The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-06
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Mrs. Snyder on Rest Rooms.

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Mrs. A. j. Snyder, of Springfield
favors us with letter on Rest Rooms
which reads as follows:
Ithas fallen to the lot of the write
to have lived both in the town and o.
the ranch and to have looked upon tn
subject of rest rooms from two points
of view.
While dweller in town, the subjec
of rest rooms came up before the Fed
Grated Clubs and was discussed pro an(
con with the sentiment mostly in its
favor. However, much doubt was ex
pressed as to whether the farmers
wives would avail themselves of the
privilege, with the result that such Z
room would become white elephant
on our hands. The way did not oper
as to room and funds, and the projec,
was abandoned,
1t seems to me that The Republican
has solved the question as to ways and
means by bringing in the business man,
| if he is willing to be brot. As rule
the club woman can not give both time
and money to further such project,
while the merchant can not take the
time from his business to oversee such
matters; but the two together might
plan such room that would be an
all-around benefit. 1t might not be
well-patronized at first, for we are shy
of new things, but there is little doubt
that after we once ''got the habit it
would be a pleasure to drop into, a
rightly conducted "rest room,' and the
trip to town would lose much ofzits un-
pleasantness. In a suburb of one of
our large cities, store faces two streets
with cars passing constantly. The
windows give fine view either way and
in the choicest place, the proprietor Of
the store has placed table, always
covered with the latest and best maga-
zines, writing desk and easy chairs.
Every one is welcome and many a
weary shopper has felt grateful for the
Rest Corner as she waited for the car.
Such room ought to benefit greatly
those within radius of ten or fifteen
miles. With the "Carylanders,' it is
different, for two days, at the least,
must be consumed and friends house
or hotel must be sought. But even
to them it could afford rest in the in
tervals of shopping.
One Of the dwellers in that section
suggested that two rest rooms would
not be too many after such trip, and
another, that the rest room ought to be
half way to Blackfoot, which simply
means, dear friends, that we are sadly
in need of an electric road in order
that the farmer and his family may
come and go with less wear and tear
upon their nervous systems. may run
in oftener and buy with greater pleasure
and profit to all concerned. y
MRS. LARocoUE WRITES.
We have communication from Mrs.
Martha Larocque of Riverside, in which
she covers some Of the matters men
toned in the above letter, and offers
the additional suggestion that the rest
rooms be kept open only two days in
the week, excepting in the busy season.
If they were kept open on Tuesdays
and Saturdays, country people would
plan to do more shopping on Tuesdays
than now. and perhaps less on Satur-
days, which wonld be an advantage to
merchants. In this way the expense of
having the rooms kept heated and cared
for would be curtaled.
MRS. REDS RESPONSE.
Mrs. r. Reid of Presto writes to say
that she endorses every line of last
weeks article on rest rooms, but would
eliminate the word ',ladies," and have
it for everybody, barring to bacco
smoke.
Mrs. Reid also strikes note that will
reach every merchant, when says the
fatigue and worry of shopping under
present conditions is one of the things
that drives people, and especially wo-
men, to mail order houses, for it is 50
much easier to write an order in ones
own home than to endure the trials of
Il days shopping without any place to
recruit She says It makes no difference