El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-05

by acquaintances picked up in this
way If little attention be given
towards supplying them social plea
sures under reasonable protection
these dangerous meetings might east
lily be avoided
The Social Workers section of the
Women's club of Louisville. Ken
lucky is working for the establish
ment of a recreation league home To-
Gated just outside the city to provide
a resort for mothers and young chill
dren during the summer months. This
home has 40 acres of ground around
it and will be the scene of numerous
attractive picnic excursions during the
season while provision has been made
for the accommodation at reasona bI =
rates of about 40 mothers. each with
one child.
The social service departments OF
the San Francisco clubs have organ
lied a juvenile court auxiliary in which
the cooperation Of a number of young
men has been secured. The special
feature of its work IS the work of the
'iBg Brothers and Big Sisters" the
terms being applied to those who are
willing to establish brJtherly or SIS
teEly relations with the children and
their families, VINO are under the
watchful eye Of the juvenile court.
By a continuous friendly interest ex-
erted in this manner, much work can
be accomplished for the social i'm
prOvement of the families represented
without any publicity or red tape
measures.
The general federation has recently
taken up the matter Of improving the
conditions surrounding women in the
rural districts and a committee Of Il
most of them members of the board OF
directors, was appointed for the pur-
pose Of ascertaining what was lacking
in the lives of the women Of the
farms. This committee covered the
entire country, each member being re-
sponsible for information regarding
certain states. In New England, the
women desire improved houses. most
or their homes having been built be-
fore running water, bath rooms, and
wide verandas were considered es-
Sential to the country home In the
west, where the modern cottage pre-
walls, these are to be found in many
houses Blu the dignified, large roomed,
typical New England farm house con-
talned neither. The improvements
which the farmers wives think would
be most helpful. according to the sug-
Sestions received through thousands
or letters and from many personal
testimonials, include the extension Of
the rural free delivery, cheaper tele-
phones, the promotion of industries
which use farm products, direct
marketing for farm products, lower
some public source for obtaining good
books easily. The lack of social life
and the fact that they have little
or no ready money are the most fire.
quently cited disadvantages
Increasing WOmen's Institutes.
The club women are actively in
tereSted in increasing the number Of
Women'S Institutes which are being
held in manya farming communities,
under the direction of the department
Of agriculture. These institutes con-
SlSt Of a series of lectures, usually
by women, upon subjects that appeal
directly to the interest of the women
on the farm The club women Of Ken
lucky have provided a number of lee
lures to help with these institutes in
that state The lectures include in
formal talks upon sick nursing. new
er methods of simplifying household
work. home decorations and other
matters calculated to stimulate an in
terest in the home conditions even
upon the isolated farm In many
Of these Institutes the women of the
community are themselves asked to
take part If one woman has eXceIled
in some special line of work she may
be invited to demonstrate it to an au-
dience- For instance in a community
where the women depended largely
woman was noted for the way in
which she dressed her poultry and her
products commanded a higher market
price She was asked one afternoon
at the institute to prepare some fowls
for market for the benefit of her
neighbors, which she did to her own
and their profit The effect of these
Institutes is that it gives the women
a higher opinion of the value of their
own work, increases their neighbor-
hood interests and largely promotes
the sOciability of the community.
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Foreign Clubs.