34^ Biochemical Nezvs, Notes and Comment [Dec. 



Among the Speakers at a meeting of the Pure Food and Drug 

 Department of the National Civic Federation, held in the rooms 

 of the N, Y. Board of Trade and Transportation on October 2, were 

 Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry; Dr. 

 Thomas Darlington, ex-Commissioner of Health for the city of 

 New York, and William C. Woodward, secretary of the American 

 Public Health Association. 



In memoriam. Ellen H. Richards. The October number of 

 the Journal of Home Economics was issued as a memorial of the late 

 Mrs. Ellen H. Richards. Mrs. Richards's leadership in the Home 

 Economics Movement is clearly portrayed and many personal trib- 

 utes are presented. 



Confident that it is a duty and a privilege to make permanent 

 the Inspiration and influence of a life marked to an unusual degree 

 by sanity, wisdom and helpfulness, the American Home Economics 

 Association proposes to raise a fund of $100,000 in memory of its 

 Organizer and former president, Mrs. Ellen H. Richards. The 

 income from the fund — which will be invested and administered by 

 a responsible Board of Trustees representing Mrs. Richards's family 

 and The American Home Economics Association — is to be ex- 

 pended in putting on a firm foundation the Journal of Home Eco- 

 nomics, the official organ of the Association, and in scholarships 

 and prizes to encourage research work on problems relating to home 

 life. In Order that the gift may be a thoroughly democratic expres- 

 sion of appreciation and enthusiasm, and that it may be participated 

 in by all of Mrs. Richards's friends and by everyone interested to 

 contribute toward the cause of right living, the money will be col- 

 lected in one hundred thousand one-doUar subscriptions. Every 

 Cent will go toward the fund, as a few of Mrs. Richards's personal 

 friends will meet all the expenses connected with collecting the 

 money. Contributions may be sent to any member of the com- 

 mittee: Dr. C. F. Langworthy, Office of Experiment Stations, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Miss Isabel Hyams, 26 Wales St., Dorchester, 

 Mass.; Miss Ednah A. Rieh, 303 Soto St., Santa Barbara, Cal. ; 

 Dr. B. R, Andrews, Teachers College, N. Y. City; Mrs. William 

 H. Barrett, Chairman, 108 Johnson St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



