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Its Importance • • ''^An
IIF.MISTUY in the home:
M > This is perhaps tlie nub
Kj if n message to the wom-
- en of the United States
i*i the form of a wldely
mrrrfnl circulated plea that they
U\\\ 11/ “assess anew the value
v'ii Ilf of the Intimate and un
t V ; -e-7 ending service of cliem-
* — ~ ■ ■ jstry to home, commu
nity and country.” The
plea is in the interests of
the chemical industry as a whole. And
where is chemistry of more value than
In tin' home?
Five of the loading women of the
United State's have endorsed this mes
sage to the American women. They
ure:
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of Unit
ed States Secretary of Commerce
Hoover, national president of the Girl
Scouts and a college graduate in min
tag engineering;
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of
the General Federation of Women’s
clubs, which lias a nation-wide mem
bership of 2,000,000 club women;
Miss Maude Wetmore, chairman of
the woman’s department of the Nation
al Civic federation ;
Miss Ada 1,. Comstock, president of
Itadcliffe college and president of the
American Association of University
Women;
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, presi
dent general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
‘'Die like mother used to make” is
n phrase to warm the cockles of a
man’s heart. Hut mother didn’t al
ways make good pie. And apparently
the present generation of potential
mothers is not paying much volunary
attention to pie-making or any other
home cooking. There hns been a
shocking lack of good cooking in
American homes. And good cooking
is a foundation of the home just as
the home is a foundation of society.
The saying that a French family will
live well on what an American fam
ily wastes is far from being a joke.
And how can a housewife Intelligent
ly handle the many things indispen
satde to the living of the family with
out a working knowledge of the why
and wherefore of those things?
These the leading American women
have signed a statement of approval,
which includes the following:
•llotli the plea and the statements
upon which the message rests we have
carefully considered and endorsed
unanimously. We ask the women of
America to give a thoughtful read
ing to these pages; to make them the
subject of individual and organization
discussion; l>> form careful judgment
on the hearing of the subject upon
their individual or organization inter
ests.
•‘This nation has fallen behind In
the promotion of research In that
branch of chemistry upon which rests
the preservation of health, the prac
tice of medicine, the elimination of
waste from the home and industry by
the conversion of that waste info hu
manly usable products; that branch of
chemistry upon which rests the im
provement and Increase In our food
supplies; tiie conservation of our re
sources through a wider and more ef
fective utilization of materials. in
a word we have fallen short tn the
domain known as organic chemical re
search within which lie an enormout
number of ttie strategic places over
looking the strongholds of nature.
"Much is to be gained by riveting
feystorte
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the attention of American women
upon the fact heretofore stated, that
to lie weak-in organic chemistry is to
he weak ns a nation in the very heart
of scientific research, and that such
weakness is itself a challenge to the
American public.
“Obviously the reverse of this fact
is that the nation which belittles or
Ignores the importance of persistent,
skillful pursuit of knowledge, the na
tion which withholds from sound re
search the material resources and ofll-
eial recognition essential to its sup
port —that nation will be outdistanced
and outclassed by the nations which
grasp the astounding present-day slg
nlflcnnce of the ancient doctrine,
‘Knowledge Is Power.’ The nation
that allows Itself thus to be out
classed and outdistanced in a type of
research lying at the very heart of
scientific research -not only writes It-
self down a laggard in the world’s
principal harvest fields of knowledge
and forfeits its claim to respect as an
equal bearer as well as an equal slutr
er In such harvest yields; it Imperils
its national independence if not its
national existence. For it is at the
mercy of other nations for the skill
needed to wrest from its own resources
essentials of life, health and wealth
—essentials often, too, of actual pro
tection in time of conflict.
“Until a few years ago there has
been in this country no correspond
ing supporting structure for the or
ganic chemists —no industries whose
constant demands for skilled research
assured the chemist a living while he
searched out from nature’s compounds
their secrets of life, health and human
welfare. Support for such research
; was to be found only in overseas coun
[ tries. Upon overseas chemists we had
! to depend for an amazing number of
I absolute essentials of life.
“The story of how our few organic
chemists under the forced draft of
the war secured from our own soft
coal and other natural resources the
drugs, dyes and other essentials of life
as well as indispensables in the con
duct of war lias lost its novelty but
not its significance. Organic chemis
try underlies these industries built up
as a result of the conflict ns the en
tire science of chemistry underlies the
development of our natural resources.
“Can the women, whose activities
center upon making this nation secure
in Its peaceful development, be wise
or effective in their decisions and ac
tions and ignore the needs and achieve
ments of chemical research? The wom
en who are working for the nation’s
peaceful security will find no more
illuminating or enthralling subject of
study than the bearing of chemistry
upon national defense.
••The growth and fruitage of organic
THE DANfELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
chemical research in America have
been retarded by the lack of public
appreciation. This is an indictment
of the Intelligence of American ivomen
as well as of American men. Mani
festly it Is through the great women s
organizations that women will do their
most effective work in remedying this
grievous national fault. What are the
obvious first steps?
“First of all, get the educators and
scientists in your own communities
in touch with the objective of your
organization activity. Find out what
hearing the development of chemical
research has upon that objective
whether it be national defense, promo
tion of agriculture, development of na
tional resources, promotion of public
health or other civic or educational
activity.
“Second—Find out what research
equipment and personnel in your com
munity and state and in the nation
are devoted to the subjects in which
you are interested.
“Third—Look into the educational
systems of your own community and
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state to learn what place is assigned
in the curricula to chemistry, organic
and inorganic, and how much human
interest characterizes its teaching.
‘‘Fourth —See what your local li
braries have in the way of authorita
tive and interesting literature on or
ganic chemistry.
“Fifth —Study carefully, and decide
for yourselves whether the organic
chemical industries —the manufacture
of dyes, drugs and the finer chemicals
—are necessary as an assurance of
support of the American young men
and women who may be induced to
choose a career in the field of organic
chemistry as a result of your enliven
ing activities.
“Sixth —When you have gathered
tins information through group study
—be it remembered along the line of
your group interests and activities — :
take counsel with (a) other groups of
women who have been studying the
same subject from their own angles
of approach ; (b) the men who are con
cerned and active in the development
of organic chemistry and an organic
chemical personnel in America.
“Seventh —With this information
and with this counsel formulate your
own ideas as to what national and
state policies should be put into effect
for tbe surest development and main
tenance of an American organic chem
ical personnel adequate to our nation
al needs.
“Eighth—Act in accordance with
the judgment you have thus formed
and demand of those opposing your
course of action a clear explanation
of the motive and grounds of their
opposition.’’
Gold First Metal Used.
Gold was the first metal used by
man. and tlie arbitrary value assigned
to it for its supposed magical quali
ties initiated a world-wide search for
it and make it a potent factor in shap
ing the history of civilization.
But Little Change.
Pocket gophers living near Los
Angeles today show no appreciable
differences from the fossil gophers
which lived in California two hundre.'
thousand years ago.
STUCCO BUNGALOW
of nimm
Character Given Exterior by
Coloring the Cement.
HAS AMERICAN FLOOR PLAN
Vestibule With Clothes Closet —Living
Room Has Fireplace Triple-
Lighted Window in the
Dining Room.
By WILLIAM A RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of
this paper. On account of Ills wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt,
the highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue,
Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
Here is a bungalow with a piquant,
foreign air, and such a little home as
you will find, should you wander down
th* highways and byways of foreign
places. But it lias a typical floor plan
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such as is possible only through ad
vanced American comforts and con
veniences. Character has been given
to the exterior by a judicious use of
color in the stucco. It is not one plain
color, but mottled, through varying
the colors placed with the stucco mix
ture. The result is an exterior that
gives tlie weathered effect that grace
fully comes with long exposure to
wind and weather. The roof could be
of dark maroon, brown or dark green,
and the roofing used could be either
red cedar shingles, or prepared com
position in shingles or roll shape.
The recessed porch gives into a
vestibule, with convenient clothes
closet, and thence into the living room.
This latter lias a fireplace and the
open, airy effect given by the colon
naded doorway leading into the dining
room gives an effect of spaciousness
which is pleasant and adds greatly
to the effect of the furnishings. The
dining room has a triple-lighted win
dow, and right off it is the compact
kitchen, well-lighter!, and with shelves
lessening the floor space required.
Off the dining room we reach a hall
which connects with the two bedrooms
aud bathroom, making this part of the
house thoroughly private ard nm _
the range of casual callers’ v iev *
closet space is ample, and o n e "S
remove one bedroom closet from ~4
present jutting-out position in th?i,S
andplacelt over the space now oj?
pied by the stairway to the basenZ
There is a rear porch and vestibm
permitting outside icing 0 f the ’
frigerator. re ’
The landscaping of the lot u
effective, tlfe twin cypresses flank 2
the recessed porch entrance heloto*
accentuate the general touch J
quaintness. The handling 0 f the win
fd°ea reC6SSeS ’ to °’ helps curr y out this
One would naturally strive for the
simplest possible furnishings in fitting
out this home for occupancy. You will
appreciate the fact that many of our
quaint cottages in America are bor
rowed almost bodily, as to exterior
design, from peasant homes in foreign
countries. But fortunately American
well-being and conditions of life en
able us to give homes of this kind a
character typically modern, and while
we may be better able to furnish them
comfortably, we ought to strive to
maintain that degree of simplicity i n
the furnishings which would make the
home interior be in keeping with the
simplicity and quaintness of the ex
terior.
Thus, our Interior walls might be
finished In rough plaster, of lime or
magnesite, or using some of the spe
cially patented mixtures now on the
Floor Plan.
market, and which give
tured” walls that have more chara
than the plain, smooth
Some of these “textured' "' alls
sanded, following the sirupie
American fashion; some home
coarse, as in Spanish and *■■ on
walls; and some have sand
after rough troweling, g 1""” tjnt .
trous effect. The walls nng ,
ed afterward in neutral tones ere
gray, gray-blue or crea ™ ’ ‘V ' be t to
wall paper Is preferred 1 . pat
confine one’s self to the simpler P
terns. . ■ ;e of
The furniture should be s '“;" stT le
line. Early American t •>>•■ j*
would be nice; some of' _ styW
Italian and Spanish Renai- rea
of furniture, now to be •“ _ jB .
sonably, would fit in 1 r n( ,teo
cobean type furniture. / , ni u *
could be *struck by vi \'. ;i s l-' r ‘
colored drapes at the "in'. f {be
tieres, or in the upholster - a
furniture. And by all - ai . ( j <-oal
real fireplace; and if , .. . ief
is expensive in your localn. • itJ .
the gas or electric units i-‘
pensive and yet good.