The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-23

The agricultural papers TEEN with
articles on How to Keep the Boys on
the Farm" but seldom a word about
the girls. Now. we could not think Of
doing without the boys. Bless the dear.
noisy boys. Their CHEEKY, airy whistle
is the best antidote for the blues one
can take. remarks Mrs. Annie B. Bush
ong. The girls, precious jewels, are just
as essential TO farm life as the boys,
and farm life is just as necessary TO
their full and evenly balanced develop
ment. minds and bodies. as they TO
farm life. and where they are not hap
py and contented i'm their farm home
something is radically wrong some
where. IL the father is continually
growing about the mud and dust. the
heat and cold. the tariff. low prices,
poor crops: the mother about farm
drudgery. depriyalions. lack of congo.
NAL society, need we wonder that chill
dren growing up in such an atmosphere
Will long for wider fields" to know
and be known,to meet people of note, to
listen TO the grand flow OF eloquence
from the pulpit or rostrum. are anxious
10 flee from evils they know TO those
they know not? Ny heart aches for
children OF such homes. The very joys
of life are dasned aside. and they /,er
into the dim future with distorted Vi
sion and imagine they see honor. sue
cess and happiness. which. when they
meet, is only the black despair of
disappointment.
Parents, pause and consider the obli-
cations you are under TO your children.
This debt cannot be paid with broad
acres or many dollars. A contented
spirit. a well-balanced mind, a strong
constitution, helpful hands, temperate
habits. honor. love and unselfishness
are the birthrights of every child. Just
so far as they fall short of this stand
ard you have failed TO start them
Alright in this world. When you fail to
teach, by precept and practice. these
holy principles. you rob your children
OF that priceless pearl.
i would be the last person to dis
courage any laudable ambition. but 1t
is with genuine sorrow l hear girl Ia
ment the "narrowness OF farm life
and express desire for ''csty or town
advantages" and determination TO
seek employment there. To such l say
Don't my dear. Where one who has
left the farm succeeded, scores have
failed. Many without sufficient forti-
tude to return TO the farm home and
begin where they left off have drifted
10 rum Il nave ntdFQ III DelOTt. IL IL
true, nevertheless, as many a wrecked
life, a premature grave. will tell you,
If you listen.
If your home life Is a happy. cheer
full one, you are needed there to keep
II thus. If II is cheerless discontented
abode your duty is to make model
home of IL. Farm life liz not narrow;
neither mead our lives be narrow on
the farm. In no other place in all this
beautiful world does nature deal out
her glories with so lavish hand. In
no other place are the evils of life so
completely excluded. These long win
ter evenings you can meet the noted
writer, the eloquent preacher. the sci
entific lecturer, between the lids OF
book or magazine, and meet them at
their best. There they are shorn OF the
petty frivolities that mar the beauties
of so many lives. What glorious hours
for study. for acquaintir1g ones self
with. gems of thought, for mental
communion with the true. the noble
spirits of the day! Drive away this dis
content with plans for Frightening and
beautifying your home. then put your
plans into action. No duty. however
distasteful but may be made a pleas
ure n you will Take an interest in
everything around you.Look for beauty
and YOU will see Il. Work for happiness
and you will get IT,