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The Cornell Reading-Courses 



programs for study clubs 

 Saving Steps 



(Farmers' Wives' Bulletin No. i) 



" The care of the body and the care of the soul are not two duties, but two parts 



of one duty." 



Reading minutes and treasurer's report 



ROLL CALL Response by members, each member mentioning her 

 favorite labor-saving device 



PAPER Plan of a house to save time and strength. Mrs _ 



To what extent are labor-saving devices economical? Dis- 

 cussion led by Mrs 



In the economy of the house what occupation can better 

 be cared for outside? Consider baking, canning, laundry. 

 Consider the advisability of a public laundry at the 

 creamery. Discussion led by Mrs 



Saving Strength 



(Farmers' Wives' Bulletin No. i) 



" Cling to your youth. It is the artist's stock in trade. Don't give up that 



you are aging and you won't age." — Stevenson. 

 ROLL CALL Each member responds and illustrates a physical exercise 



that is beneficial to health 

 PAPER The effect of play on health ; how can housekeepers have 



more stimulating recreation? Mrs 



PAPER How to adjust household work so as to avoid monotony 



and insure recreation? Mrs 



Physical attitudes in household work. Bad postures in 



standing, sweeping, etc. Discussion led by Mrs 



At the end of the hour, try some of the exercises suggested in the bulletin 

 on " Saving Strength." Appoint a leader, preferably some one who has 

 given special attention to the study. Exercises improperly taken may 

 bring undue strain and lead to unnatural attitudes. 



References: 



Bishop, Emily M. Daily ways to health — The road to "seventy. 



years young." B. W. Huebsch, New York. $1.50 

 Call, A. P. Power through repose. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. $1 .00 

 Gulick,L. H. The efficient life. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. $1.20 



