Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-02

home Y Is well to taKe an inVenVOFy "
prospects based on present accumu-
lations.
Unless your income proves Suffi-
cient to pay your wife monthly the
common wages Of an ordinary hired
girl ID good hard cash, you have no
moral right to ask any woman TO
share your lifetime Of toll. .
This sum should represent the min
imum Of her, receipts from the farm
and should not suggest the mazimum
Of her earnings. Even this small
payment reHdoves your home ff0m,
the psrvading shadow Of servltude.
From a study Of divorce causes ana
personal knowledge Of sorrows SILENT
" borne, I believe this reform is the
one most needed in farm homes ana
Should 60 into effect Immediately.
Every mars house is his CASTLE his
individuality enters into IT, 1t be-
comes, with its surroundings, char
acteristic OF its owners. Fortunately
Al, may dream but be we only dream
ers or be we forceful making dreams
come true, our premises bespeak US
fairly. In choosing a building size
three things are essential. Drainage
view and distance from market. II
either must be sacrificed let 1t be the
last. Upon drainage depends the
health of the family. Barns, out
buildings and their attendant yards
should drain away from the house
and It's water supply. The cement
sewer from the bath room and closet
may connect with kitchen drain thus
saving the long carry or the fly
breeding smell breeding open drain
at the back door. Il
II possible get broad and extensive
view. In this vicinity 1t may DO q
sweep Of the river with its great elms
and ccttonwoods or 1t may be swell
on swell Of rolling prairie or 1t may
be that you can get only the stray
cottonwoods in the hedge row. Build
where something is in view beyond
your planting, something to carry
your thoughts beyond the daily strug'
gle. AS on an eighty three-fourths
of a mile may be saved on each trip to
town the location of building In this
regard is worth attention. Your men
tai outlook depends upon your home
surroundings.
In laying out farm one should
have comprehensive view of future
needs. Zig-zag lines are objection
able. From back pasture to front
gate go straight to the point Ar
range barns, granaries, sheds and
yards in relation to one another and
to the house. We are all acquainted
with premises where each new build
ing seems an after-thought, standing
awkwardly and apologetically in the
foreground, stranger to the rest.
Place all buildings on good &C.
ment foundations. A building too
flimsy to pay for foundation is not
worth building. The usual hole-and-
stone underpinning for such, provides
the pest house of the farm. Beneath
the floor 1t Is unclean and unclean-
able. In it accumulates filth and semi
darkness. 1t breeds mites and chol-
era germs while 1t protects the worth
less setting hen, rats, mice and
skunks.
In my dictionary temporary build
ing means long continued, unsatis-
factory nuisance. mink long before
you build one. In the back ground,
close to your house, plant a grove
Of the common forest trees, elms,
walnuts, coffee beans, ash; all are
sure to grow, and mother nature Will
soon break up their cultured vines BY
seedlings Of vine and tree of her OWE
planting. This grove serves a double
purpose; a protection to your or
chafd, a perfect background for your
house. and, coming close to your win
dows, from the first bursting buds Of
spring to the gaunt baroness Of wintel
it win be a thing Of beauty and
Joy forever"
The old, square door-yard with III
shrub lined walk has given place Il
open lawn. Be generous with thil
allotment. Be It large or small, thu
beauty Of q lawn depends upon ID
smooth shaver greenesS and its bi
or blaze Of color at the back. II
this which is prominently a stool
country, the lawn must be protectet
BY an unconsplcuous fence. H0v
many Of Us have sown in Joy en-
reaped in tearsi How many hope
Of flower and vine and shrub almos