The broad ax., 1905-12-30
Chairman Household Economics

The report for the Committee on
Arts and Crafts at the last conven-
ton was as follows: From eight cit
les 81 dressmakers, designers, 8
milliners, II basket makers, 16 lace
makers, china decorators. Allow
me to say that one of the ladies that
decorates received $50 for a hand
painted chop dish last Christmas To
show the character and gist of our
worthy Chairman. Miss Maud Ousley,
OF SIuscatine. | place her paper on
Arts and Crafts within this article.
One Of the most important things
that can be done is TO educate our
club members, and through them the
community to an intelligent under
standing of the artistic idea of the
fitness of things which should be APP
piled as naturally in the making of
the smallest article rs in the cOncep-
ton of the highest artistic design.
By study courses and classes in han
dicraft these principles can be as
definitely mastered as any alCebraic
formula. They will give a sure foun-
datiOn for the growth OF artistic taste,
and they can be put into every day
practical use i'm the furnishing and
decorations of our homes and in the
faShiOning Of our raiment.
From This study We ought to- be-
come more intelligent as buyers, and
more appreciative of artistic crafts
manship. Therefore the difficult and
intricate problem called Arts and
Crafts movement is in analysis an
economic and social problem. If any
club desires to foster local home in
dustrics and true craftsmanship it
should begin its work by searching
investigations of local conditions from
the ethical and economic as well as
from the aesthetic and ritual point.
Mrs L. r. Palmer. 4 graduate from
Straight University. is Chairman Of
the Committee on Education. To
speak of her worth and ability will
only he To- call your attention to her
programme for club years work.
PROGRAMME FOR DECEMBER.
First Meeting - Business day.
Paper: Subject, selected. followed
by discussion.
Second Meeting - Household eco
Monies. Paper: What constitutes
good housekeeping. Demonstration:
Roast meats.
Third Meeting-Temperan day.
Study of alcohol and its effects upon
the body.
Fourth Meeting-Social day. Lee
ture. music reading
PROGRAMME FOR JANUARY, 1906.
First Meeting-Bus:neSS day. Par
liamentary drill.
Second Meeting - Mothers day.
Paper: Child study. Discussion:
Baths. clothing. table manners, re-
ligious training. patriotism. parental
reverence
Third Heeting-Study of physiol-
ogy The bones, the muscles and in
tegument foods. digestion. circulation.
respiration. Discussion.
Fourth Meeting-NIusic day. BiOg-
raphiCs of composers, instrumental
and vocal selections. Discussion:
Resolved that rag-time music should
be eliminated.
PROGRAMME FOR FEBRUARY,
1906
First Meeting-Business day. Paper,
subjects selected.
Second Meeting-Study of civil
government. State. government, civil
government, law writ of habeas cor
pus. tax, civil liberty. international
law. citizens right of suffrage, polit-
ical rights. civil rights, origin Of the
constitution. House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, President and
Vice-President. Electors, how the
number of electors are determined.
Name the executive departments Of
the government, judiciary. the highest
court who presides, salary received,
who is the present Chief Justice. what
is the Court of Claims. power of Con-
gress. outlines of the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth amendments.
Third Meeting - Household eco
Monies. Papers. Subject: Pure food.
Discussion. Demonstrations selected.
Fourth Meeting-Study of Geo.
Washington. The causes that led to
the American Revolution; Washing
toms administration and the Declara-
ton of IndeDednence