Table of Contents

A Greeting to Iowa Homemakers by Dr. Louise Stanley, page 3

A New Book on “Meal Planning and Table Service” by Florence E. Busse, page 4

A Bill of Rights for the Child by Lulu R. Lancaster, page 4

Shrubs as a Garden Background by Juanita Beard, page 5

‘Tis Egg Time Again by Beth Bailey McLean, page 6

The New Domestic System by Claude L. Benner, page 7

A Time Budget for the Homemaker by Ruth M. Lindquist, page 8

Figures That Do Not Lie by Mae L. Kelley, page 9

The Cooking of Meats by P. Mabel Nelson, page 10

The Psychology of Clothing by Eveleth Pedersen, page 11

Iowa State Women in Rural Schools by W. H. Lancelot, page 12

A Yarn about Yarns by Irene Christian, page 13

Tea Room Accounting by George M. Fuller, page 14

Who’s There and Where by Dryden Quist, page 15

Editorial, page 16

Homemaker as Citizen, page 17

The Eternal Question, page 18

Mrs. Purchaser Chooses Upholstery by Lucile Barta, page 19

All students of the social sciences now realize that whenever a significant change takes place in the technique of production, the whole manner of our living is vitally affected. All the revolutions in the world's history have not exerted one hundredth the influence upon the way men live as has the industrial revolution. It is no exaggeration at all to say that there has been more industrial progress in the last one hundred and fifty years than took place in all the other centuries of recorded time.

Unlike a mercantile concern, the stock-in-trade of a tea room consists solely of food which, at most, will last only a couple of weeks. The records and accounts of a tea room should not differ materially from those of any other· business. The big problem in tea room catering is to serve the guest with the best food and still keep the per capita cost within reasonable limits. The accounting for cash and other property is simple; it is in the kitchen and store room where large losses occur. A simple cost system in the kitchen, combined with comparative analytical reports of the report on sales, is the best solution of this problem. Many economies may be effected and numerous losses and wastes detected, when detailed records of daily food consumption are kept for comparison.

To have a flower garden from early spring until frost is the wish of many homemakers and yet this result is difficult to achieve when one has only the gaudily colored seed catalog as a guide. To gain the desired effects of color, form and texture, one must have advice from those who are acquainted with all the characteristics of plants.

Are you acquainted with the Twentieth Century Child? Can you describe his physical, mental and social characteristics and promises? Can you foretell the future in terms of the present? Ellen Key has said that this is a century of the child. A Boston physician doing research work and child welfare says that there is no neglected age of childhood any more, altho he does admit that our interest in the pre-school child is greater than our knowledge of what ought to be done. Have we done all that we can for childhood? Are the above statements actually true? Are you willing to place Uncle Sam's child beside the children of other countries? Is our splendid commonwealth spending the right proportion of wealth in conserving childhood?