a purer light than they themselves received it; or surely it is unnecessary to 

 detail the possibilities of deterioration and its gruesome results to offspring. 

 They are but too familiar. 



THE CHARACTER OF OUR FOOD, SHELTER, AND SANITATION 



are mainly under our personal control ; but co-operation with the community 

 around us is necessary for the betterment of the laws and of the general attitude 

 concerning the protection of food-supplies, conditions of labour, building regula- 

 tions, control of infectious diseases, and other factors in the promotion of health. 



"OF WHAT USE IS AN EMPIRE," ASKED LORD ROSEBERY, "WITHOUT 



AN IMPERIAL RACE?" 



An Imperial race can be assured if all the knowledge now at our disposal be 

 applied to the control of our environment and to the intelligent adaptation of 

 habits to climate, occupation, personal requirements, and social obligations. We 

 are no longer at the mercy of conditions; it is for us to master them and shape 

 them to our own purpose. 



It has been well said, and the saying is peculiarly applicable to women's work 

 in our home. " The art of to-day is the beautifying of human lives." It is my 

 earnest hope that the contents of this bulletin will place at your disposal a part, 

 at least, of the materials necessary for this noble work. Do not forget duty to 

 self as well as duty to others; example outweighs precept any day. 



See to it, then, that 



The mind's sweetness shall have its operation 

 Upon thy body, clothes, and habitation. 



For faith without works is dead. 



ALICE RAVENHILL, 



Fclloir of the Itoiidl $<init<n-i/ Inxtitutc; Certificated Lecturer 

 Xatiomil Health Hocietii, (treat Itritain and Ireland. 



Author of " Practical II i/t/iene for Use in Schools " ; 

 " KteiiiciitK of ttaiiitara Lair-"; "Nome Chnracterixlir* 

 and Requirements of Childhood"; "Household Adiuin- 

 ixtration " ; " Jloiixcholtl l-'ncx." etc. 



Late Lecturer on lli/</ienc. I 'nircr-iitif of London, 7\/;///'\ 

 CoUeye for Women. 



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