The Ocala evening star., 1914-11-09
WORK FOX COUNTY WOMEN
Desirab!c Resting Places in the
Towns fer Visitors from Rural
Districts


Rest rooms for country women viii
oe estsh shed n many Southern cit
les if the suggestion recently made
by Dr. J. D. Egsleston. OF me Virgin
"a Poly, ohn:e ln.sIsute. Blacasburg.
Virginia is carried out. The Insti-
tate is tie Agricultural college of the
o. Dominion and Is president is
+ ln1wn through h.s state as a man
6eenly .atsresse1 n the welfare Of
tie raral folk AMI this Interest is not
q fine to tie men an1 5oys. He
long has insiste5 that the wife and
aaagh-er or the 6armer are fmpor-
Sant fas ors n the agricultural prob
lenI, .eulsr'Y when the human
etuatien Is ccnss 5ered.
He wsnts the boards Of trade,
shambers Of commerce or other
+ forms @ business mems associations
/ to proTi 1e a suitable place in eacn
town or city which women from the
country districts may use for head
quarters when they are in town shop
ping. THIS suggestion OF the Virgin
IL educator was one of several re
made = his reply to the question
naire se1t out by the Southern Set
tlement and Development Organiza-
ton 10 agricultural bodies, CONNER
cial organizations and agricultural
colleges Of the Southern states IN
the subject of closer cooperation be-
tween the city man and the farmer,
and Il reads as follows:
There is one thing ! should like
very much to see started in Virginia.
an1 that is to have every town in the
:. ate provide good meeting place.
ar 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 usd-
ally spend the entire day, and so far
/ know there is not a rest room pro
vided by any business organization
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 most favorable
aside from the fact that
It would DE of untold comfort for the
country women
The Southern Settlement and De-
yelopment Organization at once bui-
letined DIR. 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 for the country women of all
the Soul states and the respons-l
es which have been received indicate
that before long number of South
ern cities will have the 'Eggleston |
rest rooms. In some places the wo-
mems clubs have been asked to CO.
operate IN opening and maintaining,
with the financial backing Of the To-
cal association 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 the 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
the establishment of rest
rooms will strengthen and broaden
fellowship and practical cooperation
between farmer and the business man
which has long been desired.
1t is suggested that an Eggleston
rest room should be located at coa-l
venient center and be furnished with
chairs. tables, toilet conveniences, tel
ephone, writing desk, city directory,
drinking water, good light and be
we'll ventilated. Provision also to be
made for the caring for the little
ones for the country women frequent
ly bring children with them. If the
women's clubs assume the response
biIity for the care of the rooms, hos
tess committees could be selected to-
he in personal attendance, but proba
bly, in some of the larger cities, a