Evening star., 1925-09-06
BY GEORGE III. DACY.

answer puZZling food riddles which
have perpleXed eXperimenters since
trained investigators have focused
their Investigations upon the thousand
and one riddles of the modern home.
Just picture, if you can the riot
calls which would have been rung a
couple Of years ago if this army Of
white rats had been given the run of
the spacious buildings then occupied
by more than 700 Government girls.
White rats, however, unlike their
Sray-colored cousins, are the orderlies
of science-emiSSarie of research that
aid in the solution of human food
problems.
These little animals have been do
mesticated for so long and used sue
cessfully in technical experimentation
that they have forgotten all about the
possibilities of destruction and ravage
- in which the average rat loves to in
dulge. If sciences white rats were to
he liberated and left to rustic their
food, it would be only a matter of time
until the species perished.
Probably you are surprised that
white rats live in the buildings and
rooms formerly occupied by the Gov
ernment girls. The Bureau of Home
Economics of the Department of Agri-
culture now has it's headquarters in
the NO" Building. That is the "how-
come" of the mute sleuths of science
which are used in search and research,
quest and conquest, in order that you
and L may eat more nutritious and
satisfactory meals.
Under the leadership of DR.. Louise
STANLEY, a score or more of specialists
are attacking the everyday problems
of the home. Their Investigations are
unifying our national standards of liv-
ing. They are directing the con-
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OF food products which will provide
the best balanced meals at the mini
mum cash outlay. They are protect
ing our future generations against the
evils of mulnutrition. They are in
Nading fields of food research which
previously have been as little known
as our Arctic and Antarctic zones.
Briefly, the work of the Bureau of
Home Economics is studying foods and
nutrition, textiles and clothing and the
economics oS consumption and house
keeping. There is no other organiza-
ton of specially educated experts in
the world comparable to this impor-
tanr integral part Of the Sam family
The various state departments of do
meStlc science and the home econom-
les branches of our leading colleges
and universities cooperate with the
national handspring which functions
so efficiently in Washington.
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EHE present lines of experimental
ton which are under practical
headway comprise studies of food Sc
lection and meal planning from the
standpoint of health and economy,
chemical composition of food materials,
home methods of food preservation,
utilization of new food products, use
of soft wheat flour in home baking,
vitamin content of foods and compara-
tive cooking qualities, grades and va
rieties of foods.
Additional research concentrates
upon such riddles as textile compost
ton and construction from the stand
point OF the consumer, simplified meth
DDS of clothes making, the hygiene of
clothing, renovation and repair. cos
tune design and other related art
problems.
Your family budget and household
bookkeeping are also being surveyed
under the mighty microscope of mod
ern science Standards of living, costs
of living, consumption statistics and
family budgets and accounts are being
scrut1nized most painstakingly by spe-
cialists. And then those intricate
puzzles concerning t. evaluation of
housekeeping service economic rela-
tionships within the family and the
pried into. If there is a skeleton in
the family cupboard, or if villains of
Inefficiency are locked away in the
domestic strongboX, the detections and
deductions OF science are going to fer
ret them out and hang them on high
in the neighboring market place.
If you will but take the time and
trouble to investigate the matter, you
will find that science, as applied to
home pPOnOn0icS iS T,n hiy1cr
organized common sense modified for
household tasks. Some of the vest
ments in which this first-aid service
for neNlyweds and unframed as well
as master home-makers clothes itself
may appear rather formidable and
hlgh-falutin', but when reduced to
brass tacks they are nothing more
than sergeants of service, designed to
iron the kinks out of battling conun-
drums of the kitchen, dining table and
sewing room
Maybe some youthful Jackie Brown
or other that you know is bowlegged.
Popular conception has it that this
NounSster has bowlegs because he was
encouraged to walk too soon. Science,
however, says otherwise. It's investi-
gators have ascertained that Jackies
legs are crooked because he did not
receive adequate amounts of calcium
ana phosphorus in his food His teeth
probably were also defective for simi-
lar reasons. Plenty of milk, spinach,
celery, carrots, orange juice, prunes
and similar foods prevent such physi-
Cal Ills. The Bureau of Home Econo-
mics investigates these conditions of
Jack and Jill, and Tom, Dick and
Mary, and then, by countrywide edu.
cational campaigns, strives to rectify
the common errors in the rationS of
our girls and boys
en- there is this matter of con-
venlence in our ordinary kitchen.
Just as the ration of the soldier is
the core of our national bravery, the
kitchen layout, not infrequently is
the hub of home happiness. There is
no other room in your house which
50 vitality influences the health and
well being of all the members of your
faEily. Whether fooG is served c.ean,
whether hot dishes are hot and cold
dishes are cold, and in some cases
wntther there is an appetizin;. va
ret" in your meals, depend in large
measure on your kitchen facilities.
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SATISFACTORY food service de-
~ pends on direct connection be-
tween the family range and the dining
room. Doctor Stanley and her scien-
tific assistants have devised an ef
ncient two-way cupboard as the irn-
portant link between the room where
you dine and the pace where the f.od
- prepared. This cupboard can be
OF whatever dimensions you wish. 1t
provides stdyage for dishes and china
and also is 6. enamel of communica.
ton between kitchen and dining room.
You can pass warm meats and vege-
tables and your other choicest yiands
directly from the ovens pleasing heat
TO the dining ROOM The dishes as
they ;re used can se returned through