The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-28


6nance committee of the New York Ie-;s.
hive assembly sat In session late one autumn
h bad been dull afternoon and many Of the
-smbers were plainly bored Several had al.
isguu 70 gather up books and papers prepara.
tbe expected release when the unexpected
slight, erect little woman with pair
LIZ gray eyes and firm. capable mouth ap-
% the floor and modestly asked a hearing
|htr women, representing various clubs and or
ions throughout the state, hovered in tbs
nd. but Martha Van Rensselaer, of Cornell
h armed only with request and an honest
n OF its merit, stepped forward, and the
N surprised and pleasantly roused, sat up
/rsIemen'' said Miss Van Rensselaer, meet
battery of curious eyes without a tremor
7rs hve hundred thousand farmers wives in
/|atfy Most OF them are hidden away in dim
.ols and on the lonely farms and ranches where
<1iss compel them TO live Thousands of them
b their farm lives unframed, incapable, utter
|hzrt of even the first principles of successful
|sepiug IT seems TO the women interested in
|ilkr just as important that these farm women
bel to cope with home, dairy or harvesting sup
.rubems as it Is that their husbands be in
y soils. We have therefore asked for an ap-
hon of $I5i,000 to add building to Cornell
dcn the scope of the department of home eco.
We purpose to teach these women how to
.mesiic and farm questions intelligently, how
to the hands in harvest time and how to
he labor and conserve vitality Each OF these
present has something practical to say on the
\ All ask is that you give their argu-
!ofr attention.
/ committee sat in further session three hours
argued the various points presented. At the
'the three hours Miss Van Rensselaer, and her
Fslked from tine assembly room triumphant.
h has since been justified by the sight of Miss
qnselaer S letter file. Ii contains letters from
every one of those five hundred thousand wom-
-essing deepest interest III the work and graft
The Illumination that has come into their
J Van Rensselaer, is one of the women who keep
Ior the nation, She is one of the municipal
tspsrs who thrust able finger into the
~ pie. not to pull out plum. like Little Jack
put to detect the errors Of construction. She
"a the large band of women who are applying
Hping tests of cleanliness, good weights and
e, and economy in financial management to
Fes and budgets and finding neither the official
nor the official results pleasiugiy adequate.
g Women, skilled in the running Of their do
.nenages, have cast their eyes over wider
'fsy have ventured forth into the broad, smooth
" and byways of city life, and they have
g heard many things which go to prove that
-snwaya and byways are neither so broad nor
.as they seem, and they have returned 10 their
Dome orbits wiser in the knowledge OF how
iso and two together They have been sad
unused and enlightened by the moving pano-
y iae city show and by the pictures cast on
~ ~ And they have argued, inwardly Mt hrst,
alsbands. fathers and friends:
W W Is not the way we should manage. Let us
::a ::hanger IN the PIE Try our way, lntcllgently
4, Ig, :. What is sauce for the gander must be
W the goose -
bone was the nucleus of their efforts. When
~ - o9messic routine completed they sailed
ts .sn day 10 see how they could better the homes
snouspndS outside the radius OF their personal
was u the yneI Ec dne 1up@ ,inI 10
tnat by cooperating with the men IN Of
yoila,tng out the things which their peculiar
;ons ~ the home had fitted them TO observe their
se sen' =, were received IN good spirit FROM
rs - Their influence spread into legislative halls.
A;suee5 s;se Of women : clubs were formed to han
J,Iea J,s matters. The legislative committees of
sSLo AN, nave formulated and amended bills III
~or' Ihey have formed ordinances FOR me
,:es oil city commissioners: they have DIS
plans Tor the aboIishmcn. of public nusanees
sse Dilis and plans and ordinances have been
-, ::iVdaculng duu uccpeHlHS thc VI
~ 81 activities in way that is going 10 be a
asprlse some day when the bulk Of the pubic
ne 10 perceive II.
'ITynah who is active in bcttcring the "ondi'
h. Ino@9my Jones or Lizzie Smith, or IN seeing
%a %a Jenkins'o wife gets busheI of potatoes
= pays for bUshc that the bedroom
;" Inc room OF fhe old bcdrIdden woman
i around the corner open sometimes III
,;s;saS has begun with the small things, but
q, ,,'ug .g TO plane where the large things OF
"a "a 70 70 c'amor for place in these activities,
= ibs slfelehcs along this plane and it does not
~. ny 2oal OF usurpatiou of any of the PfiFl-
l,saan. ",an. but simply indicates the line OF won.
In v'dy L familiar destiny through held OIL
y broadening labors
Cleaning up kalamazoo.
- ~, very long ago the citizens of certain MIN
;y r;y,t wrote TO woman; "Thcre is something
ud ,om onr city: but we don't know what 1t IS.
znn ,l1e bartlett Crane, ''city housekceper,' of
h., be,,n Nlch; was the woman who answered the
M WASH much going on in Kalamazoo tnat
ent hhow about She watched over It's sup
M ps a. a Snnarp eye on its hygiene and sanitary
er' a9oished such matters rs polluted drink
and 'hu heu germ laden meat and insisted that the
k Woes OF Kalamazoo have regular SCRUB
|tye., NiIs- Crane stands at the line OF sePafa-
uot ;,alrt and cleanliness, health and possible
fLo,oiihe iihe an angel with flaming sword, but
'fo,,u,gniy III earnest angel with broom