THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



three boys in the same community who will be first-class assistants. 

 They bring in wood and water, keep up the fires, and do the capping 

 and tipping. As soon as the work is fairly well finished there, the 

 outfit will be moved to another place 10 miles away, which is the 

 center of another group of members of the club." 



"It is more than probable that the Tomato Club will increase in 

 numbers and influence in Aiken County next year. It seems to be a 

 good plan to specialize on one vegetable and make a thorough study 

 and demonstration of it. It seems to appeal to the individual and to 

 the popular mind more forcibly than if the girls were to adopt the 

 name of Garden Club or Domestic Science Club. As a matter of 

 fact, however, the work naturally leads to experiments and demon- 

 strations with other plants and also to various phases of kitchen and 

 household activity and economy but still there is an advantage in 

 singling out one plant and vegetable." 



"It can be readily seen that when this work develops it will have 

 a far-reaching effect. It will affect the homes in an economic way 

 because the girls can convert some of their spare time into profit. It 

 will encourage thrift. It will also lead to various lines of home im- 

 provement. The well trained and enthusiastic young woman work- 

 ing in a county, can bring about wonderful changes in a year. It 

 will have a fine educational value and a beneficial reflex influence on 

 the schools." 



In the light of the hundreds and thousands of meetings 

 of Girls' Clubs for instruction, for entertainment and profit 

 held during the past ten years, it will be of interest to incor- 

 porate here a newspaper description of one of the first * ' Can- 

 ning Parties" held by the Aiken County Clubs in August, 

 1910. 



"TOMATO GIRLS" 



Bunch of Aiken County Beauties Gather and Tut up' Many 

 Cans of Tomatoes. 



White Pond. Aug. 14. — One of the most successful and en- 

 joyable meetings of the Aiken County Tomato Club girls was at the 

 home of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Hankinson last Thursday. There were 

 ten of the 'tomato girls' there with baskets and tubs of the loveliest 

 tomatoes, besides a crowd of spectators from far and near too 



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