The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-10
The Man With the Hoe.


And the grossness of his nnture VIII Il ufHfcc
weight to drag thee down down
mic wife Of an Illinois farmer has writ
ron for al Northern periodical tho simple
tory Of herS life. She has been married
for thirteen years, and has been leading
hard life. She is strong and '.l u u
and her husband has REQUIRED OF a iler
that she do mans work on the 1a trl =.
1nathc month OF May she Is out o. De '
nj q o'clock in the morning. When she c rs
dressed she starts her fire III the K i'5''
tovc ana while he stove is getting not
she goes to her flower garden and gain
crs a rose and a spray OF brides wrea cav
and urrnnges them In her han, &$ al alt 81
wh,ch she sweeps the floors and cooks
The breakfast. Il She does not eat break 'Ss'.t'
fast with her husband, but While ne Is
at tho table she strains tho morning 20 M
milk and fills his dinner pail. By TINS Is
Zinc II is $50 O'clock. her husband has
zone to his work and she goes to INC Irlc
stable and waters n horse ana y " ms rs
4hc calves into the field. By $50 9, ciock
shc sits down to her own breakfast a no
when that is done, she washes a ma no
Dresses the children, then goes into . ne
garden and works the vegetables uh ''t
il 80, when she comes into the house
nuts fresh flowers In her hair cats q
cold dinner; then takes n fow moments
for rest and reading. She hoes in u the
( tt,n,, f<vna
house and prepares to cook supper al &c te y
which she pulls plants for transpll ilf =
sets them in {, cool, moist place, goes
after the horse, lin the pasture waters rs
him. nuts him in the stable, calls the
sheep, milks the COWS, feeds the hogs $ ana
prepares the feed for three horses. BY
this time it IS O'Clock; her husband has
GENE home, supper is served, and q s soon
thereafter as possible all hands are IN
bed and asleep. IN s IN Sss IL
That Is a simple outline Of the days
BRO granme, and the woman has been
Keeping 1t UP, as she tells US, for th mr.
teen years, being a slave to her husband,
who, according to her own statement, Is
coarse, ! miserly and utterly devoid OF any
taste for literature oriythe refine "
| OF life.
| Yet. this woman is educated, Is devoted
to books and has a turn for writing ollle
finally prevailed upon her husband to
allow her to take a course IN o 8neig hbo Or
ing school, turned her attention to writ
ing and her first article, the one in which
we allude. Is published in the the
New York Independent Of current
issue. 1T is such a striking pa
per5 ana VI so Il; well Written that tn
Indepr,ende 10 I only gives 1t prominence,
but makes It the subject Of a lengthy
editorial article.
For years this woman has been serv-
ing brutal husband, as bondwoman
and has performed the service on a farm
which could have been done by any ne
gro woman at cost of 4 few dollars
month. II she had turned her attention
to literature she could probably hays
earned enough in one day to employ Q
| servant for a month, Yet, she was com
PEELED to do the drudgcry Of q slave be
cause her pcnurious and ignorant hus
band did not have the sensetto see hel
real value. Mind you, we are not dis
cussing the question whether it Is tn
/ duty Of d wife to go into literature rathe
i than TO attend to her household duties
we simply design to show the estimat
2 which an ignorant and stingy man put
upon education. This man. who has mad
slave of his wife, would also make
slave OF his children and compel then
to work for him on the farm when the
should be at school. II Is such men tina
the law Of compulsory education Is dc
signed to reach. The law says to sue
n man you shall not condemn your ow
children to scrvltude, you shall not dc
prlve them OF the right which tho Stat
guarantccs--to educate and improve then
selves, to increase their earning capuct
and 10 at themselves for a higher sta
ton IN life.
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