Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-03-16
The Women and Railroads..

II Ho1AtaA ~ 5feclal9 Gne benefits OF rail-
roads with a keener relish than men,
haliToads have brought to women and to
| the family blessings ofa peculiar ana
valuable character. Isolation is the 3rea1v
| lot and portion Of the rural wonlea of
America. The lives of farmers wives are,
dull and insipid; they are without secres~
tson and amusement; they are eilstant from
1 Works and displays Of art and sciences
| their lot and that OF their children is one OF
loneliness. For this reason fArn2els' wives
| suffer from mental and mesal WEAKNESS.
life loses lis zest and freshness for them
| aud their children flock 10 the eaties to seek
new ways Of industry, enter
| prise and enjoyment Women
| feel the need Of society more than
| Men, while they have less opportunities for
social intercourse, nnd they appreciate it
more because they have less OF i, and have
q q. sharp sense OF their need Ia that respect.
They are more aesthetic; they e.ovet person
aland household adjournment, and they have
an Unsuitable longing Tor tins raeans by which
their tastes may be glntihefS Ali this
WoGld be more and more az il in, this con-
ditiora OF things would increase aud inters;-
fy, but Ton the civiiizing and refining infiu-
ences created by railroads, and hus Tor the
means and facilities for culture and social
improvement which they have crested,
The railroads make The city and country
near neighhors.. They break up tie rustic
and old fashioned habits, and
ways of life which have
| prevailed on the farms and Ia the remote
villages; they are the direct agencies in ed
ncatirgi refining, polishing aad eleyatiDg
the classes of people who have been in She
| past without the possibilities Of cui&ure and
refinement. The railroads carry books,
fcroy ,scix &
taste and labor, patterns and knowledge
OF art, the results Of experiment and
science, to the most distan& communities
and to the scattered homes ana iire- sides
through out the vast areas oil OFF common
country. They have removed from the
ways Of rural life the oarse Of isolation,
and the shackles which bor11s} lalaxl, women
and children to o sanleness OF scene. tell
and effort during their l&fe tSsae. and
from generation to generation.
The railroads have made Ile country
cosmopolitan, and they bnys brought every
body within the radius ard sltEaenee of The
highest sources. Of enjoyment The great
estsinger in the world toraes to the ynetrop-.
oils, and the railroads make It practicable
for thousands from near anu Gar 80 listen to
the miracles Of her n1inskisIsy. The gEeaf
orators, through tho Facilities created By
railroads, visit al the people aa ths country
at their local certters@ and plaoes of resort,
Or the people are enabled So go long diG-
tanres to listen to their nrgamaesats and elo-
quence. famous men and women in al pro-
fessiols are no longer strangers TO the mass
es OF the people. Travel has been cheap
ened and made comfortable asd convenient
by the railroads, and it has greatly enlarged
the field Of every one g vision.
The women Of to- dav age vast privileged
| beyond their mothers. Che arR5 settlers
in the West came III ox-teanss, and were six
and eight weeks, Or logger, CD the road
soYer the hills and FIR away, and they left
i'll the unappgoachabie distance behind
them all tibet was aear ana delightful by
association and memory. 'Eha ns.iroaa has
opened means o transis froga the past to
the present, FROM the fisIshess cast TO the
ultimate west ana few hours or q
a day or two by rail will carry the men
| and women on the borders OF civil
iization, to the scenes Of their
childhood, TO the old fciks nk home to
| Che old homestead and fro side Railroads
enable friends and relstiyes to be set down
| ut the far distant bedside Of tiae sick and
dying, and TO minister TO tao caeerless and
foriorn wherever their lof naa be east.
Men valne railroads because shey facili-
tate business, enhance the psaoe OF land
| ting. The dollas mark liz the MARI OF q
| mans appreciation Of railroads. railroads.
| are of inestimahie value to woIaea, BECAUSE
they add SO much to the possibilities and
delights of social intercourse, because
| they make rural life pleasant and
diversity il by means Of travel sad reerea-
/ ton and create community OF interest and
association between city and country, adj
ding TO the polish and urbanity Of ons the
natural truth and freshness CT the other,
and because they introduce the modes and
| fashions Of polite city society to the homes
/ in the fields and villages remote from the
| noisy and busy eenters of population. For
the women, railroads have been an un-
! mixed bless ng and benefit in all their re-
lations TO the daily life Of the people.
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Norkingllem
i Before yeu begin your heavy spring work
1 after winter Of relaxation, your system,
luaa5e cleansing an Gtrarnf herring tt, rra.