360 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECOED. 



Financing- the wage-earner's family, S. Neabing {New York, 1913, pp. Ill, 

 figs. 8). — This book is an attempt to bring into comparison available figures 

 upon the incomes of wage-earners in the United States and reliable estimates of 

 the cost of maintaining a fair standard of living. 



In the matter of the cost of living, the author estimates that between $450 

 and $650, according to locality, is necessary to maintain a minimum standard 

 for an average family consisting of father, mother, and 3 children under 14. 

 This provides only for the barest necessities — food, clothing, and shelter — and 

 not for school books nor for the expenses attending illness or death. 



The cost of a fair standard of living is estimated to be from $700 to $750 

 for a family of average size in the individual towns of eastern United States, 

 and $100 more in cities — significant figures from the author's point of view, 

 since he estimates that three-fourths of the males in the United States are 

 earning less than that amount. 



The author urges that local comparisons between wages and the cost of living 

 be made, and for those who wish to undertake such studies his book with its 

 ample bibliographical notes will serve as a guide. 



How to live on 2d. a day, F. J. Cross (CasseU's Mag., n. ser., No. 23 {1914), 

 pp. 223-228, figs. 3). — A brief note, based on the author's experience, on the 

 possibility of procuring a day's food for 4 cts. 



How to live on 3d. or 4d. a day, F. J. Cross {CasseU's Mag., n. ser., No. 22 

 {191Jf), pp. 161-110, figs. 8). — On the basis of his exi^erimental study of the 

 question, the author discusses the possibilities of economical living. 



Dietetics in Italian tenements, Winifred S. Gibbs {Puh. Health Nurse 

 Quart., 6 {1914), No. 1, pp. 42-53). — In connection with this article describing 

 methods followed in teaching Italian housewives how to procure a better diet 

 under American conditions, information is given regarding the kind of diet 

 followed before and after instruction. 



Domestic science. — [School lunch work in Gary, Indiana], Caxla Krentel 

 {Mo. Bui. Ind. Bd. Health, 11 {1914), No. 1, p. 7).— A brief account, with menus, 

 is given of school lunch work designed to be instructive as well as to provide 

 suitable food. The preparation of the lunches is in the hands of the domestic 

 science classes. 



Sanitary conditions in Alaska. — [Food poisoning], E. Kbulish {Puh. 

 Health Rpts. [U. S.], 28 {1913), No. 12, pp. 544-^51).— Wsiter supply, garbage 

 disposal, and other questions are discussed. 



The author states that cases of food poisoning are not uncommon among the 

 natives, especially, it is said, in isolated districts where large quantities of 

 canned food are consumed. He states that he has treated 7 cases of poisoning 

 "due to the eating of putrid moose meat." " In some parts of the territory the 

 natives eat fish heads which have been previously buried in the ground until 

 they have undergone putrefaction ; this dish they consider quite a delicacy." 



The care of the baby {Pub. Health Rpts. [U. S.], Sup. 10 {1914), PP- H, 

 fig. 1). — ^This paper, prepared by a committee of the American Association for 

 the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality and presented to the association 

 at its annual meeting held in Washington, D. C, November, 1913, discusses the 

 feeding and care of infants. The publication is designed for popular instruction. 



My dietary, S. S. Sherman (In My Autobiography Continued from my 95th 

 to 99th Year of my Age. Chicago, 1913, pp. 11, 12). — The author, in his ninety- 

 ninth year, describes his dietary. The usual breakfast consists of orange juice, 

 a wheat cereal, an egg, and a cup of coffee; the midday meal, usually of a 

 little soup with simple vegetables and a little meat, some simple dessert, and 

 fruit, with a cup of boiled coffee or weak tea as the usual beverage. A glass of 



