Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Library of Home Economics: A Complete Home-Study Course on the New Profession of Home-Making and Art of Right Living; The Practical Application of the Most Recent Advances in the Arts and Sciences to Home and Health
Among the ancients fire was regarded as a gift from the gods, to be protected in every way, and all civiliza tion, forms Of religion, civil ordinances, and family life have been traced to the care primitive man bestowed upon his fire. Among the early tribes, the chieftain was Often the only one to have a fire in his home. The hearthstone thus became the center of the home life, the. Abode of the household gods, and even at the present time it is impossible for some persons to sep arate the spirit of the home from the kitchen fire.
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