. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . TheBoston Cooking-School Magazine Vol. X. FEBRUARY No. 7. Moravian Domestic Life By Julia Davis Chandler. ^BOUT five hours ride by trolley,j \ far less by rail, from Philadel-X m phia. takes one to Bethlehem. Itis noted now as the centre of iron in-dustries, but the chief interest for many tourists is thefact that itwas the firstMoravian set-I tlement in America. Thei n^ quaint oldcommunitylife, with itssisterhoodsand brother-hoods andchoirs ofmarried folkand lit tiechildren, allin distinctivedress, haslong passe

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. The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics . TheBoston Cooking-School Magazine Vol. X. FEBRUARY No. 7. Moravian Domestic Life By Julia Davis Chandler. ^BOUT five hours ride by trolley,j \ far less by rail, from Philadel-X m phia. takes one to Bethlehem. Itis noted now as the centre of iron in-dustries, but the chief interest for many tourists is thefact that itwas the firstMoravian set-I tlement in America. Thei n^ quaint oldcommunitylife, with itssisterhoodsand brother-hoods andchoirs ofmarried folkand lit tiechildren, allin distinctivedress, haslong passedaway. AtEaster or Christmas time the city isthronged with strangers and descend-ants of the early settlers, who returnfor the services; and the great Bachfestivals also draw hosts of music-loversfrom cities far and near. The first little group of Moravianpioneers settled in the wilderness ofPennsylvania in 1740, after being sent

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