You've heard the remark that things are not what they seem? Consider silk! To how many mixtures is the word "silk" applied? For instance, silkaline is all cotton, near silk is half cotton, artificial silk is cellulose put through a special chemical process. Because of the misleading names of these materials every woman should know some simple test by which she can tell whether or not her silk is pure or mixed, or not silk at all.

We must have another room," insisted the classifying officer.

The story is told of a business man who sat down in a first class restaurant, and because he had forgotten his glasses, asked the waiter to read the menu. The waiter apologetically replied that he couldn't read French either.

Eugenics is distinctly a part of the vocabulary of the modern age, altho the derivation of the term is from the Greek word "eugenes" meaning wellborn. In the words of Davenport, eugenics is the "science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding." Galton defines eugenics as "the science of being well-born." More specifically, eugenics is the scientific study of the biological machinery, by which human traits are transmitted, the investigation of the social evils arising from defective germ plasm, and the application of this knowledge thru a sociological program to the elimination of degenerates from society. A corollary of the latter program is the propagation of human population from the persons who have superior endowments, physical and mental.

Spring brings a wealth of fruits and vegetables to our tables from distant states, to fill in until the home foodstuffs are in market. Refrigerated transportation has made it possible for Iowa housewives and their neighbors to serve. fresh products that are raised in other parts of the country.