The national course in home economics

NOTE. — Fruits and Vegetables require an average of 1% hours for digestion. Animal Food requires from 3 to 5 hours for digestion. % THE DELIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS TIME. (See index for simple and up-to-date recipes.) oee N?haa Papt>. caught ! riJH JTEA15LJ Gaj-nuhed vA^h Potato "b^Ws FOOD FURNISHED BY THE SEA, LAKES AND RIVERS. See Chapter entitled "Fish" — "Shell Fish"— and note all the favorite ways of cooking them, as well as their value to man as brain builders. THE NATIONAL COURSE IN HOME ECONOMICS How to Practice Economy in the Home Containing Original Suggestions on Home Milinery, Home Dressmaking, Fancy Work, Home Decorating, Home Laundry, Home Gardening, Home Cooking, etc., etc. B Y RUTH ALLEN gEEZLEY, Associate in Domestic Economy, Lewis Institute, Chicago, Formerly Instructor in Cooking and Sewing, Winona College, etc. It Contains also More Than One Thousand Tested and Approved Economical Recipes, Contributed by Prominent Women Covering Every Branch of the Art of Cooking, including Modern Up-to-date Dishes, Picnic Cooking, Chinese Dishes, Eat to Grow Thin and Eat to Grow Fat Menus, Special Menus for Holidays, etc., etc. ' B Y ANNIE R. GREGORY, Noted Authority and Instructor in Household Economy The Art of Carving Illustrated B Y A. GHABRISON, Famous Club and Hotel Chef of America Embellished with Many Colored and Photo Engravings Illustrating the Preparation of Plain and Fancy Dishes, Table Decorations, the Selection of Meats, etc., etc. The Whole Forming a most Complete Guide to the Management of the Home and Its Environments NATIONAL SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS rr Copyright 1917 by I*. H. Walter ®CM470369 \-. ' y Introduction A home-maker must be a housekeeper or at least understand what good housekeeping is. Those women who have been engaged in the study of home-making have grown to feel that it is a profession, a thing of so great importance that it calls for years of careful preparation and earnest study. The general impression exists that a girl can grow up without any knowledge of cooking and housework and when the time comes fall into domestic ways and become a good home-maker. Women have always kept house — hence the conclusion that home- keeping is woman's natural province, for the duties of which no especial training is necessary. In our early days a girl's opportunities were very limited and there was plenty of time for them to become proficient in the duties of home-making. In these days the changed economic conditions and greater educational opportunities have brought about great changes and we find women on an equality with man and practically economically independent of him. However, though she may be a teacher, stenogra- pher, bookkeeper, etc., she will nevertheless finally fulfill her real mission in life and become a wife and home-maker. These lessons of the National School of Home Economics have been prepared to supplement the work being done in the schools and to give the busy housewife the advantages of instruction and help based upon the best thought in the Science of Home Economics. The correspondence privilege extended to members, as per terms of certificate, affords an oppor- tunity to keep posted as to new ideas, new styles, new dishes, etc., which will prove of great value.