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exhibits of the Micliigau State Dairy and Food Departmeut aud Board of 

 Health were displayed throughout the State. 



The proposed changes in the food law, A. Juckenack {Ztschr. Untcrsuch. 

 Nahr. u. GenussmtL, 26 (1913), Xo. 10, pp. 488-497).— An address delivered at 

 the twelfth general meeting of the Union of German Food Chemists held at 

 Breslau, June, 1913. The officially proposed changes in the present German 

 law regarding food inspection and the punishment of the sale of adulterated 

 or injurious food materials are discussed, and the resolutions adopted in regard 

 to them by various associations of food manufacturers, etc., are quoted and 

 couunented on. 



The bleached flour decision, R. A. Goetnee (Biochem. Bui., 2 {1913), No. 8, 

 pp. 532-534)' — A controversial article. 



Supplement to the discussion of foods and medicines of the ancient 

 Egyptians, F. Xetolitzky {Ztschr, TJntersuch. Nahr. u. Genusfuntl, 26 {1913), 

 No. 8, pp. 4^5-421). — This article contains notes on present day Egyptian food 

 customs similar to those believed to have been practiced in antiquity. Sev- 

 eral forms of preserved fish are described, which appear to be not unlike the 

 garum of the ancient Romans. 



The cost of living {PhiladelpUa, 1913, pp. V I +265) .—This volume is a 

 collection of papers delivered before the American Academy of Political and 

 Social Science, the four general topics being wage standards, family standards, 

 public services and control, and concrete measures for reducing cost of living. 

 Among the individual articles may be mentioned the following : Scientific Man- 

 agement in Home Making, by- Mrs. F. A. Pattison ; Utilization of the Family 

 Income, by Mrs. Martha B. Bruere ; Municipal Markets in their Relation to the 

 Cost of Living, by C. C. Miller ; Communal Benefits from the Public Control of 

 Terminal Markets, by ]Mrs. E. Black; Relation of Cold Storage to the Food 

 Supply and the Consumer, by Mary E. Pennington ; and The Housekeeper and 

 the Cost of Living, by Martha Van Rensselaer. 



Keeping down the cost of living in Germany, G. N. Ifft {Daily Cons, and 

 Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 16 {1913), No. 270, pp. 894, 895).— The high cost of meats 

 has led to the establishment of municipal markets in Nuremburg where without 

 loss to the city prices are about 25 per cent below those of the retailers. 



In order to encourage the use of fish in the place of meat, municipal fish 

 markets have also been established. Free lessons in cooking fish have been 

 given both in the continuation schools for girls and in special weekly courses 

 for housewives, and, in connection with the latter, books of fish recipes have 

 been distributed. 



The art of bill of fare making, Caeoline L. Hunt {Dakota Farmer, 33 

 (1913), No. 23, pp. 1125, 1126) j— A summary of an address given at the Inter- 

 national Dry Farming Congress, Tulsa, Okla., October, 1913. The work of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture for women is briefly outlined and planning 

 an adequate menu is discussed. Various foods are classified and a basis of 

 selection suggested, comparing other foods as sources of protein with an egg as 

 a standard. 



Recipes and menus for fifty as used in the school of domestic science of 

 the Boston Young Women's Christian Association, Frances L. Smith 

 {Boston, 1913, pp. X-{-246). — Although this compilation of i;ecii>es was pub- 

 lished primarily for the use of the author's students, she considers it also of 

 practical value to others concerned with the preparation of food for large num- 

 bers of persons. As she points out, the amounts indicated are intended for 

 women at light muscular work and, therefore, may need modification for 

 persons of other dietary requirements. 



