Composition of Milk 153
Composition of Meat. ... 153
Composition of Tea 153
Mineral Matter in 1,000 lbs.
of 14 Vegetable Products 154
Mineral Matter in 1,000 lbs.
of 8 Animal Products. . 154
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
The Home.
A history of the Home from the time when caves,
or any other protection afforded by nature, served
as a shelter for the family, to the modern home with
all its conveniences and luxuries, is beyond the scope
of an elementary text-book.
Through all the ages women have been the home-
makers. While the men were employed in hunting,
fighting, and, in the newer countries, clearing the land,
the women were occupied in the preparation, spinning,
weaving, and making of flax and wool into clothing for
their families; making the butter, cheese, candles, etc.,
gathering and preserving fruits, herbs, and other pro-
ducts of nature for family use. Factory-made garments,
canned goods, gas, electricity, and the numerous modern
conveniences were unknown. The home, with its various
occupations, was the only system of education known to
the majority of girls. Few girls were employed in other
than the household industries.
The removal of many home industries to the shop and
factory, larger and more elaborately-furnished houses,
increased facilities for education and travel, and many
other influences have made the work of modern houses
very different from that of earlier days. The two
important industries, which affect the physical welfare
of humanity to a large degree, viz., cleaning and the
preparation of food, are left to the home, and the success
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of the homemaker depends largely upon her control of
these industries.
Nearly every woman is called upon, at some time, to
direct the affairs of a household. Therefore, a systematic
study of household operations will enable girls to obtain
knowledge which will greatly conduce to the physical,
mental and moral well-being of a people.
Note. — Tlie teacher should endeavor to interest the class in the
study of the home as a social institution, and the importance of
following sound principles therein. She should also have the pupils
draw plans of a house, with the various rooms, explain the situation,
etc., and discuss the furnishing and decoration of an inexpensive
house, etc.
CHAPTER I.
Pood.
The course of study in physiology prescribed for
the public schools will have given the student some
information about the structure of the body and a
primary knowledge of the food -stuffs and their
digestion.
The living body may be roughly compared to a very
delicate and complicated engine which, in order to be
kept efficiently at work, must be constantly undergoing
repair, and must be supplied continually with fuel of
the right kind and in the right amount. Certain of
our food-stufFs, such as fats, starches and sugars, serve
mainly as fuel: that is to say, they are burned within
the body, and so enable it to do work — to move itself
from place to place, for example — and to keep warm.
Other foods, of which lean meat is a good example, are
largely made use of to effect repairs in the complicated
machinery of our bodies ; though they too may be made
use of as fuel.
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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Composition of Milk 153
Composition of Meat. ... 153
Composition of Tea 153
Mineral Matter in 1,000 lbs.
of 14 Vegetable Products 154 Mineral Matter in 1,000 lbs. of 8 Animal Products. . 154
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. The Home.
A history of the Home from the time when caves, or any other protection afforded by nature, served as a shelter for the family, to the modern home with all its conveniences and luxuries, is beyond the scope of an elementary text-book.
Through all the ages women have been the homemakers. While the men were employed in hunting, fighting, and, in the newer countries, clearing the land, the women were occupied in the preparation, spinning, weaving, and making of flax and wool into clothing for their families; making the butter, cheese, candles, etc., gathering and preserving fruits, herbs, and other products of nature for family use. Factory-made garments, canned goods, gas, electricity, and the numerous modern conveniences were unknown. The home, with its various occupations, was the only system of education known to the majority of girls. Few girls were employed in other than the household industries.
The removal of many home industries to the shop and factory, larger and more elaborately-furnished houses, increased facilities for education and travel, and many other influences have made the work of modern houses very different from that of earlier days. The two important industries, which affect the physical welfare of humanity to a large degree, viz., cleaning and the preparation of food, are left to the home, and the success
of the homemaker depends largely upon her control of these industries.
Nearly every woman is called upon, at some time, to direct the affairs of a household. Therefore, a systematic study of household operations will enable girls to obtain knowledge which will greatly conduce to the physical, mental and moral well-being of a people.
Note. — The teacher should endeavor to interest the class in the study of the home as a social institution, and the importance of following sound principles therein. She should also have the pupils draw plans of a house, with the various rooms, explain the situation, etc., and discuss the furnishing and decoration of an inexpensive house, etc.
CHAPTER I.
Pood.
The course of study in physiology prescribed for the public schools will have given the student some information about the structure of the body and a primary knowledge of the food -stuffs and their digestion.
The living body may be roughly compared to a very delicate and complicated engine which, in order to be kept efficiently at work, must be constantly undergoing repair, and must be supplied continually with fuel of the right kind and in the right amount. Certain of our food-stufFs, such as fats, starches and sugars, serve mainly as fuel: that is to say, they are burned within the body, and so enable it to do work — to move itself from place to place, for example — and to keep warm. Other foods, of which lean meat is a good example, are largely made use of to effect repairs in the complicated machinery of our bodies ; though they too may be made use of as fuel.