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thing like the New England kitchen or department store for 

 cooked foods might be developed, when families were sure that 

 the food thus supplied was prepared under strictly scientific, 

 hygienic and sanitary conditions. This is already being done on 

 a small scale in a mountain club, where the most isolated cottage, 

 occupied by a gentleman under treatment for nervous prostra- 

 tion, has a housekeeper in charge who takes care of the rooms, 

 makes tea and coffee, cooks eggs, chops, steak, etc., and all other 

 foods are sent from the club kitchen ready for the table, or if 

 necessary are freshly heated. The plan has given complete satis 

 faction. 



The state of New York has this year made a special appro- 

 priation for establishing a school of forestry, the first in this 

 country, though the need has long been felt. There are already 

 two state schools for training librarians. Is it too much to ex- 

 pect that the coming century will see state schools of household 

 economics, when our need is fully realized, and women have 

 determined to bring science into the home, as it is being brought 

 into all phases of w'ork in order to obtain the best results? 



