The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18
The Latest
Country Club
~ NORA ccLE SKINNER.

She inNlicu lut " >" ~ NV
-. ci,h with her was her guest
farm some hundred or 80 miles
-, 4, another state for the Thanks
giving holidays.
sbs only lived three miles out
80, town. so ! thought she must
noiopr ID an up-to-the-minute city
Sti,ir ana had visions Of a golf
samrso a',, ,,3 md mullins In front of
was.lsr fireplace, and putting"
Sontsrsaaan with breezy, attractive
women togged out in stunning sports
clothes.
Che laughed at my pipe-dream.
AID well she might, though liked
bcr country club" almost as we'll.
iter club derived its name through
tel,r made up OF country women
ityl,g ou farms within q 20-mile
arse who met at the homo OF some
r,srbor every two weers for n du-
Vshtfu afternoon of conversation.
,ecspg and refreshments. And
such refreshments!
had a good time. And the new
order M things made It's impression.
Years lgo recall hearing q young
married woman elaborate on her
nlnn for q country home. insisting
MAI when she was able to have the
hind OF house she wanted In livo IN
,cr life. 70 must be In the country.
where she could plant and develop
and create a spot that was n part
of herself But that was not 20 be
urfu she could have the "conven-
fences lights, gas. water, etc.
We told her she wanted to live in
tho country but she wanted to take
the city along with her! II seemed
absurd then. but It's being done to-
day.
And It has revolutionlzed life on a
Arm Many man who was
welded 10 farm life in the past has
elven Il IN and moved to town be-
cause his wife and daughters had
no social life and woman's work on
A farm was too hard. Others have
STAYED on and worn out n wife before
her time But today the woman's
mart Of farm life has come Into its
own.
OF these IS or 90 women who be-
longpd to the Country club" and
attended this meeting. every one
came I'm an automobile OF some de-
scr!p;lon. driven by herself. They
came early, at 2, and they broke up
al a. for a long drive was before
most Of them, and chickens TO feed
and supper TO get at home for all.
Many Of them belonged to other
clubs, 7 found, study organizations,
even n Shakespeare club was al
luded 10. Some Of different church
denominations belonged to For
tgn Missionary Study club that
sounded interesting because II was
conducted by the wife OF a man
who, until he got the farm fever,
was professor OF history In n state
university. and she herself n posses
sor OF two degrees. Another club
that appeared to have the largest
membership was a curreDt-events
and exchange" affair. the exchange
being that of ideas, and information
In general, regarding problems on
the farm and I'm tho home. all pre-
sented In the form of thoroughly
prepared papers, n yearbook being
compiled as carefully as if'it dealt
with theory" grand opera or
Browning.
In fact. the anoIogized for the
Country club-said II was the only
'gossipy" gathering they INDUCED IN:
From private inquiry l learned
that there was hardly woman
present who did not have the con
venicnces" at home. Not that any
Of them owned elaborate places,
many lived in very simple cottages,
or ordinary story-and-a-h half houses
but they built on roads where many
farmers banded together and strung
wires out from town for electricity
tnTz rA deem
well from which, with the aid OF
gasoline engine or some contrivance,
they pumped water 90 the kitchen
and bathroom. Several had furnaces
IN the basement. and though none
had gas-even the county seat had
no, that-all cooked on stoves fed
with oil or something else that gave
quick and easy heat. 10.
But they work, like all people
should. My hostess did everything
for her family of five, barring wash
Ing and ironing. In hog-killing sea-
son she Is buster than n cranberry
merchant, and in the summer she
preserves and cans until her base
ment shelves looked ready TO feed
q brigade The little girls walk
their three miles each way to school
through the week "a reliRiously as
our fathers attended the distant
fleld-school, and in apple culling
time spraying, or strawberry ana
bean gathering season, they take
hand and perform real labor.
II isn't all roses, just as city IRE
Isn't all picture shows and parties
but farm life for the woman has
been leavened, made more healthy
more enjoyable, more interesting, by
the acquisition OF city conveniences
and a reasonable amount of social
Intercourse, and the young people
are not looking forward to the time
when they'll be ! S ana e., free, full
grown, and able TO clear out.
Time was when plows, mules
spray wagons and tractors came
tirst-and took II all, but the new
day has brought knowledge thdt
iabor-savlng devices for the woman
and "A more beautiful homo. are
among the essentials--and pay,