Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-06-19
THE MISSING LINK
rs PHOEBE X. WARNER

without the other II Ia the country wo.
man. She In a thousand times moro In.
dependent than the city woman. but
she does not know Il. She looks upon
IN. pleasures. the entertainment. the
opportunities. the conveniencer. the
companionship of the city woman with
almost envy. Hut what are these com.
pared with plenty d fresh food. freah
air. pure water. and room for the chill.
dren 10 grow. Hut what are thcse,to
T, tired lonesome woman. She forgets
how important they all are. Just like
the city woman forgets. " she ever
thinks. where all her food comes from.
The city woman could not live without
the essentials Of life produced By the
rural woman. Al the same time the
mind and spirit Of the rural woman 10
starving FOR the food that In going 10
waste In the city. tone of the greatest
opportunities Of the Home Deinsnstrat-
or In 10 bring the producer and the
consumer ~ both physical and spiritual
food together. Help find n market In
the city for food that Ii going ~ waste
in the country and also a market In the
country for the talent that 10 going
tc waste In the city. The Home Demon.
strator In the only person ~ far In the
development Ut human affairs who Ia
prepared 10 give her entire time Ia tho
study Of these things and after she
has studied out n way be In position
TO work II out She is the only person
~ far that In In n position 10 command
the cooperation and respect Of both this
rural and town woman. She In the only
cultured. capable official the Govern.
ment has ever given especially 10 the
mothers n this nation TO help them
with their innunerble home problems.
The men have had help for years from
the Government for the care " their
crops and tho hogs and cattle. But thu
Home Demonstration In the only servant
the Government has ever provided the
women on the farm to help thin pro
duce more food and teach them the
very hest ways III preserving L. And
there are lot III men who are not yet
willing for the county 10 spend few
dollars a year TO help the women with
their wora. Hut such men will have
to get out Of the way pretty soon BE-.
cause the women have q little thIns
called a ballot they can use now To
help get the things they want. The
food for the family and the children
would have had as much ease long ago
az the live stock and the crops II the
mothers could have been educated ny
to their fully efficiency sooner.
The Home DEMONSTRATED brings right
into the homes ON the farms In your
country the very latest science In the
care of foods. She has a chance ~ q
TO school while you were rearing your
children and she has learned what no
ono knew when you went to school. Be.
cause there has been more Evolution
In In Eduaction than anything else In
the last decade. Real education In just
getting a start Everybody will want
an education as badly as they want an
automobile when we get the kind that
really, cducatcs us how TO live. And
you know when this nation wants an
education as badly as II wants automo.
biics the people win get Il some way.
The American people are the smart.
est folks In the world and they Just
Jump nj the things they think viii help
them and when We all get the right idea
Of the Home Demonstration. the people
viii want them ~ fast the government
cannot find them. prepare them. and
furnish them fast enough to meet the
demand, 40 II your county wants one
any ways soon you better get your or.
der In soon. II In one ~ the biggest
new things the government has tried
10 do In many long years. Btg because
Of It's relation 10 the home. BlK because
u Its possibilities. Big because 6 lie
effect on the socal and commercial life
o { the community. Rig because II will
eventually bring the two great classes
~ American wocmn into one great sis.
terhood for the mutual welfare Of oil
the homes In our nation.