The evening world., 1913-06-25
STICK TOFARM'
lSTEXT FOR ABE
IN SERIOUS MOOD
On That Subject Alone He For
gets Humor-Finds Country
Life Best of All.
FEWER LEAVE 1T NOW.
But He Wouldn't Advise City
Folks to Tackle 1t
.Off-Hand.
FEWER LEAVE 1T NOW,
Maysuevife Mooevs Marshall.


There II at least one point on which
George AIDE 10 serious. The humorist.
wAose satiric scaipel 10 applied with
eveu-hsnded Justice to about everything
'made In America" has a genuine. non
ircnic belief In life on the farm. He
told me 90 himself fresh from his
own Indiana acres, which he's leaving
fer the briefest OF trips over thc water.
u doubt II there's any one In America,
With the exception Of the professional
high-brow. who doesn't enjoy the work
Of Mr.. AIDE. In fact. believe the high
beoW enjoys the Fables In slams" he
only differs from the rest II W In not
admitting IT, And yet the most acri-
meaious Of our foreign critics never
ssecesdsd In lifting our epidsrmis more
dextsrously than this same gentleman
frem Indiana. To our laughtsr.com.
Ds,isd gass ne has revealed. red and
NV. svsry American fault and foibis.
frem the world Of politics 70 the world
q VsttIcoats.
when Q man has such Q clear Vision
q the things that aren't worth while.
It's particularly interesting TO know
what he does like and admire. And. all
yea clever young men and women com.
Ing from the country to New York.
what George AIDE likes and admires 10
what you're leaving behind. Perhaps
you'd better stop and think that over
IL Q minute.
THEY'RE STICKING TO FARM
MORE, AND NO WONDER.
But. according to Mr.. Ada your mum.
bGs ere already growing less. ''rhs
Seys ana girls lucky enough to be born
% farms ere learning to stay there" 10
~ way he puts Il
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~ ~ AslGAs q folly fer he
ysang Ssshs - ~ fam - tAaai
49, - 0o1eeB tAe0ooovoo eloo.
VAuA
s1Asyvs alroaAy begun 10 learn their
o1to0o teaDoa. An through the West. not
eoay b InAiana but further a,ong. In
Oregon and out that way. the sons OF
~ farmers are themselves taking over
~ Sarma The movement bsck to the
ia11 he's ossn growing for fifteen years.
9oog6s soothing really sudden about It,"
s'Dut how do you Account for itf'
AGhs1. II bad the impression that q
Sen6e ~ elsvsrsst and most enterprtsing
0su1bers q the yoanssr generation on q
o1sa waatsA - set away from the
Ubin1iag ~ q their faAhsga"
TWO TkaMoo THAT NAVE
M oNoUoNT CHANGE.
Two t)lnss worsring together have
ttsuoAt about the change, In the first
Uone4 Ne price a land has gone "
G1osA1H. In Indiana farm land hal
oovasssa from - to esU &C acre Ia
1fpesa ysass. Bee and corn are high
- auDassnuy natAsr wtM grow
, lAnpes. The corn bs,t cannot b 81
$1,000 1ustAsr.
iss9hsa while ~ farm b Q much morx
SoanaD1o piece of property than for
nos9y. wosk on the farm u much easier
~ invsntion a many new farm ma
oAlnas hAs soormsusly disuanishsd Ia
oG1aal labor Of the agricultural Farm
. ~ ~ hand was a exhausung and mon
GD0oess oooupAtion. FasminS with med
~ soisati6c tools and mstAods y no
o1mv Oeofitabas but . 1esa1arA"
% you advise an exodus from u
~ b the fAymr' ! asked.
Fer he first time there WAS Q smll
: h.o1s. Aass stssa-gray syss.
They do tell some dreadful stor,s
- Dat dwslisrs who 30 10 live In tn
eeoutry Without any experience to guild
1Ae0." he admitted. Il certainly coul,
~ adviSs . general exodus Of matur
- and women who have grown mt
- Me 9f the dty and lot II STOW Int
tbsa- They wouldn't know how to tax
esga life and they would make mis-
takaA."
oevDloPs HGAlTH. PHYSICAL
MENTAL, MORAL.
And yet Il was only fifteen years q