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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 31
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• WAR TIMK srcGESTIONS FOK HOME ECONOAIICSEXBIIJITS m i f l E BUNCH, STATE LEADER IN HOME ECONOMICS ]>KMONSTKATION N A O M I N E W I U ' K . V , INSTRUCTOR IN 1I«»MK !•:« UNOMICS KXTKNSION In order thai exhibits may l»e a real benefit to the community j t is necessary to have some fairly definite ideas of what to exhibit,' how to exhibit, and a basis for comparison of values. Kxhibits should am how to help win the Mar by conserving food, clothing, energy, health, 4 and ideals. If the exhibit of 0m person excels in some point, that of his neighbor may excel in some other; then each has a chance to work up the highest standard reached and to avoid making again the errors discovered by comparison. If exhibits are organized, standardized, and graded so that the best from one community competes with the best from other communities in a township, the best from one township with the best from other townships in the county, then the best from one county with the best from other counties in the state, the home exhibit at the State Fair will really represent the activities of Illinois homes. The joy of excellent achievement in patriotic endeavor for production and conservation will mean much more than the mere winning of a premium. Since exhibits are examples of the best products of each kind from the homes; and since home economics has to deal, not only with the kind and quality of materials, but also with both time and moneysaving in a comparison of values, it seems wise to call attention in *nch exhibits to the cost to the exhibitor of the material of each entry a nd the time required to prepare it. Such information may be stated on the entry card. Economy of time and strength should be a factor 111 determining and rating the entries in the exhibits in order that P^ple may be influenced to consider time and strength as well as m °ney in the planning and doing of household tasks. It is suggested that this circular be widely distributed in districts planning rxhihitu «nd that local societies use the suggested score entry • • FOOD EXHIBITS In planning the exhibits one must remember that our country's f °od problem is to use less of the foods which must be shipped "over there''—wheat, meat, fat, and sugar—and substitute for them in the die t the foods which are plentiful.
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