Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1919 — HOME ECONOMICS MEETING. [ARTICLE]

HOME ECONOMICS MEETING.

A regular meeting of the Home Economics club was held at the library September 6. The meeting was called to order 'by the president, Mrs. A. P. Burton, at 2:45 p. m. and roll call was responded to by “Home Remedies,” and found eleven members present. Mrs. Ed Lane gave a very good j paper on “Courtesy in the Home.” Mrs. Burton also read a very interesting paper on “Club Parasites.” lit wWs moved by Mrs. Hauter and seconded by Mrs. George Meyers for the treasurer to pay $2 for floral offerings. It was also moved by Mrs. Adams and seconded tby Mrs. Drake that the membership dues be raised to $1 per year, which was carried. / A committee was appointed to • see the conncilmen to see if something could not be done to prevent men from loafing and spitting on street corners. It was moved 'by Mrs. Hauter and seconded by Mrs. Hanley that we have a donation to the hospital. At the time of the livestock show Mrs. Horton was chairman," to look after this and she was to select her own help. 1 Bills of $9.81 were presented and allowed and the meeting then adjourned until the next meeting, which will tye held at the library October 4th. ' i Mrs. A. P. Burton, Pres., Mrs. T. M. Callahan, Secy. !. The following paper was read by a memlber of the club: THE CLUB PARASITEThe word parasite is of Greek origin and means one who eats at I another’s table. -Or we may say one . w ho appropriates advantages for 1 which another has worked. | It is essential to the idea of parasitism that injury is done some organism, within which or on which the parasite lives. I For instance, the person who eats jat your table and repays you with flu ftp ry, or the neighborhood chick--1 ens which pay a daily visit to your i garden patch, are parasites, I The cootie of the French hut or the oriole which deposits its eggs in the nest of another bird and goes TT.s way without further care-of its offspring, are examples from the animal kingdom, while mistletoe and fungus growths attaching themselves to tree, shrub or vine and j drawing their life from the other plant, are examples in the veg- ' etable kingdom. I •In this day and age of the world there are clubs of all kinds and for i all purposes. It seems a fad with some to join clubs. The club has been and is being a great force for Igood, especially to women. United for a common purpose makes each | one stronger. But each member should have a purpose in being a j member. We get out of anything I just what we put into it. -=^=== The Home Economics club has been exceptionally fortunate in • bringing together those who had the benefit and betterment of the home at heart. We were organized as I our motto says, ‘Tor our dear ones,” anything that would help us to be better wives and mothers, to make the home more homelike, to I make those who go in and out and grow up and go out from our homes better citizens, every phase of a i woman’s - work is a fit subject for ' our consideration. Now there is no woman, however humble or illiterate, 'no matter how circumscribed her life has been, but has something to I aid in our work, from observation or experience, and so be a real benefit to our club. An interested listener, a regular attendance are helpful to our club. Speak to a stranger and say you have fifty members. Fifty members! What a lot of good work you can do with so strong a membership! Gan we? Do we? Shall ■ye—Ara-we troubled with parasites* ; Am Ift Tnrclesß-member; worse, a hindrance? Do I retard rather than help? . Let us try to make the club worth while, the better because our name is on the roll. Be regular in attendance if possible. Be interested in what the club stands for. Be a lifter and not a leaner, ready to do your part all along the line. Our club is yours and mine and is just what we make it. Parasites are better disposed of as they are a load to carry.