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Third. Let us realize that we come together more as teachers than as stu- 

 dents. The army manual says that to be a good commander you must be a 

 good soldier, so to be a good teacher you must be a good student. Let us 

 come together as students and go forth as teachers ; teachers in our own homes 

 by example ; teachers to our neighbors by word and helpfulness in time of 

 need, and teachers to all the world by word and helpfulness and example in 

 all that is of lasting benefit. 



One thing I wish to emphasize and that is the lack of development of local 

 talent. I hope it will be but a very few years before local talent will be so 

 utilized that to the country women will belong the organization, and then, 

 instead of the Department sending out speakers, the local organization will 

 but appeal to the Department for specialists along whatever lines it at 

 that time deems helpful. The best good can be accommplished only by the 

 scientifically trained worker joining hands with the one whose information is 

 gained by practical experience. 



In the matter of labor-saving devices I have a few words to say. Where 

 do you think your home farm would be to-day in comparison with the neigh- 

 bor's if the only devices used were an old wooden plow and a mule? Many 

 of the kitchens on the farms, as compared with the modern kitchen, is as 

 that farm compared to a fine one in which machinery accomplishes what 

 muscle could never do. 



The kitchen is the workshop of the home, and the worker in it must have 

 the proper tools if she is going to accomplish the greatest amount of work with 

 the least expenditure of labor. If a man can have improved plows, harrows, 

 etc., which cost many dollars, we can have a Blue Flame oil stove, the largest 

 and finest of which costs $12.50, or a good range, or a washing machine and 

 wringer for $S.50, oil-cloths for the tables at twelve and one-half cents a 

 yard, and the various graters and squeezers, which seldom cost over ten cents. 



There is one matter to which I wish to draw your attention and that is the 

 necessity for interesting the young women in the work. They are the future 

 home-makers, the wives of our sons and the mothers of our grandchildren. 

 Encourage them to feel that they are a very important part of the organiza- 

 tion, that they may consciously or unconsciously realize the dignity of home 

 labor and the futility of going forth to be teachers or helpers in cities when 

 their labor' and brightness are more needed at home. 



We can not make our girls enjoy kitchen work until we make kitchens 

 brighter and work less arduous. We cannot accomplish that until we make 

 use of labor-saving devices, and we cannot get those until we have either 

 obtained incomes of our own or succeeded in making the men see things do- 

 mestic in the right light. And how woefully ignorant most men are of things 

 domestic. If more men recognized the ability and strength it took to prop- 

 erly manage home perhaps more wives would have heart to make more effort. 

 Men like to poke fun at woman's ignorance of business. Is it one-tenth as 

 great as the dense ignorance of most men of matters pertaining to the work 

 of the home? When any man realizes that the time -saved from washing 

 black pots and scrubbing bare boards will be spent in bringing up his chil- 

 dren properly, in making home brighter, and in keeping herself bonnie for 

 him, he will be glad to succumb and let her use her judgment in her own 

 province. 



A girl's ideal at seventeen 



Must have fine eyes, 

 Likewise a bold and striking mien, 



And faultless ties. 

 But later on her fancies roam 

 To one who'll bring his wages home. 



A man's ideal of seventeen 



Must be a sprite, 

 A dainty, fluffy little queen 



Of sheer delight. 

 But later on he sort of feels 

 He'd like a girl who can cook his meals. 



