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crease of divorces when we think of the thousands of marriages, 

 not alone in the wealthy, but among other classes, where the 

 woman has never done an hour's work in the kitchen. We have 

 an old saying that a man's heart is reached through his stomach. 

 Can one wonder then if there is unhappiness in the home where 

 dyspepsia and indigestion reign? Again many thousands of girls 

 in large cities, have no opportunity to gain the knowledge that 

 helps to make home happy, as instead of being bread-makers they 

 are obliged even from childhood to be bread-winners. However a 

 woman can do anything she puts her mind to, therefore a great 

 many of them make excellent housekeepers. Of house- keepers' 

 duties one of the most essential is to make good, light, wholesome 

 bread. With good bread the plainest meals are acceptable. It 

 seems a simple process to make bread. But it requires the ut- 

 most care and watchfulness. I need not send you my receipt as 

 full directions are given in all good cook books and you have sev- 

 eral at home. I think this will be a different world when girls 

 are taught house -keeping in all its branches, and even if they are 

 not obliged to work themselves, they will be able to order their own 

 houses and not be at the mercy of incompetent servants. 



BKEAD AND CAKE. 

 By Mrs G. W. Slunnan. 



In the present day of the American people it is getting to be a 

 rare occurrence to find young ladies whose intellectual attainments 

 are of high order, who know the duties that pertain to house-keep- 

 ing and caring for a home. If young women would resolve (let the 

 effort cost what it would) to perfect themselves in a domestic edu- 

 cation, there would be far more marriages and less bachelor's 

 apartments. 



Every woman is invested with a great degree of power over the 

 happiness and virtue of others and domestic influence of women is 

 certainly of great value to home and society. She cannot help 

 using it and there is no avenue or channel of society through 

 which it may not send a salutary influence. 



How frequently is it the case of students in the various walks of 

 life overshadowe I by a total loss of health. Did it ever occur to 

 you that this evil could be traced to unwholesome food? Intelli- 

 gent physicians and superintendents of insane hospitals testify that 

 in many instances this is a prominent cause of insanity. Now is it 

 not worth our time and strength to teach our daughters that they 

 may not grow up dyspeptics nor marry dyspeptic husbands and 

 raise a generation of unfortunate beings with utterly disordered 

 stomachs. 



There is a trite say ing that "bread is the staff of life" and there 

 is no other one thing upon which the health and comfort of a fam- 



