ii5o The Cornell Reading-Courses 



DEBATE Question: Resolved, That the woman of to-day has more 



to do th?.n had the woman of one hundred years ago 



Affirmative Negative 



DISCUSSION Saving time and steps in the household 



1 How to save the time and strength of the help. Ltd by 

 Mrs 



2 How to make the children as helpful as possible. 

 Led by Mrs 



3 Cooperation between the housekeeper and her husband in 

 saving time and strength. Led by Mrs 



PAPER What engineering has done for the household. 

 Mrs 



The Fireless Cooker and Paper Bag Cookery 



ROLL CALL Each member responds and gives a written fireless 



cooker recipe 

 paper The principles and history of the fireless cooker. 



Mrs 



Demonstration of a fireless cooker. Mrs 



Demonstration of paper bag cookery. Mrs 



References: 



Mitchell, Margaret J. The fireless cooker. Doubleday, Page & Co., 



New York 

 Soyer, Nicolas. Paper bag cookery, Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston 



Bacteriology of the Household 



(Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course Bulletin No. 4) 

 roll call Response by members, each member stating a good or 



bad use of bacteria in the household 

 paper Methods of harmless preservation to conquer bacteria. 



Mrs 



paper Germs and fumigation. Mrs 



PAPER The relation of bacteriology to sanitation, to bread-making, 



and to butter- and cheese-making. Mrs 



PAPER The germ theory of disease. Mrs 



