The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-27

kinds of wisdom required for this, the
most important duty of the home.
Child hygiene includes bathing; the
selection of the proper amount of
clothing; the decision as t. the
individual children: training them in
to regularity OF habits and absolute
cleanliness Of the person. The ethical
or religious training received in the
home is the one influence, stronger
than any other, which is going to af-
feet the entire future life of the child;
therefore, it n receive too much
attention. The childish Imagination
must be instructed with proper rela-
ton to truth. The will power must
be developed, while obedience is abso-
lutely insisted upon. No small re-
sponsibility is attached to the direc-
ton even of children's play in order
that each child may secure the great
est amount of pleasure combined with
mental, moral and physical develop
ment.
BY her position the mistress of a
bone becomes an important social
factor in every community; therefore,
she sustains ethical, social and indus
trial relations with many persons out
side of her family group and yet her
attitude to each outsider Indirectly
reflects Upon her own home roup.
The child whose mother falls short
of the standards set by other chill
dren's mothers, is bound to suffer for
it. Great economic advantage may be
gained by a spirit of cooperation
among the different families of a
community. This can be secured only
by the women who compose it. The
value of cooperation among home
makers is being demonstrated afresh
every day. Half a dozen h~ousekeep-
ers frequently unite in the purchase
of a vacuum cleaner Not one of them
would be able to afford it alone but
by the union of their III zach
is able to lessen her w labor by,
using it when she needs it. In a
suburb a group of families recently
have co-operated in the purchase of
a talking machine, for which each
family has it's own records; a Vacuum
cleaner; an improved lawn
and several other articles, each new
purchase seeming to strengthen the
friendly relations among them. The
cooperation extends to the children
who recently held an entertainment
to purchase a flag which they con
ceived would be an attraction If placed
on each house in turn for a day.
The increased number of women
who follow other cauings for a term
of years before marrying M assum-
ing the responsibilities of home-mak-
ing, render most imperative the need
of some training for home-making.
Many of these women do not marry
until they have attained a generous
measure of success in some profess
sion. The broader their experience in
outside work, the greater is their de-
sire to become successful home-mak-
ers. They do not lightly undertake
ton of responsibilities, as do many
girls who marry younger. Many
women so situated are glad to under-
take courses of home-making studies
by correspondence if they are not
within reach Of ar institution where
they can attend lectures regularly.
There is a school of home economics
which now has enrolled 10000 pupils
upon it's correspondence scholarship
list. These are scattered OVER every
state and are especially numerous in
smaller towns and rural districts.
Tomorrow-"The Modern Woman"
lI1.-"Women as Mistresses."