The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22
THE DAUGHTERS
OF OLD VIRGINIA
The Good Work They Are
Doing to Make the Old State
Great and Prosperous-Our
Boys and Our Girls Our
Salvation, Present and
Future.
BY FRANK $. wooDsoN.

In the matter OF tho ma terial de-
~elopment OF Old Virginia. a develop
ment that is worth while. develop
ment that really means something. IT
Ia necessary TO go down 10 Gundamcn-
tai principles, TO get right dow. to
the ground work.
II Is Furthermore largely necessary
that we harmonize, that we get to
gsther, that We manage some way 10
pull together: that all departments
OF state government, national govern
ment and county government, editor
tRl suggestion and all Of the powers
and all OF tho potentislities that claim
10 bo working for tho general good
shall agree or work together to one
common end.
II Is a glorious thing for old Virginia
that these things are coming TO Pass.
Q. OF course, there are yet some poll
teal institutions. come political cpn-
alterations. some Offices TO be flied.
and some fellows who want them and
maybe come women who are depend
ing more largely upon their political
influence for position thsn they can
hope to look for on account of real
merit. but merit Is beginning To tell.
Where Merit Tells.
The State Fair that has just has it's
biggest exposition had not little to
do with bringing out the fact that
ulSTiL lclle III llIc emu Nntl
those grand exhibits made by the
Boys Corn Club. by tho farm demon
strators. and by the women and girls,
God bless them forevernore. What
did they mean? We'll. they meant a
whole lot, and praise the Lord they
meant moro than anything else. that
the development of Virginia is no
longer dependent upon politics or poll
ticiaue.
That we may get all that Is coming
60 US in Virginia. get all that is com
ing to us out OF the good lands. out
OF the natural resources. out OF the
true manhood and the true woman
hood OF tho grendest Commonwealth
under the stars. we must look TO our
selves and not 10 the politicians who
have too long used us. We must har
monize along ELL industrial lines ro
this end there he's been something
doing in Old Virginia within the past
half decade. It has not always been
So for II must be confessed that in
some OF the years gone by there has
been kind of disposition to pull
apart, mainly In tho interest Of poll
tics. 1t is getting 10 be different now.
thank the Lord. and I guess that the
efforts OF j. II. Eggleston. the gen
eral in command OF the educational
system Of Virginia. have had mach TO
do with pulling Virginia together
along these lines But that is z sub
tect for future treatment, and It Will
have treatment in this column IN due
time. l am not nov paying any tri-
butes to anybody. simply want 10
tell about some things saw at the
recent State Fair that came out liz a
mighty interesting way to illustrate
some OF the advantages OF pulling TO-
gether,
The Girls shon.
The finest exhibit l saw at the state
Fair, certainly the one that interested
me most was the show that tho farmer
girls of Virginia made in the farm de-
monstraticn work building II was
not very large exhibit. but II was
good all the wey through. l am afraid
my kodak does not do the subject JUS
tice. but its best results may he seen
or the frst page of the Industrial
Section.
hardly know how to commence to
write about this grand work ri the
girls OF Virginia on the farms and in
the gardens of Virginia. DO know
that grand work has been under
taken by the Educationaal Boar1 OF
the state furthered by the Industrial
Department OF the State and helped
not 2 little by the Agricultural De
partment OF the United States. l do
know. furthermore, that this good
work has been nightly productive
within the last two years. and that
great things are promised for II in
the future. the immediate future AZ
that.
1t YVES happy day and good day
for Virginia when II conceived the
Idea OF harmoniaing it's different agen.
cies for the upbuilding of It's varied
industries. farming and otherwise The
General Education Board of Virginia
two years ago undertook the education
OF the boys along agricultural lines.
end that effort resulted in the organ
tzation of BOYS corn clubs that have
been told about in this section. and
more about them remains to be told.
Operating the Gardens
further development of this good
work was tho organization of girls
clubs. clubs designed for garden work
end such other work 40 farm girls may
be interested in
A fund having been provided.-a
very email fund it lis true-for the
advancement OF this work. something
OF an organization was madc for it's
advancement in Virginia. I must con-
Tess my Ignorance of this work in
Virginia, but do know that the exhjb
Its at the state Fair showed it up ID
DO great. ] have asked Miss Ella G.
Agnew, of Burkcvlle, to tell me some
what of IT. that | may be able TO tell
Of 1t to the thousands of readers of the
Industrial Section of The Ti,nes- Dis
patch. Miss Asnew has given mo some
points. and from them l want to sum
Marie bit.
Girls Club Work.
1t is most difficult TO trace the exact
origin of things, and the beginning of
Hle girls work is traced back through