There is one thing all men have in common with the animals - the necessity for daily food. For rich and poor alike a certain amount of food is necessary to keep the body in good condition. But the three meals a day, three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, are the bane of housekeepers the world over. They must be planned, prepared, and served with unvarying regularity in order to maintain the health and efficiency of the family.

Although each household has different conditions to meet which make the problem more or less distinct, at the same time there are world problems and situations to-day which put us all on much the same footing whether we keep house in our own homes or depend upon hotels ana restaurants for our meals. The war has brought us face to face with the fact that each individual, in regard to the food he consumes as well as in other respects, is no longer a unit by himself, but is a part of the community, and is responsible to the world at large for his likes and dislikes, or for the surplus he consumes over and above his actual needs.