Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-23
Foreign Girls Spend Economically.

Foreign Girls Spend Economically.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lis.-"While our girls training schools
and our home kitchens are generally
better equipped than those of foreign
nations we have much of value to
learn from the foreigner" said Miss
Lillian Tingle, supervisor of domestic
science in the Portland schools, in ad-
dressing a class of students in the
Oregon agricultural college farmers
week course. "Our scope is wider and
our aims more ambitious, but the for
eign institutions touch more closely
the life of the people. The most i'm
portant thing that we can learn from
them is how to manage the family in
come.
"All are agreed that young women
should be trained in producing arti-
cles of diet, dress and home decora-
tion; but we have not been quite so
quick to see the Importance of train
ing in spending. Our women do the
greater part of the household buying,
and they have to do it without any
training. Perhaps this is the most
difficult matter that has to be ad-
justed in beginning married life. In
schools and homes Of Britain, Bel
gium, France and Switzerland, this
training for scientific household ex-
penditure Is given to the young
women. 1t results in greater happi-.
ness and efficiency In the home.
"One of our greatest needs is the
formation of family financial consci-
BUSINESS. Girls should be trained to
make up just and well-balanced fam
lily budget. This training should rec
oncile their views and wishes with
the condition of the home resources.
Foreign girls are trained to appor-
tion the family income among the va
rious necessities, to purchase the
most suitable articles in the different
classes, and to get dollars worth
for a dollar. The result of this train
ing is ability to recognize and choose
the necessities before the luxuries;
and to stay within the allowance. The
girls dress more simply and suitably,
and the glaring defects in costume
too frequently seen in our country
are not often seen abroad. The same
principle determines the table sup
plies and the home decorations.
Another result of this training in
economical expenditure is it's tenden-
cy to foster spirit of true democra-
cy. The daughter of the richest and
most aristocratic people takes her
place beside the daughter of the poor,
wearing the same cap and apron and
producing the same articles of dress
and diet. She may be called later to
preside over more pretentious home,
but the use of similar home equipment
and material is still an equalizing fac.
tor.
Again this training in values gives
the young woman highly developed
ethical sense. She learns to obey
as step in learning to command, and
she yields obedience with the same
show of respect, that she will acquire
in Others In these things she learns
to distinguish between the essentials
and incidentals, and to discern the
degree of respect with which her COM
mands are obeyed.
THE difference in training between
the foreign girls and ours may be in
dicated by the difference in the terms
we use to designate the kind of train
ing: We teach our girls domestic
science and art; foreigners teach
theirs house-craft."