Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-24


that this work had been carried on
with its usual success.
Sewing School and Employment Blu
reau.
Mrs. Lucius Brown reported on the
vacation sewing school that the tern
was shorter than usual in the past
year. because the teacher who could
be secured could give only three weeks
to the work, but a surprising amount
Of work was accomplished in the 10
lessons, 116 articles being completed.
an average of four to each pupil. The
committee expressed thanks to the
teachers to Porteous & Mitchell and n.
s. Gilbert & Co. The total expenses OF
the school had been $40.52.
Report of work of the employment
bureau was read by Mrs. Mary G.
Webster. Work had been received by
so people in the year. The number of
pieces cut and made had been 3,434.
Sales had been unusually good In the
past year and at Christmas time the
demand for aprons was much greater
than the supply.
District visitation was reported by
Mrs. E. E. Perry. 1t is a work in
which all members can contribute. The
collections had been ST. Rock Nook
home $36, Sheltering Arms $1,21L71,
general treasury; total Of s1,26471
SheItering Arms and Rock Nook Home
For the Sheltering Arms Mrs. B. W.
Hyde reported, testifying to the faith
fulness of the matron. Thirty patients
have been at the home, three deaths
occurring, and at the beginning of the
present year there are Is in the home.
She acknowledged all the special gifts
and favors shown to the home by the
general public, and also the services
Of the physicians, the daily papers and
the help Of the merchants.
Mrs. Louisa G. Lane reported for
the Rock Nook home, gratefully &C
knOwledging a good year at the home,
mentioning a fortunate escape from
fire and the prompt response OF the
Norwich department, also help in mat
tiers of sickness from DR.. r. W. Kim
ball and the Backus hospital As the
children in the home grow in body
and personal experience it is expected
that their hearts and souls viii grow
in beauty. Donations of $554.36 had
been received from organizations and
| individuals for the year. enough to
carry along three children for a year.
Expenses for the year have been s4,-
07S, and as it costs little over SO per
week to keep a child at the home, Mrs.
Lane asked her hearers If they would
not like to take this into consideration
and make a contribution which would
support a child for some definite time.
The club department was reporte i
| by Mrs. Willis Austin, showing 81
children registered, but soon to be aug
mented by a club of IS boys. She
! spoke of the call for manual training
/ III o14aA,a oil v-1d vTraNh
enthusiasm by their members The
| cooking club iB so much desired that
| 1t is kept almost as a reward of merit.
| Glasses Of Polish children, Hebrew
| children, 40 Busy Bees, brass working
| and clay modelling were reported. The
| club work Is far-reac ching, touching the
| children and their families, and much
! Of the success of the work is due to
| the club director, Miss Alice Hooper,
| Mrs. Austin invited people having
! books, puzzles or games suitable for
the children to send them to Miss
| Hooper.
Finances.
After a vote to have the reports
| printed, the treasurer Miss Butts, was
! presented by the president to speak
| upon Finances. She referred to the
| invasion of the funds in the past year
]
| mentioning certain generous and vol
untary responses from the philathropic
public, said that the organization would
| be happy to receive suggestions on any
! lines of economy which its friends
might have to offer.
This concluding the reports, Dr. H
| NJ. Pollock, superintendent of the Nor
witch state hospital, was then introduce
ed to speak upon the topic of Food
and Diet.
All Of use are interested in food, the
! doctor said, all at least from a con-
| gumer's standpoint, some unfortunate
| ly from a receivers as well as a con-
| sumers the majority from a pro-
ducer's, and you from q dispensers
| viewpoint as well. Had you been call
ed upon to dispense charity to pre-
historic man, yours would have beer
| a very limited field, at least among
| the young and old, for the infant de-
prived of its mother ceased to exist
and long before prehistoric man haC
acquired an age that required any
careful selection of his diet, his teeth
from his constant endeavor to derive
sufficient nourishment from the I'M
cooked roots hiatt he from time to time
purloined from the soil. or from {
weaker brother, had become SO worT
|
to obtain, he was unable to assimilatt
and he was gathered to his fathers.
Cold Storage Age.
But this is not the prehistoric age
but the cold storage age, the age whe1
the reply to the question Who is MI
neighbour" is a wide and at time al
almost too generous. dispensation O
charity. Food must be bestowed upol
those in want, but for its intelligen
selection greater technical knowledge
is perhaps demanded than in any 9th
er benevolence.
DR.. Pollock described how the chem
zeal, physical and physiological test
could be applied to food and thel
passed on to the economic test, whicl
also enters into the determination 0
what to use.
From tables that are readily obtain
, able from the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, you will find no
, only the protieds fats and carbohy
drates contained in each of the arti
! cles Of food, but the calories or fue
, valeu as well. 1t Is the calOries an
: the building material I'm protefds tina
, can be obtained for a particular SUI
! that you should consider in makin
your selections. 1t Is surprising [
{ note how little index the market valu
of a food is to its real value; how on
pays for favor or rarity and not fo
) food value, just as one pays in dres
for style and ornament and not fo
. wear or warmth. If you desire 1is
you can perhaps purchase the coarse
] ones for six or eight cents per poun,
;, while for those OF a finer flavor yo
may pay from 16 to 20 cents and oh
L tain practically no more food value. !
e meat 1t will be found that scraps 8
d purchased furnish almost double tn
= food value of tenderloin steak an
( that more actual ofod value Is obtain