hHOMEMAKERS 



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MASCULINE SWEATER 



ivery regular guy wonts hli cletlias to be 

 really masculine with no frills whatsoever. 

 That Is why this young man approves of 

 his cardigan sweater knit of warm wool. 

 The back Is plain and the neckline forms a 

 V, For free Instructions, send a stamped, 

 self-addressed envelope to Women's idi- 

 tor, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 

 43 East Ohio, Chicago, III. 



RURAL WOMAN 



I am a woman, living on a farm. 



My days are taken up with little tasks. 



I gaze out through my window every 



morn 

 And view the corn fields glistening with 



dew. 

 The green stalks, holding converse all 



the while, 

 They growing, lift their leaves up to the 



sun. 

 The flowers in my garden call to me 

 To loosen up the soil around their feet. 

 That they may gather nourishment with 



which 

 To make for me the waxy blooms I love. 

 My children growing strong and clean 



and true 

 Fill all my hours with loving labor dear. 

 Although I cannot go to wider fields 

 To serve my country great and fellow 



man, 

 Right here, in my own home, I am a part 

 Of that great Federation, whose true aim 

 Is betterment of all conditions which 

 Affect the home, the first concern of 



man, 

 Then, reaches to community and state to 



make 

 A worthy citizen the aim of every youth. 



— from the LaSalle County June 

 Newsletter. ;,-;-;,■; i*,,;,. 



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omen 



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 cJLife ^n C^nalana ^A -y^uit 



Residents of Logan county enjoyed a 

 special treat when the Logan County 

 Home Bureau organization sponsored 

 Lady Worsley-Taylor of England at an 

 open meeting for the public at the 

 Christian Church in Lincoln, May 20. 

 Lady Taylor told of postwar conditions 

 in England. 



Lady Taylor and her daughter, Doro- 

 thea, arrived in the United States May 

 1, from their home in Qitheroe, Lan- 

 cashire, England. This is their first trip 

 to America. Lady Taylor is on a lecture 

 tour which began at the University of 

 Delaware and is to include many of the 

 colleges throughout the United States 

 and various women's organizations 

 throughout the United States and Can- 

 ada. 



Lady Taylor is chairman of the 

 Women's Institutes of Great Britain, the 

 largest women's organization of the 

 country. The Women's Institutes, sim- 

 ilar to the Home Bureau or^nizations in 

 Illinois, have done much to improve the 

 rural conditions, she reports. 



Both the Women's Institutes of Great 

 Britain and the Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation are affiliated with the Asso- 

 ciated Country Women of the World. 

 Approximately 56 women's organizations 



ere 



throughout the world belong to this in- 

 ternational organization. 



In September, for the first time since 

 the war, the Associated Country Women 

 of the World are meeting in Amsterdam 

 for their triennial meeting. A repre- 

 sentative from the Illinois Home Bureau 

 Federation will attend the meeting in 

 Amsterdam. 



In her address Lady Taylor described 

 an English woman's weekly shopping 

 tour for groceries. "We are allowed 

 just over one-quarter of a dollar's worth 

 of meat per p>erson. Incidently I was 

 horrified at a dinner in the East when I 

 saw people leaving on their plates a full 

 week's ration of meat! We are allowed 

 one ounce of fat, two ounces of butter, 

 and four ounces of margarine, two 

 ounces of tea, one-half pound of sugar, 

 and four ounces of chocolate or sweets. 

 We didn't have the latter during the 

 war." 



She also said that bread, which was not 

 rationed during the war, is now ra- 

 tioned. "Two slices of bread are con- 

 sidered a full course in a restaurant 

 today. You are allowed three courses ; 

 soup, meat or fish, and a sweet. If you 

 have bread you must either do without 

 your soup or your sweet." 



These lads are the Schmuhl Peptters of Will county, the only Illinois 4-H Club group to 

 win honorable mention in a notional cow judging contest conducted with photographs by 

 Hoard's Dairyman. Left to right: Wayne Triem, Dole McMohon, James Smith, James 

 WMte, Michael Greenley, Jerry Warning, UN White, John SmHh, Bill McMohon, and 

 Morion Owen, club leader. Bob Modsen was absent. 



JULY- AUGUST, 1947 



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