Evening star., 1925-09-06
Organized Research Throws Light on Many Home Prob

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life or his extreme nervousness or ir-
ritability shows that he is subnormal.
His body is likely TO be stopped, not
well padded with flesh and the flesh
itself pale and habby. The chest is
fiat and narrow, while the shoulder
blades protrude in wings" His bow
legs or knock-knees give evidence
that his food has not provided the
proper materials for adequate bone
formation. The teeth are often uneven
and show signs Of decay, while the
breath is unpleasant. There are dark
circles around his eyes. and his express
sion is dull or wistful. He is finicky
about his food. and temper tantruniS
are common. His school work is apt
to be erratic and below standard
To spread the gospel of the proper
foods for child feeding, to seek out
new foods suitable for family use, to
make our homes more comfortable to
reduce the monotonous toll associated
with their upkeep, to find out all that
is movable about our clothes and
the fabrics of every day use, to i'm
prove our average standards of liv-
ing and to Illustrate the onslaughts Of
disease through defective home man
agement-these are but a few Of the
many assignments which the Bureau
of Home Economics annually under
takes.
PERHAPS you are interested in the
latest styles in sewing machines
If so, it will profit you TO pay a visit
TO NO Building. All the sewing
machine manufacturers in this coun-
try have sent demonstrational models
OF their most improved appliances to
DR.. Stanley's department for exhi-
bltIonal purposes. AS a consequence.
three large rooms are literally crowded
with every manner of mechanical
seamstIess which woman or man
might wish TO use This is the only
exhibit of its kind under the sun
Once and for all, the manufacturers
have co-operated with Uncle Sam in
remarkable display of automatic
needlework appliances.
Altogether, there are two score
dinerent types of sewing machines
in the collection. Thousands of Wis
ttors from all parts of this country
and from many foreign lands have
visited the Home Ec" headquarters
to inspect the machines. All the
housekeepers of Washington are in
Vited to come to the show, which is
permanent institution.
OF course, you cannot take YOUR
sewing along and go down to test
out the comparative efficiency of the
dlnerent styles of apparatus. You
cannot use the machines for sewing
tests. But you can examine their
machinery and construction, and YOU
can study the different styles of cases
and compartments in which the auto
matte needles are housed The range
| is complete. from the equipment
which is operated by hand or foot to
that which is driven by electricity.
II you are thinking of buying a new
machine, YOU will do well to visit
| this exhibit. You can there select the
equipment which you like best. Then
you can so to the uptown stores that
| handle these respective makes and
engage in whatever sewing tests YOU
| desire.
There is a possibility that some
| canned and preserved foods from your
home kitchen may poison you and the
other members of your family, unless
they are scientifically and sxillfully.
| prepared The Bureau of Home Eco
nomics has performed much research
TO run to earth the causes of all such
accidents. 1t has, through extensive
publicity campaigns, disseminated the
news about the best methods of can
ming and preserving foods, fruits and
vegetables to all parts of the country.
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| reSs at the canning laboratory in
NO Building. Much of the material
which is used comes from the world
famous Arlington farm, owned and
| operated by Uncle Sam on wonder
SIDE OF the Potomac River.
Ihere is a demonstration lunch
| room as an accessory to the canning
Kitchen and food laboratories. The
| experts serve sample meals on special
1 occasions ,f A
| Jdrdlne and prominent visitors. New
FOODS. and old foods prepared in new
ways, are prominent factors on these
menus One of the popular pass cup
boards is installed as the connecting
INK between the kitchen and the test
| lunchroom.
1t is only during the last year that
| the 1000 experts have had this lunch
| room. Previously, they experienced
| difficulty in serving meals and testing
out the results of their culinary prof.
cheney by the taste and flavor route
In the food-testing laboratory one
interesting machine is a special device
used scientifically in determining the
accurate volume of a loaf Of bread.
| X x y x
! A SPECTACULAR feature Of the re.
search program is the experiment
tation with 200 white mice. These
mice, like birds in gilded cages, live in
| luxury, with plenty TO eat and moth
| Ing TO do between times but sleep and
enjoy themselves. They are being
| used in comparative studies of the
diHerent vitamins, and in feeding tests.
| to ascertain the Importance of each of
| these essential products in the human
ration
| The comparative food Importance of
| the green and white leaves of various
vegetables is being investigated Ger
/, tam cages of rats are being fed an
exclusive milk and wheat diet Others
are being fed other mixtures of food
| In which science at present is in
| terested. Technical tab is kept on
progeny of parents that are fed iso-
lated rations. These Government
white rats are answering complicated
questions of food utilization which,
previous to the current experiments,
nave gone unanswered since the dawn
days of research.
| All the equipment to be found in a
commercial textile chemists labora-
tory is in daily use in the Bureau of
Home Economics, where textile tests
OF all kinds are under way. Home
laundering puzzles now hold the stage
center. The effects of starch on diff
ferent materials, the best tempera-
lures at which to wash different
clothes, the standardization of wash
| ing machine directions, the use of So
called starch improvers," the proper
use of such finishing agents as gum
arabic and CLUES are being investi-
gated.
The matter of how to fit garments
so that they will fit has long been of
critical concern, particularly among
American farm women. The national