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Many and weighty were the arguments showing that the en- 

 vironment of the ideal country home offered the greatest oppor- 

 tunities for producing great men and great women. 



Women, or rather the girls of today, who are to be the women 

 of tomorrow, should be taught to appreciate the advantages and 

 opportunities which are theirs, but first the mother must be de- 

 lighted with her home and home life. There must be no protest for 

 life to be made worth while. Another aim, then, of the congress, 

 is to bring women into a realization of the great opportunities 

 which are theirs, help them see and have dreams of a beautiful, 

 yet delightful life in touch with Mother Nature. I think Dr. 

 Bailey touched this keynote in his lecture on. "Woman's Part in the 

 Country Life Movement," when he said, "The dream of life comes 

 from the mother, but be sure that the country mother's dream of 

 the future will be more than her dream was in the past." It is the 

 dream of the congress to ultimately reach every farm woman the 

 world around, and through some means bring her out of her seclu- 

 sion., in touch with the world and to help make hers the beautiful 

 life it can be. The International Farm Woman's Press Associa- 

 tion, which is auxiliary to the International Congress, was organ- 

 ized with the ultimate aim of being a means of carrying the great 

 work of the congress to the frontier and in some way to reach the 

 masses. Delegates from the general congress and from the press 

 association, too, were chosen to represent them in Belgium next 

 June. 



This was all in harmony with and a part of the Dry Farming 

 Congress, the keynote of which was better farming, improved 

 social conditions, and a plea for universal peace and prosperity. 



The plans for this great work are as yet in embryo stage, and 

 it is hoped that the dreams of today may be the realizations of 

 tomorrow. 



Delegates went away feeling that they could help start the 

 world on according to a new schedule, and I for one was truly 

 grateful for the privilege and honor that had been mine. 



I trust that many women from Missouri may feel interested 

 in this world-wide movement, and that our State will not speak 

 in such feeble voice at the meeting to be held in Oklahoma next 

 October. For the influence felt from people of all nations meeting 

 as one great family, with one aim and one purpose, where the 

 national emblems were unfurled as one great ensign, was most 

 beautiful and the sentiment most sublime. 



