The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-23
WOMAN'S CLUB WORK
Mrs. III. Harold, Editor for March

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| When We wish each other a pros
| porous New Year most OF US hope
| that either the cost OF living will be
/ lower or that We will have more
money to spend Even If prices re-
main high and the income pays taxes
| to the government, yet there is much
| to be learned in the fine art Of ex-
| penditure We may wisely conclude
| that it is better to be certain that
| what we eat and wear and use is
pure and Of fine quality, rather than
to go on purchasing things which
temporarily satisfy the eye. In food
it is especially true that adulterated
goods bolsterd up with harmful pre-
servatives are the most expensive
| things we can buy.
A very brave woman said the
other day, in an address before a big
club, that So per cent of the food
poisons are developed by slovenly,
| incompetent cooks in our kitchens
and that only i ) per cent comes
from the bakery, cannery, or factory,
| where food is scientifically prepar-
ed by men. We do not know where
the speaker procured her statistics
and We hope the So per cent is mac
curate Most of us are afraid to in
vestigate the processes carried on in
our kitchens by more or less inconl-
! petent servants, so we have a sneak
blame for various digestive ills lies
there, yet we find it difficult to apply
the remedy. The more clever and
| intelligent woman is the less you
is dignified or important. She may
be domestic science graduate. She
may know how to cook, but the fact
remains that she will not. OF course
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own kitchen, from choice, is mere
ly the exception which proves the
rule. Perhaps we will one Of these
days train men for domestic service.
They do. it very we'll in France.
The queer thing is that man can
do any kind of mental work if he
chooses and somehow he manages to
dignity the occupation.
Speaking of goods from the can
merry, the bakery and the factory, it
must be admitted even by the most
pessimistic that the vast majority of
such products are pure and clean and
wholesome. Even our Federal food
inspectors say many manufacturers
have voluntarily gone beyond the let
ter of the pure food laws. The wo-
men of the country, and especially
club women are active in their de-
mand for cleanliness and purity in
food prepared outside the house.
Purveyors of these articles wisely
lay stress in their advertisements on
just these points. There Is no lack
of good and standard articles if you
ask for them. Those who put up
adulterated food depend on the care
less purchaser who buys without con-
sidering standards. Retailers usual
ly make more profit on adulterated
goods and they can afford to give a
commission to the careless servant
allowed to do the purchasing, but
the retail price of fraudulent goods
is about as high as that of thorough
| ly reliable brands. The remedy
seems obvious enough, doesn't It.?
and it is in the hands of the women
of the country.
1t is pretty generally acknowledge
ed that the club women are the
molders of public opinion in every
communicated there are few plac-
es without women's clubs, now that
1.-The rural club movement is spread
ing so rapidly. With about two mil
l lion women's clubs, there are still
quite a number of housewives who
are Influenced by all the civic and
educational movements, but who do
not take an active part in the work.
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