From the Relief Society Bulletin of 1914, intended for discussion during meetings –

Any woman whose strength is thrown recklessly away in doing useless tasks, whose vitality is burned up in her scrambling to keep up a modicum of house-work, so that her strength may be given to clubs and picture shows, or to the incessant pleasure-seeking indulged in by the dwellers in some of our larger cities, she is the bankrupt woman of the community. How shall we save our strength? Is not work – housework – healthful? Are we not counselled to take time for recreation? Must we not cultivate our gifts and mental powers? Shall we not attend the places of amusement as chaperones to guard our growing children? Ah, yes, indeed. But just how? just when? just how much? These are the questions which each woman must sternly set herself to answer. The dear, patient women of the Relief Society who read this appeal for saving habits, will need to talk it over among themselves, and then prayerfully and carefully discover if there is not room for improvement even amongst ourselves.