South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

OF necessity the work Of both
| demonstration agents was along war
I lines until after the signing Of the
/ armistice When the food admins
/ tratiOn called upon the housewives
| TO conserve. it was the home dem
OnstratiOn agents who proved a
veritable mountain of information
| Wheat substitutes, sugar saving
plans. meat substitutes. the potato
and cottage cheese campaigns, were
all the subjects of lectures and dem
onstrations by Miss Mills and Miss
Ogle at time when they were most
needed by the women.
An intensive campaign on the
preservation Of fOodstuffs for win
ter use was carried on during the
months OF July, August and Sep
TENDER and achieved remarkable
results. Cold pack canning, drying,
Z sailing and brining. and storage Of
/ fruits and vegetables were demon
strated and follOw-up reports show
/ ed that much more was accomplish
ed by the women along this line
/ than in former years.
Show Work mt Fair.
The demonstration agents Occu-
pied a pooth at the Interstate Fair
\ in September. where they arranged
! instructive exhibits of cold pack
I canning. drying. sailing and brining;
sugar and wheat substitutes: con-
/ servation Of clothing: and cottage
/ cheese. and gave 10 demonstrations.
All of the exhibits were brought in
by the women themselves from their
stock prepared for winter use. and
a group of 80 from the city and
/ county volunteered their services as
/ demonstrators. thus showing the
practical results OF the work of the
/ demonstration agents.
The clothing conservation cam
paign was perhaps the most inter
/ esting project Women were taught
T TO achieve the seemingly impossible
i'm the way of remodeling clothing.
/ They were given hints on the care
/ of clothing. suggestions for buying
/ tests for textiles laundry hints, a
| table OF Satins with the agents
/ for their removal and directions for
shrinking and setting color in fab
/ rics. Nothing was left undone TO aid
/ i'm the use of an material on hand
1 and TO promote discretion i'm buying
housekeeping Current Topic.
AT the present time housekeeping
/ helps and hints and labor saving
/ devices is occupying the attention
! of both demonstration agents. while
[ Miss Ogle is particularly busy with
/ The boys and girls project work.
Two hundred and thirty four boys
and girls between the ages of 10 and
4 Is years have enrolled in the eight
! projects including gardening. so:
potato growing, II, tomato growing.
| l.: backyard poultry raising. 90:
rabbit raising. O., and home beauti-
\ flying. Al All who enroll must do
their own work. keep "a record Of
work and an expense account. write
/ a story at the completion OF their
project. and make an exhibit OF
their products
curb markets are To be established
in localities where there is surplus
OF produce. This viii probably
employ the boys and girls. make
them specialists i'm their line. and
teach them business methods The
; enrolment i'm the girls canning
work is just being taken. Miss
| Oglc hopes 20 train these girls. who
have had the advantage of some
cooking in school. TO go INTO the
I hon as Of their districts and demon
strate the cold pack canning
me hod
Largely through the interest," OF
Prih. H. G.. Incl and teacher. Miss
Zoe Christley the Washington school
heads the list OF project workers
with an enrolment of a.. IL is in
districts like the Washington that
the Project work as a means OF gain
ing entrance TO the foreign homes is
To be "a decided Americanizlng in
dueuCe
statistics Show Extent.
4 statistical report OF Miss Ogle's
activities from January. 1918. 10