Where Toothbrushes Grow on Trees

The Hindu girl is very devoted to her religion, and she attaches a religious significance to all the occurences of daily life,\u27\u27 said Miss Phyllis Harley, Bombay, India, who is a member of the staff of the Women\u27s University Settlement, in her address to the home economics girls on India women and their habits of living. \u27\u27Every child is initiated into her religion,\u27\u27 she said. \u27\u27Women carry sacrifices of fruits, vegetables, etc., to the god in the house.\u27\u2

College Girls and Children

Tho home economics girls at Iowa State College receive instruction in child care and training. The course in Child Psychology is required, and a study is made of the child, of his habits and of special problems which may arise. The girls are also required to observe some particular child and write a report of it. The observations are to be made over a considerable length of time--about 10 weeks-and in as many different situations as possible; that is, how the child eats, how he plays with others and by himself, how he responds when out among strangers, etc

The Tin Can Family

When purchasing a pair of hose, would you say to the clerk, \u27\u27I want a pair that will fit my feet? Hardly! Instead, you\u27d specify - \u27\u27I want a pair of gun-metal hose-size nine and a half

No More Gooey Picnics

Picnics are really a variation in serving the usual meal, but what a pleasing variation they are! The caroling birds furnish the musical entertainment, and the green foliage and blue sky make up the decorations for the occasion. Sometimes a few pesky mosquitoes interrupt the peacefulness of the party, but picnickers are wont, after some unsuccessful battling, to accept mosquitoes as a part of the natural environment

Farm and Home Week

Two thousand six hundred and forty-two farmer s and homemakers enrolled, or 1,914 men and 728 women. Ninety-six of the 99 counties of Iowa were represented. People from two foreign countries registered, namely, Canada and South America.. Thirteen other states besides Iowa. were represented, namely, Illinois, Missouri, South Dakota , Minnesota, Nebraska., Kansas, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Virginia., Georgia, New York, New Hampshire and Texas. Story County led with the largest enrollment, 433; Polk County was second with 270, and Boone County third with 186. Total registration for 1930 increased exactly 400 over the registration for 1927, and increased 692 over the 1928 enrollment

Horticultural Hunches...

Where you can\u27t raise flowers, you can\u27t raise kiddies, once remarked a student of science and human nature, who added sagely that a home without horticulture is no home at all, but merely a habitation. Therefore, let\u27s talk horticulture, which from ancient times has included the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, trees and ornamentals

Harvesting the Vegetables

In the midst of winter- when the ground lays covered with a blanket of snow and the mercury hovers round and below the zero point-then fresh vegetables are a choice and highly desirable product to be included in the menu. Possibly it is the idea of always wanting what is not,-that makes them so especially desirable in the winter when the season is unfavorable for growing these things. However, the person who has wisely looked ahead and successfully stored the summer and fall crops of fruits and vegetables is fortunate, indeed, for she can inexpensively satisfy her family\u27s tastes with those products-some of which might be priceless on the market just at that time

Enjoy Thanksgiving Day

The Thanksgiving feast is a tradition and any attempt to make it different usually leads to disappointment. One lady told of a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner that she and her party enjoyed at a fashionable hotel. It was a well-balanced meal, served in the most correct manner, and yet it did not spell Thanksgiving. On the way home one of the small boys in the party remarked, \u27\u27I like homemade turkey best.\u27\u27 After all, isn\u27t that the way a great many of us feel? We don\u27t wish to depart too far from the old traditional feasts

The Iowa Homemaker vol.10, no.7

Does Your Dress Fit? By Marie Stephens Please Pass the Pie! By Thelma Carlson Lengthen the Life of Your Furs By Katherine Cranor The Tin Can Family By Nellie Goeth