HOME AND EDUCATION
Hunt, Caroline L. & Follette, Belle Case La
HOME AND EDUCATION the bome is the real seat of government, and tas wise men of all nations bring their gifts to the cradle. Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT How the'Boys...
...So we think we think, but we don't think...
...There is very little thinking done...
...Some day I hope to get him a pony...
...In this article there will be no attempt to say what foods are suitable for those who are suffering with different diseases, but simply to state a few principles on which the preparation of food for the sick depends...
...They take trips through the country, something like soldiers, only they have more fun than soldiers...
...Grape juice which is very refreshing and usually acceptable to the sick is, therefore, to a certain extent nourishing...
...It is produced by prolonged dry heat on starch, and is to be found in the crust of bread and also in toast...
...Fats IN SOME cases, particularly in wasting diseases like tuberculosis, it is necessary to serve a large amount of easily digested fat...
...Whipped cream may be frozen without being stirred...
...As this is written the meetings are just beginning...
...My love to Bobbie, your father and mother...
...Amen.—e...
...In boiling eggs for the sick allow one cupful of water to each egg...
...I have a letter from Bobbie telling me the book was received...
...Let the spirit of our comradeship be widened and deepened that together we may labor for justice, prosperity and beauty in our midst...
...Buy a thick piece of round steak...
...Or perhaps it has been handed out to us from pulpit and platform, and we have swallowed it whole like a gelatine capsule, instead of opening it up and tasting it, to see whether it is nourishing food or rank poison...
...We are thinking of starting it out here...
...This is found in cream, butter, olive oil and egg yolks...
...Write soon and next time I will answer sooner...
...A Rochester Prayer FOR all the love and virtue in the homes of our city, for the green of our parks and the flowers within them, for the trees along our streets and the bird-songs above them, for the banks and waterfalls of our lovely Genesee, we lift our hearts...
...Put it on the plate, cut it up into small bits, and squeeze the juice out of it by means of a lemon squeezer or meat press...
...Almost any fruit juice may be added to give a variety...
...I was a farmer boy when I was your age and I pity the kid that never had any experience on the farm...
...When it is served to the sick it is usually necessary to give it in very dilute form...
...Carbohydrates Among the carbohydrates the substances which are most easily assimilated are the sugars...
...It is the most exhausing work there is...
...IN THE feeding of the sick it is for the doctor to decide what food shall be given, but frequently his orders are general, and an intelligent nurse or friend who understands food values and the principles of preparing food has an opportunity to serve a large variety within the limits which he sets...
...It is probable, however, that the whey has no advantage over white of egg in water...
...It was made by toasting stale bread very thoroughly, soaking it for a long time in water and then draining off the water and salting it...
...That which remains has a slightly stimulating effect, but it has no food value...
...Some people add lemon juice, allowing one-third of a cup to each cup of sugar...
...This lemon syrup may be used also as the basis of a large variety of drinks other than lemonade...
...Cane sugar is almost as easily assimilated as dextrose, and there are numberless refreshing drinks in which it may be served...
...In solution, or finely divided, they can be easily reached by the digestive juices...
...It is always convenient to have it on hand in the form of a syrup...
...Ditch digging is nothing to it.—Ralph Flanders in The Public...
...Lindsey will, I am sure, pardon the liberty I take in giving our readers this personal letter to Philip.—b...
...One woman, a graduate of the Agricultural College at Ithaca, New York, and now a practical farmer, is taking the agricultural course...
...Next to the cane sugar in the ease with which it is assimilated comes dextrine...
...Scraped Meat ANOTHER very digestible form of proteid is the fiber of meat which has been separated from the connective tissue...
...His name is Gordon Lindsey...
...If, therefore, we wish to keep any one of the albumins in solution, we must take care not to raise its temperature to that point...
...If made at the time when grapes are most abundant, it eosts very little...
...Scraped meat may be seasoned and spread between thin slices of bread...
...Under each one of these heads, there are certain nutrients which are more easily assimilated than others, for the reason that they are either soluble in water or capable of being divided into very small particles...
...Milk whey has a very small amount of albumin in it...
...c. l. Judge's Chambers JUVENILE COURT Denver, Colo...
...I never received a letter that did me more good...
...flAn American white lead factory discharges every laborer at the end of three months, not through the recommendation of the foreman, but directly from the office in order to prevent the men from developing lead poisoning...
...The new headquarters are at 585 Boylston Street, Boston...
...We are in the habit of dividing the nutrients which are found in food into three classes,—proteids, fats and carbohydrates...
...The milk can be coagulated either by wine or by acid...
...With love, from your Uncle Ben...
...If bottled and put on ice this will keep for a long time...
...We may have absorbed it from the circle of society in which we live...
...Egg-nog owes its value not only to the presence of easily digested proteids but also to the fact that it is rich in fat...
...When we say we think so-and-so about a thing, the chances are that we have not thought about the matter at all...
...Albumin hardens and becomes insoluble at a temperature of about 140 Fahrenheit...
...It is common to designate beef broth in which the albumin is still in solution as Beef Juice...
...When it is necessary to serve eggs in very digestible form they should either be given raw in the form of egg-nog or slightly cooked...
...That in which the albumin has been cooked and is found in small particles throughout the liquid is beef tea...
...We hope to have full accounts of them in a later issue...
...For this reason they are particularly suitable for those whose digestion or whose general health is not in normal condition...
...THINKING IT hurts to reason—to think...
...It is possible to make small portions of ice-cream without a freezer...
...of these, the simplest and the one which makes the smallest demand upon the energy of the body for its digestion is dextrose.—This is abundant in many fruits, particularly in grapes, and is sometimes called grape sugar...
...The juice may also be extracted by cutting the meat into small pieces, putting it in a preserve jar, and cooking it for two or three hours in water whose temperature is not allowed to rise above 130° F. In using the commercial beef extract the fact should be kept in mind that the albumin has been entirely removed...
...Or it may be broiled or pan-broiled...
...I told him all about you and he wants to meet you...
...Except for the very sick, this latter serves every purpose...
...These are found chiefly in the whits of the egg, in juice of meat, and in the whey of milk...
...My brother and I have a little farm of forty acres—a fruit farm—and I have a little nephew just your age who is going over there next week...
...Courses of study and details of furnishing, of buying and of managing wer- discussed...
...It may be the automatic, unconscious expression of the narrow selfishness of our business life...
...Proteids AMONG the proteids, as among the carbohydrates, there are some soluble and some insoluble substances...
...There is a fine work for boys going on in England, called the Boy Scouts...
...Beef Juice BROIL a piece of round steak quickly on both sides in order to start the juices...
...The conference promises much not only in the way of variety of occupations for women but also for the comfort of those who must live permanently or temporarily in institutions...
...a. r. Food for the Sick A Reading Course in Domestic Science.—Lesson XXII...
...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...
...This is of course cheaper than to employ examining physicians or to install safeguards...
...For the loyalty and friendliness of our people, for the helpfulness and guidance of our good, the spirit of wakefulness and eager aspiration of all, we render hearty thanks, but for our vision of the Rochester that is to be, we are thankful most of all...
...They are intended for the use of individuals and of clubs...
...Master Philip La Follette, Washington, D. C. My dear Phil: SAY, that was just fine of you to write to me...
...They are all friends of mine and when the big Boss and leader of the machine was over there for a meeting, the kids made speeches against him and you bet it made him mad...
...To cook it in the latter way, make it into balls and cook the balls in a frying pan on which there is a small amount of salt...
...the boys worked on election day against the boss in that ward and the Water Company was beaten two to one, largely through the work of the boys...
...Let our hands be merciful to all who wrong us, our purpose earnest against all wrong...
...Several of them can speak real good and they know all about the Beast...
...It can be frozen in a baking powder can set in salt and ice, the frozen portion being scraped from the sides as it forms...
...Ice cream and whipped cream desserts may also be the means of serving fat in palatable form...
...We have an opinion, but that opinion has come to us from the outside...
...I was glad to send you a copy...
...but how about discontinuous employment as a factor in the breeding of discouragement and poverty?—Jane Add am s. New Organ for the Suffrage Association ACCORDING to plans made at the recent convention, The Woman's Journal has become the official organ of the National American Suffrage Association, taking the place of Progress...
...The students are from all parts of the United States and in the School of Agriculture there are three students from over the seas...
...Say Phil, I wish you could have been here during the campaign and have attended a meeting on the west side where the newsboys live...
...Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter of the founders, Alice Stone and Henry Blackwell, will continue as editor...
...It may have been handed down from our parents...
...Remove from the fire...
...Put the egg into the water and allow to remain five minutes...
...Put it on a meat board and scrape with a knife...
...It should be sweetened, flavored, put into the can carefully covered with paraffin paper and the top of the can and packed in salt and ice...
...I told your dad that letters like yours were worth more than a million dollars to me—because one's love and good will, especially a boy's or girl's, is worth more than money—any amount of money...
...The Graduate School in Agriculture which brings together experiment station workers, teachers of agriculture, and progressive farmers, and the Graduate School in Home Economics which brings together teachers of Domestic Science and progressive housewives, are both in session...
...And the reason we don't think is because it is hard work...
...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT How the'Boys Fought the Beast Mr...
...This should be made by boiling together sugar and water in the proportion of one part of sugar and two parts of water...
...A refreshing as well as a nourishing drink may be made by adding the slightly beaten white of an egg to a glass of lemonade...
...You may not believe this, but any psychologist will tell you it is so...
...I would rather have the good will and respect of the boys and girls than any one on earth...
...Graduate School in Home Economics THE interests of the farm and the home are being considered at a meeting which is now being held at the College of Agriculture in Ames, Iowa...
...The Conference, which is a department of the Home Economics Association, Drought together fifty women for the discussion of the training necessary for dietitians, managing housekeepers in colleges and hospitals, heads of college dormitories, and directors of school lunch-rooms...
...For this reason it has in the past been used in the feeding of invalids being made into lemonade or wine whey...
...The subscription price has been reduced from $1.50 to $1.00 and the number of pages is to be increased...
...Bring the water to the boiling point...
...It is considered that arrow root is the best starch for the preparation of gruels though almost any other cereal may be used if it is thoroughly cooked...
...In re-heating be careful not to raise the temperature above 130° F. Beef juice should usually be served in a china cup as its uncooked appearance is less noticeable in that than in glass...
...By this means the fibers are removed and the connective tissue left behind...
...This explains the popularity of toast water which used to be given very often to the sick before the introduction of predigested foods...
...A New Field of Work for Women FROM the point of view of the need of new and promising fields of activity for women, the Conference on Household and Industrial Management recently held at the Lake Placid Club has special interest...
...Ben B. Lindsey, Judge June 26, 1910...
...I hope I can visit you and Bobbie on the farm this summer...
...Gruels THE carbohydrate which makes the greatest demand in the body for its digestion is starch...
...The soluble proteids are the albumins...
...May there be a growing righteousness in the administration of all our affairs, a growing honesty in all our commercial relations, a growing desire in the minds of all that justice and equal opportunity shall be the portion of all our citizens...
...This will prevent them from sticking if they are kept constantly in motion...
...It may be diluted with plain water, with Appolinaris, or some of the other forms of charged water...
...Bless the boys and girls of Rochester that disciplined and undisheartened, healthily and merrily they may lay in store the power that shall one day lift our city to the democracy of our vision...
Vol. 2 • July 1910 • No. 28
