The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-08
For Men Only
TO Carefully Read
Would Men Endure All the In
conviencies IF They Were
Doing the Housswork.

c0nv1encleS IL Tney were
Doing the Housswork.
All day the crowds had throng-
ed the Northern Pacific Better
Farming Special. Men, women
and children came from every
rural section to hear and see just
what these people had in store
for the farm folks.
Personal problems, perplexities
and troubles of every kind, from
how to detect the symptoms OF
measles to just how to write a
heavy editorial for a scientific
journal, were all poured into the
sympathetic listening ears of the
people in charge.
At last there was q breathing
spell, and an automobile filled
with these editors and demon
strators had started on q tour OF
investigation. The route was
through a marvelously fertile
part Of North Dakota, where the
country was dotted with beauti-
full and substantial farm homes,
the shacks of the pioneer had
been torn down to make way for
the new home with modern con-
seniences where the farmer could
enjoy his possessions and rest
his soul in peace after the weary
years of toll.
The driver of the car said,
CHOW we will show you home
such as few farmers Of any state
possess" and he turned in at the
gate Fun was running high.
Some funny story was being re-
lated, when i man approached
suddenly; sDo not come any
further please then choked and
stopped-"My wife is dying"
The machine stopped. Silently
each man and woman gave the
farmer his hand and tried to utter
words Of comfort to the stricken
man.
"A child appeared and mutely
slipped a hand into the horny
palm Of her father. He said,
"See, all-this stretch of field and
orchard, this new home just finish
ed. Now what is it worth to me
when she goes9"
Farmer, stop, listen,. think !!
What would your home, be it
mansion or shack, if she, the wife
and mother, were not there to
share it with you9 Are you Civ
ing her the chance to enjoy herself
as the day goes .byf Soon the
harvest will yield the grain, and
you will feel you can retire and
enjoy your wealth, but time is
fleeting, and the best time, per-
haps the only time, to enjoy the
sunshine is now.
The great movement is on. You
feel the throb and open air and
breathe the lifegiving ozone
which is for all. You go to farm
ers' Institutes, special farming
trains, and chautauquas. You
meet the men Of action and note.
You catch the vision Of the great
farm evolution which is on, and
you are uplifted, enthused and
ready to return and work.
But she9 Over the hot stove
in summer, out in the cold blast
Of winter, all day long washing
dishes, churning, feeding chickens
doing the laundry work for . large
family, sewing, baking and SCRUB
bing. Such a little time for rest
or sleep, every spare moment
spent in doing for others, in
planning for the children's COM
fort or your own. "Some day the
silver cord will break. = Do you
realize just what it might mean,
MY wife is dyingf''
Oh, Farmer, years and years OF
happiness and fun are ahead for
/ you both if only you will stop
!. now and think. This is the day
when expert advice may be had
along the agricultural line from
MANY sources. just how to make
the home work light will require
only q very little time and money
IF the farm home were provld-
ed with hot and cold running wa
ter (Which could be easily provld-
ed by pressure tank with boiler
attached to the kitchen range, J, q
convenient place to do the lann-
drying; q properly arranged kit
chen with, if expense will now
permit. = few conveniences which
will save many q step; vege-
table garden close to the house
with vegetables which the grow
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