Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-26
FARMERS WIVES

A talented writer for "a Wisconsin
farm paper. Nellie Fiske Haskell,
maintains that along with the agrtcul-
ture taught In the public school should
b. a text book for the farmers wife
OF tho future. She argues that u the
farmers VIE could and would learn
the blessings Of tho country. and at
the same time be warned OF the dan
ger Of OVERRIDING. Of too close home
STAYING. OF the value OF the country life
in different ways. and the ways %
make the most for herself and her
family, then we would have a happier
and stronger set Of women for the fu-
ture.
How the farmers wife contrives, with
a sort Of religious devotion, 70 keep
fresh air out OF her sleeping rooms
during the winter; how she worries
forever over things at home, and sell
dom takes a vacation; and hOw b
sacrifices to her own ambition and 10
the love Of her own, tho health which
should be cherished as a precious gilt
these are enumerated among the causes
for the failure Of many farmers wives
20 secure from their mode 81 life the
enjoyment which. with more rational
methods. 1t would undoubtedly yield.
Then follow some statements, which.
we suspect. are too generally true;
'1he habit Of sleeping in the same
room with one, two OF three members
81 the family without fresh air, Kills
many mothers. Many get up IN the
morning just as tired AS when they
went 10 bed. Then when they are sick
they thy the medicines advertised Ia
the weekly paper instead OF taking the
rest and change which is perhaps all
that is needed. Perhaps they feel bet
ter but the work goes on % IN TAX
ing the medical stlmulant they become
accustomed TO depending upon ome
thing besides their owu strength, and
get TO be- slaves OF drugs before they
are aware. II the farmer would spend
more money for fresh fruit there would
Dee "a great falling OF in the trade
of the bottle one woman admitted
that She was always craving the orange
but had never had enough off them in
her life. claiming that She could not az
ford to waste money ana yet 90 my per-
e0nal knowledge she had been spend
ing dollars FOR medicines for years ana
at the same time her whole system
was calling for fresh fruit and she did
not know
This is a matter of education among
women. Who can most properly and
most conveniently disseminate such iu-
formation? A local health league re-
Gently organized declares mat:
'rhe object OF the League shall be
The promotion of the public health. n
shall study sanitary questions and
needs of the State shall assist Boo secur.
ing the enactment OF suitable laws and
measures Cor the prevention of disease
and shall further the dissemination %.
Information relative Co the public
health. 10 shall aid iu the movement
~ establish "a national Bureau o
Health, and shall encourage and foHte.
local health organizations u5 branches
of this League within the State o
Utah.
Such "a league might a%ssist. but 81
can scarcely reach the persons Spoken
of herein. In our opinion the Rele.
Ponieties of the church aud the Youni
Ladies Improvement associations an
ford the best media Tor teaching th.
farmers wives and the mothers gen
orally the primary laws OF health an.
sanitation.
Here is "a field in which the leader
in those organizations should nnd ON
moro opportunity FOR some very enec
tive work.