NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
I ome Economics Day at the 
At the regular meeting of the Man- 
chester Woman’s club Tuesday after- 
noon Mrs. Herron of Winchester was 
the speaker. Mrs. Hattie M. Dougles 
was liste dto speak, but was unable to 
keep the engagement by reason of the 
illness which has caused her resigna- 
tion as chairman of the Home Econo- 
mics Committee of the State Federa- 
tion, to which office Mrs. Herron is the 
successor. 
_ As a fitting introduction to her sub- 
ject, Mrs. Herron took up the life of 
e late Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, 
whose activities in the field of science, 
including domestic science, have won 
for her a world wide fame. Mrs. 
Herron spoke at some length of the 
difficulties which Mrs. Richards en- 
countered in seeking education, as 
women’s colleges were not then 
founded. In ’65 Vassar was opened 
and Mrs. Richards entered in 68 af- 
ter having earned the money to give 
herself a start. Under Prof. Farrar, 
she studied chemistry, in which she 
was deeply interested, and after she 
was graduated from Vassar, which 
was in two years’ time she sought for 
further opportunity to continue her 
education. In 1871, she was admitted 
to the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology—the first woman to be 
admitted to a scientific school. While 
studying there she became deeply in- 
terested in sanitary chemistry, espec- 
ially the analysis of water in the var- 
ious towns that she visited. This 
eventually resulted in the addition of 
the woman’s laboratory to the Insti- 
‘tute. Mrs. Richards, whose marriage 
to Prof. Robert H. Richards took 
place about this time, not only in- 
structed the girls and women studying 
there but gave material aid to those 
who needed it. In 1893 at the World’s 
Fair Mrs. Richards managed what 
was known as the Rumford Kitchen, 
where she and her aids served lunches, 
which were the embodiment of all 
that was desirable in sanitary science. 
From this exhibition of her theories 
_ grew the organization founded in ’99, 
which in 1908 took the name, Ameri- 
can Home Economics Association of 
which Mrs. Richards was the first 
president. When she died her college 
associates and co-workers started a 
project to raise $100,000 as an endow- 
ment fund to carry on her worthy 
work. Among the trustees are Prof. 
Robert H. Richards, Dean Marion 
Talbot of the Chicago University and 
Dr. Andrews of the Teachers’ College 
Manchester Woman’s Club 
at Columbus. Mrs. Herron urged 
that the club either as a body or as 
individuals, contribute something to 
this fund, which will surely be pro- 
ductice of much good. Contributions 
are to be sent to Dr. Andrews. 
With regard to the possibility of 
establishing a Home Economics de- 
partment in the Manchester Woman’s 
club, Mrs. Herron said there were so 
many methods, which must vary with 
each club, that it was hard to decide 
upon any one way. The study of 
Home Economics includes the econ- 
omics of food, the study of househoid 
management, accounts, the budget 
and the division of the incomie, the 
right values of life, dietetics, etc. 
One club, with which Mrs. Herron 
was familiar, had tried the scheme 
of a book review. The librarian of 
the town became interested and some 
forty books were placed in the library 
and at each meeting of the club five 
members would review a book so that 
by the end of the year the women 
were well read and well informed on 
the general subject and knew just what 
phase of it was most suited to their 
needs. 
There are many lecturers who are 
sent to address clubs on this subject 
with no charge except travelling ex- 
penses. Mr. Palmer, the state sealer 
of weights and measurer is, perhaps 
foremost among these and his words, 
coming from one who knows by ac- 
tual experience just what the condi- 
tions are, open our eyes to the many 
petty ways in which the butcher, the 
grocer and the iceman are cheating 
us. 
The Consumers’ League of Mass- 
achusetts, which has head-quarters at 
4 Joy street, Boston, sends out lectures 
in connection with their wotk. Mrs. 
Herron spoke of the “white list” 
which the League publishes. In this 
book are the names of the bakers, 
whose foods are cooked under sani- 
tary condition, and the tailors, whose 
work is done in sanitary, well-lighted 
shops instead of being sent to dirty 
crowded tenements, etc. In this way, 
the Consumers’ League, not only looks 
after the good of the consumer but of 
the producer. Simmons college is 
glad to send out speakers in connect- 
tion with its Domestic Science depart- 
ment. 
Another phase of home economics 
is the study of textiles. Mrs. Herron 
made mention of the bill now before 
the legislature which will have the 
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same effect upon the manufacture and 
sale of fabrics that the Pure Food Law 
had upon foods. Prof. Allen of the 
Westfield Normal school is deeply in- 
terested in this movement and gives 
very interesting and instructive lec- 
tures, not only upon the cloth we buy, 
but upon the foods, etc. The board 
of health there has published a book 
containing the list of foods which 
have been analyzed and approved at 
Westfield. 
Mrs. Herron’s lecture met with 
hearty applause and she was presented 
with a bonquet of carn.tions The 
meeting then adjourned to meet the 
hostess, Mrs. Elizabeth Sinnicks, who 
was assisted in pouring by Mrs. John 
Baker and Mrs. Emma Stanley. 
ALLEN-FIsH 
The marriage of Charles Allen of 
Manchester and Miss Annie Fish of 
Methuen took place at Methuen on 
Wednesday evening of last week. It 
was a very small church wedding. 
Mr. Allen is gardener at the S. V. R. 
Crosby estate, West Manchester. 
Noyrs-BRAWDIES. 
Arthur F. Noyes of Manchester and 
Miss Catherine Brawdies of Salem 
were united in marriage Wednesday 
evening of last week by the Rev. 
Mark Sullivan, pastor of the Sacred 
Heart church, the ceremony taking 
place at the parochial residence. Mr. 
and Mrs. Noyes will live in Reading 
for the present, where Mr. Noyes has 
employment with the American Ex- 
press Co. 
Orricers oF MEN’s BROTHERHOOD. 
he officers of the Men’s Brother- 
hood, a non-sectarian organization of 
men, formed last week at the Baptist 
church, Manchester, follows: 
Rev. A. G. Warner, president; Ar- 
thus Walker, vice-president; Herman 
Swett, treasurer; Robert Baker, Jr., 
secretary; W. B. Calderwood, Clar- 
ence Morgan, Edwin Preston, Louis 
Hutchinson and Fred Forward, di- 
rectors. 
STEPPED OVERBOARD 
R. A. Newhall of Beverly, a man 
about 40 years of age, narrowly es- 
caped drowning in that city Monday 
evening, stepping from the 5.05 o‘clock 
train from Boston on the Gloucester 
branch, when the train was on the 
drawbridge over Bass river, under the 
impression that the train was in the 
depot. He stepped into the water. He 
was rescued by Harold Dunn and 
two brakemen on the train. 
Fancy ribbon at E. A. Lethbridge’s* 
