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LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-HOGs--Receipts. 10000.
Market strong Mixed and butchers, se?Og
s5S6a6so light, s1@19o; pigs s5.ooae ioi
hulk so 03OG7. %.
Reeves ST. 23n10 IS; cows and hefers 49, JOG
q 90. Texans So. 55qS.80; calves, 81. .50q12.
Native and Western, s35Od6.50; lambs. S0.s5
40 10.
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POULTRY

LINE.-Supplies OF desirable stock wero
moderate and the market ruled firm with
demand fair Quotations: FowlsA as to 9Hal- 9a.-
ity, 1BdlGlac.; roosters, 1ldRc.; broiling
chickens. fancy. not eghorns. weighing lbs
and eyer eyer apieee loa29e.; d. not lesho&rns, rms
horns. weighing 2 lbs. and over apiece, lUu
lIc. do, lcghorns, weighing lglh lbs. apiece,
l4a1oc, ducks, pekin, old, i9a14c.; do. LE-
dian Runner. old l2d13c.: do, young ac-
cording 70 size 15dl6c.; pigeons, OLD, per
pair, 1sd2oc; do. young. per pair, lIalsc.
DRESSED. market ruled firm under
small supplies and a fair demand for desirable
stock. We quote: Fresh-killed poultry, fowls,
u to box dry picked and dry-p0Cked fancy Sc
lected ioc weighing 4isd5 Ibs; apiece, islae.;
weighing 31aq4 lbs. apiece. 1870; weighing
lbs. apiece. lGlhglIisc. under lbs. apiece;
14'lql5isc.; e-packed-Nestern. 4h lbs. and
old roosters, dry.pcked, i3c.; broiiing chickens,
222a2ie fancy large yellow. Illinois; weiitsn-
ing 1hq2 lbs. apiece, lsnlOc. do. weighing !
dlA lbs apiece; 1Ga17c. spring ducks. 10
doz., $1,000 leo; white. weighing Osfio lbs. per
aozS: s205a295 do. lbs. per codsI doz n, jog
81. GOAL .B5: small and No 2, 81.
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and Electric Company were $l,4S2, ,707; in
crease, $l57, ,l2S; net, S5S7,545 increase. $73,-
Wy; seven months gross Sl0,6S6, ,205; in
nsase. s9S2,Sl3; net, $4,6S1,7OO; increase.
kgR.
The Pennsylvania Lighting Company
reported an increase of $2S76 in gross and
Nhs In net earnings for the six months
fnded June 80. The surplus was $20,761,
4 gain of S12O5 over the same period a
year ago.
The York Railways Company showed a
ross Increase in July earnings of 81 per
cent. Net income increased lilo per cent.
me surplus was $l0.l34 a gain of 12.1 per
cent For the s months the surplus was
Nl@, decrease of 2s per cent. from
hst year.
Gross earnings of the San Joaquin Light
snd Power Corporation for the three
months ended June 30. 1915, aggregated
abW2 Net earnings were s276.467, and
me balance after charges was s150,SS7.
for the six months ended June 30 gross
Ufnlngs were $685. ,60l, net earnings were
| pIsel
!. After allowing for the cost of electric
l power. gross income of the Niagara,
/ Lookport and Ontario Power Company
/ nr the first half of 1915 amounted TO
NQM Combined expenditures for op-
rating charges, depreciation reserve.
tmortization of capital, taxes and miscel-
nneons income charges were $l6564l,
!sasing an operating Income of si32.2l5.
Dydends from subsidiary companies,
Win other income, gave a total net in
come Of S2s2.120, from which was de-
ealted for interest on the first mortgage
Ponos, one-year notes and account OF
neam plant purchase sie9,5T, leaving a
surplus OF ss2550.
4 ne Washington, Baltimore and An
p'polis Railway Company was able to
mara up Its gross and net income for
pne although the increase was COM
pafatiYely small Gross also for the six
months ended with June showed a fair
..p' put net revenues and surplus earn
/ @N tailed to reach last years figures.
v'al gross revenues for the month
smoanted TO 81, $685. compared with $40 $50
~ June In 1914; operating expenses and
nAss were tS9.OS0, a gain OF ss12 leaving
/ nst Income OF $S2.Ss6. against Ss2.5l2 a
year ago.
! Ior the u months ended July 81 the
nnzens' Traction Company reports a
4qss decrease OF u4.682. Net earnings in
Z +Fased t1Sie. The surplus was SOL, lOl.
"mpared with s5s,3ls In 1914
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BOSTON g. MAINE RAILROAD
Boston, Mass, August l9, 1915.


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THE COLON TRUST
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NOTES
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By ou Bdf
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COTTON

NEW YORK. Aug. 2i.--Although cot
ton prices were / 10 s points higher this
morning, the advance was not fully sus-
tained. giving the impression that yes
terday's late upturn had largely taken
away the short interest. Trading was
light. Liverpool and Wall street houses
ora ,,oderate buyers after the call
"e'N , V.st.rdavJa 1O.aO n 40 X.yO
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RAILROAD EARNINGS
Pennsylvania Crude Oil Higher

PITTSBURGH. Aug 2l-An advance of D
cents a barrel in Pennsylvania crude oil TO
Si so 10 announced BY the Heeh Purchasing
Agency OF the South Pennsylvania OIL COM
pany. other Eastern grades, with the excep-
ton OF Ragland are advanced cents barrel.
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Drop In Sugar Prices

&@tN YORK, Aug. 24.-1he refined sugar
Icy - Declined IS points. The Federal Com.
nz1ulstsaa lsha ATp1ekle HroEhsSs quote standard
~, 1 b.bqe: American sugar Refining Com
6 94aa51n 51na Warner Refining Company continue
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REFINED SUGARS

Demand was light and prices declined lVa ,5,l ~ ~
toints We quote rohners' list prices; Stahut "a
rronuiated 8. 6.5ad5.B5c. extra fine granulaatLs.u at.
50Sf = toe powdered, 6.'Dd ,. iOc, cortec'iV"
ers A. d IOa !. soc. soft grades, 4.8cao'5oc
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FRESH FRUITS

Demand was only moderate and the general
market was barely steady. Quotations: Apples.
per bbl.--Gravenstein, s2.25a2. so; Wealthy.
~ 225d250; Duchess, s225d25O; Summer
Rambo 81. 25d2.5O: other varieties 81 50a2;
peaches. Georgia, Belle of Georgia. per crate,
65d dS5c: do. Georgia. Elberta, per crate, 65d
SIC; beaches Delaware and MaryleEd. Bellies
and Elbertas, per carrier. 40G75c.; DO, Della
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pHILA. co. JULY EARNINGS

The statement OF gross and net earnings Of
the Philadelphia Company and affiliated. 9per-
Rting companies classified by departmems Tor
july and four months ended July 81 Of tfN cur
rent fiscal year, compares with tine io9rre-
spending periods of last year as followsl
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Refined Sugar Lower

NEW YORK, Aug. "a - The refined sugar
market declined points all refiuers quoting
granulated basis OF 5.65 cents except the
Federal Company whose list price is 500
20 cents.
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BAR SILVER

seusV YORK. Aug 2f.-The price Of bar all
~ TO-DAY vas AZ cents. with Mexican dollars
XII 81 cents IL London tne quotation Nas 1<.t
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VEGETABLES

Supplies were fairly liberal and prices gen !
orally favored buyers with demand only li.,a m9a
crate Quotations; White potatoes, Nlrelnla J
per bbl-No /, sidl25; do, No. 2. 0CgIoe ;
white golstoes Jersey gso- per Ssr,s,,es 2oa
2ac DO No. 2. 1Oai5c. sweet potatoes, pet
bhL-No. ] North Carollna and Eastern snoss rort
crn Shore soc. d$ii 10. do, culls, ,eo@'oe;
sweet potatoes. Jersey per sasketMo; 1Srssv J. ps
M-bushol basket. 15d20c.; do, Eastern @ @snoIy :
per hamper. 30diOc. corn. Jersey per y
carly. 5di5c.; do. No. l second early, loa
zoe; mushrooms, per Alb, basket, 5Oc.WNh
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IARKET, WITH MANY ISSUES MAKING GOOD Gal
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

waro and Maryland Bellies and .Eibertas, per
basket. 2Jd50c. peaches. Jereey1 ner enske,
i00 4Or rears. Te Conte. per bhA, f2SOW.iGi
DO. Bartlett per bbL. f2n4i trppes North
Carolina. Delaware. ter S-besket cnrner; -"
cord per carrier hOadsc.. DO. do, Moorc's Early
AMI concord nor 4-ih basket. Sftoc.; lefnonti
nor hoy Sgii9 10; oranges. Florida, per goxt
s4aG, pineappies per crate-Port0 Rico ,flnO
q . Is: Florida, 81 JOd2.15 plums, New 1oIk'
Ter "a III basket aOa SOC. plums New York,
per S-lb. basket bradshaw and NagaTe w w
iSr.. hipckherries, Delaware. Maryland ana
Jersey per qt 4ff0c.; hucklebcrries, DOT ,qti
bdfsc: cnntaloupes Maryland per stnnaaro
crate. hOa7 7Sc cantaloupcs, Jersey. per basket
3OdOCc.: watermelous per car. Nooafb'
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NOTES OF THE RAIL

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has further suspended from September
IS, 1915, until March i6. 1916, the operation
OF certain tariffs which provide for in
crease In rates OF coal IN carload from
Wenona and other Illinois points to vari-
Gus destinations In Iowa. The commits
sion has also further suspended from
september 21, 1915. until March n, 1915,
the operation OF certain schedules OF
Pennsylvania Railroad Company tariff
which named increased rates on coal In
carloads from Clearfeld and other points
In Pennsylvania TO Providence and other
destinations in Rhode Island.
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RATES For MONEY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Semnercial paper. three to six months, PM
tdoDha. 3isM4 per cent.
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BANK CLEARINGS

BANK clearings today compared with corre-
.ponding day last two years:
phIlsoephia. 1924. sS6s75 sle.dsf.4e4 s25 100 o7l
rcston - 2i sT2 b8l 10 hR9. .TsS 20, 400, ,O4a
New York 863, ,f4e241 153.027.3O4 2sO.07e,3s5
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METAL MARKET

NEW YORK. Aug 24.-Lead was offered at
4 SOC; tin. 33. 50d34c. at the Metal Exchange
today.
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GRAIN AND FLOUR

wHEAT.-Red,ipts, i2T. t02 bush. The mar
ket was dcprcssed BY besrish Western advices
and prices declined &C. ouotgtions: Car lots IN N
August, si1Ii.li; No, 2 red Western =, pew; c1s;;
si i2ni 10; No. 2 Southern red new. ~ VI9
iOb' steamer SO. 2 red, new, fi,OSgl: % N99i -
red. ncw. Ht .Oin i.U1, rejected A. new Nl,VlW
t.Oi. rejected -, new, poneIc.
coRN.--Reeeipts 1854 bush. Demand was was
iight and prices were ic. lower Huotetiohs
Cal lots for local trade as 20 locau9n-Noss,
yellow, ssnspc,. steamer yellow, W~Soc'' NO
yellow. SSus0c.
oATs.-Receipts, sa.4t4 bush, New crop was
arriving more freely and prices were. loMer
under light demand We quote 70: NJ. "h'e
at 5idb2c., and sample oats ~ 4oW4ec
FLouR.-Receipts, Oso bbis. and boi, 1oS lbs, lbs
In sacks The market was dnn ana ,er Ne'1Ss i0s
lbs, IN wood-wintcr, clear, new t4'SDme,1nVt'
new, new ssi6gs eS Kansas elesr; ,,s nsw' .slss igs,'
sacks t5nS26 DO, straight new lute bsSNS $3.50
10 2sa5oo do, patent new, jpte. e.ssTS ssSSks do do
straight, Old, teSsdo 6oi 90" psteTnt 9ls Ssi;
d0fS; DO. favorite brands, old Ag! a. ci,y
mills choice and fancy patent Nimi,<'' .s oa.y
miiis regular gradcs-Nintcr, clear 30 ny" NY
al SSbfSid: do straight. new, SS.lon o'5O' uo''
patent, new, t5.40d5.BS, ..o
RYE nour was quiet Quotations. s'"'''O
per bhl hs 20 quality.
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PROVISIONS

Trade was quiet, but values we're steau-
liy held quotations: City beef, In ts se.s
smoked and ar-drisd, 25a 26e Western sse,s
end tenders smoked and air-dried z.M5oOii z.Mioii
Western boef, knuckles and tenders, SIHoNSSi ~
Q22. 20; hams 9. r. cured loose ll5Np A. a. :
Do, skinned, loose i3hdi3Ac.i 90, 1t, uV;,
smoked, Liisdl4l%c.; other hams, sm0ke1', Nv, Si'y
cured, MS TO brand and average lt,f4,Sl2cc' .
hams, smokod. Western cured ~ 'sbSppridsS.'
do boiled homeless 23u24c; picnic ehoul2e',s ehoS -
s. Z. cured loose ildlihci do smohea, %. a,,or
alihe.; bellies, n pickle, according or 70 ss TO
brand and average, city cured, lIgiSc' Dre1H DrIrd
fast bacon Western cured; nsta ise. 40 do
do, tubs OikdoAc. lard, pure city, Nc. eitv.
rendered. In tierccs. Oiaagatc.; lard, pure eNg'
kettlo renlnrcd IN tuhs. NlamUAc.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES

July gross earnings of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company were $l,4S2, ,707; in
crease $l57. .l2S; net. S5s7, ,545; increase. $73,-
h seven months gross, SlO.6s6. POS; in
nsase, s9S2,3l9; net, $l,6s1, 200; increase.
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The Buffalo and susquehanna Railroad
sale by the receiver has been postponed.
as purchase plans are not yet completed.
The Pennsylvania Railroad car move
ment for the month OF August shows a
general increase. A large number Of cars
are IN use carrying the railroad COM
pany's coal
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The Pennsylvania Lighting Company
reported an increase of $2s76 in gross and
Fns in net earnings for the six months
ended June 80. The surplus was $20,761,
gain of Sl2O5 over the same period a
year ago.
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The Illinois State crop report makes
corn acreage s,s76O00, and states that
lowland corn has been practically
drowned out Condition on August 1 was
IS, or "a above that OF a year ago.
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ONSOIIDATFD GAS COMPAN
pTTTSBtfRGH.
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NEW YORK CURB
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, Aus; 24-PTiees were'irregular
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New York banks lost s722,OOO to the Sub
treasury yesterday and gained S,SSIO0
since last Friday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01
The Anti-Tipper.

mR WILLIAM LYND STEVENSON,
~ president of the Multiplying League
of Idaho, said at league banquet in
Boise:
Il visited New York last month put
up at fine hotel there-s4 a day, in fact,
for room and bath. But what service!
81 went into the hotel restaurant the
evening of my arrival to order dinner.
ordered a simple enough dinner, accord
ing, at least, to our Idaho Standard
dinner of CLAIMS, cold consonme, grllled
brook trout, f1let of beef with mushrooms,
chicken a la broche and so on-yet
simple enough Idaho dinner. but, by
crinus, they kept me waiting in the heat
and noise and smells unconscionable
time. UnconScionable
Finally l called the maitre dhotel and
said
lis it the rule to tip the waiter here"
Yes, SIR said the man oh, yes. sir
Then said ], give me a good big tip.
I've been waiting close on to three
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01

the club the privilege Of trying out the
subject.
Small beginnings mark the success Of
all large endings, and cooperative buy
ing. which saves each family interested
in it from SIS to s25 a month, was started
with thirty pounds of butter and thirty
dozen eggs.
This comparatively small parcel of
country produce was sold to as many dr.
ferent men in the Interior Department,
all of them members of the Home Club,
who took them home to try. The price
was so much less than that asked in the
markets and the quality so superior that
the thirty consumers were willing to pay
cash in advance for larger orders.
This modest start gave cooperative
buying it's necessary impetus. and the
experience of Mr.. Weston, who. with the
advice of Secretary Lane. conducts the
affair. is of measurable value. not only
to bodies of government clerks. but also
to other communities. One thing which
much simpified the beginning of Co
operative buying for this particular body
of customers was the perfect formation
of the Home Club. with it's united inter-
est in social intercourse and entertain
ment. 1t gave housewives the advan-
tage Of talking over domestic affairs sew
eral times week. Then. too. there We're
the classes in cooking. sewing and the
general study of domestic science.
Il
AS the excitement over the news tnat
splendid country butter could be bought
at saving of from to 10 cents on the
pound, and eggs from 3 to % cents a
dozen cheaper than in the markets. the
purchasing fever seized the members of
the club and before long the weekly ship
ment of butter from North Carolina
amounted to at least 1900 pounds a
week and 1900 Or 1900 dozen eggs.
At present. with many of the govern
ment clerks on their annual vacation, the
shipment amounts to scarcely more than
a thousand pounds Of butter and 800
dozen eggs. Hickory, n. c., is the pur-
chasing point.
The distribution of so large bulk of
goods to a thousand or more customers
formed another problem to confront the
manager: The natty gray automobile
with a band of blue about the lower body
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A Good Address.

0OSEPH f. WIDENER, the millionaire
~ sportsman, was talking in Newport
about homes.
philadelphia is the city of homes" he
said, but if your home is north of Market
street you are considered, socially speak
ing, out of it. Your home must be south
of Market street-you NUT live down.
town-if you would be a social personality
in Philadelphia"
And yet, after ALL" said an English
man, what difference does it make where
a man lives?
ut makes all the difference in the
world" said MIR. WideReE "A fact that
is well remembered about Diogones today
is that he lived in a tub.
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other things? Coffee bought at the
rate of several thousand pounds at a
time and hams and bacon bought in
even more generous quantity, with the
Home Club as "middleman." proved well
worth while. and the commissary stock
thus grew to include these things.
1t is not the intention of the manager
to enlarge much on the present line, but
arrangements are being made whereby
peaches from Delaware, huckleberries
from Pennsylvania. blackberries from
Virginia, potatoes from Georgia, apples
from Maryland and Virginia and a few
other products of the farm may be
added to the list. The housewives of
the club are pushing this question hard
and fast.
Just now the butter and eggs come by
fast express from North Carolina, and
perishable fruits would have to come
In the same way. A thorough canvass
of the cooperative buyers has to be
made and pledges given before the
buyers assume the least responsibility.
One advantage which the club coop
erative buying has over other co-opera-
tive buying bodies is that it has no
store rent, no long list of clerk hire. no
collectors and the other attendant ex-
Denses. While there are expenses, of
course, Mr. Weston has them minimized
to such an extent that, distributed
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and a large monogram in gold or the
Home Club either side reveals the
solution. The club bought the automobile
for cash. Not alone the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Lane and Mr.. Weston,
the manager, look upon this modest ma
chine with pride, but all the members of
the club love to see it coming. and Mr.
Weston says that beyond doubt he has
the cheapest system of delivery known
fk
There was considerable controversy over
the advance cash system when it was
first suggested to the officers of the club,
even Secretary Lane putting in his pro-
test. But at a meeting of the club di-
rectors Mr.. Weston so ably presented his
reasons for such an unheard-of propo-
eition that he carried his point. The spe-
cial plea for this pay-in-advance propo7
sition is that it saves much time, and
enables the manager to accompany his
order with cash. The value OF the latter
is seen at a glance and the time saved is
almost incalculable.
The goods are put into the automobile
at the door of the storerooms and de-
livered at the door without waste of time
To attempt a credit system would, not
withstanding the good intentions of gov
eminent clerks, have worked the ruin of
the scheme, while collection on delivery
has long since been a plan followed out
now and then by business houses. but
abandoned to any large extent on account
of the waste of time.
One of course. pictures a large corner
of the social club turned into COM
mercial enterprise, but not so. One man
in each department has the orders of all
the other clerks. accompanied by cash
or check turned into him every Mon
day morning. He in turn takes the
orders and money to the manager of the
club. who has fine office looking
right into the front door of the White
House. The order is then telegraphed
to Hickory. n. c.. and on Wednesday the
club manager is ready to start to de-
liver the goods.
BY Friday evening the customers have
all been served, and Mr.. Weston stands
ready to receive complaints from house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01

EIO determine the amount of en-
ergy expended by woman
while performing her household
q tasks, a number of unique c.
periments have been made in the office
, of the experiment stations. Department
of Agriculture, with the aid of a res
piration calorimeter.
A young woman, selected as the sub
1ect. has been entering the respiration
chamber at certain hour each morn
ing and remaining there until about 4
o'clock in the afternoon. During this
time she sewed. swept. prepared meals
and engaged i'll other common house
hold duties, while the complicated ap-
paratus used in connection with the
chamber recorded the income and outgo
OF matter and energy, and numerous
other factors which are of value in
drawing deductions regarding physical
and physiological activities
Dr. c. F. Langworthy and Mr. r. D.
Miner, who are conducting the expert
ments. are not yet ready to give out the
full results of the tests, but, undoubt-
eddy. housewives all over the country
Will learn eventually some interesting
facts about the methods they should
and should not employ in order to
make their daily household duties
easier to perform.
During these experiments it was de-
termined, however, that a woman ex-
ponds more energy while working at a
low kitchen table than at one high
enough to permit her to assume a nat
ural standing position. This is only
one of the minor discoveries. After
the results of these experiments have
been made public many women who do
their own housework will discover that
certain changes in their methods and
utensils used will greatly aid in the
conservation of their energy
Very little has been done in the way
of limiting the amount of energy ex-
pended by a woman in her home. 1t is
true that the most modern gas ranges
washing machines. electric irons etc
have been invented for her and are at
her command. but little indeed has
been accomplished in the way of MAX
ing actual experiments in order to de-
termine just how much energy she eX-
Ponds while using them.
While she is not exactly "shackled tC
the kitchen stove" she spends much OF
her time performing numerous house
hold duties. and thus il is just as nee
essary to make an effort to reduce the
amount of energy she expends in sc
doing as it is to reduce the amount OF
energy expended by her husband in
performing his work. That is why the
study of this practical and everyda!
problem of the housewife was taken w
at the experiment stations.
The respiration calorimeter used IN
connection with these new tests is an
instrument OF precision which includes
an air-tight and headlight chamber
in which the subject remains during
the experiment. and accessory APP
paratus for measuring and recording
the experimental data.
The chamber is of a size suitable
for the purposes of experimental work
for which it is designed, and is pro-
vded with devices for maintaining a
ventilating air current. for removing
and determining the amount of the
products of respiration. for supplying
oxygen to the air current to replace