Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02

rdplQly over tne country, anu dlS
. marking bi,initial step in the better
ment of rural conditions for women
and the improvement of their environ
!. ment, both in the home and the com
! munity, was the meeting called by
Miss Lorene Parker, the home demon
stration agent of Marion county, a
! the Commercial club rooms at ter
! clock this morning, assembling thu
members of the County Council, whC
: will have charge OF the demonstration
, work in the various communities. This
council is composed of representative
) from the different organization
throughout the county, including
Oranges, Parent Teacher associations
and Woman s clubs, VINO met together
today for the first time, for the pur'
pose Of organizing and perfecting plans
for the year 5 WORK, which will cover
an almost hmitless field of stimulating
endeavor.
Miss rarker, who has held the new
ly opened position of home demonstra-
ton agent for Marion county, only a
few months, has accomplished much al
ready in the way of breaking new
ground among the somewhat conserva-
tive element of the housewives in the
rural districts. BY clear and pointed
lectures, accompanied by practical
demonstrations, based on both the
knowledge gained from a thorough col
lege course, and actual, personal ex-
perience with farm conditions, Miss
Parker has succeeded in arousing n
widespread interest among home max
ers and managers, and stimulating an
eager curiosity as to the improved
methods advocated by her for making
the daily routine of living both a
science and an art In fact, when the
native enthusiasm of Miss Parker,
backed by the convincive proof of her
demonstrations, is brought to bear up
on this subject of better homes and
consequently better people, the listen
er who came to smile, returns to mar
vel. enlisted in her cause.
The main diversions of the year s
work, as outlined under the broad term
Iof Home Conservation, and which will
lbe taken up by the, county council,
.as soon as thoroughly organized, are
Conservation, Household Management,
and Community Enter
prises. Under the subject of conserva-
ton, will be studied food substitution,
production and preservation, including
canning, curing, drying and storage.
The conservation of clothing, suggests
methods of cleaning, textile selection,
and care of clothing. And
of much vital import will be the con
serving of health % in a household,
which necessarily deals with personal |
hygiene, emergency first aids, santa |
tion and the mere esthetic, but sadly |
neglected questions of home decora-
ton, good reading, and recreation. The
feminine head of the house will have
ample opportunity to demonstrate her
grasp of that family bone of conten- |
ton, the household budget, under the
study of household management. Or
ganization will cover the Parent Teach
er's associations and Study clubs, the
latter forming such necessary outlets
for daily inspiration and broadening
thought. The community enterprises
win open up new undertakings ana
perfect some older cnes, such as the
serving of school luneheons, the back
yard garden campaigns, the Boys : ana
Girls Industrial clubs, and the home
maker 8 tours,
The results OF the Home DemohstIa-
tion campaign wall recreate TO ger
tain extent the old-tlme, tarin-estap-
ishment, where every aftlcle or cl9.n
ng, food and, one mlghg auo' oellel
we're produced within the four fellces
If the farm. 1t is almost win gehu
me thrill of regret that many Oh u
listen to the tales OF our uiieies anu
who narrate the varied
Industries, which went TO make up the
'olorful farm lie OF past eeeaues, IN
,luding spinning, sheemaklng' weaE, II
ng and a score OF other cralts, Ii the
vanished romance OF pioneer irving on S
he great ranches OF the west ana hiiu- Il
lie west might, IN a small measere' oe h
'evived, by popularlzlng ana olghlly K
ng farm hte and laoor' theh truiy tne Z
tfeet of the home demonstration woiA q
would not have been IN Valn' II
The home phase of the eenSetN ,'t a'lon
movement mas becn stlecessi uAll tIea' ]
d in many other counties, FOR tne pas1
ew years, but this is the flrst year f
n which the position OF nome demon n
tration agent, corresponding TO tild' S
f county agrieulturst amonG the 1ar- Y
lers. has been filled IN Marleh couh e
y. The office having been ereated IN b
his county; slnee the peSihnln9 Oh sns