Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 21, 1920, Page 3

3 % v N YRS T s " Jume 22, 28,724 rn: Fire Insurance Outing at Birchmont, 25 Northwest- derwriters An- June 28, 29—County conference o Minnesota ‘League of Women Voters " in Bemiddji. midji. ¥ July 21-25--Redpath:Vawter Chaut| tauqua. selt” - tions: ont of the " June 28, 29—School of politictal Education conducted by, ‘Miss. Kneu- buhl of Minneapolis. - -t : ' July 4 to Aug 1.—Union tent Meet- ng by Evangelist C. F. Weigle. # July 5.—Patriotic celebration at Be- .. . His Predicament. & . . . “What. is:the matter with old Riley. | 'Rezzidew?” asked -the traveling sales: | man. “He Gbes not seem to' like him- wpf tell you,” refurned; the.landlord of the Petunia favern. “Uncle Riley has killed the peach crop for the coming 'season, got: the League of Na- and nobody cares & hyper whether the climate of Mars js healthy of not, 80 July 26:28-—County Teachers’ ‘¢x- aination of Bemidji. ¥4 ; September 6-11—Minnesota State -« for the present, i he's kin out” of’ talking points for ; the . present, and hasn’t anything to argue about until ‘he gets some new ones."—Kansas City Star. .~ i Packing Cases for Rubber. Before the war Japan used to sup- ply. most of -the packing caseg.used for tubber sent out of Burma.. Owing e Increased cost and ‘the scarcity. shipping the Burma'Yorest depart- “‘ment took up the business, and now supplies boxes : required, which . [ ‘yield a_fair profit, besides beneéfiting | ‘an important local industry. . SERCZEZ S arHgESg TR ETA | SUBSCRIBE FOR THE . : DAILY ‘PIONEEK yonder. winner. Ju ‘em by _their. high-breeding. Smoke all you want of . ‘em. They’re right. _ % ! C / -i | partment of agriculture draw from a The See how Spug Cigarettes are galloping in the lead. Judge ‘em by their class and form—their smart licious taste and fragrance. “They’re ‘not” pastéd—but crimped. Burh slower " You'll kriow Spurs for a winner the minute the dealer trots ‘em out. - Try them now. - -/ "POWER IS NENACE. " TORURAL LIFE Survey :-of Canditions Show Farm Homes Not Modern- ized to Same Degree ! t= " as Farm Business ' Wuhihton, June 21.—The waste|average,” the farm woman can find of woman power is one of the great- only. 1.6 hours of leisure during the =5 est n es_to the rural life of the|summer and only 2.4 hours in winter. natiold according to deductions that|Half of the farm women are up and specialists' of the United States de- at work at 5 o’clock in the morning. : Forty per cent have water in the farm-home ey conducted in the|kitchen, but the other per cent must thirty-three rihern and western | g0 to the spring or ‘ghe_ pump to states. The survey was made under brx_ng thg ‘water for oppkm'gfbrefildqst. the direction of Miss Florence ‘E.| Thirty-six per cent help with the milk- Waid, in -charge of extension work!|ing. On the average, the farm woman with women, . office- of : extension has a seven-room house to keep in work, north and west, states relations' order. Seventy:nine pef cent have service., The records ~cover 10,015 kerosene lamps to trim, and * fill farm homes, averaged by taking typ-| Ninety-six ‘ per ‘cent do the family ical: communities of the counties in|washing, ‘about half oh them having which*the - survey ‘was made.. Much|washing, machines and. the other half of the information was gathered per:| doing:the work with tub, wash-board, sonally: by “home demonstration|and boiler., Twenty-six per.cent have agents, who are the field representa-|gas .or'electric irons ‘to make more tives of the Unitéd States department|comfortable the . task of . ironing. of agriculture and the state agricul-| Ninety-two per cent do some or all of tural colleges. - the family sewing. Garder work is Miss Ward - points_out, from the|done. by.56 per cent, 94 per cent facts shown by the survey, that a rea-{ make all or part of the family bread sonable amount of planning and well-| and 60 per cent have churning to do. directed investment in modern equip- | Eighty-one per cent of all - poultry 'ment- for farm-homes would, prevent | flocks'aré cared for by women. One- a large part of their wastage of the|fourth of the farm women help to energy of the mation’s rural home-|feed and bed the live stock, and 24 makers. - “This is a serious matter,”| per cent of .them. spend. over six she continugd, “because we have #|webks in the year assisting with some live national problem now in, work-|part of the field work. ~All of this ing out the economics of country live|is in addition to cooking the family ing in such way as to make-them|meals and caring for the children. satisfied to stay on the land and help| Labor-Saving Equipment Important. build it up. Perhaps the greatest| What is to be done about it? The factor in bringing this about will be}department suggests some very defi- the healthy, alert, and expert home-| nite things.” “The intérests of the de- maker who will see to it that part of| partment of agriculture in the re- the increased inicome’ from the farm|turns from these studies as to labor, goes into ‘improvement of the home. | working . egquipment, and compensa- At a:time like this, :‘when the dearth tidns_ofvthe«fa‘;m ‘woman are as pr: of .farm labor is a limiting factor in| tical,” says Miss Ward, “as its inter- production, it is very doubtful busi-|est in farm stfdies regarding labor, ness policy. for farmers to use in-} machinery and crop returns, and for creased income to more land in-|the same general reason.” The farm stead. of usi art of it in raising|woman’s working. hours _might be; standards of- living -so- that women |shortened, she continues, if the prin- and. young people-will ‘not want tolciples of modern business were ap- find. fay_mlife attractive. The work- ing day of the average farm woman, the year round.’In summer, it is 13.12 ‘| one hundred women have no regular Il T T vacation during the year. On the ’:l_!"““"““ U | Picture of Farm Woman’s Work Day.| must carry water, and bath rooms for| modern lighting | system - would re-| In ‘short, the same e The survey discloses a number of | the 80 per cent who now have none "% act the reasons why many women do not|are other things that would lighten the woman’s labor and. add to her comfort and as shown by the survey, is 11.8 hours, | couldgbe lessened if the farm house| against convenience and comfort. The | the .women. of.the farms and would were as well equipped as the up-to- 7 ; ofit d ¢ | hours. And eighty-seven out of each|date barn, which the . farmer 180ks| release some of the time of the 54|farti of farm life. ~=Eiecfiicity " does; for DIMES that which often ‘:cofisfisi_‘* g0 to the cities in search of attractive|plied to the farm home. Running | upon as so much currency with which, per. cent of women who ;:m'e for two -« 3| living conditions and amusement.” water for the 61 per cent who now|to buy efficiency." The installation of{coal or wood stoves. ) i lease some of the time of the women|gence and' &’ fractién of the money in the 79. per cent of homes ‘where|applied to making field and barn kerosene lamps are used. The initial| work convenient would, if applied:to::. contentmént. Labor\eost wotld be small -when weighed|the home, save untold ,drudgery. .to- installation of heating system would |add both to the pi Efl@@trn@nw " fllm The Home v Is Not Expensive " 'DOLLARS when done in other ways. : { A Dime a Month will buy efnough Electricity to keep your Home i clean with an Electric Vacuum Cleaner. i %1 . ‘Two Dimes a Month B3 3 ¥ will by enqugh Electricity to operate an’ Elec- tric Dish Washer that keeps your dishes spick and span. i 1 Less than Three Dimes a month, will buy enough Electricity to run an Electric Clothes Washer that does the family washing in the cleanest, most sanitary way. FLECTRICITY CERTAINLY : IS NOT EXPENSIVE! “And our dei"errgd‘ payment plan makes it easy for anyone to secure * anything E.lectrlcul from us whether it be Wiring Work, Appliances L or Furnishings. i Let us help you make life still more pleasant. Why Not Now? . ! 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Use either Punch bowl or pitcher. ¢ -\N’Igelfll Wine Deé-Alcoholized * Virginia-Dare Wine is real wine—vinted and fermented as before, with all its old-time charm of flavor aind wholesome qualities. Good straight or mixed as you would a cocktail, rickey, highball or fizz. ¢ us for “The Art of Hospitality” tho problem of social entertainment, » i / vily Ames od 8f Grh Building, Brocklyn, N.Y, inespunch, rofit and the com- = & 00