Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1913 — What Women Are Doing. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

What Women Are Doing.

Mrs. Joseph Linden Smith is the secretary and moving spirit in a handful of Bostonians who about a year ago banded together for the purpose of reducing the tost of living for their immediate families. Their plan was very simple, consisting only In buying in quantities and directly from the producers. immediately after their return to town in the fall of 1911 the promoters of the scheme met at one of the homes and a systematic plan was worked out.

The first step was to offer to the farmers in a New Hampshire neighborhood where one of the promoters had a summer home a flat price for all their dairy, poultry and farm products during the winter. This price being somewhat in advance of current prices, the farmers accepted the offer. At first all shipments of supplies were received by one of the thirty members of the cooperative club; then gradually as things took more definite shape a small store was found. To the eggs, chickens, butter, apples and potatoes with which the club started other necessaries were added.

Mrs. Edith De Witt Vreeland is said to be the only woman in this country at the head of a shipyard. Mrs. Vreeland’s shipyard is off Sandy Hook, and she became managing director on the death of her husband. Mrs. Vreeland is said to have learned every detail of the business.

Evon Underwear Swathes Figure Now. The very latest cry in Parisian underwear Is seen in the cut This pretty petticoat and brassiere combination

fits the figure smoothly, though its peculiarly placed Insertions of net and fine machine embroidery suggest a swathed draped effect

PETTICOAT AND BRASSIERE COMBINATION.