ame time effect a saving in
expenditure. "Grow more oats and eat them" would be a wise precept for
the nation to follow. With that, an effort must be made to secure a
fuller supply of milk at lower prices. This is vital for the welfare of
the coming generation. The cost of transport and of distribution of milk
might be reduced by better organisation.

Allied to this subject is the enormous waste caused by ignorance of
cookery. A really excellent dinner in France or in Switzerland is often
made from materials which would be despised in this country. Anyone who
is in the habit of roaming about the country on foot or on a bicycle
will know that in many parts it is impossible to get a decent meal; the
provision made is frequently nasty without being cheap. In rural
districts in France delicious meals can be obtained at a lower price.
Domestic economy should be taught in every school, and to people of
every rank, but the teaching should be practical. I remember wishing to
see in an excellent school something of the teaching of domestic
economy, and found the girls and boys, instead of learning to cook, were
learning what was called science, writing down in copy-books "the
operative principle of tea is theme." This kind of pseudo-science,
teaching people to write a jargon which conveys no meaning to their
minds, is one of the things which is called education, but is really
mental demoralisation. The process may be continued, perhaps, in classes
on "practical citizenship" for adolescents, who will be taught to say
"the operative principle for the amelioration of states is
democratisation." Great improvements in the teaching of domestic economy
have been made during the last few years in many places, but there is no
doubt that an enormous amount of waste is due to ignorance and neglect
in the choice and preparation of food.

Again, every possible effort should be made to encourage habits of
thrift, and to provide satisfactory modes of investment for small
savings. As regards this question, War conditions have positively had a
beneficial effect. The need for all classes to contribute to War Loans
has been recognised; facilities to enable the small investor to
contribute have been carefully arranged, and the War Savings Committees
have done admirable work in bringing the question home to the people.
The result has been on the whole most satisfactory. Not only has a very
substantial sum been provided towards meeting the cost of t