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Show MAKINQ FARM LIFfi HAPfY. An IndUna rrmer'a taailr Talta IIw t Itatp ifowii ur. MIm Jennie E.Hookeryof MrCulchao-vUIa, MrCulchao-vUIa, Ind., received a prl to of t3 from The Cosmopolitan Magaalne for lbebwtray on how to make farm tlfe attractive. Here la ait abstract of her papen Young people leave the farm bncanw their rural homea are often unattractive and tacking In aoclal and educational prtvl lege. They have mUUken ldev,too.of thepleaanreaofcitrllfoand of the labor connected with atorca and factorlea. On the other hand, while farming 1 an honorable, honor-able, healthful ahd comparatively Independent Inde-pendent purault. It ba lia brede, "If the farm life." aaya an eaaaylat. ! to be made thoroughlrattractlve.lt It la to berebwd to the exalted )Uloti It merit, It wilt In Ijereawirr, flrat. to lewen the taxk work of farming; eecrmd, to raliw mailmumcropa and proflta third, to aurround tha work with Intellectual progm, not forgettln for a alngle mouient to properly appreciate the honorable position of the firmer In tue community! and lait, and by no meane leuat; make the home not only attractive la appearance, but a place wherein dwell Hi fptrlt o harmony.' Lafior aavlng Invtntlone have tightened the work of farm era more than that of their wire. "Too often the wife and piother l a poor, overwOTkrd creature, whoae Una of vlalon aeldom extend beyond the four wafla of Iter home, vainly endeavoring endeav-oring to fit rn I ah the uhle and cover other DecounrTeijwnMof the hoirte with the price of butter, egga and poultry." Women Wom-en on the farm are not itlven the full ad vantage of wwlng machine, knitting ma chloca, patent chufna and wahlu ina-chtnra. ina-chtnra. (Jlrl on the farm ahould I paid for their work. The ralalngot poultry la more profitable and agmable than tLe care of milk and butter. Women on the farm ahould mttlvate rending club, good booka and perhidlcnl. 1 he home ahould be mado aitmctiva with Intcrmtlng literature audelinpfe, tiuU-ful decoratlona. CoitcerU and lecture In the neighborhood ahould I attended. Mutlo ahould be cultivated, liiatruineuUl If pov alblo, vocal In ntiy cam Itooki and mualo mdyte had by the bumblfnt farmer who ever walked brlnern the plow handle, and combined with thone two btcaaluga la the home Influence, which cannot occupy neutral ground, but muit baclltera bleu Ingoracuno. llj all mean, then, let them la domestic amiuemviita, flrtalda pleaaurve which, even though they be quiet and ahnpl, ahall make our rnral home happy and tot lenve It an tiiipteaaaut place which will oblige tha jouthfut kplrlt to look e!o where for Jor The homo ahould U a place of cheer fulnru a lid unaelflahneaa, and where tho rlghteof thelmubleat aro ntprctcd, la ton many farm houaeholdtthe father never untmivla, the mother never frctt well enough to enjoy auy pleaaurea, however tnnucent and almple tbeyinaybe. rrom auch a circle the youoccr,meioixraareapt to brcrtk away. The boy on tbe farm baa often little time to hlmaeff lie la put In turner young, nodUcipecteil torvatfrom regular labor by running errand lor ereryldy, It I not eaay to keep a boy treated thna on the farm af ur he get large enough to ahlft for blraaelf. The better way would be to give blm light toaka, to pralae lilm for honest effort, to tencli hlut theuMtof money and to encourage 1dm In llttlo bualncaa vanv una of hla own. A email ahare In the cro) on a patch of ground for hlrnaelf will not I amUa. A pleaaaat rooci add to hla contentment, and If he can hare a jmny or hone he might lie reckoned even happy. Will young people cared for lu thta faablon leave tLe farm? |
