The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-11
THE SOCIAL SIDE

Army at Pickett Springs. Here they have found the benefit of liberal in- duigence in the joy of fresh air wnicn' through ignorance of laws or neaitn. is excluded from the homes or many os them in the city. They have enjoyed the absolute cleanliness of the sur- roundings. and the wholesale, we'll cooked food that has been provided, And all this has given many or them who were run down or Ill, new lease on life.
 Thera are at the fresh air camp hve nsautis,,lIv equipped tents with four single beds in each One tent Is arr ranged as a sitting room or living room with comfortable seats tables for periodicals, etc. The picture shows the kitchen and dining room tent. The tired mothers who have. with their children. been guests at the fresh air camp, have been made happy in the the pleasure the outing has given their little boys and girls to whom week at this attractive place has been or untold good Such an outing gives 10 those whose entire lives have been spent in the city a sense of nearness 10 nature that Is bound to result Tn benefit morally. physically. and spir,s. uaIly The soothing influence of the boundless air, the surrounding woods and trees. the songs of the birds. the unobstructed sunshine. can but tend to A A ia trip to the fresh Air camp by troll ley early one morning during the week and nice chat with Mrs. odoni. wife of the head of the Salvation Army in Montgomery was a great pleasure. It was baking day and Mrs. odom was in the kitchen looking after the well fare of her guests" for she is hostess at the fresh air camp and gracious one she makes.
 Our purpose" she said. "is Co give tired mothers change and rest though many who have spent week here since we pitched the tents have been working women who could not leave their business during the day. SO they have gone into the city each morning and returned at night. leaving their children through the day to en- joy romping about the grounds"
 When asked if she did not find 1t diff ficuit to persuade the worthy to ac- cept the weeks pleasure. Mrs. odom said:
 "It requires careful managing to And the needs of the poor and unfor- tunate of the city, for, along with poverty and all It's attendant trials, we have always found there goes a pride--an undue pride--that resents the kindest intentions If not put forth with the greatset tact On this account we find it very hard sometimes to reach those who are greatest in need of our work. Many whom we visited and personally invited to come to the pie nic several weeks ago here at Pickett Springs remained away for fear of be- ing considered as receiving charity. But" she continued, i've had hundreds to respond to our Anvitation that day"
 When asked Of Mrs. Odom if she thought it would be possible to con vince those with whom she dealt of the dignity of home services as supe- rior to the lines of work usually se- iected by women. she replied; T have found 1t impossible. They have hor- TOT of the idea of service in the home. I have tried to tell them of its advan- tages, but to no effect The same pride that combats us sometimes in the doing of the good that Is the object of the Salvation Army, meets us when we of- fer work in the home"
 This struck the key note of much of the problem of the poor of the South. '. There should De some Kind of an 4cr- ganiz&tion the absolute and only pur- nose of which should be to- get ems ployment for those who need it ChaFt- ty may be sometimes mistake, but work never, and the popular idea of the relative merits of various kinds of work should be overcome by education on the subject, Every individual should be trained by public opinion to be willing and glad to do the work for which their advantages of education have fitted them. The value of every- thing is relative and if the girl in the factory looks down on the girl who accepts a position of home service; the girl in the shops down on her in the factory, the girl in the office down on her in the shop; the girl in the school down on her in the office, and so on to the woman who makes a name and efstrf hxyV Vur ri a that speaks a truth loft thought but n'er so well told' to the world, it is all wrong. If one is not fitted to write the book and is capable for home work, she should do it and bring to 1t dig nity that will prevent it's being hurt to the pride. The world knows Mrs. Korer and 1t knows George Elliott. There are worlds of intermediates who are born to blush unseen" but they may do their work we'll
 False pride has kept many man and Ewoman from attaining the best that Is in them. Many girl could get good education in the idle hours of home position. A woman who would be will ing to look after the home of family, and would do 1t well, could command from S1O to $20 a month, her home, her fuel, her lights, and have fully half of her time to rest and to study if she is ambitious. But no! false pride pre- vents 1t, She prefers to live Tn aDJecI poverty and its discomforts because a popular fallacy teaches that it is ele- yating to stand before the loom in factory from morning until night, or- dered about by bullying man, and degrading to cook good meal and put a home in order under the direction of a ~entlewoman. Insight into the rum ming of 0 refined home would be an ed- ucatinR influence. The great cry is that the girl working in the home would not be treated as an equal. Does the factory girl spend her evenings in inc home of the mill men for whom she works? Does the shop girl mix her business and social life and always tre- ouent the functions of the circles in which the heads of her establishments move?
 There should be never a question of mixing the business and social life. It is not necessary. Any eficie young woman could i'll domestic position m A home. get a good salary and still live her own life at her own home 1T she wished. There Is many home in this city where a young woman could fill such a position and leave her place of business at 3 o'clock in the after noon having all the rest of the day and night to herself.
 Is 1t so in the factories or In the sewing sweat-shops2
 wouldn't it be we'll for some Of the women who work in lines of charity among the poor to start out on line of effort to teach the dignity of labor labor which would procure the com.
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