St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-02
ABOUT JOINING.
A Little logical Reasoping Upon
:. 4 Home Lite


John, saM l, ':are you and to Join
the new club?" sfs-s r a
''Do you know. .".said John, ''that In
some things vegetables have Q decided
advantage over rs? Thcy join nothing.
Each tree has . spet that it. belongs in.
and IL stsys there, leaves out there.
blossoms there and bears fruit there.
It il never aaddfAg about. II it moves,
somebody must moyo t. II . maple
tree stands in grove 1t belongs 70 that
grove. and has no notion Of pulling mp
stakes and joining half dozen more.
There IS nothing in the world that /
envy more than this ability Of the trees
to stand still and keep to themselves
We think it-must be horrible to be
rooted aosi to ono spot. 2 We Wish to
have one root here, and saothef there,
-aade1a I156Whsre else. Tho fact
10. am tiFed put and. fegRea out with
joining somehody. oe something: No.
indeed. We ere not going into this new
club You can 60. Of course. II you
viii; but I intend to have my evenings
to myself, aAd'ss for the days, they are
already fIlly .oocapicd~-
THAT = very queer. John" said.
''very qudbr. Indeed. You do not mean
you wonl&ratheF be IN apple tree than
/. .oh. Ssq ny dear. but l. would much
rather hiN cEabapple tree thln . club
man. Sodetj has organized itself to
destroy sociality. Tho aim Of this club
to which yoN refer Is to Study sociology.
The object y wsll enough, and do not
doubt Il w11 benefit some: but 1t will
bc compulpoy Iway Of spending two
evenings In q a--Honth, and tla* you
know. I Ap unwilling 70 be bound to
do. Thoh there are the Rural Art Club,
and the Browning Cub and the
Historical Club. and the Farmers
Club. and ndns ~ these include our
average human obligations - neighbors
and friends"
! John b very emphatic about some
things and ono is that he shall have
control Of his own time. 1t least 10 .
large deoFee. He Is willing to 1ll his
place as neighbor and citisen. but
will mot plAee himself under . for
midablc oERay Of obligations to
give up hig nights TO social affaira
He seemsAo.hAve = growing aversion to
the word cluh and declares the very
word An s6onination, q its.origipal
meaning isA mass 'We arc -individ-
uals novldAys.' he says with sindi-
vidual taseee and individuality to build
mp. We le(t The mass in tia middle
eges." THIS Is not an easy matter to
see throqgk sometimes. especially for
US women, Social demands are among
the most tlCAteous, and our duty to help
on co-opeeoive Affairs Is clear enough.
But OF coal1e there is rational limit
do not SEE That any one is the better
or wiser foe tagging out In a round Of
social Improvement associations any
more than = . race Of butterfly parties
Our Afse duty is 1t home" John be-
gan again. No one can Be worth much
TO socistyU1D Is not Arst Of all. good
home-malme and home-keeper. Men.
especially. bel TOO little the home-msk-
ing oblige1ion. They leave it to the
women. 1at In my estimation the
man shooM have . full interest in
all the u1nukie Of home life. But there
- anothee eonsideration. Home obliga-
ttons - 4nefeasing. A homo nowa-
days can - ought to Be an epitome Of
the whole rid It takes In moro. and
need nee out 60 much. One may
tvestnst16 his house walls, sad 1.-Two
more we4& than . man who one hum
dred Ago travelled continually.
Look q - magazines and books and
peperE yLAas need Of running about,
OF. u .one gad about how can he di-
gest an snaterial that goes TO max
ing pEn home? No my dear.
whateveee Der people do. Let M stay At
home mennd make homo larger and
more ind se."
ITO re. John" said. Il ap-
rsove g pf ideas eoncsrning men: /
they en- not b such foreignera'
They VI hi homes. butdo not mako
then. 1isve tAey 60 60 Tar - TO- |
ouiid h sAd deep In them; but
they DO q genersl enter into tho
family - ~ ~ caltufo Of the chill
dren' Soaas fsr nen are = nuis-
ance lAve cllha, lot then b for
both - - vita
Seen ! ~ sAeal1sca but was
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