The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-08-26
YRS. mooRHEA3 AND HER FINE
WORK


Al interesting visitor in Miami Is
Mrs. Caroline Hooper Moorhead, of
ocala VINO IS the guest Of Mrs: 3. H..
seymour. at her home on West Flagler
street. during her visit
Mrs. Moorhead is in charge of the
educational department of the Flor
ida Citrus Exchange, and her work is
to educate mothers and housewives to.
the use of fruits, particularly citrus
fruits, and the by-products of citrus
fruit, in the family diet. She is en-
gagged in this work in northern and
eastern cities for six months during IL
winter. demonstrating and lecturing.
Her work is of tremendous Importance
to Florida and to the citrus industry OF
Florida.
Mrs. Moorhead was a pioneer in the
canning clubs and home-demonstration
work in Marion county and made a
great success Of her work After she
went with the citrus exchange she
first went through southern states de
monstrating and occurring. As the i'm
portance Of this work became known.
she was sent north, her tours begin
ming at Richmond and extending
through New England.
Mrs. Moorhead is club woman and
in the beginning gained access to the
circles she wished to reach through
the women's clubs. She also is doing
settlement work and lectures among
the poorer classes. 1t is among them
she finds the greatest need for educa-
ton and enlightments on the subject
of fruit as a food
At one meeting at which she lectured
out of 500 persons present only 80 had
ever tasted grapefruit, she said, speak
ing of her experiences in settlement
work Invariably the people of the
north use sugar on grapefruit she
said. "In Florida we have learned to
use salt with grapefruit instead of
sugar. Salt brings out the sweetness
and sugar the bitter
Mrs. Moorhead demonstrates the use
of citrus fruits and is making a spe-
cialty of showing their decorative POS
sibilities, and is teaching housewives
how to utilize all the by-products. Cam
dies and marmalade of the rind and
pulp, jellies, pectins and conserves,
even the seeds are utilized in surpris-
ing ways She showed handsome
photograph frame with beaded edge
and wild-rose border. The beaded
edge was made Of whole seeds laid
like beads around the oval opening
and glued into place and gilded. The
The wild roses and their faint buds
were Of the outer husks of the seeds
cut into halves and dyed a soft pink
The texture of the husks was like
bit of crinlxled crepe, and one would
never have dreamed that the petals
We're evolved from grapefruit seed
The shipping of green fruit is ruin
Gus to the citrus industry in Florida,
Mrs. Moorhead said, and she told OF
buying a box of immature lines on
sale in the north and dumping them
into a trash box, for the good of the
state" she said. while the dealer pro-
tested at her action.
Mrs. Moorhead was recently offered.
similar position in California. but de-
clined 4 told them if went THEY
would have to furnish me with Florida
fruit to use in demonstrating, she
said. Miami Herald.
Mrs. j. R. Moorhead, of Ocala, is
visiting Mrs. B. H. Seymour at her
home, 752 w Flagler street. Mrs.
Moorhead is well known throughout
Florida for her home demonstration
work. She is now demonstrating cit
rus products for the Florida iCtrus
Exchange in New York. Boston and
other northern cities Miami uoraId