Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-09
woMaN's WORLD * PARAGRAPHS
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Tie Dairy nssin->s A oceapstiss fog
That lively and aggressive state. Indi-
ana. furnishes many shining examples OF
Successful business women In the Older
states the dairy industry on large scale
has now drifted mostly into the hands Ut
men and stock companies. But in Ini-
ana We have several signal examples Of
what women can do not only in dairy
ing. but also in the rearing Of beef cat
tie. Mrs. Mereaith's herd of Shorthorns
a. southeastern Indiana is one OF the
noblest in the country. Mrs. Laura ID.
Morley, Of Elletsvilie. is 30 successful
o breeder II butter Jerseys and 80 sue
oessfnl butter maker besides that 1t
was at one time proposed 10y some gal
LIANT western men 10 make her chief
Of the live stock department Of
tho Worlds fair. As a matter
Of fact. she was appointed one Of
the jurors Of award on dairy products
She sells gilt edged butter directly to
consumers. without any middleman. and
Is adding TO her bank account year by
year. Another progressive Indiana dairy
woman is Mrs Mary c. Alexander, who
read papar before the Indiana State
Dairy association ON "Dairying as Sue
cessful Occupation for Women" Mrs.
Alexander began dairying first with
one cow and the most primitive appli-
ances. She took up the butter making
branch of the work. Now she has many
cows. 'sbrick milkhouse with modern
conveniences" and warm barn for her
cows. IL is interesting TO know that her
own fine, strong armed daughters do the
milking. and they have not found it
too hard work for woman. Mrs. Alex
ander believes there Is something in q
woman's gentle touch with a COW and in
a woman's nice sense of cleanliness and
her keen sight, smell and taste that par
ticularly adapts her 10 successful dairy
ing. Mrs. Alexander is quite right She
is At present enlarging her own facilities
and going into the business on . larger
scale. There is not the drudgery at
tached to butter making and the care Of
milk that thors used to be. Calf and dog
of churn. and the cream separator or tho
creamer relieves q woman Of the care Of
| q large number of heavy milk pans As
to pet animals, there is nothing one can
become more attached to than 10 herd
Of beautiful cows.
Rev. Florence Kollock, who went to
Europe last summer, Is studying As
syrian archaeology and Egyptology in
the British museum. She viii undoubt-
edly come on the fact in tho course Of
her investigations that in the most
ancient times Ia Egypt women had such
nights and such commanding power
and Influence rs they have never enjoyed
in any country, civilized or unciyilized.
since. How they lost their power is a
long story and most interesting one. In
brief. they lost much Of it through their
own fault They must struggle till they
get II back. and that Is the task now be-
fore women.
Much Of women's trouble comes 70
them because Of sort Of intellectual
laziness- II is easier 10 trust a man
any body. father. brother or husband
10 transact business, easier 10 LET men
run city government and easier 10 let
ministers make church rules. even IL
those rules relegate women TO shame
fully subordinate position. than to rouse
up and find cut things and act for them
selves. Women Of this kind have no
right 10 whine when men cheat them
out Il all their property. when their sons
AMI daughters are ruined because Of bad
city government AMI public vice. or
when Tompous doctors Of divinity insult
them b. preaching ut them the propriety
a ignorance and subsection for the
Christian woman. Women have the
remedy for every ono of these evils IN
their own hands
In tho series 81 scathsng pnpers about
American Schools which d.. :, NJ. Rice
has lecn contributing 81 The Forum
there is one city whose primary system
merits his unqnalsfied approval That
city - indianapolis IL finds that herr
the truo idea - oducation ~ comprp
bonded end put into operation with shin
snR results. IL ~ with modest pride |
record tie fact thst fiiis Is oaing 10 n
xoms.n. Mis- Crorsv. assistant super.
int ldent of the Indianapolis pai,isc
schools. Miss Crogsy has long been
cearteted with tsie indtera polss schools
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