Newport weekly independent., 1903-10-23
OUR SOCIAL LIFE.
Inter esting Facts DeveIoped by a Comparison Between Town
 and Country Circles.

and Country Circles.
 A comparison of the conditions between social life in town and in l tlle country brings forth some rather
 Interesting facts. Most of these, too.
 are in favor he country woman,
 In the first place the city woman | usually finds that her social life will take up all the time that she can give to 1t, and a little more. She must
 keep in the swim or drop out; there ls no middle course and it is hard to Iichoose. 1t is very pleasant to have Y friends whom one can entertain and visit and we owe it to our families to do this to certain extent. It is \ only when the social side becomes too lnsistent that it is faulty. When
 we allow more vital things to lapse
 on account of superficial matters we
 are on the wrong tack and would better take a reef in our social sails, says the Prairie Farmer Home Nigga zine.
 The city woman, too, is hampered in entertaining her friends by the de- sire for display and a wish to make
 an impression. People who do not
 know one another we'll may be easily deceived as to real conditions, and
 this society, which is based on surface acquaintance, is often rather shallow and sometimes more showy than substantial.
 Visiting in town is so much easier than in the country that it becomes | habit and is often just way of spending ones time rather than
 means of meeting ones friends. Women in the country go to see one
 another less often and hence from a
 real desire rather than the impulse of the moment. Their standards of life are more rational, and when they do take a day off occasionally for a good old-fashioned visit it is a real pleasure. Then there is not the constant change of neighbors as in | town; they know the same people and have the same interest in them
 from year to year. They watch the young people grow up from baby hood and are concerned about their
 welfare. At the social gathering there may be some gossip; but it is
 not the harmful kind, the word that
 stings or the expression that hurts. | We hear the kindly word and the | good cheer of neighboring hearts as
 well as bodies and feel that sincerity
 is the prompting motive here. At a
 recent gathering of club women some
 of these subjects were discussed and
 the following paragraph is taken from a talk given by Mrs. Charles
 Henrotin, who has travelled much and
 seen the broader side of social life
 in many parts of the country:
 "The women in the country and in
 the smaller towns are happier than
 the women in the big cities. They
 are freer in the country and have the
 opportunity to lead a larger life. | They think of elemental instead of
 superficial things. The intelligence
 of the American country woman is
 high and this contributes a large
 measure of happiness to her life.
 Country women have better and
 saner ideas of life than city women.
 The social life of the average city
 woman is much more limited than of
 the women of the smaller towns. | The people of the little cities and
 towns are not hampered by their
 moderate means and other lacks.
 The city women do not feel the free
 dom that is felt and enjoyed by the
 country woman. The freedom of the
 women is their happiness"