Domestic science (Johnson, for schools and homes)

1 No. 20, Rosewood Handle, Try Square, Stanley. 2 No. 2. 8-inch, Iron Handle Try Square, Stanley. 1 India Oil Stone, Mounted. 8x2xl-in. 140 DOMESTIC SCIENCE After-Word. In the preparation of the preceding pages, the following authorities have been consulted: 1. Physiology and Hygiene. Huxleg and Youmans, 2. Brief Course in Physiology. Colton, 4. Physiology and Hygiene. Brown* 4- The Human Body. Martin. 5. Advanced Physiology and Hygiene. Conn and Budington. 6. Physiological Economy in Nutrition. Chittenden, 7. Dusts and its Dangers. Prudden. 8. Bacteria, Yeasts, and Moulds in the Home. Conn, 9. Bacteria. Newman. 10. Lectures on Bacteria. Du Barg, 11. Food and its Functions. Knight. 12. Diet in Relation to Age and Activity. Thompson, 13. Food and Principles of Dietetics. Hutchinson, 14- Handbook on Sanitation. Price, 15. Practical Hygiene. Currg. 16. Practical Hygiene. Harrington. 17. Handbook of Industrial Organic Chemistry. Sadtler, 18. Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning. Richards, and Elliott. 19. Chemistry in Daily Life. Cohn. 20. Chemistry in Plant and Animal Life. Sngder, 21. Sanitary and Applied Chemistry. Baileg, Thanks are due "Knight's Food and Its Functions'* and "Huxley and Youman's Physiology and Hygiene" for th« physiological illustrations selected for this worL The Author. GRANDMOTHER'S SPINNING WHEEL. SYLLABUS IN SEWING PART VI. For Use of Teachers. Suggestions. Cleanliness: Pupils should wash their haods immedi- itely before lewing. The desks or tables should be free from dust; the work kept from contact with other objects in the room, and from unnecessary handling by others. No thread should be carried to the mouth. No goods not washable, should be used in school work. Position; When the work is light enough to permit its being held up near the face, the usual injunction, "Sit erect," may be followed; the neck being inclined somewhat; but when the work is heavy, it must rest on the table or on the knee, and the injunction is fruitless; the pupil cannot "sit erect." The hands and arms should not be allowed to arest on the desk or table. Light: As the taking of fine stitches is more trying to the eyes than studying the common text, great cart should b« taken that the curtains are adjusted so as to admit the greatest amount of light without throwing the sunlight into the eyes of the pupils. The light should fall from the left or over th« shoulders, rather than from the right or the front; both for the better view and for the protection of the eyes. When the pupils squint, or "knit" the forehead between the eyes, in sewing, they should discontinue the work until an oculist can be consulted. There is some defect of vision. Rooms that cannot be well supplied with natural light, should not be used for sewing classes. Ventilation and Heat should be as carefully con- tid«red as light. Only pure air is re-creative. "Oh, they 141 144 DOMESTIC SCIENCE can sit there a little while!" should plead no excuse for main- taining sewing classes in rooms not susceptible of proper heating and ventilation. Thimbles: Owing to the danger of piercing the skin of the finger, no pupil should be allowed to take one stitch without a thimble. For school work, the aluminum thimble is best; being cheap and non-corrosive.