Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

ducts much of the demonstration work
one is surprised at the apparent ease
with which young girls have learned
what is supposed to be a mystical art
practiced only by great corporations.
There is hardly girl in our schools. =
said Benson. who cannot easily solder q
can. They come to do the work as ex-
pertly rs we do and they help US by
spreading the knowledge they have gain
ed.
the best places for demonstrating the
canning art. There you can arrange to
have the counties give prizes for the best
canning done in the Glasses each season.
This stimulates interest.
And you would be surprised to see the
advance over the old-fashioned prize for
the-best-preserves' style of competition
which used to prevail. You will find can
ned corn, put up a year before, which you
cannot tell from the sweet corn one eats
fresh from the cob In August. AS a
matter of face this preserved corn Is on
the cob
The demand for Benson and his CO.
workers among women in different COM
son made twenty-six demonstrations in
a western state during the course of one
month. Frequently he delivered three
demonstrations in one day. The men and
women OF the communities in which he
lectured all took up the idea of can
ming clubs
How closely this work joins other
branches of the Department OF Agricul
ture is shown by the fact that the dem
constructors are making their fight against
patent medicines as much as anything
else.
Many families" declared one Of the
experts. fail to eat enough fresh fruit.
They clog themselves with meat and
eggs, and then dose up on patent medi-
cines When canning clubs become uni
versal the call of the patent medicine
advertisement will automatically disap-
pear
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While this division is showing the
American woman how to prepare roods
there is another department which de-
votes its time entirely to determining
the value Of different foodstuffs and in
forming the housewife what she can get
cheapest while maintaining high
standard of physical efficiency in the
family
This division Is In the bureau Of ex-
pertinent stations. 1t Is called the divi-
sion OF nutritive Investigations, and is
under the management of DR.. G. +.
Langworthy (chieO and DR.. r. D. Mil
ner (assistant).
Here was devised what is known to
the public as Uncle Sans cook book.
Here also comes the information that
tiiiS jdliOH Is ldiliik 10 appreciate IN6
healthful mutton and the humble but
nutritive cheese. Here also experiments
are to be held which constitute the
counterpart Of corporation efficiency.
This latter work. which the department
fully anticipates taking UP IL 1t can OBJ
tain funds to conduct the Investigation,
will inform the housewife just how much
vital energy she loses in doing certain
chores. Perhaps it is better to let DR..
Miner explain the idea:
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system Of efficiency" said he, Sin at
least general way. They understand
the general idea that by saving steps
and minimizing energy the individual
can do more work.
Unfortunately this rule has never
been applied to the housewife For ex-
ample, 1t Is probable that the average
wastes great amount OF
energy because her ironing board is
too low-because she has to stoop and