Food and freedom

^ The chart on page 252 in chap, xii will give one an approximate idea of how a sum of money set aside for help may be expended in securing such ideal working conditions that personal help need never be missed. Add to this sum the expense of feeding, also damage and un- certainty costs of unskilled labor, and a considerable amount of money would be in hand annually for convert- ing into such home improvements as would not only give the needed help, but — since permanent equipment fairly represents capital invested — would automatically increase one's wealth. WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW 31 the plan of employing specialized, professional service by the hour or day, based on the eight- hour labor law, is meeting with success. It is a plan which should have the support of every broad-minded man and woman in the country. Although so many departments of our daily living are now increasingly provided for outside the home, this food and feeding problem, with its intricate complications, still remains. And it is a problem, apparently, that, for the best good to the greatest nimiber, must be solved in the home. Fortunately, food and household authorities have been devoting years of study to this very problem and have now sane standards and sound advice available to all who may wish to profit by them. If, in fitting ourselves with this new and necessary knowledge, now asked of us in the name of liberty for our country and democracy for the world, we honestly offer our best and most understanding effort, freedom for ourselves — that end which is the cause and hope of every woman movement on record — shall be our reward. REFERENCES: For help in organizing home-making and house- keeping the following publications are recom- mended : Man and Woman, Havelock Ellis. "The Economic Function of Woman," Technical Edu- 32 FOOD AND FREEDOM cation Bulletin, Edward T. Devine, Teachers Col- lege, New York, N. Y. A History of the Family as a Social and Educational Institution, Willystine Goodsell. Household Economics, Helen Campbell. The Art of Right Living, Ellen H. Richards. Progress in the Household, Lucy M. Salmon. Woman and Labor, Olive Schreiner. The Business of Being a Woman, Ida M. Tarbell. Home Problems from a New Standpoint, Caroline L. Hunt. "Saving Strength," by E. M. Bishop and Martha Van Rensselaer, Cornell Reading Course, Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca, N. Y. The Woman Who Spends, Bertha J. Richardson. The Cost of Living, Ellen H. Richards. The Household Budget, John B. Leeds (published by John B. Leeds, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.). ''A Survey of Your Household Finances," Technical Education Bulletin, Benjamin R. Andrews, Ph.D., Teachers College, New York, N. Y. Wanted — Young Woman to Help with Housework, C. Helene Barker. Journal of Home Economics, published monthly by the American Home Economics Association, Baltimore, Md. Note. — This periodical, in addition to valuable articles covering every phase of the food and home-making problem, contains, each month, a bibliography of new publications and current periodical literature dealing with food and home economics. By follow- ing this bibliography it is possible to keep abreast of the times in the food and home-making world. The Foundation of National Prosperity, Ely, Hess, Leith, and Carver. Note. — This volume contains interesting chapters and paragraphs of definite value to the home-maker.