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Show How Many Indeed. The prevailing '"hard times" and the large number of men and women out of work induced a New England fanner to write to a free employment office and offer of-fer to care for at least one of the unemployed. unem-ployed. He says: "I would like to get a strong, reliable, healthy young woman for general work on my farm. To one who can cook, make butter, husk corn, milk cows, wash and iron, mend, scrub and who isn't above doing a little outdoors work I will give a good home, with board." Great as is the army of the unemployed, no one has yet been found who cared to accept this munificent offer. And yet how many patient, faithful farmers' wives are uncomplainingly wearing away st rength and life in doing just what this man asks for? Youth's Companion. |