HOME AND EDUCATION

...And I say, is it not fine that women are interested in these public questions of such great practical, ethical and national importance...

...Note:—Outlines of the lessons in Domestic Science and a list of reference books can be obtained without cost by addressing The Home and Education Department of La Follette's Weekly, Madison, Wisconsin...

...The pig method of disposal is not objectionable providing it is properly conducted...

...If the materials of our body were not plastic we could not acquire new habits...

...That is one of the reasons why manure as well as garbage should always be kept covered...

...The cans are now well distributed over the city and soon there are to be two at each street crossing so that no one will be able to walk more than half a block in any direction without passing one...

...In Ashland, Wisconsin, they have a Cleaning-up Day every spring which is a sort of holiday...

...A book opens at the place often-est read...

...There is a remarkable resemblance between the mother and son, and as he went over to speak to her, you could see their com-radery, similarity in temperament and taste, and a mutual understanding...

...All through the long cross examination he was very courteous and patient, but he refused to be entrapped by Mr...

...Common decency demands that the garbage be taken away in covered wagons and in metal receivers...

...She wore a very simple black dress, but her beautiful furs were most becoming to her high bred face...

...When we look at living creatures from an outward point of view one of the first things that strike us is that they are bun-dies of habits...

...The only sentiment expressed was for Mrs...

...A point to be remembered in caring for bottles and cans is that when they have a little water in them they offer the best of places for mosquitos to breed in...

...Then you saw Pinchot's grasp of his subject,—the far reaching significance and the practicability of his great plans...

...James M. Wood came into office, no one has been allowed to haul refuse without a city license...

...You could not question his disinterestedness, his sin-, cerity, patriotism, and absolute truthfulness...

...It is not so in Minneapolis where all scraps must be drained and wrapped in paper before being put into the pail, but this plan is...

...Ballinger as unfriendly to the general cause of what we call conservation, since he first came in contact with him as Commissioner of the General Land Office, and that his judgment formed then was confirmed by Ballinger's action as Secretary of the Interior with reference to ranger stations, waterpower sites, and so on...

...No sentiment entered into their discussion of the issues involved...

...The thing above all to be avoided is having the garbage stand around uncovered...

...Citizens are asked to put their winter's accumulation of ashes and other waste out into the street, private teams are offered for use by the city and the whole place is cleaned up in the one day...

...Think of it...

...This should be large enough to hold the scraps for one day...

...This i8| more noticeable when we come to the living body...

...It was much less harmful lying quietly in cellars or back yards...

...Pinchot's reply that he regarded Mr...

...I would not lay less stress upon the value of the inertia aide of habit, but I would lay a great deal more upon the side of plasticity...

...James, the physchologist, says of the physical basis of habit...

...If he qualifies, he is given a sign bearing his name and number for each side of his cart and a cover to throw over the cart when he carries ashes or other refuse likely to be blown about...

...They are intended for the use of individuals and of clubs...

...This is man's method of conducting a cleaning-up day...

...Vertrees' ingenious questions,—questions that, as Mr...

...These phenomena are due to two properties of organic matter plasticity, the power of changing, inertia, the disposition to The Disposal of Household Waste (A Reading Course in Domestic Science.—Lesson XVI...

...The forcible cutting short by medicine of a few attacks is to enable the physiological forces to get possession of the field again, and bring the organs back to the function of health...

...She walks like a bride beside her son,"—these were some of the comments I overheard relating to her...

...But if people are to be prevented from throwing paper into the streets, they must be provided with convenient places to put it...

...Experience and observation in the field of bodily education have led me to believe that the plasticity side of habit, which constitutes at least half its value is not emphasized as it should be educationally...

...Vertrees' question as to when Mr...

...in animals domesticated, and especially in man, it seems, to a great extent, to be the result of education...

...If, like Lincoln, he had worked himself up from the people, he could not better understand or embody in his work, the fundamental principles of democracy...

...Graham and Mr...

...The habits to which there is an innate tendency are called instincts: some of those to education would by most persons be called acts of reason...

...Is she not beautiful...

...Now that it has been proved that flies lay their eggs in old paper it has become a hygienic as well as an aesthetic necessity to keep papers from blowing around the streets and finding resting places in fence corners and vacant lots...

...In order to get a license he must have a strong, well-built wagon and must have references as to his honesty...

...Pinchot first conceived Mr...

...It may be fair for the householder to be required to pay for the work but for the safety of all, it should be done under expert supervision...

...Ballinger's attorney) insinuated that the Forester's attitude on certain questions might be influenced by the fact that he had been recently deposed from office, he flushed slightly but answered calmly, ignoring the fling...

...Madison of the Committee disclosed by analysis, had wrapped up in them unjustifiable inferences, to which the witness would commit himself if he were not clever enough to discern and deny their concealed implication...

...practicable only when the garbage is to be burned...

...The laws of nature are...

...The fact that the majority of the towns in the United States have no public system of garbage collection is one of the best arguments for woman suffrage...

...As she came lightly and swiftly down the aisle to the seat reserved for her, she appeared quite unconscious that all eyes were upon her...

...That he is clear brained and has a well disciplined will, practical understanding, large executive power, was plainly disclosed to all who followed his examination on the witness stand...

...An oppressive sense of unchangeableness, a feeling of bondage is associated with the idea of habit, and the effect of our educational effort is to teach that habit, once formed, is irretrievable ground...

...They have movable bottoms and are emptied by allowing the contents to drop into sacks...

...I am only guessing...

...When baffled by the exposure of his methods, Vertrees rather: suddenly and unexpectedly closed the examination of Mr...

...But if you had heard and seen Mr...

...As a youth, he may have been an idealist, loved poetry, and had dreams of helping humanity...

...There should be in the Kitchen or near by an enamelled pail with a closely fitting but easily removable cover...

...You realized the irreparable loss to the country of his service...

...EVERY one knows that Gifford Pinchot has had all the advantages in life that wealth, social position, and culture can afford...

...Typewriters, sewing machines, indeed all instruments when used seem to respond best to the familiar hands...

...it calls for united action and united action through the ballot...

...If they did not possess inertia, we should have to make a new impression each time...

...Compare that with ten or fifteen, or even twenty million dollars for a single battleship that may be out of date before it is launched...

...otherwise the stuff will be dropped or blown about the streets...

...WHEN Mr...

...She is always here...

...The moment one tries to define what habit is one is led to the fundamental properties of matter...

...In many diseases, like rheumatism, gout, catarrh, there is first an acute attack, frequent recurrence, and finally, a chronic condition...

...In wild animals, the usual round of daily behavior seems a necessity implanted at birth...

...The ideal plan for garbage collection would be to have the pails removed daily unopened, to have them emptied, cleaned and sterilized in some remote place and later exchanged for another set of pails containing garbage...

...Will she come today...

...They were intelligent women, who stood waiting outside the door three-quarters of an hour for the privilege of listening to the day's proceedings...

...remain the same...

...nothing but the inscrutable habits which the different elementary sorts of matter follow in their action and reaction upon each other...

...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT The Forester's Mother SATURDAY morning, March 5, as I stood in the corridor of the beautiful new Senate Building, waiting for the „ door of "the Committee to Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service" to open, I recalled that just a year and a day ago we were witnessing the impressive inauguration ceremony that took place in the Senate Chamber...

...In New York City neat little covered metal carts are used in removing ashes...

...As a man he has vision and enthusiasm...

...Like almost every other matter that affects the welfare of the home, however, it is only partly in the control of the individual man or woman...

...As a boy he may have had large imagination, loved fairy stories, and been fond of the woods...

...This keeps the garbage cool in summer, prevents it from freezing in winter, and protects it from dogs which often knock over garbage cans and spread their contents about...

...Ballinger to be an obstacle in the way of what he called "conservation," and to Mr...

...It should be emptied into the larger pail, cleaned and scalded once, or in summer twice a day...

...Epilepsies, neuralgias, insomnias, functional nerve diseases seem to keep themselves going because they have once begun...

...Pinchot, Senator Fletcher took up the investigation of the Forest Service...

...Remember that flies never seek darkness...

...These too should be taken in wagons controlled by the town...

...A sprained ankle, or dislocated joint are likely to be sprained and dislocated again...

...The removal of waste should be under the supervision of the town...

...she must know what becomes of it...

...Until some such system as this is adopted the best we can do is to keep the pails as far from us as possible and to open them no oftener than necessary...

...It should have a special place made for it of convenient height...

...But there is other waste than garbage to be removed—there are ashes and paper and tin cans and old bottles...

...If you simply read the testimony you might give only passing consideration to Mr...

...The form of public waste paper baskets in use in Washington is shown on this page...

...Unfriendly newspapers that give meager, misleading and altogether unsatisfactory reports of the investigation, always take pains to mention that the crowd which comes to listen consists largely of women...

...Of course the large pail need not be objectionable...

...They breed in sunny places...

...Professor James says further that the philosophy of habit is, in the first instance, a chapter in physics, rather than physiology or psychology, and calls attention to the analogies of acquired habit to dead matter...

...In spite of the inconvenience of caring decently for the large cans in private houses, they should be frequently scalded and occasionally rinsed out with water containing a little carbolic acid, one teaspoon of acid to a pint of water...

...WITH the danger frtm flies uppermost in our minds, the subject of the disposal of household waste assumes large proportions...

...It was plain that the whole object, the one point of view from which the national forests were administered was distinctly in favor of homestead-ing, of protecting the small land owner from the encroachments of the powerful ranchmen, and to help the small man to a living, instead of the big men to enormous profits...

...In another place in Wisconsin, which shall be nameless, the inhabitants are asked to set forth their refuse on a certain day and there it lies in the streets to be blown hither and yon for two or three weeks...

...This plan was devised by the women of the town...

...This plan makes it unnecessary to open frequently the large pails which are seldom emptied often enough to be pleasant to the sense of smell...

...Vertrees (Mr...

...Pinchot on the witness stand, and reflected on the bearing of 1 those questions and answers upon what has transpired, your mind would recur to them again and again as the basis of an inevitable conclusion, * * * Another Word on Habit LAST week I suggested that the maxims which apply to moral habits are equally applicable to physical habits and I want to call your attention to what Prof...

...Every one has observed how a garment, after it has been worn, takes on the shape and character, the very expression of the wearer...

...Who would have thought then that within twelve months Gifford Pinchot, the Chief Forester, and James Garfield, the Secretary of the Interior, both intimate personal friends of Taft and Roosevelt, would be on the witness stand, giving testimony that strikes at the very root of the integrity of the administration then inaugurated...

...Pinchot, the Forester's mother...

...Her lovely white hair brings out in contrast the large, dark, expressive eyes...

...In the city of Washington since the present Street Commissioner, Mr...

...When the Chairman, who took no pains to conceal his hostility to the Forester's plans, sought to emphasize the fact that the Service cost nearly two million more than its receipts, Pinchot replied quickly, "Yes, but on the other hand, we have saved in one year from fire, in comparison with the rate of loss on private lands, more than ten times that difference...

...Another good scheme is to keep the pail in a cement compartment under ground...

...Two millions for conservation,.which, as we know, has a perpetually increasing and cumulative value...

...The cleaning of large garbage pails is work which should not have to be done in private houses...

...It is important therefore to have them kept in covered receptacles on private premises and to have them quickly covered with earth at the dumps...

...But the housekeeper's responsibility is not over when the garbage has been taken from the house...