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it is — isn't the farm woman a wee bit responsible for it as well 

 as man to blame? Heretofore she has not taken time to think 

 of, much less insist, that the world appreciates the economic 

 value of the farmer's wife and the important factor she is in 

 the world's work. Surely the farmer's wife, who has given to 

 the world its greatest wealth of brain and brawn and as keeper 

 of the rural home from which come so many of our nation's 

 great men, merits the first thought and consideration of both 

 family and state. 



The International Congress of Farm Women has no higher 

 ambition than to be of real service to humanity by promoting 

 the dignity, happiness and usefulness of the farm woman in 

 her rural home. 



The third convention of the International Congress of Farm 

 Women was held at Tulsa, Okla., October 27 to 31, 1913, in the 

 First Presbyterian Church. The congress was formerly opened 

 Monday afternoon, the president, Mrs. Belle v'D. Harbert of 

 Magnolia, Col., presiding. The greater part of the afternoon 

 was taken up by the several addresses of welcome and greetings 

 brought us from foreign countries by their distinguished repre- 

 sentatives. Governor Cruce brought us a message and a wel- 

 come for the State of Oklahoma. Hon. W. R. Motherwell 

 brought greetings from the International Dry Farming Congress. 

 There were also greetings from many nations, including Brazil, 

 Belgium, Hungary, China and Roumania. It is needless to say 

 that both the man and the message of these distant countries 

 were interesting and greatly appreciated. 



Tuesday, the second day of the congress, was crowded full 

 of good things. The first address of the morning was by Dr. 

 Edna Carver of Denver on "Keeping the Right Mental Atti- 

 tude." She explained the close and sympathetic relation existing 

 between mind and body, and emphasized the fact that a well- 

 poised, happy and contended mind plays an important part in 

 maintaining the physical health of the body. Following Dr. 

 Carver came Miss Fannie Clement, superintendent of Rural 

 Nurses American Red Cross Association, Washington, D. C. 

 In her address she told of the Red Cross rural nurses and their 

 work and its relation to the child and value to childlife. So 

 many infants die each year through a lack of proper care, 

 feeding, etc., due to a lack of knowledge on the part of the 

 mother. Dr. C. C. Allen, dean of the Kansas City Dental 

 College, Kansas City, Mo., gave an address on "Oral Hygiene 



