The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
CITY 1Np COUNTRY.

The woman who does things in
literary, artistic or musical way in this
age. is rarely satisfied for any length
Of time with a village or even a mod
erately large city like st. Paul. She
longs for new and larger fields to con-
quer; and this usually means but one.
thing and one place--New York. That
| is her Mecca, and like the true deyotee
she even turns her eyes to the east
when she prays. New York represents
to her the Ultima Thule of her de-
sires, the chosen land, the home
of art, where ALI good musicians,
writer's and artists go, and hap
PLY. before death And when the
New York craze fairly takes hold Of
her mind, the woman who works will
never be contented again until she
reaches the goal of her ambition. It is
quite useless to argue with her when
her mind is made up. Her mental
condition is kin to that of the boy on.
the farm who dreams by day and night
Of the delights of the city and shuts
| HIS eyes to the wealth that is all about
him.
After all, perhaps this craze for the
| large city is somewhat natural; for to
those who have never been caught in
it's maelstrom it represents everything
that Is most desirable. In reality there
Ir,
every kind in a smaller place, partic-
ularly for beginners, than in a whfrl-
| pool like New York. If the woman who
longs for fame, or the young man,
could only be brought to realize how
much greater chance he has in a large
city after he has passed the expert
in smaller place, some of the trage-
dies of New York and Chicago might
I be avoided. We hear sometimes of
regulations made, of the successes. of
the few who have climbed painfully
and slowly the ladder of fame, but very
few of the stories of broken hearts and
blasted hopes reach our ears. The
tragedies and the wrecked lives of those
who leave the country or the small
town to seek their fortunes in a great
city seldom get into print, but they
fraternity. sFeo
Nearly everything goes better in this
country if it is a fad; if farming could
become fad, the country would be
/ saved. In his mad rush for the city
and it's destinations, the country boy
will ignore the virgin richness of the
soil which is his heritage, and fly to
the unknown dangers in great com
munities. One distinctively good thing
about the agricultural schools which in
various substantially Minnesota
have reached such high state of ex-
eellency, is that farming and country
pursuits are made as attractive as new
machinery and novel ways can make
them, and the mere drudgery of the
work is almost forgotten in watching
for results from experimental methods.
Fortunately it is not alone the young
men who are turning their attention to
! agriculture, but young women as well
are taking courses in farming and do
nestle science and discovering that
there is much of interest in pursuits
hitherto regarded as tame and COM
bmonplace Thewomen who work-afa1d
the ambitious boy-who live in small
towns will be much surer of realizing
their ambitions ultimately if they wiz
conquer the dtfieplties at home. where
they are known, and seek the cities,
after. they have placed their feet Sc.
ciirely. upon the first round of the lad
der Of success.