Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
DUTY OF HOUsEKEEPERs
TO STUDY THEIR SUPPLIES
Should Emulate Their Grandmothcrs
In Watching Every Process OF
Food Preparation.
MRS, RoRER TO SPEAK HERE
Miss Agnew VIII Tell Suffrage
League Of Work OF Girls Canning
Clubs-Orson Lowell Exhibit at
Art Club.

With trained nurses, stcnorraphcrs
secretaries, teachers aud women OF
practically al professions holding di-
plomas. or at least taking special
courses in preparation for their work.
the home maker is beginning to "sit
up and take notice" and to this end
q number OF progressive Richmond
women have succeeded in securing for
Richmond the services of Mrs Rorcr
scientific housck cepcr and writer. who
Will give a course in food prcpara-
ton in this city beginning Monday.
February %, in the old Presbyterian
book store on Sixth street
The classes, which viii consist OF
theoretical teaching in tho morning
and practical demonstrations In the
evening, VIII continue throughout the
week. Women the country over arc re-
ali%inc that their duty IS only begun
by the purchase OF food at tho store
and tho bending ii over To the cook
The department OF household cconon-
les in the General Federation OF
Womcn's Clubs, tho establishment OF
housewives Leagues apd the scientific
women OF the highest type have d!gni-
fed the position OF the housewife. and
have made her really the head Of her
own household. n position She has no;
hold for several generations
MODERN WOMEN NOT
SUPERVISING THEIR SUPPLIES
There are Aourishng housewives
leagues In many Virginia cities that
are doing much TO enforce the pure
1000 reSu!a'ions and protect the pub
lie. The president and secretary OF the
Norfolk league visited Richmond In
January and investigated several of
tho city food producing Institutions.
woman leader In household economy
recently said:
III we want 20 keep UP with our
Srandmothcrs We must visit the retail
grocer. the canning factory, the mar
kets ana watch the Stock EXCHANGE.
They planted their gardens. supcriu-
Tended the picking of the vegetables
attended 10 the butchcrinc and nut
ting away OF their meat supply for the
winter. II they were poor thew did
II themselves; II wealthy they super
intended every step Of the process w
sit with folded hands just because j,
is no longer done IN our individual
homes and allow our families To tul.o
the chance OF slow poison and i'm
pure food. and then say We do our
full duty. No, our grand,nothors are
still away ahead
Miss Helen Louise Johnson. chairman
OF the household economies depai,mc,,t
OF the General Federation OF Womcn's
Clubs. which represents 1000. 400 women,
in the United states, said no, long
since
we want women everywhere to
know what home means wha, in
Is, or should be; It's function. It's pur-
pose, its aim
The nade-in-Amcrica movement. she
says. docs not refer TO clothes alone.
In the cotton problem she points out
this: There IS purified cottons,od oil
that your most critical ncighbor cam
not tell from olive ASK for IT."
She particularly urges thc establish
mont OF a family budget, and saws tho
basic purpose Of the home is to prn-
duce moro efficient human beings Tho
right choice has 10 be made OF food
shelter and clothes But 70 choose
properly one must Know values ana
values arc what home economies al
rccily aims to teach.
low HOUSEHOLD WORK -
DONE IN THE FACTORY
rs an instance of how far aGcld won.
ans work has gone. look at mo
work OF III" canning Industry. Here
hundreds Of girls AND women do Tor
the community what Was formerly done
III each individual home ~ regularly as
The season came TO make ready for
winter The Equal Suffrage League
OF itchmond has arranged to have as
the feature Of It's meeting on Thurs
day. February Is, talk by Miss ELLA
Agnew. head Of the Girls Canning CHM
of virginia. who viii tell Of the work
Mrs IL r. NaIep,ip. 20 Al,