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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 Montana.” 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. 
