July, 1913. 



THK CARDEN AND FIELD. 



671 



The Home should be a 

 Social Centre. 



The question is {reiiuentl\- dskcd, 

 " What i)lacc does the home- 

 maker ocoupv in tile world ? " ^ind 

 a writer in Wisconsin Horticulture 

 answers it as follows : — 



There should be no attempt 

 made to place a cash value on^the 

 influence of the home or home- 

 maker. Home is too sacred 

 to come into the commercial world. 

 It means mother, father, and the 

 children. It stands for all that is 

 lovable or worth livinsr for. It is 

 all that binds the human race to- 

 gether. 



The home-maker has a work to 

 do, a holy service to render to the 

 world that is far above a money 

 value. 



Everv home should be a social 

 centre, where old and young can 

 meet for a social hour and chil- 

 dren should be helped to feel that 

 there is no place where they 

 and their friends can have q:uite as 



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good times as at liouu'. II tliat 

 si)irit was fully lived up to it 

 would do, more to close the saloon 

 doors than all the political 

 " Isms " togt'thcr. There is an 

 atmosphere of refinement, a feeling 

 of cordial fellowship, about a home 

 function that is never present at a 

 public entertainment, however well 

 conducted. 



The home affairs should be so 

 managed that each individual un- 

 derstands that he is a part of the 

 whole with specific duties and ob- 

 ligations. That the material and 

 social life of the home depends on 

 the willing co-operation of the 

 members. 



Parents should understand the 

 necessity' of training the children 

 to willing obedience of home rule ; 

 that the home is a small republic 

 in which all have an equal right 

 to work, play and share what 

 comes in the way of success, or 

 the reverse, and as all know that 

 " into each life some rain must 

 fall," children should be taught to 

 meet disappointment bravely and 

 feel that thev cm do much to com- 

 fort those who are in trouble. 



Much of the discontent and dis- 

 like of work among children could 

 be avoided if parents would go 

 cheerfully about their own duties. 

 Don't expect children to be willing 

 workers when thev constantlv hear 

 older people complain of the drud- 

 gery of work and wishing they 

 might live without it, scrimping 

 and denying themselves and fami- 

 lies many pleasures that they may 

 accumulate money enough >to go 

 into town to live where there is 

 something doing. 



There is good material in the 

 bright boys and girls around you 

 who ought to be kept busy and 

 all they need is to be guided by 

 someone with matured judgment 

 who has not forgotten how, to be 

 young. Invite the neighbors to 

 help plan the work so that there 

 will be time and opportunity for 

 parties, picnics and literary meet- 

 ings. Organize clubs for culture 

 and social purposes and when club 

 evening comes don't imagine you 

 are too tired to go. Take part in 

 the entertainments and let the 

 vo^mg people see that the old folks 

 are alive and intend to remain so. 



There is nothing that will spur 

 on the mental activity oi the 

 young folk like a literary contest 

 in which old and young meet in 

 friendly rivalry. 



We are too much given to culti- 

 vating that tired feeling as we 

 draw near life's meridian and be- 



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gin to think the new house with 

 its fine furnishings is just a . little 

 too nice to give parties in and 

 that there is no sense in the young 

 people wanting parties. 



The home should be as fine as 

 can be afforded but there should be 

 nothing too good for family use. 

 There should be an abundance of 

 real good reading, music and games 

 that the home life be such that in 

 after years when the children look 

 back to the dear old home, their 

 sweetest memories will be of the 

 quiet evenings spent at home with 

 the family. 



Hot Food for Cold Weather. 



The importance of hot food for 

 cold weather cannot be over-esti- 

 mated. The stomach requires 

 blood with which to digest food, 

 and if anything of a cold nature 

 is partaken of the temperature of 

 the digestive organs is reduced, 

 and as a consequence no digestion 

 can proceed imtil the normal heat 

 is again established. In this way 

 it is clearly seen that a loss of 

 energy has taken place >. which it 

 would have been well to avoid, 

 and in cold weather, if we are to 

 keep well, everv precaution ought 

 to be taken to maintain animal 

 heat. Warm food, and warm 

 clothing are the best prev^entives. 



Liquid foods are more easily 

 assimilated by the blood than 

 solids ; therefore nourishing soups 

 ought during the winter months to 

 enter into the daily dietarv^ Whsre 

 rigid economy mxist be practised, 

 soups may be made without meat, 

 but it cannot be supposed that an 

 equal amount of nutrition is to be 

 had from, purely vegetable soups. 

 Yet cheap soups have their value. 

 Lentils, peas, and haricot beans aro 

 rich in nitrogen, and deserve an 

 important place in our bill-of-fare. 



