Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-12
WOMEN SHOULD COOPERATE
NOT COMPETE WITt, NAN

The April meeting CT the Parish
House association of Park Col.s,rse;>-
tional church was held on Friday aft
ernoon at the Osgood Memorial IN
the absence of the president, Mrs. T.
S. Bunnell, Mrs. William II. Allen pre-
sided
After: reports were read and various
business discussed. Mrs. Robert Mills
who was in charming voice, sang The
Swallows (Cohen) and in response TO
insistent applause gave as an encore,
The Birth of Morn (Leonij.
Mrs. Allen then introduced Mrs Zoe
Meade, home economic director, who
spoke Of her work in New London
county. Housekeeping and child rear
ing are a Woman's most worth while
jobs. The war has shown US that
physically, women cannot compete
with men. It is not competition but
contribution which will bring about
the best results. Far too many homes
are industralized with so many moth
ers qualifying as wage earners.
There must be a new spiritual vi
sion of what home life means. We
have come to a place where it is not
question of what women can do
and have but what are the right ideals
and what things are most significant
and worth while. The French say
that American women are the best
mothers of little babies. but that we
| lose our children in their adolescence,
which is the time when they need to
| be kept closest.
| This attempt of our government to
work on womens problems in the
| home is one of the most significant
| things in years. Specialists tell US
| that ten out of every hundred chill
| dren are suffering from malnutrition.
| Mrs. Meade firmly believes the farm
| is an ideal spot to live. The greatest
problem in the country is to get in
more scientific and labor saving de-
vices. Our finest hope of bringing
home back to American life is in the
country, but that in turn, must turn
its back to the city pleasures, and
make a social life of its own. Then
there is the problem of the farmer
over worked wife. which must be
studied. Accumulative fatigue for q
woman is positive poison. Community
clubs help a great deal here, and make
an opportunity for young people to ge'
together under the right auspices.
The business of housekeeping is 6
great question these days A woman
must study, keep her sense OF variety
and proportion and above all things
retain a normal balance. The Parent
but the school needs the parents pom
of view. The mother is her child
first teacher and as such should hav,
something to say about school affairs
as the custodian of her cnildren's IN
terests.
There is no greater need than tn,
home to no bigger job than that @
home maker. Mothers should get 10
gether in a combined unit for tn
manner in which they interpret life
contains the faith of the coumuri
ty.
Although an ardent suffra list, Mrs
Meade believes that voting IN til
school question is of infinitely NOR
Importance than national suffrage
Women have followed the ideals Sc
, by men long enough, and should nov
concentrate on their own job wit
ideals set by themselves.
Following Mrs. Meade's interestin
talk, Mrs. Mills again sang two yer
t melodious numbers, Love Sings In
: Lark .BiscE Off, and Philosophy En-
} NELL accompanied by Miss Annle
7 Taft in hei' usual synpathet:c lnaj,
l ner
The meeting having adjourned te
E was served by the social coHrnitte,
consisting of Mrs. Frederick Car,
chairman, Mrs. Charles Tyler Bare
Mrs. William Allen and Mrs. John s
S Blackmar Mrs. Franklin Wilcox ar
Mrs. A. n. H. Vaughn poured, seal
ed at an attractively decorated tabl