The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-11-17
REST ROOMS FOR
COUNTRY WOMEN
DIR. Eggleston Suggests More Com
fort For Rural Folk, Especially
The Weaker Sex.

h0Sl IOOlIlS lOI Couully "ouuCd
will be established in many South
ern cities if the suggestion recently
made by DR.. J. D. Eggleston, of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Black
burg, Virginia, is carried out. The
Institute is the agricultural college
of the Old Dominion and it's presi.,
dent is known through his State as
man keenly interested in the wei
fare of the rural folk, and this inter-
est is not confined to the men ane.
boys. He long has insisted that tho
wife and daughter of the farmer arej
important factors in the agriculturaA
problem, particularly when the hue
man equation is considered.
He wants Boards of Trade, Chamt
bers of Commerce or other forms of
business mems associations to prox
vide suitable place in each tow
or city which women from the cours
try districts may use for headquaI<
ters when they come to town to dc
their shopping. This suggestion d
the Virginia educator was one of
several he made in his reply to the
QUESTIONABLE sent out by the Soutk
ern Settlement and Development o.;
ganiZation to agricultural bodieH
commercial organizations and al &
cultural colleges of the South
States on the subject of closer cA
operation between the city man and
the farmer, and it reads as follows:
There is one thing should like
very much to see started in Virginia,
and that is to have every town in the
State provide a good meeting place,
or rest room, for the women who
come in from the country districts to
the town to make purchases. These
good country women come in and
usually spend the entire day, and SO
far as I know, there is not rest
room provided by any business or
ganization for these women. A good
rest room, centrally located, where
these women could go and leave
their bundles and rest from time to
time during the day would create a
most favorable impression, aside
from the fact that 1t would be of un-
told comfort for the country wo-
men,"
The Southern Settlement and De-
velopme.1t Organization at once bull
letined DR.. Eggleston's suggestion to
all the commercial bodies in the
Southern States on the theory that
if rest rooms were good things for
Virginia women, they were good
things Tor the country women of all
the Southern States, and the respon-
ses which have been received indi-
cate that before long a number of
Southern cities will have the "Eg-
gleston rest room"
In some places the women's clubs
have been asked to cooperate in
opening and maintaining. with the
financial backing of the local asso-
citation of business men, rest rooms,
for country women. and thus, in a
simple social way, establish points
of contact with the women from the
farm, which would tend to develop
friendly relations between tine coun-
try women and the city women, to
their mutual benefit. 1t has been
pointed out that the getting together
| of the rural and urban women thro-
| ugh the establishment of rest rooms
will strengthen and broaden fellow
ship and practical cooperation be-
tween the farmer and the business
man, which has long been desired.
1t is suggested that an Egglestor
rest room should be located at g
convenient center, and be furnished
with chairs, tables, toilet convent
ences, telephone, writing desk, cit!
directory, drinking water, good ligh
and be well ventilated. Provision al
so should be made for caring for thu
little ones for the country wome1
frequently bring their children will
them. If the women's clubs as
sumo the responsibility for the car,
of the roms, hostess committee
could be selected to be in persona
attendance, but probably in some o
the larger cities, a salaried atten
dant will be employed.