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general attitude and the spirit of progressiveness, Missouri 

 women should make rapid advancement in all phases of home 

 activities. 



MEANING OF HOME ECONOMICS. 



No subject has received so many criticisms as the subject 

 of home economics. Too often it is looked upon as something 

 which deals with the superficial side of home making — this 

 probably is due to the fact that formerly many of our boarding 

 schools really gave this kind of training. The work of home 

 economics really treats of every phase of home life — every 

 problem which confronts the housewife in her daily routine of 

 work. Home making is now treated as a science, and it is a 

 science. There are many names for this work — household 

 art, domestic art, household science, domestic science, or science 

 of home. They all mean the same or a part of the same. The 

 two terms with which most of us are familiar, cooking and sew- 

 ing, lead to erroneous opinions of the work. While both sub- 

 jects are included they do not cover the whole field. 



Eagleville,,Home Makers' Club, Harrison County. 



The newspapers, the popular magazines and the press at 

 large are constantly maintaining that the work of home econo- 

 mics has advanced hand in hand with agriculture. From my 

 own experience throughout the State of Missouri this is an 

 untruth. In most localities the home is progressing, but be- 



