The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-10-23

ing, don't you think that the query
What about your wife?" is really
timely one?
It is related of a certain farmer VINO
after having been married for some
forty odd years, was finally called
upon to part with his wife, and after
the last funeral rites had been OBJ
served, and the body borne to its last
resting pace, he stood over the open
grave and turning to those about him
relieved himself of the following;
wall, Sally was always a might!
good gal, and / often intended to tell
her that, but somehow or other kept
putting 1t off and putting 1t off and
now it is too late" While there may
be a little humor in the mention of
the foregoing incident, 1t Is also true
that 1t approaches almost tragically
near to the condition which prevails
in too many of our farm women's
lives Always Will no, always SCI
ing, never complaining, never break
ing down, 1t is perhaps not to be
wondered at that the average busy
man fails, unconsciously, to fully APP
preciate, or at least to express his
voted wife and mother of the house.
hold.
Think of cooking three meals
day for three hundred and sixty-five
days of the year, or an aggregate OF
.095 meals per year, year In and
year out. Is not 1t enough to make
your head swim to contemplate It,
Think again, of going down. deep nto
the valley of the shadow of death,
time and again subjecting her body
to all physical anguish OF which hui
man endurance is capable, in order
to bring life into the world, and again
Of the manifold labors involved in
cooking, mending, washing, nursing
and providing for the wants of the
growing household, and above all else,
and Gaping the climax of our theme,
add to the fact that throughout all of
.hese years, she has had to live with
and endure YOU
A Woman's Needs
MIR. farmer, you may be busy
nan, you are busy man, If you are
for all success is the re.
,ult Of persistent and continuous ac-
iyty Systematically employed, but
o not forget the little mother of the
household is busy, busy woman.
DO not forget that while you are out
n the open air listening to the chirp-
ng of the birds, the babbling of the
'rook and enjoying the beneficient
influence of Gods sunshine, hat size
$ straining along day in and day out
er world hemmed in by four begrim-
d walls of the kitchen. say. do
ot forget that she needs all the en-
all the tenderness, and
II the love and sympathy Of which
on are capable. And no matter what |
our pretentions may be before your
elbows, If you fail to give her freely
nd generously Of these things which |
lean so much to a woman, far more
han they mean to a mani repeat,
you forget these things-you are
OF only Sinking your duty, but you
re unkind and cowardly, and SO, IL
on will do us the honor to read the
title dissertation which has gone he
ore, do not forget to ask yourself
he question, "What about your
,ife?"
What can you do to make her life
nore pleasant and more bearable. A
title look of gratitude, a little word
Il appreciation, loving caress, a lit.
lie more OF the loving attention and
which used to characterize
our counting days are quite in or
Ter. These are the things which
mean so much to the woman and are
easy oh, so easy to give, for they
cost nothing but the momentary eff
Tort, and they are the real things OF