American Agriculturist, April 28,1923 
385 
In the Woman’s World 
League Holds Convention—Household Helps 
“rpHE most powerful factors in the 
X world to-day are clear ideas in the 
minds of energetic men and women 
of good will.’’ 
With this sentence meeting their 
eyes every time they turned a page of 
the official program, five hundred dele¬ 
gates of the National League of Women 
Voters met recently at their fourth 
annual convention, held this year in 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
As a result, perhaps, of the inspiring- 
influence of the “text,” the entire at¬ 
mosphere of the convention was one of 
friendly, cooperative enthusiasm, tem¬ 
pered with common sense, which en¬ 
abled the delegates to accomplish much 
in the short time. In fact, so smoothly 
did all factors work together that one 
masculine observer said when it was 
all over, “To my mind, that is the 
strongest body of women in the United 
States.’ 
Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Ed¬ 
ward Costigan, the Committee on Liv¬ 
ing Costs held a conference which in¬ 
cluded consideration of cooperation be¬ 
tween producers and buyers, and which 
Miss Anna E. Richardson, dean of the 
Home Economics Division of Iowa 
State College, and Prof. E. D. Nouse, 
chief of the Agricultural Economics 
section, addressed. 
Two resolutions, indicating both the 
concrete and the ideal aims of the 
League, were passed with enthusiasm. 
One set as a task for the coming year 
the mustering of a 76 per cent voting 
strength of American citizens. That 
our last presidential election brought 
out only 49 per cent of our entire body 
of voters was regarded as a serious in¬ 
dictment of American patriotism. 
The other resolution pledged the 
members to work for world peace, and 
especially “to unite in every construc¬ 
tive effort toward permanent world 
organization for peace, without regard 
to party affiliations.” 
Plans for the year include especially 
the development ol citizenship schools, 
open to any voter irrespective of sex, 
party or age, which will enable local 
communities to study both local and 
national affairs with the guidance of 
specialists in civic lines. These plans 
will be worked out by Miss Belle Sher- 
win. Chairman of the Committee on 
Efficiency in Government. 
In closing, Maud Wood Park, Presi¬ 
dent of the League, emphasized the de¬ 
sire of the officers to include within its 
membership women of all interests and 
political beliefs,, fusing them all in'a 
common platform of intelligent and 
active interest in good government. 
The League, according to Mrs. Park, 
is not primarily for the country woman 
or the city woman. It is for the Ameri¬ 
can woman, -wherever she lives or 
whatever her occupation. It is, in fact, 
“Everywoman’s League.” 
THEY SHOULD HAVE IT 
A bill is in the Legislature designed 
to make the School of Home Economics 
of the New York State College a sep¬ 
arate college. It is now a school or de¬ 
partment under the College of Agri¬ 
culture. Such separation would give 
the women an opportunity to work out 
courses of study based on the needs 
of home economics rather than of agri¬ 
culture, and also enable the college to 
grant a degree in home economics. 
Both the College of Agriculture and 
the College of Home Economics, in this 
case, would have the same dean, with 
no additional administrative expense. 
We believe that the women have a 
right to a separate college. It is to be 
hoped that the bill will pass. 
YOU WILL USE EACH OF THESE PATTERNS MANY TIMES 
H OME-SEWING time comes with these warmer, 
longer days, when the children are still out of 
the v/ay, at school, but when the spring weather 
turns one’s thoughts to the simple, easy-to-make 
clothes. Children’s rompers, dresses and suits 
are especially tempting because they can be made 
so easily, so cheaply and so prettily. 
rpHE little girls’dress No. 
1 1647. for instance, is 
one any mother would love 
to see iier child wear. The 
dress is simple, yet the col¬ 
lar and cutfs. sash ends and 
pockets add distinctive 
touches. No. 1647 cuts in 
sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 
years. It requires 2 yards 
of 36-inch material, with % 
yard contrasting, for size 8. 
Price of pattern, 12c. 
R OMPKRS are made for 
hard wear. No mother 
can breathe freely when her 
youngest is romping in good 
clothes — hence this fairly 
recent and very sensible 
style. No. 1737 is just as 
comfortable as any romper 
could be : it is easily run up 
in an afternoon and costs 
almost nothing. It cuts in 
sizes 2, 4, and 6, and re¬ 
quires only 1% yards 36- 
inch material. Price of 
pattern, 12c. 
A n apron which can be slipped on or off with equal ease, 
. which has becoming lines and yet protects the dress 
completely is No. 1655. Cut out several at a time! The 
small picture shows how little troublesome cutting or sew¬ 
ing it requires. Bach apron takes only 2% yards of a 
durable wash fabric, and it is prettier if trimmed with 
white or matching rickrack braid, of which 9 yards will be 
needed. Price 12c. (stamps are preferred; if coin is 
sent, wrap well). 
To Order: Write your name, address, pattern numbers and sizes very 
clearly. Send your order, with the correct remittance, to Fashion Depart¬ 
ment, American Agriculturist, 461 4th Ave. 
THE SUMMER CATALOGUE 
The summer fashion book is ready. ... 
For every-day dresses, for children’s clothes for “best,” for embroidery 
designs and for the pages of dressmaking helps which always are included 
in our catalogues, this year’s fashion book is exceptionally fine. 
Our usual low price—10c—is the cost but those who consult our book 
before ordering patterns are saved many times that amount. 
Add 10c in stamps (or carefully wrapped coin) to your order. Address 
Fashion Department, American Agriculturist, 461 4th Ave. 
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“Last Chance" for 
Virgin Farms 
T hink of what you could produce on a farm of virgin fertility, without the 
burden of high-acreage cost Think of what 20-to-40 bushel wheat would mean 
to you under these conditions, and of dairying and stock raising on cheap pasture 1 and. 
Land pays for itself in a few crops—no artificial fertilizer—no heavy investment 
You have envied the farmer who got his start when land was cheap. Here’s your 
chance* perhaps yom: last chance, for the same brand of prosperity. 
Western Canada— 
Your Opportunity! 
Western" Canada is'the farmer’s land of oppor¬ 
tunity. Thousands of settlers who started not 
many years ago with.little or nothing, are today 
the owners of fine farms, with comfortable 
homes and bams, thoro’bred stock, dairy herds 
—all the marks of prosperity. Yet land is not 
dear—only $15to$20.’anacre|for rich, virgin, prai¬ 
rie convenient to railways. Land is not dear in 
Western Canada—yet—because there is so much 
of it. But many settlers are expected in 1923, 
and now is your opportunity, before the best 
farms are talten. Get started. Taxes are re¬ 
duced, not raised, on land brought under culti¬ 
vation. On farm! buildings, improvements, 
machinery, personal effects, automobile, etc., 
there is noltax at all. Canada wants workers— 
it wants its land farmed —and the farmers, 
through their'municipal councils, have practical 
control of all local taxation. 
Special Renter’s Plan—» 
Buy Out of Profits 
To aid and encourage the honest worker \rftb 
perhaps little capital, the Canadian Government 
has a “Renter’s Plan”, whereby one may work 
a new or improved farm—“Try it out” for sev¬ 
eral years if desired—and buy a farm of hia own 
out of profits. 
Thirty-Two Years to Pay 
For the benefit of those wishing to buy land, a 
national non-profit sharing organization—the 
Canada Colonization Association—has been es¬ 
tablished, with head oflSce at Winnipeg, and 
United States office at St. Paul. This Associa¬ 
tion offers selected land convenient to railways 
—much of it at$15 to $20per acre—on very small 
cash payment; no further payment imtil third 
year; balance extended over thirty years, but 
purchaser may pay up and obtain title at any 
time, if desired. Interest six per cent on de¬ 
ferred payments. 
Special Excursion Rates to Western Canada 
In order that you may inspect the land—see for yourself — judge of its value and 
fertility — special excursion trips of inspection will leave United States points on 
the first and third Tuesday of each month. Single fare plus $2 for the round trip, 
available from all principal centers. Take advantage of these low railroad rates to 
inspect for yourself the opportunities which Western Canada has to offer you. 
Seeing is believing. The nearest Canadian Government Agency will give you all 
information. The men in charge are Government officials, interested only in the 
service of the prospective settler. We help you find your opportunity. Let us know 
something of your position and receive free book with maps and information how 
speciM railroad rates can be arranged for a trip of inspection. Mail the coupon. 
Free Homesteads are still available in some localities. 
Canada welcomes tourists—come and see our country for yourself. No Passports required. 
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