The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-07-22
Riverside Farmers, Club.

The July meeting OF the Riverside
Farmers club was held at the pleas.
ant home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Black 1t being an extremely busy
time of the year, there was not quite
the usual attendance, although they
continued to gather until the num-
Der had reached 70. Meeting wa.
called to order by President DetwiI-
err. In the absence of the secretary
Mrs. G.. S. Kentfield acted in her
place. Meeting opened by singing
No. from the club song book. III
the absence of the organist, Miss
Marie Hardy filled the vacancy. The
devotional service was in charge of
Mrs. Brock, who read from Psalms
and then offered prayer. The secre-
tary's report read and accepted.
Penny collection of 46 cents was TAX
en- after the usual routine of bust
ness was disposed of the president
appointed committee consisting of
Mrs. G.. S. Kentfeld, Mrs. f. M.
Grove and Mrs. A. G.. Matthews to
revise and rewrite the constitution
and bylaws of the club to be pre-
scented at the next meeting. The
program proper was then taken up.
EARLY Training of the Colt" This
topic was assigned Mr.. Schafer but
in his absence it was taken up and
discussed and proved to be a very
interesting topic as nearly every
gentleman present expressed their
views on the subject. Messrs. Lyons.
Black. G. T. Cook and Geo. Detwiler
all favored the early breaking of the
colt and thought by all means the
colt should be handled from birth.
A. M. Bilhimer thinks the colt much
better in every way if not broken
until at least four years old and had
rather wait until five. Nearly all
though agreed that it did the colt no
harm to do light driving at two years
old.
Topic No. 2, assigned Mrs. Linus
Leffingwell. Should Mothers Teach
Their Daughters Early in Life to do
all Kinds of House Work." Mrs.
Leffingwell said so much has been
said about woman's place in the
world, that those whose ideas upon
the subject are old fashioned are
rather afraid to voice any sentiment
whatever Agriculture and house
keeping are among the very oldest of
human activities. Ever since he was
possessed of sufficient intelligence,
man has tiled the soil and for quite
as long period woman has kept his
house in order. If women were edu-
Gated as carefully in the arts OF
home keeping and child training be-
fore they entered upon those voca-
tions, or business Office, as they are
obliged to be in music they would
keep their homes and train their
children with ever so much less eX-
penditure of nerve energy and with
much better results, and they would
realize what to the average thought
full man is already obvious that
there is no greater sphere for
no class of women do the duties of
home maker fall more than upon the
farm woman and she more than any
other need to be carefully taught
and thoroughly trained that she may
be worthy of her responsibilities.
From the time when the child is but
just large enough to toddle from the
pantry to kitchen clutching one cup
in her tiny hands in perilous inse-
curity she should have certain du-
ties about the house to perform and
she should be taught to do them
properly. No one will deny that
child in the kitchen is a nuisance,
that she will waste an appalling
amount of good material and bother
more than she helps. But what is
the home for If not to learnin and
what is the mother for if not to haze
patience with their mistakes. Above
all how is the child to learn unless
she is taught. No girl In the world
has a better opportunity to master
the art of house keeping than the
farers daughter. She should learn
to bake and broil, wash, iron, sew
and mend, to sweep and dust and
she should have 1t thoroughly drilled
INV hCl thuI ,OIucT Is heaven =
First law" and that no woman who
knows her business ever leaves
trail of confusion behind her. In
short, she should know enough be-
fore she is old enough to go to the
high school SO that she could, if nec-
essary, take sole charge Of her faith
er's house without discommoding
anyone.
We next listened to a recitation
by Miss Gilman, 1.-THE Widow MCGEE"
She kindly responded to an encore.
The tariff question, ID. ]. Gerow.
He was absent and the question was
discussed by several of the men pres
ent. c. T. Cook thinks 1t does not
fovor the farmer as it should. Mr..
Detwiler said the farmers clubs of
Shiawassee county had always been
a source Of pride to him, and If the
farmers were not getting their due,
he thought they should be getting
busy by making use of the county
and state associations to bring about
the desired results.
We were next entertained by Mrs.
Teal, Mrs. Blacks sister, who re-
sponded to three encores.
Song-Catherine Black.