Evening star., 1915-02-14

ology. proper nastication. care o. the
teeth. cleanliness. Teachers of food val
ues; instead of tracing the digestion OF
an imaginary meal. tracing the digestion
Of a school meal: academic versus con
crete. Correlation with the pure food
movement need Of Americans particular
ly for sane ideas about food and Its
relation 20 working efficiency. Accus-
toming children. especially foreigners. TO
know and like the more wholesome
American foods"
above To the children OF Jewish and
latin extraction.
The specific home education needed
by men proves to be a knotty prob
lem in the eyes of the bureau. Just
what form this education shall take
cannot be stated OF the present time
But DR.. Edwards adds:
But that It thome eoucation) will be
provided is indisputable. just as edu-
cation for the other social institu-
tions-industry. education. religion.
politics. social economy--has been pro-
II is then pointed out that instruc-
tion in the use of food. clothing ana
shelter is needed by every Individual
When the Indignant youth OF thirteen
or fourteen years protests AGAINST the
notion of becoming COOK he Is sent
to a camp and there gets practican
the same instruction In food values.
etc, as does his sister. who Is toiling
over a kitchen range.
Here is exposed another fault of pres
rection. Man. in the past. has oeen
inclined to the belief that he is ethical
ly less responsible for the care OF the
home than is woman. Dr.. Andrews is
quoted on this point.
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II. nunctures the theory in two para
graphs:
"Another bit OF evidence worth con-
sidering in this connection is the In
terest taken by men in Industrial COM
munities to demonstrations and talks
on better food and cooking arranged
nrima rily for their wives. Pubic lee
tures on housing. problems OF dress.
food and other household matters
usually bring together men, as wen as
women.
I'm summary one may note that the
mans home responsibility is ethicaliy
equal to the wonan's. As we nave
lately been emphasizing woman's re-
sponsbility for municipal and civic
matters. so We urge thai men become
more conscious of the home and their
relation to il. No movement which
seeks to benefit the homo will succeed
until the cooperation - boys and
men is secured. 1t takes two to start
a home and the child ha~ father. as
well as mother.
Mans place is in the home. Make
him stay there and the divorce evil
will become less prevalent
The estimated cost of school out
fit is about $500. This is itemized as
follows: Cooking table, single drawer.
maple, ash frame, 500; 20 small stoves.
$50; 20 stools, $40: gas ranges. s31:
refrigerator. SIS: porcelain sink, s25;
kitchen cabinets. $3.50: utensils.
$50: linen and china. $50: supply table.
IS; home nursing equipment, $40.
laundry equipment. $50; household
equipment, SEQ: housework equipment
To educate girls in the household
arts. under conditions as nearly as
possible like those existing in an or
binary home. is the aim OF many or the
modern schools. There is determin-
ed effort to escape from the artificial
ity which existed in the instruction Of
the past Greenfield, Mass. is cited
as an example
for use by the pupils Of the graded
schools. instruction being given to
pupils of the seventh, eighth and ninth
grades for one and one-half hours each
week There are two groups-one
learning to sew under the instruction
of the regular teacher and the other
taking up cooking and household
management under the supervision OF
a special teacher.
After describing the effort being
made to duplicate conditions actually
existing in the home, the following
observation is made:
ITO accomplish this purpose. the
kitchen is furnished with both a coal
and a gas range SO that the girls may
have experience in using them, ana
here four girls can work together. two
at each stove. Meanwhile. the rest OF
the class can be accommodated At the
kitchen laboratory, room adooinins
the kitchen which is htted up with
long tables. common-slze gas STOVES
and other necessary conveniences OF
the kitchen.
Another important phase Of the
work has been the making of soup or
cocoa, which is sold at one cent cup
to the childreTfwho take cold lunches
to school. A 4leasant feature of the
work has been a series of receptions
given each week by the different class
es of girls to their mothers. These
occur Friday afternoons from TO 4;So
O'Clock. The Mothers Club has pre-
sented the grade department with q
complete set of china and silverware.
and many thanks are due them for
their interest and cooperation"
Here it will be noted. two genera
tions are reached at one and the same
time through means of little social
events. The mothers get an adequate
idea of what the schools are trying to
accomplish and their efforts at home
instruction are consequently rendered
more effective.
When the home spirit has been re-
vived. the experts agree. there VIII be
less tangoing and tea and more of the
substantial things-all of which will
tent like the Arab and as silently
sneak away
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS