall.
Mrs. j. H. Billiard, Mrs. Russell r.
Dorr, Mrs. j. w. Edgerton, Mrs. Gillette
Mrs. Condo Hamlin Mrs. George I.
Metcalf, Mrs. Archibald McLaren, Mrs.
n }. A. Wheelock, Mrs. George B.
Young. Mrs James Gilillan and Mrs.
IL. c. Sachse. The council will meet
within thirty days and will elect all
the officers of the league.