The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 18, 1915, Page 15

“and $40' a month with house, fuel, . milk, fruit and vegetables free, \ THE NONPARTISAN LEADER PAGE FIFTEEN Progressive and Practical Ideas for Women Edited By Audrey A. Harris : : The United States agricultunfl de- ‘partment decided to ask.the farmers wives why they did: not like to stay on the farm. It sent out a lot of letters to farm women in every part of ‘the country. - Why didin’t she like her job? That was the gist of it. Why didin’'t she keep on her job and keep her boys and girls. on it? Why did she chuck her job. and migrate to town the. first " chance, like a convict getting over a prison wall? And the answer came back in a chorus of wails—“lonely” —*isolated”—“long hours’—“no va- cation”—*“only one hat in eight. years’ “I' would: sooner go hungry half the time than go back to the farm”— ‘too much grinding and not enough grist’—“a hired man’s work without wages”’— ‘making sepap and, ketchup and .never do ‘ketch up’ ”—“tired of being called Rubes ard Hayze2ds”— “tired of being advised to death by men who don’t know a cow from a goat or a mule from a mooley cow” —%want something more than just work -for board”—*“tired. of being a country hotel keeper without pay”— “don’t make the wages of a hired girl.,” Wanted: Bigger Cash. Returns. But when you boil down all these answers from the farm women, they come to this: . “Overwork, underpay.” “ I don’t belong to the I-won’t works, but I would like a little pay.” " “The whole problem is to make in- come equal outgo.” “A little more money, a little less worry.” . ‘Poverty is the word that causes the exodus.” “A little money to grease the wheels is. what the average farm woman wants.” “Put it in two and, economy.” “It isn’t lack of brains! it’s lack . of funds’’ “Lack of money causes the fail- ures.” . ‘When farming is profitable as the vocations, .people will- stay on the land.” ‘Thou we have $15,000 invested we have. to. werk thirteen hours a day to.make a living.” “A better living will do more than all the ‘back-to-the-land’ talk.” “Husbands- are generous;, but they simply cannot. make enough money now”’—please note the “NOW”’—give farm wives the advantages of city wives.” : t Why ‘NOW”? ; Is not the price of everything the farmer sells higher than for a cen- tury? No—my friend—it isn’t; and that is just the rub! What he sells words—drudgery is lower in some cases and only 20 tu 30 per cent higher in other cases; while- all he pays for—clothes, mach- inery, ‘hdrses, cows, fezd, lumber, Ila- bor, masonry, land building—is from 1,000:to: 10 per cent higher. Feed us- ed to be $10:per ton;. it is now $28.35. Lumber used to be $15 to $20 per thousand feet; it is now $28.65. Mas- onry used; to cost $2 per day. It now costs ‘$4,50 to $8. Horses were $125 to: $200; they are now $200 to $275. Cows were $50 each; they are now $70: to $100. Hired help used to cost $10: per month.. ‘Today. it is $35. $37 " Cocoanut' Pie;. 5 One .cup of freshly grated cocoa- nut; 2-:3 cup sugar, yolk of three eggs beaten together until light; add a little salt and 1% cups of milk; turn into pie pan lined with rich crust and bake in quick oven 20 minutes. Beat the whitesof 2 eggs to. stiff, dry froth angd, add 2 tablespoons su- gar; spread over rpie and set in quick oven to brown. Serve warm. If des- sicated cocoanut is use ! night. in milk. wTy 3 HANDIWORK OF BELGIAN LACE MAKERS. . At.a convention of Women’s Clubs, . |'held. recently in Pennsylvania, a. reso- ‘plution favoring . the adoption of a- "luniform style®of woman’s' dress for husiness and’ street wear, was. passed. Such a step, taken by an organiza- ‘tion of representative and: intelli- ‘| gent: women, gives a promise of sin- cere ‘effort to bring about. a much 'need ed reformr in woman’s dress. . We are coming more and more: 1o recognize the disadvantages of wom- _|ens’ mode-of dress, coming to sce _|that it hampers efficiency and that =|it even has an influence upon chara- ter.. Those who direct their shafts of wit and satire at. woman’s. vanity, strangely fail to discern that ‘women do not adorn themselves with fantas- «tic apparel because they are vain; rather, they are vain because they ' +|so adorn: themselves. g Every intelligent woman feels it tyranny to be obliged to spend so much time and money on dress to the exclusion of things more worth while, Study, recreation, public work and a broader social life, to a greater degree must. be sacrifieced on the alter of dress. That will becowe more_apparent - when you stop te compute the time. spent in designing and. making, washing and ironing the many garments of a woman’s ward- ‘| robe. Fashions are designed for ihe wealthy and leisure class, and natux- ally, they fail to meet the needs of the great mass of women whe de the -| useful, work of the world. And, why try to emulate them when at best you can achieve only a cheap imitation? The object of modern designers is to create something ‘unique, something new, something distinctive in itsel. abrupt. end, and 40,000 workers, women and girls, were forced'into idleness. I work, baving been brought up in it from childhood. With the idea of giving these women paid employment the commission for relief in' Belgium; ! with offices at 71 Broadway, New. York city, is exhibiting their handiwerk in !. FTER the beginning of the war the lace industry of Belgium came to an The majority of them were familiar with no-other kind of various American cities—Boston, New York and Pittsburgh. More than $200,~ 000 worth of this priceless lace has attracted appreciative attention and netted well for the commission at the store of B. Altman & Co., Fifth avenue, New York, where, beautifully draped and displayed, women could enjoy and buy these beautiful mementos. ’ : The majority of these laces are modern. One may buy a little wisp of a: kerchief with a dainty Bruges edge for only $2.50 or a square of exquisite linem ‘with a Mechlin edge, as fine as a cobweb, for as much as $125. ‘There are bruges lace baby caps for $6 and one for the wee baby for only $1.75, both ‘exquisitely lined and frilled with pink chiffon. There are marvelous specimens 'of flandre, rosaline, mechlin, venetian peint, droochel, duchesse, bruges-ana - point de paris, as well as the more familiar cluny, torchon and valenciennes. iE\'ery piece. is marked with the number of the maker. who gets her percentage. Our iHustration shows a detail of a bedspread in: venctian point, valued at $235. An Egyptian motif has crept across the Mediterranean, working itself into the fancy of the maker. Close study of this sumptuous piece- will reveal warriors, chariots, hounds. cats; lions, goats, birds, a dragon, sphimxes, withe clover leaves and beautiful seaweeds entangled. Suppese _this: inventive genius were directed to. creating something sim- ple, graceful and = practical, some- |thing: so well suited that it wou!flr/‘ -cmphasize, not the style of the gowh, but ‘the persenalitw of the weares. Well, it would be an interesting ex- beriment, at any rate. St SN R .-INFINITE ' PAINS WASTED, - The latest achievement of the Paris designers is the creation of the - transformation gown; a gown adapl- ed to practically all occasions. It sounds: sane and practical, ane yet, after studying the designs, ene is: filled with amazement at the iné- -nite. pains taken, the talent wastesd . to avoid- creating’ something reakty praetically. '3 “eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls d,: soak over Meat and Egg Toast. 2 eggs, 1 ounce of butter, salt and per, 2 tablespoonfuls of milk, l4cup ful tomato sauce. Cut some rounds of bread and-fry-them. Mince finely any small- pieces: of ‘tongue, corned beef or fresh beef. Mix the eggs, butter, salt, pepper and milk; put them in a saucepan on the fire, and| when the eggs begin to thicken add, the meat and the tomato sauc2. Stir the mixture over the fire until it is thick, then pour it over the toast. Serve at once. 3¢ “Orange Pie. Rind of 1 orange, juice of 3 oranges, of ‘melted’ butter, 1 cupful of sugar, 2 tabléspoon fuls of flour. Grate the orange rind add: the strained juice of all the or- ed, butter, the sugar and the flour. Pour into a pan lined with unbaked pastry; prick to prevent blistering, and bake until it sets like a custard pie. Whip the whites of the eggs stiff. Cover the of the pies, and put it back in the oven for a few minutes to brown, . Baked Apples With Sausage. Baked' apples- with sausage filling make an-appetizing' ‘luncheon ‘dish. Core’ the necessary number of tart - apples,fill the cavities with well-ceas- ‘oned sausage meat, and bake in a.mod- .anges, the yolls of the eggs, the melt- | - MISS ALICE G. GORDON erate oven until tender. Arrange.the apples on rounds of toast, pour a|:: spoonful of melted butter over each, |. and serve very hot with a garnighof |3 fried, . sausage and paxjslan_ir.e—uaty' R\ Northend. Lot Remnants of cold coo dried codfish which has bgen- ed;:in cold water, may be-used appetizing dish. Flake suffi¢ient fish to make a pint, season to!taste; and proportion of a tablespoentfu { and add butter to. a. cupfn of- hof milk. Put the’ mixture -in*}he"ove heat it thoroughly, pou mound; of scrambled eggs; a once decorated’ with gam Do you like this paper?:-Do you: 25 believe it is about time: the real pro- |- ducers got something besid:s ‘hard-|: work? 'If you are that kind of ‘red:|" blooded chap we need: you. and. you: need us. Write us a letter so we: can get acquainted. If you are net tak- ing the LEADER subscribe: for it. If your neighbor has not. seen it hand him a copy. Boost. Become a mem- ber ‘and get' a ' member. ‘We have: things a rolling now, here in Dakota:. Let’s all fall to and keep them roll-- The: engagément of. Miss Ali¢e Ger: -trude Gordon -of. Washington. to -Brq naval aide to President WIIt_gn. it “said, will -be: formally: announce ‘mediately. after the wedding - 6f | ing. Cary. Graysdu, personal: physician.and - | | "