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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

CARNATIONS are, on something funda-
mental in human nature Women.
since the world began. have been the
makers and the keepers Of the home.
Otherwise, there would have been no
homes.
Most women. even those who go out
to work in Offices or factories or shops,
have some sort Of home TO which
they return when the days work Is
finished. There are women, of course,
who have no homes at all But most
Of them, il not all Of them. hope 20
have homes of their own some day.
Granting all this, it will be seen that
the National Housewives League sup
plies very real demand of woman's
nature.
This movement, Of course, is not the
hrst which has been started with the
purpose of making things better for
the home. But hitherto 1t has been to
60 things for the housewife. Now Il
Is the housewife who Is to take mat
tiers into her own hands.
There have been all kinds Of organi-
cations to improve conditions of every
day living. There have been theorists
in plenty and enthusiasts. But.
strangely enough, the housewife her
self has not been consulted, except
now and then. Legislators and lobby
lists have haggled over housing avs
and pure food bills. And the hol Sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
of orange silk.

relation to the world she is primarily
consumer. The man is the producer,
the woman is the dispenser Of the fam
ilv income. Therefore the first great
undertaking Of the Housewives League
has been TO teach women how TO use
their incomes TO the best possible ad-
vantage.
There has been much for the women
TO learn; It seems that the remarks
about garbage incinerators were truth
full as we'll as scornful. And the old
saving that a wife could throw away
with spoon faster than her husband
could bring in with the shovel was
found to be just as pertinent now as
when it was first said. What could be
done about it? Obviously the first thing
to do was to teach women the value of
things-in contradistinction TO the cost
of things. That many cheap things are
better than expensive things, and that
many cheap things are moro expensive
than things which cost much more, was
only one Of the paradoXes which con-
fronted the women.
But the women, aroused at last to
the fact that they had an important
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
Bv Lucy Hufaker.

M now the housewife Is class
A eOnsciOusi
Al the phrases which have
-, used by economists and trade
.,,,js,s and socialists. are on the lips
re woman whose business is caring
her household. At least Mrs. Julian
18th SAYS this is so and as president
,ss National Housewives League.
d.. Heath speaks as one with author
~
RI, he women are not talking only.
,,7 are doing things. And they arc
,,,ing to make over the whole bust
At, Of housekeeping. That IS why
~ Heath has a certainty amounting
q, conviction that the National House
ives League will accomplish the fol-
wing reforms;
solye the servant problem.
Make housekeeping a profession.
Remove drudsery from homework.
Max. sale, of impure food an inn
,ssIbIity'
Increase the health of the nation.
Reduce the high cost Of living.
Ths. seems like big order for any
:, organization to undertake, but then
rus; be remembered that not only is
lsstbig organization there are now
l.rs than 10000 women enrolled as
l.nbers) but it is founded, as few or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
A Visit to the Housewives School,
Which Helps to Increase the
HOme.Maker's Efficiency.

wages will be worked out cannot say
now. But can say that we are put
ting our best thought on this matter,
and we are certain II will be solved.
We must be given little time, you
know. Certainly, business has not been
able to solve the labor problem yet,
and e has had more time than we have
had.
There are many things TO consider.
There is the matter Of proper training.
Housewives have taken what they could
get in the way OF service and paid
what they were compelled to. But IL
we put the whole matter on business
basis it will not be necessary any
longer TO pay good wages for poor ser
vice.
"Feudal days are past and we are
living in an age of democracy, but that
democracy does not seam to have in
vaded the home. IL never will so long
as we talk OF mistress and maid, mas
ter and servant.
"The Housewives League is demo
cratic organization. Our dues are only
10 cents a year. We have rich women
and poor, old women and young en-
rolled. Soon we are 20 start some
clubs for domestic employees mot ser
vants), which will meet in the even
ings. We hope to have our member
ship reach the million mark soon. Then
IL will seem that every one must know
we are a force TO reckon with, won't
it,"
To which question there can be but
one answer-yes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
Laws Made and Unmade by Reformers
for Her. Is Now Bestirring Herself and
Acting I'm Her Own Behalf i'm am Organ
ization of 100000 Women.

wife has gone on her way. living In
such place as she could, buying such
food as was offered her. Speeches
have been made and volumes have
been written about the woman in the
home. There has been no lack OF elo-
quence. Every one-radical and con-
servative-has assured the housewife
that the chief concern Of life was TO
see to il that she had good home to
live in. For her laws were made and
unmade and remade.
Meantime, the housewife herself has
been silent. She has heard, on the
one side, the sentimentalities with
which some people always speak OF
the home keeper, and, on the other
side, she has heard what an inefficient,
out-of date person she is. The fiat
tering words OF the idealist who has
told her that she is the only angelic
thing on earth and the one hope Of the
nation. have not died away until she is
forced to listen TO one who says abe
does not know her business and is an
economic waste! ScOrnful words have
been uttered when speaking Of garbage
incinerators, because, forsooth, the
French woman never has any waste
from her table.
Now, for the first time, the housewife
herself is speaking. She is saying that
she is the one to be consulted as to
what laws shall be made in regard to
matters of housing and pure food. She
is saying that perhaps she knows more
about such matters than legislators and
lobbyists. She insists that at least she
is more interested in such things. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

one woman will buy food for her table
which the other will not. All well and
good. says the Housewives League. 1t
is not trying TO do any stupid thing
Ike making all homes alike, or having
the same dinner served on each table.
What the league does aim to do IS
TO teach the woman who lives on Fifth
Avenue that she should show as much
care in spending her household allow
ance as the woman on Hester Street
must show. And, what is more i'm
portant, It wishes to show the woman
from the lower East Side that for the
small amount OF money she has to
spend she may buy nourishing food, If
only she knows how to do 1t.
So much for the housewife as the
consumer But this is not all she is.
Because her duties are so complex, she
finds herself also an employer. And it
is with an emphasis on that word that
the Housewives League hopes to solve
that old and seemingly unsolvable
question of the servant.
The servant question has been mis-
called, according to Mrs. Heath. For
II isn't that at all. 1t is labor ques-
ton. And it is to be dealt with just
as all labor questions are dealt with.
In the first place. because words, while
they may seem 70 matter little, matter
very much indeed, Mrs. Heath says
that the old words Of mistress and
maid" should not be used. For them
should be substituted employer" and
"employe."
Just why, when there has been so
great an interest taken in labor prob
lens, the servant question should have
been left TO one side. as if It were an
altogether different matter. is some
thing which the Housewives League
cannot understand. They say it Is not
logical. They say. also, that in their
own good time they are going to
change all that.
"When the business of housekeeping
has been raised, as it will be, to the
rank of a profession, there will be
raised also the rank Of all those who
adopt houseworking as a means OF
making a living" said Mrs. Heath in
answer to a question as TO the manner
in which the league would proceed.
1--WE women have joined leagues and
societies and clubs which have impor-
tuned legislators TO enact laws to con-
troll hours and wages of women in
stores. factories, and indeed in all
trades and professions except that OF
our own. Here we have been strangely
silent, notwithstanding the fact that
daily we were faced with the question,
What are we going to do with the
servant problem
1--WE have pleaded for eight-hour
laws, called the men monsters who rep
resented the great manufacturing in
terests because they wanted nine hours
work in the day, and then insisted that
our employees should give us twenty
four hours Of service. or course,
don't mean to say that housemaids
actually work every hour of the TWEEN
ty-four, and Pm not saying that many
women are not more than just to those
who help them in their homes. But the
fact remains that except for her day
Off the time of a housemaid belongs TO
the housewife.
l Just how the matter Of hours and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

which she and her little friends had
been making. said would. As ate
that popover there vanished forever
the fear that the Housewives League
stood only for food fads. Certainly a
crank on dietetics would not counte-
nance the making of popovers, let
alone the eating Of them. That is why
I can never throw In my lot with a
crank on dletetics.
There were other things besides pop
overs which the little girls had made
They have learned, go the little girl
with the manners Of hostess told me,
how to select cuts OF meat as well as
how TO cook them, how TO tell good
-four from poor, as we'll as to bake
the -four when it has been selected, and
how TO know when to have a starchy
vegetable on the dinner table. as well
as how to prepare it. And 1t had all
been done in such a way that the little
girls have liked IL. The day was such
a gentle spring one that had almost
} ed the little girls as came in. II
ned too bad that they should not
b. out playing. But they had had such
a good time cooking that It had seemed
like play TO them.
1t was hard to leave the pop-overs
and the little girl who had treated me
as an honored guest, but the way in
which a large number of women were
listening to man Ooh, yes, men are
interested in the Housewives League,
also), in another corner, made me feel
that | was missing something.
OF balanced diets he was talking, and
he was proving-or at least it seemed
TO me that he was proving-that there
may be just as much nourishment in
inexpensive food as there is in the
kind which is responsible for the
phrase about the cost of high living.
1t was comforting to know that one
need not spend all ones money in or
der TO have food which would keep
one well nourished. The only discon-
certing thing was to discover that one
needed to use intelligence all the time
in order TO get the best value for
ones money. II would be so much
easier all around II some hard and
fast rules could be laid down. But
they cannot, so it is said The house
wife must use her brain all the time
and without ceasing
And that is the real reason for the
Housewives League and the contention
Of its members that housekeeping is c
profession. Too long has it been &
haphazard matter. Too true have beer
the slurs made about housewives anc
their inefficient methods. Business
methods were for the Office and The
store, so it was thought. Now the
women are seeing that they are also
/ for the kitchen.
One reason that no binding rules II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

We AYE Interested the United States politically nothing but
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the D. A r.
To President Wilson refer when ne says we
To all mena and in this country
What does he mean by human liberty?
Liberty for
iy speaking are interested in nothing but liberty for men
Yes
Why should be interested in liberty for women!
unsuitable for to be interested
Bey for themselves.
Why them the President often speak TO gaths' OF o
subject o liberty? =,
he deeply dissatisfied with the usuce OF ms
p attitude suffrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

Interest which the housewife Is taking
is leading to greater knowledge.
The matter OF being a housewife is a
very complex one, as any woman who
has ever been one can testify. But In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

,e, Until Now Merely the Passive Object Of

economic function to fulfil (what else
could tho legislators and the lobbyists
expect after all their oratoryO, were
not to be daunted. They would learn
values. SO IL is that almost any day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
ARE WOMEN PEOPLE?
By ALICE DUER MILLER

Speeches. at least in public view,
Did me appal,
They to me taboo,
Not woman sphere at all
1t is not now as once it was; roam
Where er | may
By night day,
To preach to Man that Woman place is home.
II
The fashion comes and goes,
AS everybody knows;
Feathers on last years hat
Are raggedy to wear;
The white or lemon, spat
Is beautiful and fair;
aree plaids are not rehned
lis clear to me--and you agree
That these are tasks enough for woman s mind
The vote is but fraud and deception;
The way to get will, the way to win
Is not at an election,
But darby, with grin.
Not quite without protection.
Not in complete subsection,
But armed with charms superlatlve we come
To each secluded home.
Thanks to the votes we are too good to cast
Thanks to the news we have not read for years
We all assume that every law that's passed
Is due to our unshed, but potent tears.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

regard 70 the spending Of money can
be laid down Is that there are 30 many
women In tho league. There are woni'
en- who come to the meetings from
Fifth Avenue. There are others who
come from Hester Street. Obviously
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
IN THE STRONG LIGHT OF REASON.

The fact in Illinois accused OF selling their votes
constitutes argument against woman suffrage
of Tere Haute and large nuoer OF
officials are Jail for political corruption does not constitute any
argument at all against suffrage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
IN LIGHTER VEIN.

The New its happest humor the o'e I'D!
Ehs with tho roleron,en bill Jokes about the lobster pal
and womens age were particularly appreciated Inc Dill aid 70
F the backing 0 100000
There joking about the cannery DILL
That had the backing of the Gamers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
OFT OF HIS NATURAL SPHERE.

IN Terre Haue regularly registered voter
We are of the opinion dogs lose all dogess If they abandon the
Iorrel for The ballot box
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
BUSINESS OF sHUDDERNG.

Cauau7 said Mr. Wickerham the other day in speaking to
PIP Of leisure class ants "a is chivarous in men must De
IAed the scramble for equality" .,.,
Who knows if had the vote, but that the Legislature 49,.
d as r. . I;e+ for nc 10 work sixteen hours day IN the
|>sie
And doubtless il was chvarv that the New Jersey senate 10
the dav - tho Fca referendum so that falls on the last reg
sn day Under no circumstances the women vote III w
ner election
len minutes more saved for the home!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25
Ode

|%olection of Anti-Sufrage Speeches Heard IN Larry
Childhood.
with apologies o ". W.
limit al beginning
That
Nrdt that very
N thought you would
There was a time when platform, stage and hail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-25

m Mavor has appointed committee OF hty prominent citizens AM"
Clipping " ton
This the famous dispatch The snip Is SINKING WIN "
souls and a boy"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-07-09
Green Bone for Fowls.

Green bone can be fed advanta-
geously to fowls intended for different
purposes and kept under different
conditions. 1t is a great help in has
tening the growth of young birds, but
the greatest help of this food to the
average poultry raiser is in feeding it
during the winter months to supply
animal food. When fed to laying
hens the yield will be increased won
derfully, and the poultry raiser will
be we'll paid for the labor expended
in cutting. 1t is a food which all
fowls eat readily, and one that must
be fed judiciously.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-07-09
COMFORT FOR SETTING HEN
Should Be Guarded Against Pussy
Work Of Laying FowIs-PIan for
Arranging the Nest.

In setting hen we'll one must see
that every surrounding is the best pos.
sible. That the nest is not too deep
and rounding in the bottom, but near
Iy fiat, with rounded sides so that the
eggs will lie in a single layer and not
pile upon each other in a manner that
is more than likely to cause them to
get broken
In cold weather it is good plan to
line the nest box first with paper, then
the nesting straw or chaff. This pre-
vents the cold from getting to the eggs
so easily from below.
1t is essential that the setter be
guarded against the fussy work of the
laying hens. A laying hen using the
same nest will soon break up all possi-
Dility of a good hatch.
On the other hand, the setter must
not be confined so closely that she
came come off at will to feed and
dust herself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-07-09
VARIETY FOR WINTER EGGS
Best Results Secured From Laying
Fowls by Using Ground Food,
Meat and Green Stuff.

Variety of feed is what makes the
winter eggs. Corn three times day
as a rule builds up fatty tissue, makes
hens lazy and reduces profit.
Animal food, ground food and a
generous supply of green stuff pro-
duce the best results for laying fowls"
says j. G.. Halpin, head of the poultry
department of the University of Wis
consin
The exercise so needful for poultry
can be provided in winter by working
the grain ration we'll into the litter Of
fresh straw that should be provided as
a carpet on the feeding floors. A good
variety of grain should be provided;
some corn, wheat, oats and barley
mixed together, or fed alternately,
makes a satisfactory ration.
A grain ration for winter use that
has given good results at the expert.
ment station farm consists of two
parts corn, two parts wheat, one part
oats and one part barley.
1t is recommended that the ground
feed be placed in small mash box
or trough where the hen can have
ready access to it. The following mix
ture of ground feeds is considered to
be quite satisfactory: One hundred
pounds bran, 100 pounds middlings,
100 pounds ground corn, SO pounds
malt sprouts, so pounds meat scraps,
and sufficient salt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-07-09
TEACHING CHICKS TO R00ST
Difficult Matter to Keep Little Fellows
Clean if They Are Permitted to
Remain on Floor.

1t is often advisable to teach the
chicks to roost when eight to twelve
weeks old When they are allowed
to remain on the floor it is difficult
to keep them clean and to keep them
from crowding. If wide roosts, three
to four inches, are used there is but
little, if any, more danger of crooked
breasts than if the chicks are allowed
to remain on the floor
The chicks can generally be taught
to roost by putting the perches near
the floor and placing with them one or
two old hens or older chicks that are
In the habit of roosting.
If this plan is inconvenient or does
not prove effective, the chicks may be
placed on the perches after dark for
few nights until they have learned to
go there on their own accord
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-07-09
MOLDY FEED BAD FOR HENS
Cause Of Many Deaths Among Poultry,
Particularly Among Young Chicks,
Can Be Prevented.

Don't give poultry moldy feed. 1t
causes aspergillosis and chickens af-
fiicted with this are "lungers."
"Moldy feed and moldy litter In
poultry houses are the cause of many
deaths among poultry, and particularly
among your chicks" says j. b. Hayes
of the poultry department OF the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. These molds
taken into the body of the fowl cause
a disease known as aspergillosis which
is as fatal as the name sounds. Among
poultry men, the chicks affected with
this trouble are commonly spoken Of
as 'lungers."
The chick stands around In drowsy
manner and shows little desire to
eat. The wings hang down, the breath
is rapid, and white diarrhea is pres
ent Indeed, the disease is many
times mistaken for white diarrhea.
Older birds, when attacked, are mac
tive and sleepy. If forced to run, they
will fall from exhaustion. The breath
ing is rapid, the appetite is diminished
and more or less catarrh is present.
An affected chick will be found to
have soft yellow growths from the size
of a pinhead to that of pea, mainly
in the lungs but sometimes in the in
testines and mesentery. These growths
clog the air passages Of the lungs and
so cause the death of the birds. In
mature fowls there are two forms OF
the disease The membranes lining
the air sacs and tubes may be covered
with a membranous formation which
is soft and yellowish and has an Of
fensive odor Or there may be white
or yellowish nodules imbedded in the
tissues of the lungs. In either case
the disease is incurable.
But since ii is caused by moldy feed
or moldy litter it can be entirely pre-
vented by cleaning up the poultry
house once in a while and keeping
moldy feed and litter away from the
flock. This is only one of the many
poultry troubles that can be avoided
by clean feed and clean pens and
yards.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-07-09

If he can, and before he starts out for
himself, he should take a course at
some recognized poultry school. After
he has learned the ways of the flock
he may have some assurance of sue
cess. But many mistakes and failures
are sure to beset the path of the mex
perienced.
Many poultry men fail to market
correctly They either get too far
away from the market or try to force
themselves upon an overcrowded mar
ket. And they often fail to put their
goods up in attractive packages and
do not advertise efficiently. A good
understanding of the market condi-
tons of a given locality is essential
in building up trade there.
1t is absolutely essential to have
good stock to start with. No poultry
man need expect to have any success
If he starts out with flock of board
ers. The stock need not be pure bred,
but 1t must be good enough to more
than pay for it's keep.
The flock must be improved by care
full selection and by the introduction
of new strains when necessary. Each
brood of chicks must be better than
the last if the poultry business is to
be success. The boarders and the
stragglers must be culled out Con-
slant improvement is the surest road
to success.
A very common cause Of failure is
just plain neglect-neglect in cleaning
up the house; neglect in spraying and
In fighting lice and mites. There is no
excuse for this kind Of failure. The
poultry man should be continually on
guard against insects and diseases.
And above all, he must always keep
his house and his birds clean.
All of these causes Of failure may be
summed up in one word And that
word is "Mismanagement" The three
great laws Of success in poultry may
be summed up as follows: Get some
experience before going into business.
Improve your stock. And keep clean
all the time. The only cure for mis-
management is common sense, and the
farmer who expects to make a sue
cess out Of poultry should keep a good
stock Of it with him.