Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Dear Madam: 



It has been the aim in the Lesson on Saving Steps to meet the 

 conditions as found in the usual American farm home. We desire, 

 however, to interest all women who are .home keepers. The Lesson 

 is necessarily general in its nature, and each woman has her own 

 problems, many of which we have not touched. 



We therefore ask you to study conditions in your own houseliold 

 and determine what can be done tliere to make the work easier than 

 it has been either for you or for those who do your work. 



Housekeeping is a tine art and it was never intended that a 

 woman's health and happiness should be sacrificed in doing that 

 which to do well is elevating and essential to the comfort and hap- 

 piness of the human race. 



We are dependent upon you for help. Your letters will be the 

 stimulus and the necessary assistance whicli will make the Woman's 

 Reading-Course a success. Will you undertake your own home 

 problems ; tell us how you solve them, and write if we can be of 

 any assistance to you ? 



Very sincerely, 



MARTHA VAN RENSSELAER. 



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