Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-10
LADIES ORGANIZE
FOR BETTER WORK
IN HOUSEKEEPING
Domestice Science Club Formed
at Close of County Farm
Institute.
OTHER PRIZES AWARDED
Lectures Dealing With Raising Of Al
falfa and Cooking and Home
Making Heard.

There was a good attendance at all
three sessions Of the last day Of the
second Rock Island County Farmers
institute at Coal Valley yesterday.
-Four good talks we're heard, and
IN the afternoon and evening there
was music by the Monmouth college
quartet that was a genuine treat. Dur
ing the afternoon the ladies organized
a domestic science club that is intend
ed to be county wide in its scope. A
temporary organization with 80 mem
ters and the following officers were
elected:
President-Mrs. r. l.. Wilson.
Vice President-Mrs John Thomp-
son.
Secretary-Mrs. W. F. Meyers
Treasurer-Mrs w. J. Bailey.
This organization will hold for three
months. during which time a definite
plan OF work will be mapped out and
arrangements made to affiliate with
the state society The initiatory steps
were taken following an address on do
nestle science by Mrs. Mary /. Wade
Of Chicago. who appeared on the pro-
gram in place OF Mrs. II. NJ Dunlap
Of Savoy H., VINO had been assigned
a. speaker by the state institute off,
GERS, but was unable TO attend. The
object OF the club IS Improvement in
methods q housekeeping. particularly
among the wives Of farmers. An ef-
fort will be made to form auxiliary
township organizations.
MAN'S GREATEST NEED.
Mrs. Wade spoke also in the even.
ing. giving The dosing number OF the
institute on foods and their prepara-
tiCn. 7 ne topic assigned was Mans
Greategt Need. and MIS-. Wade ingen.
iously combined the two subjects, ad.
vauc'nR argument 10 show that. from
the standpoint Of the housewife. the
greatest need OF man Is food and that
IT. roper preparation does more 70
promote health. wealth aid domestic
tranquility than AIRY other single
agency. The quartet remained for the
evening session and save several mum.
bCrs
Mrs Kate Gleason. teacher OF do
nestle science in the Moline public
schools. who acted as judge OF the ar
ti"les entered IN the competition for
the ladies' was The first speaker in the
afternoon. She explained how the bak
ing Of bread is taught to girls in heI
classeg. The various processes that
enter into tue making OF bread were
explained and il was shown that there
IS q definite cause for every failure tC
secure good rCsUlts-in other words
there is no such thing as luck invOly
ed An important point she made is
that the Yeast plant must be treated
exactly as any other plant is handled
To secure growth and propagation il
order that it may set free the gases
that leHven the bread
NEED Mutual AID.
Mrs Wade. I'm her afternoon lecture
disCOUrsed upon the value OF domesti,
science clubs where they have beer
conducted in accordance with the gen
sral plans Tor such organizations. TIL,
object Of housekeeping. she said, is e
make a home. Not always IS the hes
home made ry the NEST jealous house
keeper or the most skiliful cook
though intelligent housekeeping an,
good cooking are important elemC tu
In homc-mak.IE. Men find il good bus
mess to organize in nearly all lines o
endeayor. and the arguments that holt
with men should also obtain in tn,
. case Of women There is no vocation
more diguiHed or important thar
home-mahuE, and women Of exper1