OF TRUSTEES
OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS

MRS. ARTHUR COURTENAY NEVILLE

President of the Board.

MISS MARIA PARLOA

Founder of the first Cooking School in Boston; Author of "Home
Economics," "Young Housekeeper," U. S. Government Bulletins, etc.

MRS. MARY HINMAN ABEL

Co-worker in the "New England Kitchen," and the "Rumford Food
Laboratory;" Author of U. S. Government Bulletins, "Practical Sanitary
and Economic Cooking," etc.

MISS ALICE RAVENHILL

Special Commissioner sent by the British Government to report on the
Schools of Home Economics in the United States; Fellow of the Royal
Sanitary Institute, London.

MRS. ELLEN M. HENROTIN

Honorary President General Federation of Woman's Clubs.

MRS. FREDERIC W. SCHOFF

President National Congress of Mothers.

MRS. LINDA HULL LARNED

Past President National Household Economics Association; Author of
"Hostess of To-day."

MRS. WALTER McNAB MILLER

Chairman of the Pure Food Committee of the General Federation of Woman's
Clubs.

MRS. J. A. KIMBERLY

Vice President of National Household Economics Association.

MRS. JOHN HOODLESS

Government Superintendent of Domestic Science for the province of
Ontario; Founder Ontario Normal School of Domestic Science, now the
MacDonald Institute.

[Illustration: DRESS MAKING IN MEXICO]

CONTENTS

Primitive Methods 3
Weaving 14
Fibers 29
Cotton 29
Wool 37
Flax 43
Silk 53
Modern Methods 59
Weaving 69
Weaves 72
Bleaching and Dyeing 78
Printing 81
Finishing 83
Cotton Goods 85
Linens 86
Woolens and Worsteds 88
Silks