Putnam patriot., 1913-01-24

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 fred T. Child, son of II. T. Childioi Woodstock, Is of much interest at this
 time, when science is invading the kitchen:
 July 25th, 1912. Dear Cleaner:
 You have asked me to write you some- thing about the very interesting work we are doing at The Housekeeping Experi- mt mt Station. sm very glad to do this | for I now all your readers will be as ln- | terested in this work as l was when came to understand the full import of the new "Homemaking Profession. Housekeeping has always interested
 me from the time when l used to cut out doughnuts from bits of dough my mother gave me to keep me from under her feet When came to have a home of my owns I took just as much interest in Mrs. Child,s first experiment at lemon pies as in my own work in the chemical iaoora- tory. We have marvelled as we have gone from house to house in our travels 
 al the poorly arranged and poorly equip ped kitchens that 1t has been our fate to use In preparing meals. So 1t has been our usual task on entering new house to go through regular program of put ting up shelves in places where no shelves were but ought to be and rails for clothes hangers in closets ingen'ously de- vised to accommodate the tewest possible number Of clothes.
 Mrs. Chid IS an indetatlgable investi- gator with the advantage of business training so she nas visited many of the domestic science schools and laboratories in search Of solution for her own home ptoblems. We found that all were study ing them from a laboratory point of view, with little or no effort to eo'ordinate processes to reduce work in the daily home operations.
 About year ago she visited Mir. Bar nard's Housekeeping Experiment Sta ton and came back file with the new ideas that his work had suggested. MT. Barnard had carried out the novel idea of making his home working laboratory and, by applying scientific principles and appliances, reduced the home work to minimum. The life In their home was charming and the impression one gained from & visit there was most refreshing. Here was sn old couple who had made cosy nest for themselves, and carried on their own home processes with the least unnecessary work and the maximum amount ot comfort and happiness. Mir tention from the press, and when we mel him | ae volume of the work was becom. tug too great for his failing strength. He offered Mrs Child and myself the oppor tanity of taking up the work with him. IL seemed remarkable opening. We de- eided to accept.
 We found that Mir Barnard had carried on the Station from the point ot view Of literary man, giving his results to the public through bulletins. We believed that now was the time to make these nsw processes practical and available to
 housekeepers by establishing new pro- fession we decided to call "housekeepiug experts"
 Most bousekeepers cannot spare the time to go to school again and many do not want to wade through many books to find a few ideas here and there to guide them. We believed that they could in- corporate the new ideas into their homes by consolidation at our Station or by our visiting them and suggesting such changes in aErangemen. and equipment that We believed drudgery would be ban ished.