Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 11, 1925

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eer wowjyw Umiv iaJLfci 1Day 1tU apml g m jtmmmm i MARK the development of women as economic factors through the centuries From the pale presence of medi eval days ineffectual rare of speech a mere shadow in cloistered recesses to the modern robust participant in world affairs the progress of woman has paralleled the growth of printed knowledge In the 17th Century womans thoughts had little to do with writingsthe Braillelike achievements of the monks She lived as the lily to mind her nunlike face In Revolutionary times the Diary of Samuel Pepys or the plays of Wm Shakespeare were main constituents in womens men tal pabulum In hoopskirt daysGodey s Lady Book and the heartfluttering works of Ouida What of the Women of Today What or the women or today Ur 1 Zella Ford Warner Portland Oregon says Women direct family buying They have improved themselves as homemakers and citizens through newspapers Personally I prefer the morning newspaper Judge Virginia Henry Mayfield of the Domestic Relations Court of Birm ingham Ala says Morning news paper advertising plays an important part in the economics of the home 1 he housewife owes it to her family to pay thorough attention