Evening star., 1916-10-15

as the science of chemistry, or of COM
merce. has been developed. finding not
only the how but the why of doing
things well and rejecting wasteful and
inefficient methods. The other is the
turning of all this fruit Of laboratory
method and experiment into practical
teaching and illustration and carrying
it to the people who most need the re-
lease and the uplift which such
standardizing and professional recogni-
ton of their work alone can bring to
them.
"Drudgery does not inhere in any task
as such. but Is ones own attitude to-
ward 1t, and the spirit with which one
performs it, 1t is within our power to
bring to tens of thousands of women
who will be literally emancipated to
newness of life when they see that their
work has a scientific basis of knowl-
edge into the possession of which they
of domestic activity in the skilled per-
formance of which there is keen Zest
and joy to be found.
''Of course this transformation OF opfn-
ion and feeling has long been in the
process Of coming to pass, but no other
single event has so put the stamp of the
new time upon this new thought Of
woman's work as the practical applica-
tion Of the Smith-Lever act. Here We
see great government doing concrete
thing to help the women OF the United
States, in whose hands rest largely the
future strength of our civilization. The
working out Of the practical details OF
this idea until 1t touches and emancipates
the millions of American women to whom
it belongs Of right is our purpose.
1.-THE need most deeply felt by the do
nestle woman of the small town and the
country is for ready money as means
for securing better living conditions for
herself and her household. On a farm
the fundamental needs Of food and
shelter are. as a rule, bountifully met:
but the refnements of life, beauty. art.
grace and the ministering to mind and
soul are not so easily acquired.
MANY a wife boards her butter-and-
miser, because she wants to bring into
her home books and magazines to feed
her children's minds. attractive surround
ings to feed her love of the beautiful or
she yearns to lift her children round
higher upon the ladder of opportunity
and circumstance than she herself has
been able to climb.
I'm this domain our extension depart
ment can work some very real wonders.
Poultry raising can be changed from a
haphazard side interest literally thriving
on the scraps and pickings of the farm,
into an orderly intelligent business. the
rules and principles of which can be
learned, and the success of which can be
in proportion to the business acumen put
into it. Bee keeping, market gardening
the preparation of many attractive food
products. for which there Is ready sale
are all a part of this work.
Whatever the local resources and the
available market make possible in the
way Of money making activities, the farm
woman must be helped to learn to dc
both for her own sake and for the coun-
trys greater industrial efficiency. When
we have shown the farm woman the path
to financial self-help we have also cut
down some Of the dangers Of city migra-
tion.
Next to the need for money as a
means to larger living. the visitor tc
large number of farm homes becomes
conscious of the never-ending pressure
of hard work. Man works from sur
to sun. but woman's work is never
done comes near to being literally true
on the farm.
I'm the city our modern improvements
and iaborsaving devices have taker
much Of the worst burden olt Of house