The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-14

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uAed for games and other r~ecreations,
which leaves Sunday a day for religi-
Gus observation and rest.
The suggestion is made and strong
ly urged that Saturday afternoon be
made a half holiday, thus giving the
young people a chance to have their
recreation without stealing 1t from
Sunday. Al big part of the attraction
OF the city consists in the fact that
the hours of labor are fixed and not
long, which gives some time for
recreation every day. On the farm
the day Is often so long that there is
no chance for recreation. And hen
again, the farmsteads being quite
distantly apart there is not the same
chance for getting together that there
is In the city and the town. 1t has
been found that having Saturday aft
ernoon a half holiday does not reduce
the weeks work. The work goes
forward with better dispatch when
there is to be a chance for doing what
one pleases for a half day. Farmers
try II. The boys and girls will APP
p~reciate this time for play, and you
will too. Take o wife along. Visit
your neighbor. Watch the ball game.
Be young again yourself. Then there
are business matters that o can at
tend to. There must be cooperation
among farmers If they are ever go-
ing to get the fair share of what they
produce. There must Sbe cooperation,
if farmers are to produce what will
bring the best returns, and the cost
of production and marketing can often
be cut down through cooperation.
These Saturday afternoons will be a
splendid time to get together and con-
slider some of these problems. Have
the good wife take q lunch. Then have
a picnic, dinner or supper.
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themselves, though an interest should
be taken in their games. They may
need some assistance in securing some
of the necessary things for carrying
out some of their stunts. The school
teacher can do q good deal towards
making the recreation OF the most
worth. Some will be interested in
games, while others will want mater
ial to read and study. IL there is a
library this will help solve the prob
lem for the latter. If there is none,
then a travelling library can be se-
cured from the state library COM
mission at Bismarck. The minister
can also do a great deal towards
making the recreation Of the young
people pure, wholesome and worth
while. If he enters into the reerea-
ton OF the young people on Saturday
he wall go a long way toward bring
ing them to church on Sunday. Liter
airy societies, debating clubs, singing
classes can well be held In the church
or schcelhouse. Lecture courses can
be also be given.
There is apt to be teo much mega
tive in the life Of boys and girls.
Don't do this, and don't do that until
Initiative is dulled. Make it more
positive: Bring about development by
giving them liberty, to plan, to work
out, new things. They will then feel
they have q place in the world
and that they are not in the way"
The preacher is urged to study
soils, crops, animals, farm life. The
Bible is written in farm language and
cannot be the most intelligentiy x
pounded unless one has a knowledge
of the things it deals with.
The teacher is urged 10 study the
farm, as this is the life in which
ruraI children have grown up. They
are familiar with its terms, objects
and work. 1t is what the child knows
that must be the foundation for im-
parting new knowledge. This is also
where the child must be approached
il one wants to get into that sym
pathetic relation which is the secret
Of good teaching.
School officers are urged to inn
prove school grounds n school
buiIdings-to make them more attrac-
tive to both pupils and teachers. Con-
solidation Is the best Improvement.
The banker can aid in the better
ment of country life BY giving his
lowest rate OF interest to the farmer
when he needs financial aid in i'm
proving the farm. a. difference ought
to be made between Improvement and
speculation.
The doctor will be glad OF the OPP
p%ortunity to address gatherings. Much
valuable information on sanitation
and health can thus be secured.
The lawyer will likewise be glad to
address gatherings, making plain
many of the points In law as well
as giving a better understanding Of
civic life.
The railroad can best serve the
community by providing better mar
keting and transportation facilities.
The merchant can do a great deal
toward making the half holiday a real
time for recreation by closing his
place Of business for at Least a part
of the afternoon.
There are now many labor saving
appliances that a be used to do
much OF the drudgery in the home
the washing machine, wringer and
mangIe run by a gasoline engine. Wa
ter can be put into the house by means
OF the gasoline engine and septic tank.
The septic tank can be made to take
care OF the waste from the bath
room. The furnace or hot water
plant is also available. All these
things can be installed at but d frac-
ton of the cost of the machinery
that the farmer uses in his work.
BY all working together farm life
can be improved The first thing TO
do, though, lis to get out Of the notion
that every hour Of day time and per-
haps some Of the night for SIX days
in the week must be given 10 toll. 1T
has been found that this unremitting
toll Id wastefuI as well as disagree
able. On the farm even the iaborer
needs I'd use d good deal oEH Initiative.
Too constant work means that head
work is left out, and it lis fully as
important as the work with the hands.
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