Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-14
FEMININE FARM LIFE.

FEMININE FARM LIFE. d;
Tho Spirit Of Proaresslvensss Has In I.
vaded Rural Preclnsts and the
Woman on the Farm u Awakening
tosHsr own Possibilities.
Breeders Gazette: "A htting com
plement to 1.-THE Man with the Hoe"
the farmers wife has long been an
object OF commisefation by the public,
d typical combination Of everwork and
drudgery. 70 make matters worse
the subject Of this e6mpassion has
until recently tneekly acquiesced In
1.-THE specifed conditions, whether real
or imaginary, seemingly glorying In
her so-called martyrdom.
But reaction has taken place. The
Esprit OF progressiveness has invaded
rural precincts, andsthe woman of the
farm is awakening to her own posi-
bilities. While the town club-womaln
lis clamoring for suffrage and other
Legitimate recognition, her UNI
sophisticated sister Is quietly gather
ing up privileges undreamed of gen
Grafton ago. Passive endurance has
given place to actual advancement.
The twentieth century woman feels
4 her own power and resents the impli-
cation of helplessness and oppression
lavished upon her foremothers.
True, she must work. But soap and
candle-making, wool-picking, spinning,
weaving, knitting, and to a great ex-
tent dressmaking have been eliminated
from her list of duties. Butter and
cheese-making have yielded to the.
doctrine of cooperation, and the milk
is wheeled to the factory daily in
large cans; or, If near trolley-line,
| it is whisked away to the city to be
retailed at fancy prices.
| Invention has .lightened her burden
in many ways. The washing machine
has replaced the washboard, and
starched clothes go to the city laundry
The shallow dug well of surface water
has given place to the more permanent
one drilled in the solid rock; this with
| windmill and tank supplies all the CON
veniences of city water without its
impurities. Kerosene or gasoline
stove dispenses with midsummer
sweating over culinary matters; hard
coal burner or furnace brings summer
heat to the country home in mid-win-
ter The incubator matches chicks lby.
the hundred where the old hen Matched
them by the dozen, with never a mite,
to annoy. Nor does this superabund.
ance glut the market and bring prices
down to almost nothing; cold storage
and rapid transit have extended the
market radius almost indefinitely. @s
Her fertile brain discovers other,
sources of pin-money more alluring
than shop or factory. Bookkeeping is
both pleasant and profitable, requiring
comparatively little time or capital.
Fresh, canned, or evaporated fruit,
vegetables, herbs, cottage cheese, nuts,
flowers, and in autumn bright-colored
leaves or berries find ready sale in
many places; and if there is no local
demand the business woman is learn
ing the use of printers ink. y 4,
Only the most wealthy city woman
can so often secure the luxury of a
horse and carriage Telephone and
trolley have brought that great boon,
the morning paper and the current
magazine TO her door University ex-
tension enables her to enjoy the best
In literature and science Centraliza-
ton and township high school assure
to her children liberal education. Her
lawn is smoothly shorn. Flowers and
vines. doubly enjoyed because Of her
own cultivation rather than the prod.
i uct OF a professional gardeners skill,
adorn the grounds; and the choicest OF
/ 'potting soils" and fertilizers are at
hand Her hammock needs NO screen
TO shut out the view from an over
inquisitiye neighbor: the broad horizon
|is stretched out before her. Her chill.
dren have a more delightful play
ground than the most munificent park
system has yet devised, one on which
keep off the grass" placards and con-
Eliminating influences are alike un-
known. Butterfly and blossom give
variety to the scene, while bird and
squirrel keep house among the branch
les, almost unmindful OF their child
admirers who are playing keep house
below. Her camera catches the
choicest scenes in nature; and as
these shadows are permanently fixed
70 please the eye Of self and friend
the substance appreciates in value.
truly, amateur photopranhv hoe ~