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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1916)
1 Through the courtesy of Miss Es tella Casey, a very capable and pro gressive teacher of Domestic Science in the St. Louis (Mo.) Public Schools, we are able to offer the following in teresting contributions to the ladies who are readers of this column: Domestic Science in the Public Schools _This word, preparedness, of small meaning, stands paramount in the minds of all civilized people today. It fits perfectly into all phases and walks of life. Fifty years ago little thought was given to the study of Domestic Science. Today it stands parallel with the other sciences. Colleges and pub lic schools are preparing girls for this great work of “domestic engineering.’’ Household industries and household science are taught on a systematic basis. Housework is impressed upon the girl as honorable work. She no longer considers it a drudgery to wash dishes, to make up a bed, or to pre pare a wholesome meal, but an art. The enthusiasm awakened in school. girls for the performance of the com mon duties of life is of much import ance, and each city of the United States should equip domestic science centers for their girls. We find the girls physically and morally improved, besides being ef ficient in this line of work; the family conditions are bettered unconsciously; thus domestic science is gradually reaching its goal. Suggestions for Children’s Meals. Pipe bananas or cooked peaches, or stewed prunes, mashed into fine pieces with a fork and stirred through cream of wheat, rice, oatmeal or other cooked cereals, will make a helpful change from the plain cereal. Bread and but ter is rarely refused if covered ever so lightly vwth some kind of jelly or jam. Other Sugestions: Eggs scrambled with milk. Baked apple. Baked custard, tapioca and rice pud ding. Milk toast (thickened or thin.) Cocoa made almost entirely of milk. Bread pudding (slightly sweetened) ■ rade with milk and egg and served with cream. WHAT IS ALCOHOL? SCIENCE ANSWERS (By Dr. E. 0. Taylor, Boston, Mass.) Alcohol is a double poison, narcotiz ing the nerves and irritating the lin ings of the body at the same time. Alcohol will do to the man who uses it exactly the same things that cocaine will. Both are narcotic drugs., For every single argument that can be used for the prohibition of cocaine and other like drugs, we can bring two sound, unanswerable, scientific arguments for placing the social ban upon alcohol and for enacting pro hibitory law against its sale as a beverage. Every poison likes some part of the body better than any other. For in stance, the poison of lead likes the muscles of the wrist; mercury likes the salivary glands; manganese the liver; arsenic the coating of the stomach; strychnine the spinal cord; but alcohol likes the brain best. Professor Hans Meyer, of the Uni versity of Vienna, explains why al cohol likes the cells of the brain more than other parts of the body. Alcohol is a ready solvent of fat, and because the cells of the brain are composed largely of a fatty substance alcohol acts more injuriously on the brain cells than on other parts of the body. z If I had a choice as to what poison should attack my body, I would pre fer a wrist drop to a brain drop; a sore mouth to a sore brain; the liver compaint to a brain complaint; a stomach ache to a brain ache. WHITE MEN ARE TOO SALTY FOR CANNIBALS Chicago, May 5.—Every modem human being is pickled in brine until his health is ruined and he is brought to an untimely grave through his salt eating habit; according to Dr. Charles Woodward, of the Illinois State Eclec tic Medical society, which is holding its forty-sixth annual convention here. So much salt is eaten by civilized white men that cannibals cannot eat them, the doctor asserted. “The idea that we must fill every article of food with salt is a most dangerous fallacy,” Dr. Woodward said. “Every man needs about twen ty grains of salt a day—he eats about 400. This means that his tissues are invaded by a surplus of salt, which cannot be eliminated. The result is a hundred ailments. “The South Sea islanders never eat a white man, and the explanation giv en by them is that white men are too salty.” U. B. of F. and S. of M. T. Faithful Lodge No. 250 and Friend ship Temple No. 347 will give a grand reception and baby exhibit Monday evening, May 8th, at Peterson Hall, 24th and Burdette streets. To the best developed baby under two years of age, a beautiful prize will ge given. A silk dress pattern will be given to the person holding the lucky number, ranging from one to fifty. Mrs. M. C. Sands and Mrs. Fred Reeves are handling the chances. Hurry and get your chance as they are going fast. Good music the entire evening. The committee has spared no pains to make this entertainment the crowning event of the season. Admission 25 cents. Refreshments free. Bro. M. C. Sands, chairman; Sister Alice Pegg, secretary.—Adv. “ABOVE THE CLOUDS” This delightful drama will be pre sented under the management of Mrs. M. D. Marshall for the benefit of Zion Baptist Church Thursday even ing, May 11. Those taking part are among the most talented of the young people in the city. The characters will be taken by Messrs. Andrew Reed, Vernon and Thomas Roulette, Edward Miller and W. S. Brown; the Misses Hazel Perry, Rosella Haynes and Beulah Brittan, Mrs. Allie Jones and Master Cecil Alexander. Miss Irene Cochran and Miss Lulu Baker and Mrs. J. Alice Stewart will fur nish musical numbers. The enter tainment deserves liberal patronage. It will be given at Zion church. JOHNSON VISITS MOTHER. Jacksonville, Fla., April 27.—Hon. T. W. Johnson, formerly United States •onsul general at Corinto, Nicaragua, Central America, author and contrib utor to the leading Race periodicals i the country, is taking a vacation rnd is spending the time with his mother at 138 Lee street. Grow with Growing Omaha. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—l1^ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should ac company advertisement. FURNISHED ROOM8 FOR RENT. Furnished rooms for man and wife or single men, $12.00 a month. Mrs. Monroe, 2408 Erskine street. Clean, modem furnished rooms on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street car lines. Mrs. Annie Banks,, Douglas 4379. Furnished room for man and wife or single woman. Modem, except heat. Phone Webster 1574. Nicely furnished front room. Mod ern except heat. 1630 North Twenty second street. Webster 1171. Comfortable furnished rooms, 2409 lllondo street. Mrs. W. B. Smith. Webster 0376. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. Modern furnished rooms, 1819 Izard street. Tyler 2519. HOUSES—FOR RENT For rent, seven-room modem house, western port of the city. Call Web ster 7881. For Rent—7 room house and bath room. 3510 N. 33rd St., phone Harney 4002. Rent $12.00. WANTED. WANTED—Girls or women for sorting paper. Call at Omaha Taper Stock company, Eighteenth and Marcy streets. WANTED—Position by first class practical nurse. Good in all confine ment cases. Call Harney 4682. Mrs. Mamie Jasper, 2813 Cuming street. Springtime is here—Call Webster 5036. Let George remove your ashes and rubbish. Respectable young widow woman wants position as housekeeper. Will exchange references. Mrs. Esters. Call Harney 6385. FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. HAIR GOODS. Straightening combs for sale. Mad am Walker’s Hair Grower. Hair goods made to order. Pupils wanted to learn the trade. Miss Emma Hayes, Web ster 5639. 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