THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JULY, 1928 



On Friday, which was visitors' day, six- 

 teen visitors arrived in spite of the rain. 

 Everyone was very much interested in 

 the "Salad Demonstration" that was 

 given that afternoon. 



The registration fee for the full time 

 campers was $5.00 for the four days. 

 This included all of their hand work 

 which consisted of a pleated parchment 

 lamp shade, a large leather purse and a 

 small one and a reed flower basket. 



In regard to the food, very well 

 balanced meals were served. In planning 

 the menus, a pint of milk for each per.son 

 each day was allowed. Everyone got her 

 quota of vegetables, fruit and dark cer- 

 eals also. In fact the meals were enjoyed 



Northampton Institution 

 for Savings 



Incorporated 1842 



= A = 



Matiuil Snvinifs linnk 



Deposits draw interest fiom the 

 first business day of each month. 



Safe Deposit Boxes 



Foreign Exchange 



Savings Bank Life Insurance 



It will pay you to investigate the 

 details of cost, etc. Issued only for 

 residents of Massachusetts. 



New 1926 5-Tube 



Freshman 



Radio Set 



^39.50 



.■^0 much that every spare minute, some 

 one was in the kitchen copying a recipe 

 that had been used. 



Every woman present left camp as a 

 project leader for they are now (|ualificd 

 to hold classes in the hand work v/hich 

 they learned. 



Rest, fun, recreation and instructions 

 were the benefits enjoyed by all the camp- 

 ers. 



G. P. TROWBRIDGE CO. 



129 King St., Northampton 



Phone 480 



"Joy in Youi- Job" 



Proves Interesting 



no such thing as brooks that babble and 

 birds that sing." Do you see any rela- 

 tion between these two? Isn't it true that 

 the tendency is to let George assume all 

 responsibility while you sit back and wait? 

 A great deal of it is due to the fact that 

 our job has been too hard for us, that we 

 keep putting ofl" a thing for days, weeks, 

 months and years and when we do finally 

 get into the game, it is too late for we 

 cannot accomplish satisfactory results. 



The other day I met a woman who had 

 not started early enough to take joy in 

 her job. She was the mother of two 

 young girls. She, the mother, was suffer- 

 ing from an incurable disease. After we 

 had been talking for a time she said to 

 me. "Isn't it a shame that such a thing 

 should come to me now when I am just 

 beginning to enjoy my home and family." 

 The sad part of this story was that the 

 mother had postponed until it was too 

 late the joy she should have taken in her 

 job so many years before. 



Contrast the mother who is always 

 complaining that her children are a bur- 

 den and a terrible care to her, who thinks 

 that her household duties are many and 

 difficult, with another woman, an inmate 

 of on institution for the old, who finds 

 comfort and happiness in the one little 

 room she occupies. The former who 

 should be filled with happiness and joy is 

 thoroughly dissatisfied, awaiting the time 

 when hers shall be grown up and she can 

 enjoy herself and her home. The latter 

 is perfectly contented with herself and 

 her surroundings, willingly accepting the 

 little the world has to offer her and find- 

 ing joy and comfort in the little she has. 

 She is the one who is getting joy in her 

 job. 



I recently heard a writter say that 

 women have great talent for management. 

 Isn't it fortunate that we have since so j % 

 much of our home and community life to- | ': 

 day is based on managing work? But the 1 1' 

 mo.st perfect management is no better jj 

 than a mechanical toy if it is based only || 

 upon mechanical perfection. Why do you 

 homemakers house clean? Is it to make 

 a good impression upon your neighbors 

 or to keep just one step ahead of them or 

 is it for the purpose of living in an abso- 

 lutely spotless house? If it is just for 

 the purpose of making a good impression 

 on your neighbors you are not getting joy 

 from your job. You should do it for the 



purpose of making it a happy, healthy 

 home for you and your family. A home 

 is a home only in so far as it is a place 

 for the renewal of life and love. In 

 other words, the success of the home is 

 measured by what it means to the child. 



A very important feature which the 

 majority of women disregard in the 

 management of the home is the household 

 budget. This should not be. Every home 

 should be operated on a budget system. 

 Even the smallest child should be taught 

 how to save and earn his own spending 

 money. 



Many women consider the task of get- 

 ting three meals a day the first and most 

 important in the list of nuists. I would 

 consider Good Cheer as the most import- 

 ant and Mothering as the next in im- 

 portance. Mothers should teach their 

 children to place confidence in them. They 

 should share with their children their 

 joys, care, ambitions and happiness. 



W. H. RILEY & CO. 



IM^UMBING nnd HKATING 



KITCHKIV FURNISHINGS 



AGENTS FOR 

 Olenwood Rnnges 



anil "n. 1'. S." rnlnts 



Opp. Post OfTlce Northampton, Ma.s.g. 



mtttnga lank 



Charles E. Clark, President 

 ROSWELL S. JORGENSEN, Treasurer 



Bank by Mail 



