The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

profits. And think of the beautiful indus
kins and turnios.
If one has the inclination to do things
and the ground. the market near any city
is ripe for the products. whether they ca
ter to the appetites or the decorative.
There seems 70 be a general adherence
on the part Of our young women to a
rural life-they must be in the whirl and
excitement of the city, even though they
live in debt and are denied many of the
comforts of home.
Not long since a very beautiful young
woman called on us. She was a stenog-
rapher and wanted to change her busi-
ness. Incidentally she mentioned home,
and this gave us the opportunity to ask
something of her past. She told us she
bad spent Christmas at home, and her
last one, too. Father and mother were
left alone or the old homestead, the
place where brothers and sisters were
born and each had left and gone out
into the world to better their conditions.
The old folks had plenty-turkeys,
chickens and eggs-corn and potatoes.
butter and milk and a house full or
comforts; yes, elegance. and yet it was
her last visit-her reason being that she
had to ride five miles through the mud
to get there" We could only tell her
Sit fldu DctbSi Aidt titttl liNe uliltS one
more time and return to that father and
mother and let that home shelter her from
ups and downs of the uncertain lob" in
the city.
We find many women young and mid
die age even old women, wanting Ito
make some money" but when we point
them to an opportunity in the country
they'd rather stay in town. Certainly
they are not looking for a real life
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They need the money. but must not
sacrifice the little pleasure they get from
seeing the crowds even though they are
nourished by chance To get out with
nature and the simple life; the very
thought of 1t gives them the horrors,
even though mother is longing for their
companionship. praying for their safety
She sees the papers are filled with the
terrors of crime, the temptations of the
thoughtless and she watches with an
xiety for tidings of the welfare of her
own.
Some years ago when farming seemed
almost a failure, when one knew only
to plant king cotton, as the money-maker,
move to town seemed almost a neces-
sfty, because it took more money TO make
and gin and pack a bale of cotton than
we could ever hope to get back at a sale.
Yet cotton was master and the farmer
was the slave. Modern farming is teach
ing the country to live at home, to make
his crop diversified. as a consequence
stock is of more value. and better stock
the demand. The poultry yards are made
profitable and the dung-hill is a back
number, every breeder has his fancy. The
old pine pole hen house with its clay and
brush cover is gone, and the poultry
house is of modern build. The country
home is looking up, and with it's comfort
is echoing the call back to the country"
We heard a lady say yesterday, II never
heard of hard times in my life, as girl.
| don't know where the money was made,
but we had everything at home, and
father never seemed worried. but we
raised enough to eat at home.
This solved the problem. MAN being
carnivorous. must have meals, and these
meals, that we must buy three times ev-
cry day calls for mighty dollars, and to
make these dollars is seldom a game of
chance, and honest dollar calls for honest,
hard labor of some kind. And knowing
the opportunity of a 20 acre space, we do
not hesitate to say the person who does
not appreciate the privilege for such in
dependence needs a training to duty
Every head of lettuce, every egg, every
pound or butter brings a good market
value. and if money is scarce to start
with, industry in the home of this kind
affords the living and the opportunity