The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-22

your city without expending mucn
money.
The best set of books for home
and club study are those of the
American School of American School
Of Home Economics. They are each
written by experts, and in the back
Of each book have very complete
photography Of books relating to that
subject. You will also find programs
on that subject for your clubs work.
In addition, the school has travel
ing library Of books and pamphlets.
The Home Economics Committee
Of Iowa has had the free Govern
ment Bulletins relating to this sub
ject put in its libraries. You can OBJ
tain sets by writing to DR.. G. F.
Langworthy, Expert in Nutrition,
Washington, D. G.
The last committee Of the General
Federation compiled most excellent
outlines for this work. The Lake
Placid Conference. some Of our State
committees, and several experts have
also arranged outlines, programs, and
photographers. This committee has
collected these; also small library OF
books, pamphlets, and club pro-
grams for your work. We will be
glad to send you any assistance that
we can.
A great deal of material exists up
on this subject, but the great ques-
ton for us to settle is how to bring
this expert knowledge and practical
common sense to our women, how to
make 1t part Of our everyday life.
Tt is not enough to know that fresh
air and good food will prevent con-
sumption, but we should know how
to build the houses and live that
wholesome life to prevent all these
maladies. AS our work is somewhat
technical, we should have Round
Table discussions at the conventions,
so that the Chairman can instruct the
individuals who wish this knowledge
on the most important phases of this
subject, and tell them where to find
the books and information.
You cannot do the most effective
work in your State until you have on
your State Committee, experts who
understand this subject, and ladies
} deeply Interested in the home, who
realize the tremendous possibilities
to be obtained in the home and NUM-
cipality, with an understanding of
Home Economics.
1t is great help, if the clubs will
each have one program on this sub
ject, but, to work most effectively for
community, we need large Home
Economics clubs, where the most es-
sential phases of this subject can be
really studied. These clubs should
be inclusive, not exclusive, and
should have as members all those
who are interested. They should in
clude the young wife and mother, and
the old housekeeper, who has settled
many of the problems through years
of practical experience. They should
/ include the teacher who needs our
cooperation for the welfare of the
child, and the teacher of Domestic
Science in our midst who can contrib
ute SO much valuable knowledge.
Such a club becomes the forum for
/ the discussion Of those practical sub
jects that will reduce the labor in
the home, solve many of its prob
lens, sift out all that is best in the
old way, and add the later-day intel
ligence that we need.
Your State Chemist and officers,
your city experts, have message for
! you, if you have a club that is open
to their help. This club can be an
organized force for bringing knowl-
edge that is hardly possible to obtain
without this cooperation. Such a
club fills need in the community,
for 1t dignifies, uplifts, and trans
forms the commonplace duties, so
that we see, with modern machinery
and better understanding and d.
vision of labor, the drudgery is large
ly lifted and someway 1t is turned in
| to love, peace, and Joy. Then, too, 1t
means so much, that this life knowl-
edge that grows out of service, and
often self -abnegation, has brought
lessons that are so valuable to the
young housekeeper. The solidarity of
our needs and joys seem to appear,
and we realize that we are one sister
hood to achieve strong things.
Whatever you do in this work,
please send records, photographs, and
clippings to your State Chairman and
to our committee. While much has
been done in this movement, the
club records are very incomplete, and