Arizona republican., 1915-03-14
CLUB NOTES

| federal to township. are taking hand in the work: so are the railroads, and i the newspapers, and the bankers aS- l sociatiOns, and the commercial bodies and all other instruments of our civi- lization. It's in the air. Wry, con- 1 vention of tombstone makers wouldn't l be complete nowadays without an ad- dress from somebody on the modern farming idea
 l Yes the farmer has progessed in his methods and achievements; let the i farmers wife keep apace with modern methods, modern labor saving devices. I modern comforts, and for herself and 1 her daughters modern training and up-
 to-date literature concerning the devel- opment of the rural home of which
 there is now so much that is really l good.
 i And just here comes in the Rural 1 WOmanS club What joy and inspira- tion a progressive well conducted club can he in q rural community Il promoter of community interests, sO- cial, civic and religious
 /: I am happy to be a member of just | such club. Through it have learned
 to know and love my neighbors-have
 learned many helpful and practical les
 sons, ana have had the added pleasure of contributing my mite toward the good and happiness of the whole. Our own club is deeply interested in i the rural school social center idea believe it is going to rest largely with
 mother Co place the home and com munity life of the rural districts on such an improved basis as to check
 the migration of the young people from the country cItyWard. These young
 people like recreation. sociability, en-
 tertainmcnt, music. moving pictures and should have them without having
 to move into town. Our country school lhouses are becoming social centeIs, and
 in some localities rural club houses
 serve the same good purpose. The ru-
 ral mother is the father" of this truly
 excellent idea-may great success at
 tend her efforts,
 The old adage "All work and no play,
 etc" holGs- when we have given
 the play" end of the situation due con
 sideration we may reasonably expect to
 make better headway in demonstrating
 the dignity and beauty of farm labor.
 w. H. Miller writes:
 Every once in a while, and some times oftener than that, I find some
 farmer wondering why the boy wants to leave the farm. Why wonder? Es-
 pecially when you know that the boy
 knows that you really want to do the
 same thing as soon as you have saved Ip enough money to do it in the way that you want to do.
 Is it not fact that too many of you. by your daily lives and examples, are
 teaching him that the farm is only a place on which to work hard. and to live harder? And for what? To mako enough money to move into town after you are too old to enjoy things, and
 when your spending muscles have been
 paralyZed by years of inaction and dis
 use. Ii your daily lives arc along those
 lines. do not be surprised if your boy beats you into town by several years And il may be that it will require years of tramping over the crippling pave
 ments of the city before he realizes that after all the plowed ground was
 easiest on his corns and conscience
 and far better for his comfort. Tt is up to yoI to keep the boy on
 the farm. How? By teaching him. . both by precept and example that the farm is not merely place to work and
 win wealth, by the sacrifice of many
 pleasures. But to teach him that the farm is the best place God ever in- vented on which to live. broad free. e:-
 ficient serviceable helpful, healthy , , human lives. Thousands and thous- ands of such lives fave been lived on
 the farm. Thousands and thousands ot
 such lives are being lived today upon
 shine. And it is because of this fact
 in large degree, that this country is
 great and good-and growing better
 The basic of farm prosperity is the
 farm nome. and it's best crop it's boys U and girls. Here is the strongest argu- . ment for the conservation of the rural woman, for it is her wonderful life
 work to make the country home such , thht. it will cease to be the fashion tC . speak of the hural life as one of hard { ship and monOtony. She will help her ! husband and her sons and daughters ! into happier. fuller more satisfactory ! scheme of living than at present pre- ! vails in rural communities and will demonstrate that country life may be $inOt only pleasant and wholesome bul the ideal way to live.
 }l Many of my neighbors who have gasoline engines for pumping. have at { tached this power to the family wash ! ing machine. churn and separator ! few have moderate priced automobiles most of them enjoy the advantages o1 ] the telephone and rural free delivery ( of mail and parcel post. also an inter urban electric railway All this is as i > should be-
 q The need of d really suitable res ! room for women-near the shopping ! and city-to which country women. a. ! taxpayers. would feel entitled to E, { with their children to wait until al { are ready to start home etc. deserve. a separate article rather than brie { mention here. However, our Distrc ! Federation of Women's clubs is work ! ing along this line. supported believe ! by the county board of supervisors an, ! the city authorities so that we ar, l hoping something good may material { ize very soon.
 If our study of the conservation O ! the rural woman is to avail anythn, ! she should he urged to observe a decen