The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-22
TALK TO FARMERS
DAUGHTER, WHAT
SHE SHOULD KNOW
BEST TRAINING FOR HOME MAX
ERs IN TRUE SENSE FOUND
ON FARM.
SHOULD4MEET ANY EMERGENCY
No Place Happier, Healthier or Near
er to Nature Than Home In the
Country, Removed from the De-
mands Of the City or Town.

(By Capt. T, F. Peck, Commissioner
of Agriculture.)
We have talked to the boys on the
farm and to their fathers and moth
ers This week we want to talk to
the farmers daughters, and we want
the farmers and their wives and sons
10 read this also, because for many
| enturies woman has not been given
a chance to develop her true self.
Now when she has her chance, a
thrill of being free and able to do
things Is causing her, in some instanc-
20 to sacrifice the womanly-the God
given ability to do the work she was
meant to do, so, because of this ex-
IRENE in the swinging of the pendu-
lum Girls should know their oppor-
tunities and appreciate their limita-
tons. they should know the Joy Of
real living, to exercise the saiisfac-
ton of being somebody worth while
because they dare, to do the thing
they can do and do it so we'll that
they are happy and content, never
satisfied to stand still but always
growing and improving. would
have the girl able to meet any emer-
gency; learn to do anything and ev-
erything for the pleasure Of knowing,
from playing the piano to Harvesting
a horse; from painting a picture, If
the opportunity offers to making nu-
tritious artistic loafs of bread; teach
ing a Sunday school class, quoting
an irritable child, telling story or
scrubbing floor; more than this she
should be able to do some one thing
SO we'll that if necessary she could
face the world and make an honest
living. Every girl should know the
sweetness OF independence and be
sweet while she is independent, as
well as while dependent. Much is
! said about the boy on the farm, but
the girl on the farm is equally as i'm
portant. The farm needs her AMI she
the farm, for there the possibility OF
developing her best self is found.
We train for other professions il
we expect any degree of perfection
or success, SD why not train the girls
TO qualify themselves to make sue
cessful home makers, wives and
mothers? To do this well takes
more brain and nerve and heart and
muscle than any other profession
The home. it's furnishings and decor
atoms. takes artistic skill the SAM
T., :ary part and general health takes
the doctor. There Is the place fol
the cook and the seamstress, the NOR
al!st, statesman, comrade, lover
friend; all sorts of work for one wo
man, all sides of her nature to be de
vcloped. Instinct tells the bird how
to build her nest and gather wormi
for her young, but it does not tel
people how to build sanitary houses
and bake wholesome bread. 1t doe!
moi show people how to live econom
ically, nor, how to live together peace
fully and help each other to develop
physically, mentally and morally
These arc some of the things ever!
girl land boy) should know some
thing about, also, how to value PEG
pie and things at their real worth
to know the genuine frcu the glitter
Politenesc does not alW s stand TO
. principle, nor good CID } for hon
esty and industry. Parents were Civ
en- children to train them for success
y Because of the opportunities an,
demands Of the present day woman
the girl must must get as much edu
| cation as possible. To stand tn,
competition in the world she will
need 1t and IL she marries she will
rot want her husband to be ASHAMED
of her (nor will she want a husband
. she will be ashamed of. She will
want TO be his counsellor and com
panion and able to make the most O
: her children. If she cannot get tn
J education she Graves when young, sh,
lean save up and take special cours