rom Ghent to Aix," by Browning.

Another meeting, a social one, had for its subject:

_Tea_. Paper, "Tea Culture"; "Tea in literature"; reading, "The Boston
Tea Party," by Holmes; reading from "Cranford," The Tea Party; toasts,
presented by members, drunk in tea.

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A program for the year on Domestic Science begins each month with a roll
call, answered by Helpful Hints. Here is one meeting:

_Roll call_: Helpful Hints on Vegetables and Soups.

_Paper_: Furnishing a Dining-room.

_Paper_: Furnishing a Bedroom.

Discussion of certain recipes (read aloud).

Practical demonstration.

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Another meeting was even more interesting:

_Roll call_: Helpful Hints for the Kitchen.

_Paper_: The Evolution of the Modern House.

_Paper_: The Woman Who Cleaned Atlanta.

Notes on Meats and Deep-fat Frying, by members.

Discussion: Made-over Dishes.

Practical demonstration.

_Discussion_: Use of butter substitutes.

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A charming yearbook has come from Flatbush, Long Island:

_The Ocean_. Importance of the Ocean; Life in the Deep; Sea Animals;
Whales and Whaling; Turtles and Tortoise Shell; Sharks, Sword Fish, Sea
Serpents; Modes of Fishing in Various Countries; The Sponge; Pearls and
Pearl Diving; Sea Gardens, Sea Weeds and Mosses; Shells; Superstitions
and Folklore; Coral; Birds of the Sea; Phenomena of the Ocean; Influence
of the Sea on Poetry and Music; Marine Painting; Deep Sea Explorations;
Evolution of Sea Craft; Famous Navigators; Pirates; History of the
Battleship; Naval Heroes; Polar Explorations; The Life Saving Service;
Light-houses and Beacons; Roll Call, answered by Fish Stories.

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A new idea from Tacoma, Washington, is a Query Club. The members write
on slips of paper the questions they wish answered and the president
gives the slips to a committee of three to prepare the answers for the
next meeting of the club.

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A club in the West doing practical work reports:

It has the promise of a city market.

It has made a study of the state pure-food laws.

It has personally inspected dairies and ice cream factories, and studied
the state laws of weights and measures, and had lectures on them.

It has had a weights and measures exhibition at the state fair, and is
working on a new weights and mea