The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-22

Ndlu illpI MS CONDITIONS through
out the country.
IN the meantime, the present day
practitioners. you home makers who
may not have had special school
training in these subjects, have !;
wonderful opportunity. 10 be I
scientific housekeeper if is not nee
essary Tor woman to have re-
ocived a beribhoned diploma after
taking definite course in some rec
ognized school But it is necessary
that she be a thinking woman who
IS willing to apply principles to
facts to over-stcp the traditional
conservatism of womankind and will
! lngly apply new discoveries and
theories 10 her every day problems
With Il knowledge Of the "howy" Of
doing. monolony and drudgery dis
/ appear
want 10 explain this TO you.
/ Household sciences does not involve
cooking, only. Within the boundaries
Of household science comes house
| planning. decoration. sanitation
! landscape gardening, sewing, home
nursing. economies, besides cooking,
even though cooking is one of the
most essential duties OF the house
hold, and as to what YOU may ac-
eomplish as housekeepcrs along
/ household lines there is no end
| knowledge is desired of the cost
Of food as compared with its food
value If you understand sources of
1 food supply, Of household furnish
| incs, of textiles, the methods Of
/ transportation involved. the labor
required, you have better ideas of
their probable cost as well rs their
value and the care required of them
Over eighty per cent of the daugh-
! tiers OF the State of Illinois never
study household or domestic sciences
Now We all understand that in order
| to know science Of this work one
ought to know something about
chemistry, physiology and botany, 10
, know something about the effects Of
in order that We may have HEALTHY
physically strong bodies. And Il
strong body, tell You, friends, is a
great support for It strong life.
And when You take into eonsitl
Grafton that there are less than
/ twenty per cent Of our girls who
avail themselves of the opportunitIes
/ tnat are accorded 10 receive instruc-
items in this important work ard
that the others neither know or he1G
anything about 1t, you will readilt
see that it is matter deserving o;
much time and attention.
Don't you know, my friends, that
every year of this world there arr
scores. yes, thousands of young girls
who are undertaking this most i'm
D.rtant work OF housekeeping and
home making but who have had 10
special training for it,
A daughter who takes upon her
self the responsibility of housekeep-
err and home maker and yet is m
ahle to obtain the greatest ple@sq:e
by the preparation of good food an
in seeing that the home is in a san
itary condition for the family has
made one of the gravest MISTAKES
Life has its full measure of happi-
ucss for every one of us If we oIls
make up our minds to get the n0s,
out of every opportunity that comes
Cur way.
do not assume that the prospec-
tive life work Of every girl is thai
OF home maker, but, friends, do
know this, I know that the crying
need in our land today, the great
problem that is confronting you and
ne, is how to make the world a
Eome-like place for men and women
to dwell and to do life work In, what
ever that may be.
To be sure, do not think the al
ti.nate destiny of every woman is to
go into the home and think we owe
untold gratitude to the women WHO
have done a life work for rs VIII
have spent thsi, lives in the ser..te
Ct the public Frances Willard, ar
! whose name every head ought to BE-
III covered; Su5aB B. Anthony. gho
has helped lis &c see our duty. our
relation as citizens. And, listen, M
friends: What was the ideal back
o. 1.-THE hearts of those women?-
Beautiful homo life.