Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-14
Domestic Science

UVl1ASCIlV CVlSuVV
ny Emma Paddock Telford.
The home cannot be maintained with
out labor--how much labor depends up
en the perfection Of machinery ana then,
woman's greater flexibility Of thought
and adaptabiiity OF manipulation. She
must feel the sense Of power over things.
The girl needs as much manual train
Ing as the boy; the means may be dlf-
ferent, but the goal Is the same; to
train workmen TO do better work. For
the we'll being OF her family she should
be taught to know the machinery Of the
home and how to care for It, as we'll
rs the boy who Is trained as an engineer
or for some industrial enterprise knows
his plant. The family, the house, its fur
nishngs, its management, It's daily care,
Its needs in mechanical appliances. its
ethical standards and the share OF tho
Income II needs to carry II on success
fully under twentieth-century conditions.
must be determined and we must fully
realize the bearing of mechanical and
economic changes upon the material
surroundings Of the homo life. This pre-
paration can not be too closely inter-
II. Richards.
MENU SUNDAY,
RREAKFAsT.
Catalogues
Cereal with Cream
Minced Meat on Toast
Baked Potatoes
Waffes
DINNER
Spaghetti Soup
Roast Chicken Celery Grape Jelly
Sweet Potatoes
Fried Hominy Dreamed Califlower
Celery Salad in Pepper Cups
Canton Sherbet Ginger Cakes
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Lobster Newburgh
olives Rread and Butter
Chocolate Cake
Iced Coffee,
with all due regard to the earnest
ness Of purpose and good Intentions of
Or. Harvey w. Wiley. chief chemist Of
The agricultural department who has
struck many valiant blow in the in
terests of pure food and the good of
The household. 1t would seem that he is
running little ahead Of the truth IN
Of pure food and dairy commissioners.
his Jeremiad pronouced upon housewives
In general at the National convention
Aeld recently in Denver
The modern Lucretia," he said, sis
here in flocks, using the telephone
harding out poison from the ice box.
from the broiler and the skillet and
rom the little tins Of food she buys
when breathlessly rushing home, after
her exciting bridge games at the club.
ut Is the duty OF every woman. whe-
!her she is a housewife or not. to in
'orm herself on the laws OF hygiene.
Ihe average ice box il a channel house
which not only holds DEATH but spreads
It. And, too many housekeepers, allow
disorder and uncleanliress to prevail in
ihcir kitchens or Indifference"
They would rather pick out Bee
thoven sonata. read an 1bsen play or
memorize a bridge rule than trace
ptomaine to his lair. and eradicate 1t
in the interest OF family safety"
Pretty strong language this, and for
tunate Is II for the doctor that he Is a
bachelor. Undoubtedly there are women
who deserve his structures in their ne
glect of home duties but I truly believe
that such are very small minority az
against the great majority Of lendid
conscientious. intelligent and Industrious
American housewives.
The primary object to be attained in
keeping house clean is not however.
some housckeepcrs seem 70 think
the mere pleasing Of the eye; for par
aCoxlcal as II may sound. 1t is quite pos
sble for house to be to all outward
appearances perfectly immaculate yet
in reality be fairly teeming with bacteria
and menace to health. This because
the cleaning has not beeen accomplished
in an Intelligent manner.
SANITARY CLEANLINESS.
To clean a house from a sanitary point
of view, dust. one Of the most favorab BILE
breeding places for bacteria. must be
removed not merely displaced. This Is
not accomplished when an unintell!gent
method Of sweeping and busting Is en-
ployed. Fortunately the bacteria laden
dust being heavier than that which con-
tans no germs. settles upon the lowest
surfaces in a room IL the great rallying
ground for dust germs in house and for
this reson comes In for special consider.
alton.
No carpeted floor can be perfectly san
itary because 1t Is impossible 10 remove
all the dust readily. and where there
Is dust. danger turks. When carpets
must be used-sivc the broom a wide
berth-save for removing large particles
OF Cirt, and use a carpet sweeper, follow
ing It up with a damp cloth, wrung ont
Of water to which a little coal oil or am
ad6AA
~ scatters the dust much OF IL to find
Loo In ayt ~ no