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veritable angel of mercy to the distressed and af- 

 flicted. Prenatal instruction is not omitted. The 

 salvaging of garments out of castoff clothing and the 

 utilization of food material is explained. The 

 women of the rural district and small towns greatly 

 appreciate the instruction they receive in the art of 

 millinery and dressmaking, the fashioning of pat- 

 terns and forms, and the adoption of approved styles. 

 There is provision for office consultation and home 

 visitations, involving thousands of miles of travel 

 by automobile and otherwise. 



Particularly promising of permanently valuable 

 results is the boys' and girls' club work, for habits 

 and ideas inculcated in youth, at an age when sus- 

 ceptibilities are keenest, are most likely deeply to 

 impress the subject. Boys' and girls' clubs con- 

 template an organization of five or more young 

 people in a group for the purpose of carrying out 

 some definite project. Such a club is said to be 

 "standard" when it has a local club leader in charge 

 during the year, when it has a local organization 

 with officers and prescribed duties, when there is a 

 definite year's program of work, involving at least 

 six regular meetings, whose record and that of prog- 

 ress of each member is kept by the club secretary, 

 when a local annual exhibit is held or a public dem- 

 onstration is given by the club demonstration team, 

 when at least 60 per cent of the membership complete 

 the project and file a final report with the state club 

 leader, when a judging team is competitively chosen 

 and an achievement day is held during the year. 



