The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-21
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1909
woMANs PART IN PIONEERING

on cold. dismal. tall day, we pass
the occasional unpsinted house set
lar back from the road, the only
sign Of life within shown by the
thin column Of smoke coming
from the chimney on the lean-to
kitchen. and we say, my bu. 1t
mus; be lonely. 1t would drive
me crazy 10 live in . place like
that. F" And the sad truth is that
jus such life deprives many
woman Of her reason.
II Is 10 the husband OF these
lonely women I'd like 10 write my
New Years message. so that they
may begin the New Year with
their eyes opened to conditions,
and their hearts softened by sympa-
thy.
Men are NATURALLY kind but they
are also naturally blind, and they
need to be talked right at once in
while.
A big strong man accustomed to
patching goes east and brings out
= fresh young girl, bred to every
comfort and the conpanionship oil |
her childhood friends. He may
have, In the optimism of the fu
tuTe. overdrawn the present condi.
tions. or she. full OF romantic en-
thusiasin, may have painted her
western home In too growing col
ors. Anyway, the shadow Of dis
appointment d.erens on her face as
the days go by. The husband, en-.
crossed In his outside work, does
not notice 1t until one day. coming
In unexpectedly, he finds her cry.
ing. He fails to understand or
sympathize. The changed situa-
ton Is so delightfully."- new to him,
the house so frightened aud trans
formed BY the presence Of wo-
man, that he is dumbfounded TO
discover she is not so supremacy
happy as himself and whyp
Simply because she is so much
alone. Yes, | know just what 1t
means. ! have been on a prairie
farm with no one TO speak to from
early dawn to dark night Che men
took their lunch to the distant
feids), aud tnc tears have coursed
down my cheeks and I hardly .
kenw the reason then; now
know.
A man goes out In the morning, 9
he plans the work with the hired
men, whips up his horses and talks
to his dog He manages to be at &
the end OF the furrow at the road "
Just as team passes, and he ieans u
on the fence and gossips about the L
crops, the market. the political &
situation. ss
In the meantime the young wife "
With no one to speak to is wonder
ng how she can make cake with
,ut eggs they haven't hens yet u
Ind TO buy eggs is out OF the ques. ~
ion. !. She longs for a glimpse Of y
he home peoples Their letters W
take her glad and make her sad 'e
md In secret she cries over them. a.
The poor dear girl wants to talk ~
o some woman men are all right, ~
ut the best of them cannot at times az
stisfy all the desires OF the heart. sc
'erhaps little one is expected 's'
nd her incxperiencc fills her mind
With dread fear and anxiety and
he is miserable indeed. Then.
b. husband. Is the time you
hould be doubly kind and patient
, her. God is truly good when
Ie sends wee babe to the isolated
'oman. Then she has something
, talk to, to care for. to love as
er own, and yet something in
-hich her husband shares her in
rest. A little child shall lead
lem to = better understanding Of
lch other.
You men on the farm can do
uch to brighten the life OF your
lie il you would think aud not in
ind a little trouble. Really. | tot
ave seen some men I'd like to lea
I'VE shaken II Il would have done as
'em any good. They would sit 10
ound the stove smoking and have ros
eir delicate wives bring in the the
God to keep them warm or have iug
em 90 out in the cold for water the
at they might have a drink. a Ii
,ch men never see that their Tn,
ives are tired You bear them is /,
y. ''Nhat has she done. Just mac
Uttered around the house all the;
~" That's it. The very mo- ered
tony OF her work wears the life brae
I OF her. II Is the husbands mon,
Il to bring some little change in the
the weary day. Tell her about do /,
M work; interest her in the that
,ps by driving her over The be n
III take her for a walk in the wow
DIS or TO the barns to see the
ck. Insist on her putting on II
things and driving to town rial
b you. even though she has the the 4
shtubs out. Tell her YOU II came
l. al. "a. A .