The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-29

surely 60 down before they have an
other crop ready for market They |
have so long been content with
small return for their labor and no |
allowance at all for interest on their
money or for the fertility which they !
are selling away from their land that ?,
they can hardly believe that the time
has come when the farmer is getting
enough for his produce to enable him
to put farming on a business basis.
Probably this change has affected no
one on the farm more than the women
The country girl has different idea
of career now. She lives in a mod
ern farm home, or if she doesn't she
knows that such homes exist and are
we'll within the range of possibility for
her. She has had her longing to see
the world satisfied by visits to city
friends and relatives. She has seen
that all the conveniences of city homes
are duplicated in the country. She
has admired the spacious lawns and
beautiful grounds of some Of the best
of the city houses, but she has been
obServant enough to note that such
houses belong only to the few. She
has gone to the theater with her
friends and enjoyed it. but no more
than she enjoys the homemade the
atricalS in her home town or the plays
and lectures she has attended in the
larger country towns by trolley. She
has been surprised to find that her
friends in the city do not know their
NEXT door neighbor. The excuse that
"they are not in our set" has puzzled
her democratic little soul. 1t is diff
ferent ia the country. where every one
sympathizes with every one else's SOr-
rows and laughs with all in their joys.
The girl comes back from d trip to
the city better satisfied than ever with
her country home. Her father may
not be worth more than 5000 Or $40
600 or $4,000 measured in money but
his house and grounds are equal in all
essential respects to many of the mil
lionaires' residences she saw in the
city. Her girl friends in the city were
/ coaxing their father to buy them al
automobile 50 that they could "gC
somewhere" The country girl and bel
are sacred to their use. The horse is 81
gentle that be will not even bat hi:
eyelid at an automobile and the bugg,
so shiny that they are proud to be seer
anywhere in it. They can hitch VI
and go where and when they please
The laundry in the basement has tax
en- away the terrors Of wash day. Tn
conveniences in the kitchen have great
ly lessened the work of feeding tn
hungry men folks.
The farm reading table is strrw
with the latest magazines. and the gil
ha" piano or at least an organ. .
piano dealer in one Of the middle ves
ern states recently told me that b
4 sold fifteen pianos to the farmers i
one township last year. If the farm
If er's daughter wants a piano he is g.
r ing to get it for her. He may have t
lie raise a few more hogs next year to pa
le for it. but that is easily done.
If Taking everything together, any con
ar Parsons that the country girl may
ts able to draw are favorable to the farI
She has been raised in the open al
i
" ems are her playmates. The colts w
RI come when she whistles, for who ev
ne heard of country girl who couldr
n whistle? She can name all the tire
Of In the wood lot, and she knows Il
i'd note of every bird that sings in the
a branches. Every day is full Of SUI
he shine, and she sings for the very j
ce Of living where air is free and room
n. not bought and sold.
lie She still longs for career, but it
ny a career OF different sort. She wan
ry to live the rest of her life ON the far
~ and she looks forward to the day VIII
d. she will go into partnership with sol
nd ambitious. resourceful young farm
he To be q successful wife, to help ma
We the most out Of the old farm and to
ed her part to make her community t
no most progressive in the country-tl
RI Is the career that appeals to the MI
las ern country girl. Schools have be
lrd provided to teach her the things S
Ire needs to know about her coming bu
De- ness. If she is in one of the most
|. to date communities. she begins
Inc learn sewing and cooking in the ru
en- school. If not given there. it con
elr in the high school or the preparat'
the school or the small college. All
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