The Forrest City times., 1897-07-23
An Address. S

10 THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE FEEDER
 ATIoS OF WoMAN'S CLUBS AND THE
 WOMEN OF ARKANSAS, GEEETING:
 While the great "Woman's Movement" for the fur'herauge of &li work tending to the upbuildin- of humanity. has bsen taken up vigorously by the women of Ar kansas, and Literary Clubs. Art Clubs. sprinsing up in every town and hamlet in the state, we do not hear of any club or department in any club formed for the systematic study of household economics, that is household work. and good house. keeping. While all intellectual advance nient is good, it is to he remembered that the great work of woman must ever be in her legitimate sphere, the Eome center, making this a leverage, not only for mak- ing better, sNerter. and purer. the condi- tions of home lIf', but naturally reaching out through it~ lany c0ncentric circles of useful charity, to the orphans h0me the prison home, and the various homes for the indisent and tue afflicted. "ior out of home are huildtd municipalities, states and nations"
 The problem of hygienic housekeeping is, for the women of Arkansas, an ex- tremey complicated one, that cannot be | easily solved. While the c0lored servants. as d class, are faithrul and industrious. they cling tenaci0usly to their old-fasl- toned mode Uf cooking, and resent any | suggestion of sanitary improvement, as direct hereSy to the good old times. Add to this tue excessive heat of four months of the year, with the consequent physical and mental lasstude. and who could won der that most women shrink from the seemingly hopeless task of eliminating from these complications, those sweet, orderly and hygenIc conditions in all the the highest and best results. For woman to do her whole duty toward home and family consistently and steadily, requires the cultivation of all the faculties which God has given her. The very essence of the highest civilized life is woman's duty toward home.
 1T the world Is to be better our sons braver and nober, our daughters more practical and womanly, we must give them | better homes, and more wholesome food. It is not alone the poor who are slowly dying for the want of nouriShing food, l there is famine of superabundanee from from which the rich suffer, quite as de. structiye as that of destitut0n, because it is more spacious and more difficult to deal with.
 It has been estimated that under the most favorable conditions of the present home life more than one half of the time of every faithful housekeeper is spent in hopeless warfare against hunger and dirt The only pallation to this is to be reached through thorough study Of househou.d economies This work has to be done without any thought of selfsacri flee. The final apolheosis of home must be worked for, hoped for, and if needs be died for. Do you ask me in general
 what will be the end of this subject, I answer Victory. II you ask me in par ticular answer Death
 The time has arrived for woman to real, ize that the highest intellectual and moral development depends largely upon sound, healthy body, which iS only ob- tainable through general regard ol sanl. tary laws, and of home hygiene. The famous Scotchman. Blackie. thus ends his
 lecture on culture: He that would be good must be happy. l,e that would be happy must be healthy. Therefore. fol. lowing this thought. it would seem the straight road to heaven would lie through cleanliness and hygienie cookery.
 ln View of the evident importance of this subject, we appeal to every large club in the state 10 inaugurate permanent department of household economies, and where the clubs arc small have cue or