Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12

W
anced meals can be grasped by any
woman who will take time to study
them. and in general. that home eco
nomics is not a subject limited to col
lege text books, but that it is SIMPLY
homework by methods tested Dy ex-
perts.
The bill which extends the opportun-
ity for women and girls to become nn
competent housekeepers provides SoOo,-
600 at the start, to be divided among
the states according to population. 10
receive it's share of the money, what-
ever it may be, each state has to put
IN a similar sum to be used for the
same purpose. With the money teach
ers are to be engaged to take charge
Of classes, and girls are to be trained "a
as home economics teachers. Inc Dill
stipulates that these student teachers
must be given a four-year course. Inns
is intended to insure high standard
in teachers provided for the vocational
classes. =,
The classes which the states would
establish under the home economies
bill would be for girls and women VINO
expect to take up housekeeping or are
already engaged in it. This lnciudes
girls who are in school: women who
work in the day and still keep house
or plan to do SO; domestic paid work.
ers who want more training; and house
keepers who feel that they can still
learn something about their work.
The bill definitely states that at
least one-third of the sum allotted to
any state must be applied to part-t'me
schools or evening classes for girls and
women over IA years of age.
Each state or school would plan its
own course, according to teachers avail
| able, and the demand for subjects. In
such courses there is practically al
| WAYS A class in the art Of cooking.
Another important subject for the
! courses would be dietetics, which deals
with the food requirements of the body
and how to satisfy them, making al
lowanees for the differences IN lndi-
viduals.
Teach Women Buying.
Every complete course in home eco.
Monies nowadays includes a study of
buying -clothes, food house furnish
ings. 1t is estimated that women buy
practically all of the dry goods and
| women's and children's clothing re-
ouired for family consumption, nearly
nine-tenths of the food, one-haf of the
household hardware and furnishings
and perhaps one-tenth OF the mems
clothing.
One woman who appeared before the
house education committee rehearsed
! these figures and added: mo business
man would be willing to turn over to
an absolutely unframed buyer the funds
which he expects to invest in wool,
wood, iron or steel for his factory. and
vet that is what a very large percent
age Of our men do with that portion
Of their incomes which covers house
! hold expenditures, and these expendl-
lures frequently absorb practically the
whole income
Most of the home buying is guided
bv an instinct for values which Is sup
posed to be an infallible feminine trait.
| Unfortunately, sometimes mother gets
cheated and very often sister does.
merely from not knowing how to tell
wool from cotton. or not understand
ing the psychology Of bargain counters,
Or because she failed to note that the
storekeeper was weighing his thumb
with the sugar while he inquired solic-
,itously about the family health. In
teIligent buying is one Of the least
understood branches of housekeeping
Closely allied with the technique OF
spending money is the art of keeping
a family budget. and apportioning the
income to the best advantage. And
then the courses arranged under the
provisions of the bill would doubtless
include sewing, home nursing, and san
itation.
The time may come when house
keeper will be expected to know her
business as well as anyone else.