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disposal of waste, water supply. mod
ern plumbing and general sanitary
care of the home.
n fourth division may be termed
eacteriology in the home. We are
fas' getting away from the old idea
that the Almighty and the doctor are
entirely responsible for our health
Modern science teaches, for instance.
that if we have unclean premises we
will have flies, and, sooner or later.
typhoid fever; that if we allow stag
nant water % remain We will have
mosquitoes, and then malaria: that
reaches, rats. feas and bugs carry
still more dreadful diseases. Science
also teaches that dogs and cats are
sWarmins with the eggs OF harmful
parasitic animals, with germs OF dirh.
iberia and tuberculosis, and that chill
dren should not be allowed to fondle
these animals, nor live too intimately
with them. In short, modern science
teaches that nearly ali diseases are
the result of conditions that can be-
overcome to great extent by a fairly
trained average intelligence. Can YOU
imagine any kind of knowledge calcu-
lated TO be OF more real value to the
human race? The world is waking
up from its Indifference TO things of
this kind and whether we people
down here cling to our old. inefficient
ways OF doing things or not, rest as
sured that the world at large is NOV
ing forward toward better things. to.
ward the realization of niger ideals Of
efficiency, and unless We do likewise
We are going to be left far behind.
Slowly. but surely. the old order
changeth, and the uninstructed. inef-
ficient housekeeper doing her work
by the rule of the thumb" ignorant
of the scientific principles of the ma
terials she handles, slowly but GER
tainly she must give place to the sci
entifically sure woman who knows
and understands how to apply the
great chemical, biological and physio.
logical principles that control the
work in which she is engaged.
But | must confess that many of the
women of the present generation do
not take kindly to the scientific side
OF their work; in fact. many of them
are unwilling to admit that there is
scientific side. think this is due to
the fact that until quite recently. girls
were not given scientific training of
any kind. Here is where the average
woman of the coming generation who
has working knowledge of chemis-
try. biology and hygiene, will be bet
ter prepared to use her domestic
training and take better care of her
household than her mother and grand
mother were able to do. Mans work
has been entirely reconstructed dur
ing the last few years by the appli-
cation of scientific discoveries, and
whether we like it or not, woman's
field of labor is bound to be recon
structed in the same manner. Inef-
ficiency and sentimentality as to the
pies mother used to make must give
place TO efficiency and the hard logic
of scientific facts.
| think that we all agree that health
ic nf nj Of al
considerations; that a persons's ca
pacity for work mental or physical,
depends on his physical condition.
Certainly food is one of the great con-
trolling factors of health; therefore,
our efficiency as individuals depend2
on food and general home conditions
since individuals compose the nation,
ii is evident that tie welfare Of the
whole country depends, not on it's
lawyers and orators and captains Of
industry. but on ITS aone-mahers. We
must all live in some kind of home;
everyone must find his chief happi-
ness there: character is developed
there: no great advance, spiritual or
material, is possible which does not
begin in the home Thus we see that
the home-makers control the destiny
of our nation. and "as upon the
breadth and strength of the base de-
ponds the height of a pinnacle. so on
the home foundation We rear the pin
nacle OF all that is good in state or.
individual" 1t is a great responsible
ity. the greatest of ALL and yet, every
day. thousands Of unframed, UNI
thinking girls are going carelessly
into this business. and the older men
and won on stand by and make no eff
fort to avert the wreck that so fire.
Quently follows
Statistics show that nine-tenths OF
the women in this country marry
that four-ffths have children. so we
may fool rpa SOO9hlV Surp that home