Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1919 — Mrs. Ira Couch Wood Will Direct Activities of Women At the National Dairy Show [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Mrs. Ira Couch Wood Will Direct Activities of Women At the National Dairy Show

Mrs. Ira Couch Wood, director of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fnnd for Child Welfare and one of the country’s most prominent workers in the of all work for women and children at the National Dairy Show In Chicago this year from October 6 to 12. Mrs. Wood has consented to become Identified with the Dairy Show because its aims are, in. a large degree, Identical with the organization of which she

Is the directing head and because she believes there is a big opportunity at the Dairy Show for doing a work well worth while. Mrs. Wood has laid ambitious plans for the entertainment of women and children at the show. There will be examinations of babies and children, conferences and demonstrations in child care. Rural schools will have a place, as well as moving pictures and lectures by hdted men and women. Afternoon tea for visiting women will be served each afternoon In the Stock Yards Inn, with prominent women of Chicago acting as hostesses. Mrs. Wood’s department will be housed In a large room and will be one of the big attractions at the national show.

Mrs. Ira Couch Wood.