East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-24

Women are the determining fac
tors In production because they dl
rect the consumption OF s5 per cen
of the wealth OF tho county. When
ever that consumption becomes di
rected along certain fixed lines tn
full effect will be felt by producer am
distributor. 1t behooves the Nation
then, to see that women are educate,
to become wise and Intelligent buy
ers.
"As the girls Of today are taught
the women OF tomorrow will buy anc
use. As those women buy and use
the retailer will demand from. the
WHOLESALERS" says Mrs. Henrietta w
Calvin. specialist in home economies
Bureau. OF Education.
Just what may be the result when
women are all ke-minded was mani
tested when women became possessed
with the desire to knit. The effect
upon the whole wooden situation which
resulted from 2O,O00.000 women de-
manding knitting yarn is a matter of
history.
Women decide the color, design.
and type OF floor covering, the width
and size of sheets, the quality and
kind of blankets and covers. and the
length weave and pattern of window
draperles. They are the ultimate con-
sumers OF the product of innumerable
factories and shops.
THE school and college courses of
the present and future should enable
women to Judge wisely. purchase
carefully. and appreciate the trsle vail
ue Of good material, good sworkman-
ship and really beautiful designs.n 80
Mrs. Calvin designutes the ultimate
purpose OF home economies.
10000 u. $. Girls Studying Economies
According to statistics compiled by
the, Bureau OF Education. there are
now 10000 American girls pursuing
the study OF home economics in /
schools and colleges, and these stu
dents Will ultimately bring within the |
scope OF their influence as teachers |
approximately 100000 pupils. as
home economies education brings in |
the fifth grade in the more progress
sive cities, II includes foods and nu-
triton. textiles and clothing, house
and furnishings. house.
hold management and sanitation. child
care and training. household adminis-
tration, and financial management.
Present-day conditions make such
raining imperative, and Mrs., Calvin
explains this need by calling atten-
Ion to the fact that women were for
merly producers of the so-called ,
dry goods for their households. They
,arded. spun, and wove both cotton ,
md wool: they worked with men in
he preparation of flax and the pro-
iuction of linen. Even the cloth
hat was bought and sold was pro- !.
luced In other homes. not in factor
es Every housewife was "A judge OF :,
he quality of cloth because she had.
Iirectly or indirectly. been concerned :
With the making of CLOTH"
Garments were made either by the J,
Iome worker. the employed seam
tress or the local and often itinerant :,
lilor -
Bed linen. blankets and coverlets :, =
fere homemade, and instead of down !
omforters covered with thin silk or =
ilkoline' there was the patched quilt
r comforter made from numerous
mall and useless bits of cloth and
ned with carded cotton or wool or q
ven with feathers from the home a
rown ducks. a a
With the coming of machinery the u
lothing industry left the homes, and
raduaily even the recognition OF GER ia
lin fabrics waned and IA generation 81
( women came who neither know al
10Th nor were they skilled In the use
the needle or machine. At about a
ne same time many women became N
age earners. and hence no longer vi
lily interested in the affairs of the "
ONE.
Home Makers Developed. 50
Other agencies were at work
hanging the lives of women. School lie
,rms increased, the school day leng- II
lened, music and lessons occupied al
10 evening hours. social amusements
multiplied. and, did the mother de- a,
re to train her daughter in house. a
old arts, there was neither time nor K
pportunity. A generation of un-
aimed home makers developed. II
The home economies specialist of IL
ie Bureau of Education says. THE e
aching of textiles and clothing aims
rst to give skill in garment making. fs
Thile there can be no doubt but that D
ie wage earning women should pur- a
hasc ready-to-w wear clothing or that c.
Ight or Sunday work dctracts from c.
efficiency. there are a
ANY millions OF non -wage-carning q
omen who can not more profitably
SO their time than in sewing upon d
,elr own and their families clothing. II
Zach woman should be able to de- 81
de lust how her time can be best CO
,ent. IL she has family of little cs
nildren and a fairly liberal income, NJ
her time and strength
re- better spent in caring Sor the phy- q
cal. mental and moral development Z
{ her children. But IL she must ex- q