Evening journal., 1917-01-23
HOME managers
week IS PLANNED
Consumers League and
Domestic Science Depart
ments to Cooperate
IN INTEREST OF
CITY HOUSEWIVES

Numerous inquiries at THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL office show that the
women Of Wilmington are beginning
10 feel special interest in the Home
Managers Week.
Telephone calls have been received
asking for the consideration OF spe-
cial subjects, proving that Whining
ton housewives are quick to grasp any
opportunity for better knowledge OF
the new problems and methods along
household lines.
THE woman Of today" says Mrs.
Feuling does not have to weave
cloth, spin yarn, make candles. Mod
ern methods of food production have
even delivered her of the necessity Of
fruit and vegetable preserving. Ready
to-serve foods have even reduced the
amount of time she need spend at the
cooking stove. Vacuum cleaners and
washing machines perform much Of
the drudgery of housewOrk for her,
but up-to-date standards of living i'm
pose new responsibilities on her while
relieving her Of some old duties"
THE EVENING JOURNAL feels ex-
tremely fortunate in the character Of
the lecturer they have secured to pre-
sent this important message. For fif-
teen years Mrs. Alice Dynes Feul-
ing has been an important wbrker
along these lines, not only as a lee
turer. but as teacher and writer.
Many articles in the Good Housekeep-
ing magazine have been contributed
10y her pen.' She took her b. S. de-
gree at the University of Chicago. af-
ter following the domestic science
course at Cornell University, and sup
plemented this with postgraduate
work at the universities Of Chicago
and Wisconsin
Mrs. Feuling has been lecturer on
these subjects at the University of
Chicago. Bradley Polytechnic Insti-
tute, South Dakota State College,
Iowa State College and Lombard Col
lege. Galesburg, III. She has also
made a careful study Of home life
and national cooking in European
countries, as a basis of comparison
with conditions in the United States.
She is a vigorous and dynamic speak
er. a woman who not only under
stands her subject, but is able to inn
part It to others.
Talks Are Practical.
Mrs. Feuling Is practical in her
talks, at the same time showing how
this most important Of all womanly
vocatiOns, home-making, must be built
on a scientific basis, if 1t is to attain
the highest development. Her talks
are planned to interest and aid all
women-those who have servants and
those who run their own homes. with
no hired help. No woman who has
The responsibility of a home or ex-
poets to have It, should fail to at
tend these lectures, which are given
absolutely without charge. Every
woman attending the course OF help
full work on the business of being a
housewife, will find a notebook and
pencil useful. Mrs. Feuling will bring
out many vital points concerning va
rious foods; their value in the diet
the manufacturing of them and theil
care and preparation in the home
Each afternoon she will prepare foods
to demonstrate points discussed, and
will give helpful receipts. There will
be many things it will be helpful tC
5ot down.
Planning Details.
THE EVENING JOURNAL is plan
ming various details for the conven.
ieuce and comfort of the women who
are to be its guests at the sessions Of