The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-21
THE GIRL ON THE FARM.

The farmers girl does not generally
realize the advantages she has for self
Improvement. over the society girl, or
those situated in other positions of life.
The freedom and independence of farm
life afford opportunities for study which
if rightly employed, would develop our
farmers girls into the professional women
workers of our times. How is it, girls.
and especially you girls on the farm, that
we so often hear of the self made mar"
| land the most of our great men are of
that class, and so very little of the self
made woman? Our farmer boys become
great lawyers and statesmen. ETC., and
have you not the same opportunities as
they have? The girl who has been raised
on the farm. and has aspirations to any
of the professions, generally conceiveS
the idea that she must get away from
the farm to do her Studying, at the very
first jump. Do not to be too hasty in
leaving the farm where you can keep
requisite of brilliant mind. And, first
OF all before you aspire to any profess
sional work, learn your duties as a
housekeeper Household work will not
interfere with your study. You require
keeping a farm house. And if you do
not wish to take up any profession, study
will not harm you; make the most of the
talents that nature has given you, and
when the happy fellow is met your hap
piness will be of the kind that you will not
regretthe time that you considered wasted
in study. Do not be too hasty in running
your neck into the matrimonial moose.
IL. Il.
lido not fear that you will have to do SO
from necessity You will find plenty
of work to do, and plenty of burdens to
tighten, and plenty OF loveless ones
upon whom to lavish the wealth of your
charitable affections. Be assured that
true happiness is not found IN living for
ones self alone Do your very best and
make the most of the material at hand.
and al the close of lfe's journey you will
enjoy that peace, the knowledge that
well spent life alone can give.
Nh
Perhaps it is true, that there never was
a garment too fine for man or a maid;
| there never was a chair too good for
cobbler, or a cooper or a king to sit in;
never a house too fine to shelter the
human head. But often times do we not
value all these things far more than they
are worth and some times mortgage a
house for the mahogany that we bring
into 1t? Had we not better forego the
pleasure of all these than consume our
selves before we get a place that we can
call home, and take SO much pains with
the outside that the inside is as hollow
as an empty nut. Beauty is a great
thing, but beauty of garment and house
and furniture are tawdry ornaments COM
pared with domestic love. All Of the
elegance in the world will not make a
home, and a spoonful of love exceeds
whole ship loads OF furniture and all of
the gorgeousness that the world can
gather.
Now we want to say something to
| the husband. These dear indispensable,
aggravating creatures, that there is
hardly any living with or without. If
your wife or daughter has been bending
over the hot stove, and sewing machine
all day, she needs to ride out in We
hicle or horseback Don't think we
are fit subject for lunatic asylum
| if we tell you to stop horse out Of "the
crab, and take her, or let her go by her
self if she is not afraid There is no
more sense in Incorporate work than in
incorporate rest. You may have to stop
longer than an hour to go for doctor.
and work longer TO pay the bill. You
will be sorry some day when those tired
hands hold the white flowers under a
pail that you did not look more after her
health and comfort. If she thinks 1t is
too much trouble, use your God-given
prerogatve and make her. You will find
that it is the cheapest way TO keep a
cook that will not die on your hands
t right in the busiest season of the year
! And for good luck's sake do not get uI