The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-03
Expert Here
to Wage War
on All Waste
First Woman County Agent
to Enlist Housekeepers'
Army for Nation.

80 sAA0S VIA AON6ASA
soft, white hands.
That is what the war is 60
ing to mean for the women Of
this country before the end is
reached, according to those in
closest touch with the Stu
alton.
To a large extent this is 60
ing to be a women's war.
Women are to play a larger
part in this great struggle
than in any other the United
States Tor the world, for that
: matter, has ever seen) for
good housekeeping is going
to count for just about as
much as good shooting.
You don't believe it?
Well, the State Council Of
Defense does. At the in
stance of the federal depart
ment of agriculture the coun-
Gil has sent to Missoula coun-
ty Mrs. Clara A. Bush, Mon
tana's first woman county
agent. Mrs. Bush is an Ex-
pert Housekeeper, in capt.
tails, and her task is to drill
the women Of Missoula coun-,
ty for war service in the
housekeepers' army.
The function Of the house.
keepers army will be to in
crease and conserve the ma
tons food supply, and tina,
means work--in orchards as
we'll as in kitchens.
Scores of Missoula women
have already gone to work
at mems jobs. More must 20
before the end. Not all need
wheel trucks or wipe engines
as some Of this city's women
are now doing, but all, say
the nations leaders, must
help.
Not working women alone, but all
women are needed by the country LIS
ten to Miss Gail Laughlin. chairman
OF the war-service committee OF the
Association Of Collegiate Alumnae, ad-
dressing sheltered, comfortable class:
Real Work Needed.
What is needed Is real workout
In the fields. the orchards, the can
neries; wherever food is produced, har-
vested and preserved. Uncle Sam needs
calloused hands, ready and able for
any task. The police tradition that
women Of certain classes cannot and
must not work will have to be shat
tered. Patriotic duty demands 1t: the
hungry soldiers of democracy require
it,"
Go to the orchards, the fields, the
canneries." she continued. "and II con-
ditions there are not what you ina CINE
they should be you will be comforting
tremendous service to humankind by
helping change them, for they are the
conditions under which 5000, 900 OF
your sisters are today toiling in your
; country.
Resources Not Touched.
The latent resources of woman
power In this country have hardly beer
touched.
Women who have the least actua
need to get out and labor should b.
the first to answer their country's cal
for service-to set an example. Cal
1t noblesse oblige, II you like. Blu
get to work!
white. soft hands may yet be re-
garded as the brand Of shame instea,
of badge Of beauty and station.
start neighborhood canning clubs
Conserve the tremendous bulk Of frui
that annually goes to waste unde
present marketing conditions. Help II
every way to increase and preserv
food materials. This is the America
woman's immediate task-not to b
talked about and theorized over, bu
to be done"
, Mrs. 0ush's Mission.
That Is precisely what Mrs. Bush ha
been sent to Missoula county to do
to teach the women here how to in
crease and. by intelligent use and skill
full conserving. save the food supply.
Mrs. Bush Is the only woman no
working In the state as a county agen
She will cooperate for two month
with J. r. Campbell. county agricu
turist. giving all of her attention
the home economy side of the foe
problem. Canning I nd cooking den
onstrations and lectures will be h
means She will visit every communit
big and small, in the county in an G