566 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



COUNTRY CULTURE CLUB, HUDSON, MO. 



(Mrs. Jessie Ellis Holland.) 



Once again to have the privilege of meeting and mingling 

 with you in this annual Home Makers' Conference gives me 

 very great pleasure. 



In the twelve months which have passed since I met with 

 you here in 1913 many things have transpired in our lives. 

 While the year was yet in its infancy, our hearts were filled 

 with many and varied hopes and aspirations for the year's 

 work. I doubt not that most, if not all, of us here today have 

 seen a part of our cherished hopes culminate in the glory of a 

 full realization, while others just as fondly cherished and as 

 much striven for have fallen blasted and withered at our feet. 



So it has been in the last year's work of the Country Cul- 

 ture Club of Hudson, Mo., which I have been requested to 

 present to this conference. 



Although our club is just a "babe" yet, as it were, still we 

 feel that we have passed the experimental stage in club work, 

 and our organization has become almost a necessity to the 

 country women in our community. 



If you will glance at our yearbook you will see that we have 

 continued the study of home economics, combining it with 

 French history. Much interest has been taken and much 

 reading has been done by the members, and as a result many 

 instructive talks and interesting papers have been listened to. 



In the report of last year's work I think I told you that 

 we belonged to the State Federation of Women's Clubs. This 

 year we have joined the General Federation, which is nation- 

 wide. In this way any news of club work, no matter where 

 situated, has become interesting to us. 



Aside from our regular monthly programs, we have had 

 a number of lectures and other entertainments. 



First, came Dr. Herman Pierce of Kansas City, giving us 

 his lecture on "School Sanitation and Hygiene." This was pro- 

 nounced very fine by those who heard him. Our second num- 

 ber was a lecture on home economics given by Mrs. Flora 

 Greene of Columbia, with whom most of you are acquainted. 

 Both of these lectures were free to the public and were heard 

 by people who would not think it possible to attend our regular 

 meetings. Two first-class impersonations have been given under 



