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75 cents per gallon, but it would be impossible to duplicate these 

 prices in this country unless the business was conducted as a char- 

 ity. But even at double the present price, milk would be a cheap 

 food, and when we count the enormous cost of doctors' bills and 

 funeral expenses, to say nothing of the sad hearts and empty homes 

 resulting from the use of polluted milk, who would question the 

 wisdom of paying for the safe-guarding of human life? 



The demand for clean milk must come from the women, and 

 the Pure Food Committee of the General Federation of Women's 

 Clubs is concentrating its efforts on (a) the improvement of the 

 milk supply, (b) the improvement in the sanitary conditions in 

 markets and provision stores. As chairman of this committee, it 

 will be my pleasure to send literature to anyone interested in this 

 matter or to answer any questions as to our method of work. That 

 this Housekeepers' Association will grow and be a power for good 

 in our State, I firmly believe, and together we can accomplish what- 

 ever we desire; and one of our first objects should be the securing 

 for our families and ourselves a clean, safe food supply. 



THE REVIVAL OF MISSOURI HANDICRAFTS. 



(Mrs. F. H. Seares, Columbia, Mo.) 



It is not because skilled handicraft has entirely died out of 

 Missouri, that a revival of interest in it has arisen. There is on 

 the contrary a remarkable tenacity of life shown by such handwork 

 as basketry, chair-making and the weaving of carpets on hand- 

 looms. These industries, brought to Missouri by the pioneers of 

 the State, have not only out-lived the introduction of the correspond- 

 ing machine-made articles, but strongly exemplify the natural 

 tendency of the people to make the most of the material at hand and 

 to guard against waste. 



Upon this excellent, and already existing foundation, then, there 

 is an unusual opportunity for the growth of profitable and inter- 

 esting handicrafts ; these, if aided by proper training, will give not 

 only an added income to those who cannot do the hardest labor 

 of the farm, but also prove a source of real pleasure to the edu- 

 cated portion of the country population. The farmer's daughter, 

 returning home from college or university will find no happier 

 outlet for the ambitions of her trained mind than the planning of 

 better color schemes for the weavers in her neighborhood, or the 



