The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-25
1rvTHAT THE WOMEN
" OF H WORLD
l49 ARE DOING D D 3

The activity of Minnesota and the
northwest in organizing clubs for the
study OF home economies this season
has attracted the attention of the ma
tional federation. Some fifty clubs
have been organized in Minnesota
since last fall for the exclusive. study
OF household affairs. With a view of
solving the servant problem and maxi
ing housekeeping a nore-to-be-dcsir-
ed profession.
Mrs. Olaf n. Guldin. chairman of
household economics for the General
Federation of Women's clubs. asks
that the state chairmen and individual
clubs of Minnesota who are Interested
In home economics to send in their
programs, newspaper clippings and all
Items of interest to her, so that the
information may be passed on to 9TH
err clubs desiring help with their pro-
grams. Mrs. Guldin. in Il greeting to
the club women of the northwest,
says:
All Clubs Asked to Help.
AS home economics represents the
science of home-making. we quill
expert teachers and books for carry
ing on this work. Our funds will not
permit this elaborate equipment for
carrying on This work, c~onseuuently
we cooperate with all those organic
ed agencies tina are qualified to do
splendid work. We urge you of the
northwest to help this extension and
~snlend1dlN organized movement along.
Though II department has as
members and cooperating with us
most able teachers and lecturers, we
nave as a rule felt it was better to
deVeiope the state resources and have
urged our clubs to carry on their work
through the extension department of
their own universities and agriculture
al colleges. Many of them are sup
piled with expert home economic
the rluh at an almost nominal cost
10 mold these conferences our state
travelling library furnishes abou,
twenty-five small libraries to be used
on his work.
Pamphlets Aid the Work.
This is the plan carried out i'm
many states. Iowa has the most care
iullN worked out pamphlets and out
lines. the books of which are furnish
ed by tho state travelling library for
the adult and junior domestic science
clubs. ] try to keep about Twenty-Five
sets OF these for your use. bu they are
so valuable that our club women for
get to return them and am not al
WAYS sure of helping. SO | can only
urge You to open all these i'm
your state. so as to do this INTENSITY
practical work.
I'm these pamphlets many phases of
house work and home making are
taken up.
Missouri university has issued val
liable pamphlets on sanitation and
sewage disposal for country homes.
water supply for country homes. acct.
Nlene for lighting country homes and
one on a model Kitchen. 1t is nfor-
nation ON these practical subjects
that mean convenient, sanitary. we'll
managed homes. and the Intelligent
FEEDING and care of the individuals
that We especially wish YOU to seek
1T is estimated thai $40, 600, O0O, 900 90
is spent annually for living, $1,000
ooo.ooo.O0 of which might he saved
for higher things if We understood the
art of living in%telligently without
waste. We are unabl I" c%alcuIsta
the waste in health. time. opportunity
that goes on because IL houses were
not built. or furnished with due re-.
gard to the family, especially the
housewives needs
The Minnesota Women Suffrage as
ISOLATION includes in the literature
which it is istrihuting this season. a
vote for Women Catechism," which
reads as follows:
What is equal suffrage?
1T is the right of both men and
women to have a voice in the laws that
govern them.
Where in the United States do
women vote?
I'm Idaho. Colorado. Wyoming,
Utah and Washington.
d the women of these states vote
for president?
Yes. for president, vice president
and congressman.
What women vote in the suffrage
states?
The mothers and taxpayers.
What women do not vote?
"A few society ome and the WON.
en- Of the underworld.
DO not women stay away from the
polls?
In Colorado women are only AZ per
cent Of the population. but they cast
IS per cent of the vote.
DO not the objectionable women
vote? ~
In Idaho they are forbidden to reg
lister. At the last election in Denver
women cast 5o per cent of the vote in
the best residence district. and only
4 per cent of the vote in the 'slum'
ward.
Does woman suffrage decrease
marriage?
~. II increases IL. III wyoming
and Idaho a larger percentage of
women are married than in any other
state of the union.
Does woman suffrage increase di-
vorce."
NO. 1t decreases it. Where wom-
en- have voted the longest. divorce is
only one-eight as frequent as in SINH |
lar states where they do not. In New
Zealand divorce has decreased Il per |
cent, since women began to vote.
Are ome compelled to vote in
the suffrage states?
NO: nor the men. In 1904. 7,O0O.- |
900 qualified voters in the United |
States failed to vote for president.
IF women vote. are they compelled |
to serve on jury?
mo. In Utah jury duty is optional. |
but n defendant may ask that WON. |
en- be summoned ON the jury.