The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-06-08

allowance AT all for interest on their
money o. 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 business basis
Probably this change has affected no
one on the farm more than the women
The country girl has different idea
OF Il career now. She lives in mod
erD farm home, or II she doesn't she
knows that such homes exist aud are
we'll within the range OF possibility for
her She has had her longing to see
the world satisfied By visits to city
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
atricaIs In her home town or the plays
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 10 the country. where every one
sympatllizes with every one eise's sOr.
rows and laughs with all In their joys
The girl comes back from trip to
the city better satisfied than ever with
her country home Her father may
not be worth more than $500 or $1O.-
600 or $15.OO0 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 an
automobile 50 that they could go
somewhere" The country girl and bet
mother have horse and buggy that
are sacred TO their use. The horse Is sG
gentle that be will not even bat his
eyelid at an automobile and the buggy
so shiny that they are proud to be seen
anywhere in it. They can hitch uI
and go where and when they please
The laundry in the basemen, has tax
en- away the terrors of wash day The
conveniences in the kitchen have .rc:i,
~ lesSened the work of fts'din. tn
hungry men folks
The farm reading table is strewI
with the latest magazines. and the CIR
ha piano or at least an organ !
| piano dealer in one of the middle wext
| ern states recently told me tina, IL
sold fifteen pianos to the farmers II
| one township last year. II the farm
ers daughter wants a piano he Is 20
ing to get it for her. He may have I,
raise few more hogs next year to nj.
for 1t. but that is easily done
Taking everything together. any con-
PARSONS that the country girl may b
| able to draw are favorable to the farm
She has been raised in the open al,
The pigs and the calves and the chtcs
ems are her playmates The colts wi
come when she whistles. for who eve
heard of country girl who couidn
whistler She can name all the tree
in the wood lot. and she knows tn
note of every bird that sings in thei
branches. Every day is full OF SUI
shine. and she sings for the very 10
OF living where air is free and room
not bought and sold
She still longs for career. but It
a career Of a different sort. She wan,
to live the rest OF her life on the farm
and she looks forward to the day whe
she will 60 into partnership with SON
ambitious. resourcefui young farme
To be a successful wife. to help mai
the most out of the old farm and to {
her part to make her community Il
most progressive in the country-th
is the career that appeals TO the mo
ern country girl. Schools have be-
provided to teach her the things 81
needs to know about her coming bu:
ness. II she Is in one Of the most ,
to date communities. she begins
learn sewing and cooking In the rur
school. II not given there. It com
in the high school or the preparato
school or the small college. All