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tinuously and consistently, even when there is an ample supply of water. 

 " elbow-grease," and intelligence. But the reward is worth the labour, for 

 it is that of good health, bright brains, and cheerfulness. 



Much depends upon the standard of the house-mother and upon her skill 

 in training the members of her household in the necessary good habits. Who 

 cannot call to mind any number of slovenly ways which make for dirt and 

 dirt's cousin, disease; such as, for instance, throwing the slop-water in the 

 back-yard instead of using it to fertilize the soil in the garden? But this 

 subject with all the other family needs demands a bulletin all to themselves. 



(4.) Warmth. The human body manufactures its supply of heat from 

 its food and its exercise. It preserves its heat by its clothing. It loses heat 

 into the surrounding air. The colder the air the greater the loss of heat, 

 especially if the body be ill-fed or poorly clothed. Consequently among the 

 starving and insufficiently clad there is a craving for close, stuffy rooms. 



Where suitable food is plentiful and the supply of clothing adequate, 

 the wise house-mother never allows rooms to be stuffy or overheated i.e., 

 above 62 Fahr. She knows the results to her family are colds, anannia, 

 irritable temper, and susceptibility to infection. This is not always easy to 

 accomplish; but suggestions on this subject also will be given in a future 

 bulletin. 



(5.) Space is the next requirement for healthy family life. Where 

 several children are crowded into one bedroom or spend many hours shut 

 up in a small, stuffy living-room, poor health and quarrels are bound to 

 result. 



About four years ago, 72,000 children were carefully examined in a large 

 city as to height, weight, and nutrition. The results showed that the average 

 boy or girl, living with its parents in a house of only two rooms, was distinctly 

 smaller and lighter at the same age than was its companion who lived in a 

 house of three rooms. The report says: "Boys from two-roomed houses were 

 11.7 fix lighter than boys from four-roomed houses, and 4.7 inches shorter ; 

 while girls from two-roomed homes averaged 14 ft), lighter and H.3 inches 

 shorter than their fellows from four-roomed houses." There is much over- 

 crowding from sheer ignorance and carelessness. It is always associated 

 with feebleness in some direction, not always obvious at the time, but bound 

 to show itself sooner or later. 



There must be adequate space to permit of health, of order, of cleanliness, 

 and, last, but not least, of room to play. 



(0.) Food is of so great importance to the well-being of the race at all 

 ages that three bulletins will be devoted entirely to its selection, preparation, 

 and preservation in the home. All that space permits to be said now on 

 the subject is that, in the planning of a home, however simple, suitable 

 provision must be made for these purposes. 



(7.) Shelter, rest, and sijmi>athi/ come next on the list of home needs. 

 Home is essentially the place to which the members of a family turn when 

 joyous or sad, wet, sick, or weary. The home-maker has her work cut out 

 to scheme how to insure a warm welcome for her romping children or their 

 tired father, while she gently checks the careless bringing-in of dirt or snow, 

 or the throwing-down of drenched gloves or coats on her freshly scrubbed 

 floor or spotless table. What a fruitful source of extra work and family jars 

 is just such thoughtlessness ! 



In habit-formation lies the secret of success ; also in the provision of 

 porch or verandah, where outer garments and mud-caked boots can be thrown 



