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and would have the advantage of this course of study. 

 Scarcely an hour passes in the day when the prac- 

 tical importance of the lessons is not brought to my 

 mind." 



Having gained an insight into the value of the study 

 of chemistry and cleaning, a good Samaritan was 

 anxious to help others and used her influence to have 

 valuable books on such subjects added to the town 

 library. 



A wail comes sounding from Georgia : "The 

 housekeeper's life is one round of activity here not 

 only on account of the invisible pests, but those we 

 can see, such as roaches, weevils, etc. These may 

 abound in the north in the eastern part, but we never 

 saw one in Mlontana." Happy residents of Montana 

 if they have no visible pests, but we have not yet 

 heard that in Montana bacteria are absent. 



Mrs. W. finds that strawberries and raspberrries put 

 up uncooked "kept perfectly well so far as (yeast) 

 fermentation was concerned." They molded but only 

 on the surface. When this surface growth was care- 

 fully removed, there was no taint present. 



From the deck of a houseboat on the Mississippi, in 

 the midst of a cruise of 1,200 miles, comes the state- 

 ment that there bacteria die, "for even the dirt aboard 

 exercises too much to settle down to idleness and mis- 

 chief." Fresh air and sunshine Nature's best disin- 

 fectants should certainly be found on such a vacation 

 trip. 



