Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-01
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

gives disagreeable flavor. It II best.
therefore. say the specialists, to avoid
such potatoes or to cut out green or
sprouting portions.
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There are at the present unusual OPP
portunities for service by home eco
nomics departments and
nnmasfio by all women who have
r. received or are now re-
ECONOMIES. ceiving homo economics
instruction, according to experts of the
bureau Of education, who have been
looking into this matter. Now. as
never before. they point out, every
woman needs a working knowledge OF
home economics.
Inevitably there will be need, they
point out, during all of the next few
years. of soup kitchens. free school
lunches and other forms of community
feeding. A few weeks or months OF
intensive study Of the special problems
| connected with handling larger quantl-
ties of food will prepare a number OF
women already trained In dtetetics Tor
this work. 1t is suggested by these
experts that summer schools may well
offer such courses and grant advanced
credits IL this seems desirable.
The officials believe that extension
service for women living in cities Is as
much needed as is the work now being
done by the Department Of Agriculture
for the wives of farmers. Workers for
this service should be prepared by the
institutions for higher education.
it is pointed out, in economics and So
GEOLOGY. as well as in home economics,
and should be urged to volunteer for
this extension type Of work.
Uncle Sans experts in the bureau OF
education are urging that extra classes
giving several hours daily to practical in
struction in tho home care Of the sick
| should be organized for all woman stu
dents, and the most recent knowledge
concerning the care Of infants and chill
is Of special Importance. they say, for
many reasons. II war comes upon Amer
lean territory the well trained graduate
| nurse will be called to war hospitals and
the ordinary nursing Of home sickness
will devolve upon home women. In ad-
dition to this duty will be the care Of re-
turned convalescent wounded. II large
numbers of the strong and sturdy men
are to give their lives for our ,,r nation nation
be required to obtain an adequate knowl-
edge Of child care.
One Of the great services women can
render is in the saving Of the nations
| supply Of food and clothing. Special
| short courses in the study Of the condi-
ton of natural supply OF household ma
terial, needed economics and the sociologic
and economic effect Of women's activities
should be offered.
II the demands Of this type Of service
were to be but temporary, It is said, spe-
cial consideration would not be SO nee
essary, but under the most favorable and
immediate termination Of actual warfare
the need Of conservation Of health. Of
great food economies. Of sympathetic
service to the sick and to those in poverty
will continue to demand consideration.
The old-fashioned stage coach has
passed from it's last stand" in the yell
lowstone National Park, according to
officials of the interior Department
having charge Of the administration Of
this park.
In 1915 the Secretary of the Interior
admitted private automobiles to the
park. but retained the horse-drawn
! stages. This necessitated special motor
schedules to avoid accidents. The situa-
! ton remained the same last season I'M
der an enormous increase of motor
travel. This season. however, the old
stages are replaced by a fleet of seven
and ten passenger cars. and the re-
strjctions to general automobile travel
are largely removed. Tn other words.
the Yellowstone is now motorized
This change was not accomplished
wholly without opposition Many per-
retained for sentimental and historical
reasons, but while officials of the inte-
rior Department shared their regrets in
the passing Of SO picturesque an insti-
tuition, there was no withstanding the
march of progress. Visitors were in
creasing rapidly and were demanding a
faster passage between scenic spots
than horse-drawn vehicles permitted.
Those with limited time complained
that more than half their visit was
In irta
lodge-pole forests - time which they
wanted in the geyser basins. at the can
yon and at the greater lakes. Others
complained that the stage rides were so
efate the great spectacles when they
reached them. And the demand of tour
ing motorists for greater freedom grew
even louder and more insstent. So.
progress had its way and this year the
nation has a new Yellowstone
Officials at the department saw that
the automobile service will be adequate
and rapid. AS for the motorist, he will
now be able to use the parks more than
200 miles of road with almost the same
freedom as roads anywhere else in
America.
Some interesting maxims have re-
Gently been compiled by experts of
the Post Office Depart
Post Office ment. who are trying
out all kinds of eff
1'onoAIes' cheney methods in an
effort to cut the cost of service to the
"bone." They say. for instance, that
true efficiency and practical economy
are the inseparable elements of prog
ress: that temporary success. brought
about through application of false
methods of saving. is not efficiency;
that in construction work of perma-
nent value 1t is necessary to tear down
as well as to build up.
1t is on these principles that the ex-
perts of the department are replacing
antique and obsolete equipment or sys-
TENS with those which are modern and
effective. as well as to adopt developed
units of acknowledged worth. Things
fences are now installed in post offices
as essential equipment. The result has
been. 1t is said, real economy, not only
in the vastly improved character of
work obtained, but in actual saving
of money. Notwithstanding the abb
normal increases in the prices Of
commodities during the present I'M
usual world conditions. the Post Office
Department Is said to be able to show
improvement in every line of postal
activity requiring equipment and labor
saving devices, at steady annual re-
duction in cost. In some instances i'm
now being furnished to the service at
not more than one-haif the cost of
equipment supplied for similar pur-
noses recently Officials point out as