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hamlets, villages, towns and cities, have for several years depended 

 almost wholly on the large manufactories for food materials. What 

 is the result? There is a "national pure food" law to prevent the in- 

 troduction of impure substances into our food materials. Women 

 helped in securing the enactment of this "pure food law." Will they 

 not necessarily help in executing it? In order to be successful in 

 this, women must be judges of quality in food. How are the suc- 

 ceeding generations to learn to judge food material? It must be 

 by the combined effort of home and school. The pure sciences will 

 avail pupils much more if the parts which can be applied to home 

 duties are especially pointed out. The opportunity for applying these 

 principles should be given at home. It is some trouble to can and 

 dry fruits and vegetables, make jellies, marmalades, etc., but it is a 

 pleasure to know that the rows upon rows of jars on the pantry 

 shelves contain food materials which are as toothsome as the 

 wealthiest can buy, and that the contents of these cans are free from 

 all impurities. 



The combined effort of home and school is needed to lead young 

 people to realize the extent to which health is injured by the use of 

 impure and improper food. Science has entered the field of the home 

 makers' duties and offers useful information all along the line of 

 woman's work, but unless young women are taught how to apply 

 this knowledge it will avail them little. Whoever culls practical 

 truths, and shows how they can be applied in the home, does at least 

 a little toward ameliorating the condition of mankind. 



The problem of the rational feeding of men is one of the most 

 important that the successful young house-wife of the future must 

 solve. Girls should be taught the conditions and laws governing 

 home making if they are to successfully carry on the work which the 

 times demand of women, viz : Make homes attractive for husbands, 

 see that the family is properly clothed and nourished, build character 

 in both boys and girls, instil habits of industry, self-control, courtesy. 



Women must build on a foundation of knowledge in order to in- 

 sure permanent happiness and success in any phase of home work, 

 but this is especially true of the subject of foods, since health de- 

 pends so largely on right living. In order to be able to use so simple 

 a thing as fruits properly one must understand them in several 

 particulars : 



I. The composition of fruits should be understood. 



2. Effects of ripening on composition and food value. 



3. Place of fruit in the diet. 



4. Digestibility of fruit. 



