The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-23
MERCER HOME
BUREAU WILL
STAGE FARCE
Instructor VIII Be in County Soon
to Select Cast-Miss Schouten
Home from UrbanA.
Especial to The Argus.)


rangements to have Mrs. McCon-
nell of Champaign, author of the
comedy Occupation None" come
to Mercer county during the middle
of February to drill casts that the
play can be given as home bureau
benefit here
The play has been given in many
parts OF the state and in each in
stance it has met with great sue
cess. 1t is expected to present 1t
in Mercer county in three or four
localities with that many different
casts of Mercer people. The farce
depicts conditions that may arise in
a community featuring both per-
sonal grudges and family feuds.
Mrs. Mcconnell will choose the
cast Of characters. The proceeds
of the play will be used by the local
home bureau in their work.
Had Fine Meeting.
Miss Scouten is now at work here
after a months vacation spent at
the home of her parents in Deni-
son, Iowa She reports very in
teresting meeting at Urbana with
all of the Is advisors being present.
The meeting opened last Tuesday
by Mrs Leta Bane, state leader in
the extension work Miss Alma
BinZell, child training specialist Of
the University OF Minnesota and
Cornell university of New York,
gave three excellent talks on child
training subjects. Miss BinZell
also writes articles for the Wom-
ans World magazine on this sub
ject. She referred the advisors to
many interesting books and Miss
Sehouten will endeavor to get them
from the Illinois state library for
use here. She stated that the time
is coming when attempts will be
made to develop the parent instinct
in every grade pupil, have classes
in sociology in the high schools,
! and have child training in the COL
leges. According TO her the rela-
| tionship of parents to their chill
dren have gone through three
changes. Children were formerly
considered a nuisance, then an
economical asset and now 4 sacred
trust.
A very fine talk came from Miss
Agnus Ellen Harris of the Wash
ington office of the extension de-
partment She gave a report of the
states doing extension work and
what they were accomplishing. 1t
was shown that Illinois held 5000
demonstrations in child training
during the past year. In telling of
the membership of the home bureau
in the various states she said that
Illinois ranked low. She added that
Illinois having a different system
may be responsible but said the
system was good and that in time
1t would undoubtedly develop bet
ter in this phase.
Misses Bonnie Scholes and Rose
mary Loughlin gave a report Of
the nutrition conference held in
Minneapolis this fall. They told
that according to life insurance
companies a person in normal
weight had 100 chances for life.
Ten pounds underweight 1876
chances of life and 10 pounds over
weight only 73 chances in life. It
was shown that a certain diet was
doing much in overcoming golfers.
More information on this can be
obtained from Miss Schouten.
Mrs Harris of Tazewell county.
Illinois. delegate to the A. F. B. F.
convention held at Atlanta, Ga.
gave talk on some to the import
ant discussions had there. The
women were requested not to tell
OF their methods of organization.
The request was overlooked to a
certain extent and it was shown
that the Illinois organization diff
fered more widely than any of the
others. 1t was suggested that the
organization hold fewer demonstra-
t1ons but make them better and
more complete. Following are var
1ous themes to be taken up by the
home bureau: Sponsor community
plays. keeping household accounts,
lighting and furnishing the family
living room, home care of the teeth.
keeping family together by intro
.ducing books and readings, normal
weight, food for expectant and
nursing mothers and overcoming
constipation
Discuss Policies.
Policies were discussed thorough
~ by all present. The three year
membership plan now in use by !
the home bureau was aired. 1t !
seems that many women would |
join the organization for one year /
where they will not join TO rthree. !
1t was decided that in one years
time member would not be able
to fully understand the organiza-
ton so the three year plan will be |
continued. The meeting closed
with an excellent talk by DR.. Mrs.
Moulton, head of the women's ath-
letic department of the University
of Illinois.
Mercer County Events.
Miss MARCIA Haugh will be in
Mercer county Feb. % and March
and to hold three one day
schools, taking up the study OF /
home furnishings. The places of
the schools have not yet been de-
cfded upon, but will be announced
soon In the morning Miss Haugh
VIII lecture on wall and floor !,
treatment and the hanging of dram
cries. In the afternoons demonstra-
tons will be given in the choosing
and proper placing of furniture in !,
the living room. All members be-