The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-10
ATTRACTIVE HOMES
Will KEEP CHILDREN
ON FARMS, IS ADVICE
Especial to The Palladium.


WEBSTER, Ind, Feb. 10.-"Poor
home convenierses and unattractive
homes, for which the women are often
more to blame than the men, are rea-
sons so many farm boys and girls
finds the bright lights of the city more
attractive than they do farm life" said
Miss Leila Gaddis, OF Purdue, state
leader of home economies extension
work, addressing the men and women
of the township farmers association
at the school building Thursday night.
Miss Gaddis' talk was an appeal for
better planning of the ordinary house
hold tasks, modernization and beauti-
fication of farm homes, and an ex-
PLANTATION of home economics extern
sion work and its possibilities in help
ing to eliminate waste of effort and
of money in the farm home.
Farm women handle a great deal
of money, far more than city women,
in many cases. said the speaker,
"yet they often make no attempt at
accounting" She urged a close &C.
count of home expenses as a safe
guard against death or sickness of
the husband which might throw her
on her own resources.
Saving of Time
Many Indiana farm homes are not
equipped with bathrooms, sinks, nor
running water, said the speaker, en-
phasizing the need for more time-sav-
ing conveniences. "A dish drainer
would save an hour a day; built-in
drawer In the new house, or box in
the old one to keep the aprons, tow
els and cleaning cloths handy in the
kitchen instead of upstairs, would
save miles of travel in year; a
built-in ironing board, which can be
built against the wall Of an old house,
though new house may be planned
10 include it, would save much walk
ing and lifting every week"
Kitchen cabinet manufacturers
have discovered that not all women
are of standard height" said Miss
Gaddis, in talking of conveniences in
kitchen furniture. "One cabinet is
made of an adjustable hight now
Sinks should always be built for the
height of one who has to work at
them, and placed in the most con
venient spot, even IL it means extra
piping"
Advises ORGANIZATIONS
The speaker advised township and
county organization of women as an
auxiliary to the farm bureau and an
agency through which home econom
ics work can be done. She mentioned
home tours for spreading information
about home conveniences, dress form
making demonstrations, and cooking
sewing and millinery instruction as
possible projects of such an organiza
ton.
The speaker also advised more com
munity entertainment as counter at
fractions to city entertainments. ano
pleaded for Identification of home
grounds, citing her own house as ar
example, in which planting of five dol
lars worth of shrubbery had increased
its sale value by $500 within a year.
Every woman is the health com
missioner for her own family, and i
is her duty to neglect no means t
preserve her own and her family''
health and happiness" said Mrs. Wal
ter Beeson, who acted as chairman o
the women's session, in commenting
on the address.
Explains House
Miss Stella Hartman, county leade1
of home economics instruction, alst
gave talk explaining the course o
study in sewing and cooking in tn
county schools. She offered her &C
operation in any home economic
work the farm women might care t
take up.
1t was announced that the mex
session of the association will deal wit
Good Roads" and Earl Crawford
member of the state highway commi:
sion, is expected to be present. Tha
session will be followed by anothe
womens program the next month
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