Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28

Miss Lee will be guest speaker at a
garden party to be given Jointly by the
Inter-American Commission and the
National Woman's Party Tuesday eve
ming at 8:l5 at the National Womans
Party headquarters. ON Capitol Hill.
Miss Aurelia Colomo of the Inter-
American Commission will entertain
with vocal numbers.
DR. MARY MEEK ATKESON Of this
~ city NOW Mrs. Blaine Free Moore) /,
first vice president of the League OF
American Pen Women, is deeply In
terested in the problems and advan-
tages Of the life Of the woman on the
farm. In a recent talk over the radio,
in a Nation wide hoop-up under the
auspices of the National Grange, DR..
Atkeson said:
IT like to talk about the woman on
the farm, because she is such q cour-
ageous person. We hear great deal
in. these days of farm relief, about the
troubles of the farmers-but nobody
talks about the troubles OF the farm
ers' wives. Theirs are the real troubles.
For in any period Of hard times, 1t Is
the women who suffer most, who bear
the brunt of doing without and strug-
Cling to make ends meet. So. while
the farmers and Congress and the
country at large have been doing the
talking, the women on the farm have
been working with their own methods
of relief"
But life on the farm is not all prob
lem in the eyes of DR.. AtkeSon, for she
says: THE farm women believe in life
in the open country for young Ameri-
cans. And they like the farm for their
husbands and themselves. They realize
that the farm job has rewards which
no city job can possibly have. They
will not give up without a real strug-
gle. I feel confident that II there Is
any salvation for the farmer. the
women OH the farm will be sure to
find the way
Speaking Of the National Grange and
its 60 years Of existence, DR.. AtkeSon
says: 1.-The founder Of the order, Oliver
Hudson Kelley, often stated that had
it not been for the woman members
the order would certainly never have
survived the troubles Of its early years.
1t was the women who developed the
educational side Of the organization.
They may have been downhearted, but
kept the meetings going when the
men thought all was lost. just as they
have often worked in the fields in
order to save the crop"
DR.. Atkeson is widely known for
her books and articles on farm life.
~ Xxx
AT gathering of economic experts
4 n in New York last week, called to-
gether by the American Standards As
ISOLATION and attended by prominent
home economists and clubwomen from
all over the East, an agreement was
reached which may have far-reaching
results. including a general reorienta-
ton of silk standards under national
auspices, with full representation and
participation of essential interests.
A technical committee will be appoint
ed to suggest remedies for the evil of
overwhelming, said to be undermining
public confidence in the silk industry
and threatening its future prosperity.
The association, prior to the conference
had recommended Standardization of
silk weighing and the protection of
the consumer by labelling. to indicate
the percentage of weighing, by volun-
tary agreement among manufacturers,
dyerS. and retailers. as an alternative to
compulsory regulation by legislation or
Government agencies.
AS a result Of the conference, which
was attended not only by officials of the
American Home Economics Association,
the Bureau OF home economies ana
other organizations representing the
consumer, but also by representatives of
the manufacturers retailers, ETC.. the
consumers groups are to be invited to
participate in the activities of commit
tees now under the joint auspices of
dry goods and silk associations In adj
justing the standards to the satisfaction
of all, carrying out the plan recon-
mended by the association.
Miss Ruth O'Brien. head Of the Divi-
sion of Textiles and Clothing Of the
United States Bureau Of Home Eco
Monies, and chairman of the American
home economics committee on COM
mercial Standardization and simplihca-
ton, opened the conference with a
resume Of the present situation in the
campaign instituted by the association
for the establishment of standards Of
silk weighing.
It is believed by many who have had
wide experience In the field Of silk
she pointed out, that the
of silk, from the point Of
view of the manufacturer, retailer and
consumer, is economically unsound.
Among the other prominent woman
RESORTS.