New Ulm review., 1917-07-04

.... Entertainment
The St. Paul and Minneapolis women
will arrange for entertaining county and
district chair1nen in private homes dur
ing the conference, in cases where the
visitors have no personal friends with
whom they can stay.
Work For The Women's Auxiliary
Every county and town will be asked
to help. ~"
1. Food Conservation. Miss Jo-
sephine T. Berry, chairman. First, we
shall be asked to see that every house
keeper in Minnesota signs the pledge to
support the government campaign for
food conservation, as outlined by Mr..
Hoover. A wonderful demonstration
of patriotism will be made in this signing |
of millions of housewives over the country
showing that American women will
make it possible for the United States
to fulfil it's promise to the world of
feeding our allies. |
2. Women in Industry. Miss Agnes
Peterson, chairman. The work of the |
committee will be organized under the
following headings: Full Time employ
ment for all; Law Enforcement; Wages.
It will be the endeavor Of the COM
mittee to help solve problems that may
arise in connection with the replacing |
of men by women industry. The fact
that there are two laws regulating hours
of employment of women compllcates
matters. One law applies only to en-
ployment of women in cities of the first
and second class, and one "a remnant
of an old law repealed in part by the
passage, of the former) which applies
Throughout the state in places other
than cities of the first and second class.
3. Education. Miss Annie Shell
land, chairman. The committee will
work to ~ educate both children and
parents to truer constructive patriot
ism, to make them realize that not only
the government, but every town and
villageis at war. ~ Awaken an under
standing Of the suferings in Belgium and
France and other allied countries to
whose aid we must hold ourselves ready.
(3) Teach children gardening, sewing,
canning and home helpfulness.
4. Home Relief. Mrs. Elbert Car
penter, chairman. The home relief
committee hopes to aid the families of
soldiers and sailors in maintaining nor
NAL standards OF living during the war.
It will cooperate with the civilian re-
lief committee of the Red Cross in Sc
curing and directing volunteers for this
work. Its problem will be much like
those provided for in Canada by the
patriotic fund; problems not solely of
dependency, but of family solidarity, of
health, education, church connections
and recreational opportunities. The
committee will concern itself, in short,
| with all matters in which a family may
miss it's men folk and desire the mini
stration of visitors who add to sympathy,
tact and judgment, some measure of
trained social intelligence. 5
5. Americanization. Mrs. Frances
Buell. Olson, chairman. This committee
will make an endeavor to make every
! home in the state an American home
to work among foreign-born women,
particularly, to let them know what
America offers to them and their children
to understand war for democracy, and
to tell how gladly America will incorpor-
ate into it's civilization the fine tradi-
tions, genius and cooperation of all
nationalities that have found home
here.
| 6. Red Cross. Miss Caroline Crosby,
chairman. The committee will strength
en- the work for the men at the front
wherever it can and help to show this
work dovetails with other forms of war
service
It is not known yet whether New Ulm
or Brown county will be represented at
the conference.
MAPLETON CITIZEN AFTER