Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-08
need FOR WOMEN
learn THE ART
OF H0ME.MAK|NG
Mrs. R. N. Garrett Reports
to Federation on Home
Economics Work.


Mrs. r. N. Garrett of Ell Dorado,
chairman of the Federations standing
committee on Home Economics, made
an interesting and instructive report
at the afternoon session yesterday of
the Federation, the report in full be-
ing as follows:
"For one year now, l have served
the Arkansas Federation as chairman
of home economics, and in submitting
to you his, my first report, | want to
stress for just one moment the Won
derful opportunities for good that lie
couched in the words home economics.
"Since starting my work have
found that to the majority of women,
home economics is indelibly associated
with the idea of cooking and sowing
especially cooking. If l can do moth
ing during my term as chairman but
help to arouse the women of our state
| to realization of the dignity and full
meaning of home economics in the big,
broad sense, shall feel that my work
has not been in vain. All over this
country are women who do need to
learn, not only the art, but the science
of cooking, and we must meet this
need, but home economics is bigger
than mere food and broader than mere
sewing. They are only branches on
this great tree. Home economics is the
development and conservation OF HUI
man efficiency. God has given us eff
! ficiency as natural resource just as
he has given the earth the natural
resources of forests, waKrs, minerals.
etc. Health and happiness are also
natural resources given us, but God
makes the gift and leaves the develop
ment of it to us.
Home Making Art Essential.
"Home-making is woman's allotted
share Of the worlds work and it is
just as essential that she be trained
and efficient in her work as that
man be efficient in the business world
| more so, even, because in her hands
lie the moulding of the next genera
ton. But home-making is not con-
fined merely to the four walls in which
you or l live. 1t has deeper sig
nificance and embraces our town, our
state and our country. 1t applies not
only to our own homes but to the hut
where ignorance and filth abound. 1t
makes US responsible for the home of
the emigrant, just emerging from Ellis
| lSldNu, anu Vic ldIIIl uOIllCSCCdu JuSU
few miles from our door. The club
women of Arkansas are awakening
to a realization of the wonderful OPP
portunities; for, good that lie within
reach of their hands, as is shown by
the interest and help given the home
economics work in our rural districts
during the past year.
! Incorporation has been the key
- %kn
tee this year and 'let Arkansas Feed
or of being the only committee who
has had a resoltion adopted by the
board and at every district meeting
in the state. This resolution pledged
the housewives of Arkansas to buy
ducts. Many Of the clubs are doing
here | want to tell little incident
which happened in searcy. The agent
had about ten thousand cans of to-
| matoes for sale, but, as the wholesale
people had contracted for their sup
ply several months ahead, and the To-
cal merchants were accustomed to-
buying their entire stock through the
wholesale houses, she found herself
unable to dispose of the girls can
ming club products. 1t was then that
the agent appealed to the club women
and through their co-operated effort
the telephones began to ring and the
girls ALI brand tomatoes were de-
manded or none at all. Finally. one
merchant caught the spirit and pur-
chased the entire 10000 cans. What
one set of club women can do, you
also can do.
Fifty Seven Counties Reached.
"Since July /, fifty-seven counties
in Arkansas have been reached by
Miss Arthur, club women assisting her
| in the majority of cases. In fifteen
tanned the canning club boys and girls
helped Miss Archer with her demon
strations. Thirty-six clubs have been
In ten counties, committees from the
tionB for the canning club work. The
, Crossett Lumber company has gener-
ously given the Federation silo to
present to the corn club boy reporting
1 the greatest yield of corn per acre.
| This silo will be awarded as soon as
the boys reports are all in.
: me nome cCOHOIlICS ucpdTCIIlcuC,
cooperating with the health and civics
departments, helped to direct the baby
week campign. Letters were written,
literature sent out and everything
done that the chairman could think to
do. ! shall leave the details of this
to Miss Emo and Mrs. Garrison. Two
clubs report that they are so inter-
TESTED that they will study home eco
nomics entirely next year, and one of
them has employed a domestic science
teacher for seven-months' course for
next year.
! "Again let me remind you that we
! have pledged ourselves as a Feedra-
ton to buy home grown products and
in this way to help Arkansas to come
into her own"
j nnIlndIlCl & IS1II nIENlS