Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-07-11
The Farmers Wife.

/ worked overtime on what thSJ
call the tragedy of the farmers
wife. She is pretty much over
worked creature, according to
their story, who lives a life OF
misery and dies early, to be sue
ceeded by No. ?, who is also
worn out and is followed by No.
3. There is no JOY and no glad
ness in her life. She is a bond
slave, worn out before her time
by the rearing of children and
the drudgery of farm life. 1t
would not be so bad if these pa
pers also described the tragedy
of the farmers daughter after
She goes to town and stands be-
hind a counter till six in the
evening, and on Saturdays till
ten, and goes home worn out in
body and mind, and subject to
temptations of which the far
mer's daughter who stays at
home is ignorant, and to which
she need not be exposed. They
take the exceptional farmers
wife, and contrast her life with
that of the exceptional wife OF
the merchant or the banker or
other well-to-do man. They for
get that after all the majority OF
the farmers wives have an easier
time and an altogether better
time than the majority of the
wives of the men in the city.
She has at least pure air, pure
food, and quiet, restful nights.
She is no more the victim of in
sanity, nor do we believe as much
so, as her sisters in the city, says
Wallace's Farmer.
Nevertheless, in many cases
the farmers wife does not get
Iher own. We wish our maya
zine friends and our farm folks
as we'll would open their Bibles
and turn to the thirty-frst chap
ter of Proverbs, in which the
writer describes the up-to-date
farmers wife in those days.
Humanity at that time was not
confined in cities, but was entire
ly out on the farms. Here we
find the description of a woman
who not only grew the stuff, but
manufactured it. She got up
early in the morning and worked
with her hands while bossing, so
that her household was well fed.
She had a bank account OF her
Town. When she wanted an adj
ditional farm, she bought it.
She planted out a new vineyard.
She knew how to buy. She was
helpful to the poor. She had
the incest kind of thing to adorn
her house and her person, and
knew how to put her husband in
the right place. She saw that
there were no idlers about, and
we read that Her children rise
up, and call her blessed; her hus-
band, also, he praiseth her." con-
Guiding, Give her of the fruit
of her hands and let her works
praise her in the gates"
In other words: Don't have
her carrying water from the
we'll. Extend the water system
that you have in the barn for the
live stock into the house. Fix
up the house so as to give her
the minimum of work. Put in
hot and cold water and a bath
room. Give her all the modern
conveniences. She is entitled to
it. She has worked for it. She
is worth more to you than all
the stock on the place. She is
the best investment you ever
made. LET her works praise
her in the gates" She is not a
drudge, but a companion. Her
state of mind will surely affect
the children yet unborn to the
latest period of their lives. Her
cheerfulness will give cheer to
the whole farm. Give her of
the fruit of her hands," She is
worthy of it. If you don't do it,
you rob her, rob the mother of
your children. The farmers's
wife, is the most important mem
Der of the family. Her health is
important. Her state of mind is
of the utmost Importance. There
is no reason why the life of the
farmers wife should be a trag-