HOME AND EDUCATION

Hunt, Caroline L. & Follette, Belle Case La

HOME AND EDUCATION The home is the real seat of government, and the Wise Men of all nations bring their gifts to the cradle. Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT Results of a...

...Just because they are so numerous and all-pervasive we have assumed there is no hope of ridding the world of the nuisance...
...Storekeepers and market men also report that they are having less trouble with flies this season than usual...
...He was determined that his boy should have an education...
...Then when he wanted to go to school he came late very often, and had to stay in the tardy room...
...If the new army shoe is all that it is claimed to be, it opens up great possibilities of increased comfort and happiness for humankind...
...Fold D on F. Fold point B forward and point A backward...
...The texture which is much more porous is probably due to the fact that the cream is lighter than the water and therefore the water within the egg expands more readily when heated...
...The X-ray makes it possible to determine the position of the bones of the feet under changing attitudes and weights...
...Fly clubs have been organized...
...He is out of all sympathy with his history, mathematics, and French in the morning...
...Travelers who have caught the spirit of the new, sanitary crusade carry their own folding metal cups and are thus enabled to transfer their worries so far as their own health is concerned from cup to water...
...Murray, of the Health Department, who has been deeply interested in the campaign of fly extermination and cleaning up, very kindly furnished me the accompanying chart...
...Remove the eggs and place them on pieces of toast and pour the cream over them...
...And if they are finical in the least they find enough to do investigating the source of the water offered in public places without worrying about the cup...
...They are limited in flight...
...soon leaves...
...Until mosquito bar and wire screens gave us respite, we lived in darkened rooms and fought for food...
...All we need is the same attitude toward the fly out doors, that we have for it in the house...
...Traps and swatters have been furnished free to boys and girls...
...Fold C to E so that EF is parallel to DC...
...What would happen if they wore the spindle heels, paper soled monstrosities that are displayed as feminine footwear in the shop windows...
...A New Style of Shoe ABOARD OF OFFICERS was appointed four years ago to experiment with shoes for the army...
...But everyone comes occasionally into contact with the perpetually thirsty child who, in states where the law against the common cup has gone into force, must often suffer temporary discomforts and who in the benighted regions where the common cup is still permitted is subject to every kind of danger...
...Governor McGovern has announced the appointment of Mrs...
...A good dish which is similar to eggs poached in cream is made in the following way: Heat one-half cupful of cream and a level tablespoonful of butter seasoned with salt and pepper, and drop four eggs into the mixture...
...James was their only hope of support...
...One fact which is quite apart from all questions of mental ability or of the adjustment of the course to individual needs should be noted...
...James C-, a particularly promising Italian boy of high ideals, had to leave school because his father ran away, leaving a wife and a large family penniless...
...After thorough scientific investigation and experiment, the Board has recommended a shoe, which seems quite perfect...
...When we consider that the sifting from this cause had been going on in all the upper grades of the elementary schools, the large loss in the High Schools should give us pause...
...A test march of one hundred and seventeen miles was made at Fort Leavenworth...
...Flies have breeding places...
...With scientific caution Dr...
...Eggs Cooked in Cream EGGS poached in cream or half cream and half milk have a different taste and texture from those poached in water...
...His father was dead, and later his mother died...
...A small amount of grated cheese may be added...
...It has not contented itself with "the perfunctory and generally insincere and valueless reasons given by the departing students to the school secretary," but has made a diligent search for causes...
...Or the eggs may be cooked in the oven, and served in the same dish in which they are cooked...
...Bodily health, strength, endurance, poise and good temper are dependent on sound feet...
...Herman B-'s father never had an education, but he had struck it rich in the ladies' underwear business and got rich very quickly...
...At home Herman heard nothing but "dollars," how many his father made, how many his mother spent...
...The saving of expense and suffering to both man and beast, to say nothing of the prevention of illness and death through disease, should arouse every community to a sense of responsibility in this most important work of fly extermination...
...On long marches men are forced to drop out on account of blisters, bruises and other foot troubles...
...FOR THE FIRST TIME in the history of the Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture a woman has been appointed to membership on that board...
...The enormous spawning capacity of fish does not prevent the depletion of rivers and lakes...
...This is that a careful investigation shows that in at least one-third of the cases the cause of leaving was poverty...
...This destruction is now beginning to have its effect on the fly population...
...There must be a determined spirit of co-operation and public housekeeping...
...DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING PAPER DRINKING CUPS Take a square of any smooth white paper, a five inch square is large enough, and waxed paper from cracker boxes is excellent...
...New Work for the Drama League THE DRAMA LEAGUE OF AMERICA has found a work to be done in the playgrounds of Chicago...
...The traveler who carries a few sheets of paper and who knows how to fold a cup frequently has a chance not only to play the good Samaritan, but also to give a lesson in paper folding and one in hygiene at the same time...
...In the morning Hyman had to cook the breakfast, wash dishes, dust and clean, and wash the faces and hands of his little brother and sister, and start them off for school...
...Under the guidance of the Outdoor Art League they will plant the golden poppy, the state flower of California, in all the vacant lots and waste places of the city, as well as on the hillsides surrounding it...
...We would not rest until they were exterminated...
...In spite of their enormous capacity to increase, they succumb like all living things to the persistent ravages of war...
...It does not hold the pupils entirely blameless, nor the schools, nor society, and it is inclined to think that all are at times at fault...
...Hyman R-was an orphan...
...That at the present time flies are much less numerous in the city of Washington than heretofore, is well borne out by the many reports from residents located in every section of the city...
...This was because the percentage of imperfect feet among the men, made worse by improper shoes, is appalling...
...Many of the boys and girls who entered the campaign are now finding difficulty in making returns...
...From Writing Paper to Drinking Cup ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO La Follette's gave directions for making a drinking cup out of a sheet of paper...
...The object is to have all such places covered by a sea of yellow blooms when the fair is opened.— Stockton Record...
...The results obtained have been remarkably gratifying...
...If, on the other hand, we have in mind their future usefulness to society it behooves us to think seriously...
...It is not necessary to catch all the flies in order to free the world of this great source of annoyance and danger...
...James tends bar, oversees the waiters, and otherwise helps every night...
...The men who have worn it like it...
...In the DeWitt Clinton High School for boys and the Wadleigh High School for girls friends of pupils who have left were asked to write letters explaining the loss of registration...
...In its preliminary report it states "One thing our Committee has been very much impressed with is the fact that the whole problem of school mortality is as complex as human life itself...
...The new shoe is said to admit adjustment of the spreading toes while it holds the foot back in the shoe and, without binding the instep, prevents the toes from pressing forward...
...Ada F. Howie of Elm Grove as a member of the Board of Agriculture from the state at large to succeed Grant U. Fisher of Janesville...
...Hodge and other scientists have recently evolved plans of outdoor extermination...
...Three-quarters of a million flies were destroyed in May, three million in June, and in July (to date) more than eight million...
...At last it got too hard for him to do all housework and have to take punishment for being tardy, so he quit school...
...Here are a few of them: James G-'s father runs a cafe and cabaret restaurant on the east side...
...Credit and prizes have been given, and large numbers of children have worked industriously and effectively since May...
...He calls attention to the fact that at the present time the case total of typhoid is much below that of last year, which carried the lowest record for the last four years, during which interval, graphic studies have been made...
...They were written either by the boys who dropped out or by their friends...
...WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE IN MOVING PICTURES The Woman's Suffrage drama in moving pictures was given for the first time at the Bryant Theater, 223 West 42d...
...He gave up his chances of a career to help them...
...Why Pupils Quit School THE High School Teachers' Association of New York City has discovered that in the year between February 1910 and February 1911 three thousand pupils were lost to the high school system of the city from three of its large, but not its largest high schools, and a Committee of the Association has been trying to discover the reason...
...The officials of the Health Department give it as their belief that this improved condition is due largely to the clean-up campaign of the early spring and the war for fly extermination that has been waged since...
...St., New York City on June 15, and was pronounced a success * * * ¶ THE CLUB WOMEN of San Francisco have already begun to beautify their city, in anticipation of the coming world's fair...
...In eight of these playgrounds it has organized classes for children in the drama...
...If flies were wild beasts we would not submit helplessly to their invasion or be satisfied to bar our doors and windows against them...
...Murray says that before absolutely attributing the present low case rate from typhoid fever to the marked decrease in flies, he would like to make a further study covering the balance of the warm season, and after being able to eliminate all other possible influences, then he will better know whether the fight against the fly has proved of direct benefit in the prevention not only of typhoid fever but as he believes, of other diseases, particularly diarrheal diseases of children...
...Fold B to A on dotted line...
...To-day it repeats the directions, thinking they may be helpful...
...The difference in taste is easily explained, of course, for a small amount of cream clings to them and gives that delicacy of flavor which only cream can impart...
...The stories told in the letters are interesting partly because of the conditions they reveal, and partly because they represent the views of boys of high school age...
...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT Results of a Fly Campaign FEWER CASES of typhoid fever have developed in the District of Columbia this summer than in previous years...
...Those who wore the experimental shoe finished the march easily, while many of those who wore the ordinary army shoe had to drop out because of sore feet...
...If we are educating people for their own selfish satisfaction, we need not worry much about these cases...
...Then Hyman had to do the house work while his older sister and brother went to work to earn money for the family...

Vol. 4 • August 1912 • No. 31


 
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