Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-30
Splendid Get Acquainted"
Luncheon Marks Close of
Home Department Activities

kered the biennial convention Of the
General Federation of Women 3
! Clubs recently held in Los Angeles
and which she attended IS a repre-
sentative of the women of the I'm
perial County. hom'I departments.
Mrs. Austin outlined the relation
ship between the Federation and
the home demonstration work which
started in 1920 when the Federation
officially decided to sponsor the
demonstration work. She then went
On to explain the organization of
the work in California, s:iting that
there are 20 workers in the Califor
MIA field.
Stresses Publicity Day
The various lectures) and talks
given were next told of by Mrs.
Austin, with special emphasis on
the publicity day series. The neces-
sity of publicity for organizations
was stressed in the talks with the
keynote idea being that people
should try to let others know of
their work and to pass or to others
what knowledge one may have, A
talk on the use of citizenship rights
revealed that only 16 of every 800
women in the country use their vot
ing privilege.
Mrs. Austin told of the luncheon
at which talks were given by Mrs.
r. Leach, national chairman of the
nome demonstration work committee
of the national federation, Mrs
Mary J. Stone of Texas whoftold
Cf the girls clubs of that state,
Mrs. l.. Moore of Los Aogeles who
told Of educatioe in home economies,
Mrs. NJ. Ralston who told of the
work in Massachusetts, and Miss
Alice Lakey who talked on 1nsur-
ance for women.
After Miss Lakey's talk j.
Cochran, the lone man attending
the luncheon, also talked on insur-
&nce. Then came splendid talk
by Mrs. S. Railsback, Il real farm
operator who told the women that
they should keep up-to-date and car
ly through their improvement plans
without making too much ado about
them. Mrs. Railsback is to repre-
sent the home demonstration work
at the national Farm Bureau con-
yention in Chicago.
Many other lectures were describ'
cd by Mrs. Austin i'll her concise
way. Her report was comprehensive
covering all the many affairs that
she attended and summarizing in
sentence or two the point of
each lecture. Much applause attest
ed to the enjoyment of the women
and even the men present inalisten
ing to Mrs. Austin. Her voice was
clear and audible in all parts of the
room, many interpretations of her
personal impressions making the
report interesting and entertaining
Following Mrs. Austin s talk Mrs.
Boget described the exhibit prepar-
ed for the federation convention.
Mrs. Boget told of the many visit
ors to the booth and of their inn
pressiOns of the work being car
ried ON by the farm women. The
nutrition project attracted much
attention, food for a family of two
adults, two school children and n
baby for one day being on display.
Names of persons interested in
the various displays were taken so
that descriptive pamphlets could be
sent to them by the university, thus
spreading the influence of the
home demonstration work in many
new places Mrs. Boget s talk gave
and of the various projects on dis
Il splendid word-picture of the booth
play. Her pleasing manner of speak
ing causing much hand-clapping.
Mrs. Austin brought the luncheon to
an end and the two groups separat-
cd for their respective business
meetings with the feeling that oc-
casionn joint affairs would do much
to foster pleasant relations between
the men and women of the county
who represent the farm element.