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Country Club." This club secured a majority 

 of its membership, of some ninety, from among 

 women residing on farms. Its meetings are bi- 

 weekly. It is to be hoped that this sort of club 

 may be organized in large numbers. It repre- 

 sents another step in the emancipation of the 

 farm woman, because it brings her into contact 

 with her city sister and contact that is immedi- 

 ate, vital, inspiring, continuous, and mutually 

 helpful. It may be thought unnecessary to 

 form a new set of clubs for the purpose indicated, 

 but the fact seems to be that the ordinary 

 women's club even in small towns has failed to 

 reach the woman who makes her home upon 

 the farm. 



Another feature of this idea of the Town and 

 Country Club is the "rest room" for farmers' 

 wives. In a number of cases where this has 

 been tried, the women of the village or town 

 provide a room as near the shopping center of 

 the town as possible, where the country women 

 can find a place to rest, to lunch, and to leave 

 their children. These rooms are fitted up in a 

 neat but inexpensive manner with the necessary 

 conveniences, and are entirely free to those for 

 whom they were intended. If these rooms 

 are well managed, they offer not only a very 



