THE WELL-ORDERED HOUSEHOLD 



rROM THE STANDPOINT OF A PRACTICAL i^OMAN 



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Conducted by Martha Van Rensselaer 



Oil soiUL^ months the editor has been receiving many letters somewhat like the 

 f ollowino- : 



"Your magazine is the grandest little bundle of beauty I have ever seen. Its editorial 

 conduct is far above the average. We could not ask more of it in the departments now 

 conducted in its pages, but nothing would add more to the usefulness of the magazine 

 than a domestic science department, as suggested by the editor in the June number. The 

 art of cooking is so much neglected and looked upon as a sort of drudgery, when in truth 

 it is one of the finest arts our American women can master, and is the bridge to health 

 and happiness. We so much need a magazine that will give practical help for women. 

 Home axd Flowers, as it is, needs only to be seen to be read, but, with a rightly conducted 

 domestic science department it would be simply irresistible." Mrs. Ada Hamiter. 



Janssen, Arkansas. 



There is no doubt that the great majorit}* of the readers of Home axd Flowees 

 desire a department devoted to domestic science, or domestic engineering, as one 

 clever woman puts it Believing that the proper management of the home and its 

 interests is the foundation npon which the life beautiful must be built, we take great 

 pleasure in presenting this month the first number of such a department 



For several years Cornell University has been conducting a Woman^s Esading Course^ 

 as supplementary to the Farmers' Eeading Course, the latter now having a member- 



ship of over 30,000 readers, 

 versify extension work, insti- 

 supported by the legislature 

 Miss Martha A^an Eensselaer, 

 Eeading Course, who is in pe- 

 women of the farms and small 

 state, will hereafter conduct 

 for Home ais^d Flov^ees^ un- 

 dered Household.^' This mag- 

 dium through which the val- 

 Eeading Course will be sup- 

 Xew York state, will give its 

 Yan Eensselaer's varied and 

 ence in dealing with the 

 the women of the countr3"= 

 ber. Miss Yan Eensselaer will 



MISS MARTHA 

 VAN RENSSLEAR 



This is a part of the uni- 

 tuted at the university and 

 of the state of ^v^ew York, 

 the editor of this Woman's 

 culiarly close touch with the 

 towns throughout Yew York 

 the housewives* department 

 der the title, "The Well-Or- 

 azine, besides being the me- 

 uable Cornell Housewives' 

 l^lied to the country outside 

 readers the benefit of Mi&s 

 eminentlv practical experi- 

 aetual problems which face 

 Beo'innino- with this num- 

 conduct the entire house- 



wives' department for Home and Flowers^ and will answer any questions readers of 

 the magazine may care to ask. If there is any problem of household economics in 

 which you are especially interested, you are invited to write at once, stating your per- 

 plexity, to the Editor Woman's Department, Home and Flowers, Springfield. Ohio. 

 You may expect to have 3wr question answered in as early an issue of the magazine 

 as possible. If you wish reply by mail, enclose a two-cent stamjD. During the year 

 such subjects as the following will be considered: 1. Saving Steps: 2. Home Sanita- 

 tion; 3. The Best Way to Do Housework; 4. Gardening : 5. How to Furnish the Table : 

 0. Physical Education Applied to Housework. Following are Miss Yan Eensselaer's 

 words of introduction to the woman readers of Home and Flowers: 



