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Show Farm Work for Women. For various reasons, ono of which Is that fnrmors' wives nnd daughters havo all tho work they can do In the house at harvest time, It Is not likely that women will ever do much outside farm labor except In emergency, Bays tho Indianapolis Stur. At tho sumo tlmo It must be said that tho old arguments argu-ments agaliiHt ft will not hold. It !b no hoavlor than work nt tho wosh tub or tho Ironing bonrd, nnd Is far moro healthful than bending over tho sewing sew-ing machine day In and day out. Yet these occupations nro regarded ns strictly feminine und no protest Is over raised against thorn buvo by women, themselves now nnd then. Tho exertion Is no greater than Is called for by gardening, which Is constantly being recommended to women by physicians as n means of building up their health; nor does It call for greater great-er physical exertion than golf, or mnko them more weathorbeaten. Though women nre not likely to en-gnga en-gnga In such work extensively It Is not worth while to lift tho hands In horror at tho thought of their doing do-ing BO. |