Deutschland hat das best entwickelte Handelschul system der Welt. Einige Dchulen werden von Kaufmanns Vereinen unterstützt, andere von Städten und einige wenige vom Staat.
Confections are recognized by every man, woman and
child of almost all of the civilized nations of the
world as a delicious concoction and there is not a
nation in existence today which has not its own particular
sweet meat. The ability of the Japanese for
mint making and of...
Prepared and unprepared food may be compared with civilized and uncivilized man. The latter takes his nourishment as it is offered by nature; the former prepares his food before eating, and in ways that are agreeable and pleasing to the taste. Some of the ways in vvhich meats were prepared...
Before discussing the American press of the day,
with its freedom and power, a brief historical review
of the development of journalism in its several functions
seems in place.
"The boiling and spinning of sugar and the making of candies are classed among the 'frills of cookery'. But though everyone cannot hope to master all the intricacies of this branch of the culinary art, there is no reason why young people should not become, with advantages to themselves, expert...
The experiment under discussion was carried out in
Corvallis, Oregon, during the week beginning Sunday
April 3, 1910 with a family of six persons, consisting of
a mother, who acts as a housekeeper and housemother; a
young man, an instructor in the college; two boys, one in
college and the...
This course of study has been planned for the
seventh and eighth grades in Oregon schools. One period
each week, or ninety minutes or more, is needed.
The study or cookery should be closely correlated with
the other school branches. High ideals of workmanship,
neatness, accuracy and skill should be...
The women of the past ages have made little progress
in literature, and many are those who have ascribed
it to lack of talent which is evident in the gentler sex;
but more agree with Eliza V. Farnham when she says, "I
will yield to none in the grateful admiration...
All living things require food but none make use of
such a variety of foods as does the human race. Many
half civilized people of the earth live on very coarse
materials. The American Indians, for example, do not use
a great variety of foods such as we do, but...
The daily preparation of meals is an important end
extremely interesting home problem, a fact which is not
wholly appreciated by the average house keeper. The
importance of the provision of food. is wall. shown in the
words of Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, "The prosperity of a
nation depends upon...
Throughout history, the supply of foods necessary to
bodily sustenance has been an engrossing if not altogether
profitable occupation. Exception may be taken to the
use of this term, but when we consider the number of laboring families whose first and greatest aim is to meet the
call of the...
The art of bread making has been handed down from one generation to another for
centuries, with gradual improvement until
at the present time we have mastered what we consider
a perfect method. The aboriginal savages did not use
a leavening agent by which bread can be made light.
They...
Only within the last few years have literary critics
come to recognize in the short story a definite type,
one having its own individual characteristics and limitations.
It differs from the novel in a brevity not
merely accidental which prohibits the too extensive development of the three elements of the...
The induction motor in its electromagnetic features
is essentially a transformer, while in its general behavior
it is analogous to the continuous-current shunt wound
motor. In a transformer the primary and secondary members
are both stationary and electrical energy is transformed
from one pressure to another by the ratio of...