The Lexington advertiser., 1912-11-29

MY SuD16Cb Is GhtlFSly toe GidSsiS ioi
an attempt to express only a small
part of what these two words imply.
There was a time when woman =
work meant home and family; II not
a Family of her own then some one
else 8. Times have changed the ever
increasing demand for more. More
money for clothes, D more interests,
more pleasures are sending girls every
day away from the home to earn the
things of which they are not content
to do without: they see no reason why,
possessed with bright minds, reason
able health and strength, they should
remain at home to depend on father
and brothers and he deprived of so
many things thai go to make up life
Of usefulness and happiness.
Every well regulated girl. no matter
where or what her chozen work may
be. looks forward with happy anticI-
nation to the crowning event OF a wo-
mans life-husband, home and chill,
dren of her own - but should there be a
reason why this should not become a
desirable possibility. there is no rea-
son for taking up work in the avoca-
tom of what was, once known as an old
maid, but rather a we'll regulated broad
minded business woman OF the world
a girl bachelor.
Nv paper today, with few excep-
tios. will be read before women OF
homes and families. A little talk
about th work of these women will
be food for thought for the girls also.
: We know what work in the home
means. The first thought is of cook
ing. sewing, housecleaning and other
things COO numerous to mention.
These things we must all do and with
as much good will as possible or ones
mind will be weighed down with the
care of it all.
/ want to talk about the work that
most of ug feel is not our part of the
great plan of life, but to be entered
into as time and feeling dictates. !
mean public and social work. would
be the last person to advocate neglect
ing home and family to enter into work
of anv kind outside of the home life,
but is it necessary to do this? Isn't
the public and social life after all so
closely allied to home life as to be a
part of it? 1t is 50 easy to drop INTO
the habit of staying at home day after
day thinking only of the cares ana VeX-
ations of the work at home until the
mind is gradually narrowed and warped
to a one-sided wav of thinking on all
subjects. Children, chickens and
cooking fill our thoughts to the eXclu-
sion of all things else. Sometimes one
is necessarily tied at home and ut rs
seemingly impossible to enter into any
kind of public work. but the mind cant
go at will. When you find yourself
worrying oyer the little aggFavating
every day affairs common to US all put |
your mind to work and give it pleas
ant exercise resting the tired lady.
Make pars and work them out care
fully OF some Improvement you would
like to have aDout the place, no matter
If Won can't see how 1T is to be done.
Some af t1e asst times ! have had
were drawing plans for house could
see no way OF getting, but drew the
plans as carefully and with all the
feeling of certainty that hope. brings !.
and was ready when the Building tImej
came.
MANY Jokes are made of my poultry
farm among the nome tIleopler put
nave the name any way and the reali-
,ation may be nine some day. Dream
beautiful dreams, plan, everything in
your dreams as carefully AZ if they
we're realities, some day you will be
surprised at the habit these dreams
rave of coming true. Don't tell all
he little worrying vexations that hap
zen every day, remember that your
leighbors have the very same work to
10 and repeating only adds weight,
discuss some public work that would
,e q benefit to the neighborhood and
;eep talking about it until after
while others win become as enthias- |
ic dis you and the much needed work
will be done.
Don say there is no use for me to
hink of these things 4 can do nothing
ct others who have the time 10 spare
or suchethings do them. Had you ever
topped to think that most public and
ocial work is done by women who are
usiest in their homes. Sometimes we
hink we haven the talent. We are
ot really interested in such things
AWAY; but Ne can cultivate one ia,