Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-07-29
URGE MEASURES Of
BENEFIT TOHOUSEW|VES
Catherine 7. Dryden and Dean IN.
ence Harrison Represent Wash
ington at Home Economics
Convention

Miss Catherine T, Dryden. IN
charge of the training OF teaoh.--
at the State College, and Dean F,ou
ence Harrison of the home econor,,o
department at the State Collepe -.
resented Pullman at the Fourteentb
annual meeting of the Americas
Home Economics association :.
Swampscott, Mass.
Miss Dryden and Miss Harrison
are quite enthusiastic over tho =.
suits of the great national meeting
representing two million organi7oa
women in this country. Thev ono
doing much to build up home GOO
Monies in their section.
The group which met at Swami,
colt June 27-30 was the most roto
BILE group of women ever gatberod
together in the United States to cor
slider the topics of better housekaon
ing and home making, to urge loo
lslation and the enforcement of laws
in matters which vitality affect tbo
home, to bring the pressure of or.
ganization to bear in matters cor-
nected with the public welfare and
through national state. district and
local organizations to pass on to the
growing generation the results Of tho
careful studies made to assure and
preserve standards conductive to
health, economy and happiness in
the home.
Final results of the meeting NJ
this great deliberative and executive
body are now available They COM
prise studies, methods, and the ex.
actment or enforcement of lecisla-
ton to protect the housewife in the
purchase of food and clothing. to as.
sure better methods in public institu-
tional work, to develop and apply
hygienic teachings, to carry forward
instruction in domestic economy to
open up new fields of work for wom-
en-, and to enlarge the activities Of
industry in it's service to the home
The delegates included members
OF the faculties of the state universe
ties and of women's colleges. govern
ment experts In home making from
the office of home economies, U. s.
department of agriculture. teachers
OF domestic science in high schools,
and normal schools, state club lead
ers, supervisors of home economics
in public schools. editorial writers
and editors, nutrition experts. repre-
sentatives of L. s. departments Of
education and labor and others.
1t was by far the most important
and significant meeting that has yet
been held by the women who repre-
sent the teaching forces of the ma
ton and through whose organiza-
tions better methods are spread to
the growing generation.
One of the subjects that was
brought before the association for
discussion was the question of uten-
sils in general and silver table ware
in particular.
The saving of solid silverware even
of one piece at a time was mentioned
as oft forming the foundation of the
family fortunes. Miss Catherine T.
Dryden, in charge of the training for
teachers for the State College at
Pullman, Washington, said that in
the pioneer days even the wee bit
of silver is the badge of good stand
ards of living and that open stock
patterns of flat-ware and tableware
should he insisted upon so that the
family silver can be constantly add
ed to and replenished The good old
Scotch immigrants in Maine who de-
spite their poverty brought to this
country their porridge bowls and
spoons of solid silver and from the
scanty but precious belongings laid
the foundation for the family herr
tage, were recalled. The desire for
limitations and flashy perishable
things were brought out as being
costly in the end for the cheap thing
is not always the economic thing
and objects which increase the price
of possession and the spirit of thriil
are much to be desired.