The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-27

Hteading-Mr. PIckwick on the lee.
..--......-. Beatrice Sheets ENley
Practical Farm Women.
Mrs Belle Van Dorm HaTberf. of
Alanzanola. Colo. may BE- termed the
hrHt farm woman of the world. FOR the
farm women Of t-wenty-eight nations
nave chosen this practical ranch wife
to be their leader. Mrs. Harbert was
elected president 81 the i-utcruationai
Of Farm Women. held at
Client, Belgium. last summer The Am
erican delegate was chosen because OF
her practical Ideas On farm work for
1t was understood when We were
married. she said, that We We're Co 20
10 my farm TO live. but my husband
loans for an insurance company and
work OF like nature. and not until WAS
called to this work has he assumed fun
SharSe OF the farm duties. pruued
l,ltV cherry trees. whose planting (
superintended myself. just before / at
tended the convention in belgium. 1
nave made cherry raising my speciality.
though we also have some apple trees
and 100 acres Of alfalfa. I am immense
award at the st Louis Exposition.
where / sent "a crate OF cherries. and I
am also proud OF a prize won at the
international Apple Show IN Denver FOR
making the best apple and Crahapule
jelly and marmalade."
Having been practical herself in all
Things. Mrs. Harbert believes that by
practical organized effort mWom
can DO much TO improve their coudi-
tiOu.
1t is a strange thing. but mwom
who have worked harder than any other
class. are the last TO ~rganize. we are
not organizing To strike now. hut to
nelp. ourselves and to upllft and IN
hulld. People have "A wrong idea about
thlS alarming decrease In country life
count Of the reStlcssuess ana dlssatis-
faction or the men as the women. We
have found out. through ersonsl let
tiers. that - per cent Of the armers
leaving farms do so ON the advice Of
mothers, wives sisters or daughters.
The hard lot Of the is M.
cause OF the dcpUpulatiou Of the couu-
try. For one thing. the work has been
too hard. with too Few labor-saviug de-
49, me arm men have got all the
mt'nlnerN The woman puts up with
all the toil-makinE inconvenience. hut
az the hrst oportunity she folds her
tent and steal away TO the city. where
she gets electricity and hot. runnfng
water. in the kitchen. and an the Other
Things she has dreamed about for wears.
As the exodus continues. the high cost
Of living vii go higher and the army
OF unemployed will become rreater."
Make farm life fashiouuble. H. a
slogan MIS-. Harbert wants TO see echoed
all over the world. She saws CITY r,o-
pie can help in hrinEiUE about the much
1T can't bc done through p~atronIzlur
or "a reaching down, said Nrs. Harbert.
earnestly. but % must come through
help a lot by buying produce dir.rtIy
from IN" farmer. They can helm by .1-
li'lthl.E F"~iTnums Tor fHrmwpmeI.
Whef" the woman who has driven from
the country can sec that her hat ie on
straight and her clothes are brushed
h'I"Fc she does ser shopping THs-.
iulhES nave been started Boz some cit
les ] have visited. Iu other places tT.
women have shown their Friendly fnt,--
est 10y frrmlng clubs and sending pack
axes or fIrm seeds and plants of flower
garden plots to Farm lie
must b. beautiful as well as pr4rtirsI 1
nav" "a .ly bed. and if has been "a CON
~ltui source tf help and IusuirltfUr o..
me. IT farmwDuDu=ur tHous4uIs ar
them 90 Ioast-onIy know tbgt s1Tc
took e. friendly Interest la tF.r. II
would not matter how slightly that ir-
I,rgSi was expressed q nod or q smlI.
would DO wonders Eut the women
who" md nothing hut t daily round OF
lonely toll confronting them are tho
ones VINO become the farm drudge. and
MO are largely INSTRUMENTAL boo heading
lh. f'Nolf which ie derupulauug farm
communities and o-vercrowdlug the cit
The ranch at lrauzauola f. located
10 from ROCKY Ford. which is famed
country If" i- the ideal Iffr. and r,y.
pr ine head 81 nearly 200. 600 farm wo-
Teal Demonstration OF N0,g q.
farm life Fashionable She finds IN.
l"'" even NOR. sufhusiasfir about
ne back to the farm movement than
n' ~'NnIHtI"u OF the farms and rnyaIfv
society FOLK broad are dfrrfrr
,.'. own rl'-'s o. Dir" farm demon
'il". W"rE'rH aud fH arouse general
interest Doc farm r~rhabIuflf.rr.
I.' seems TO- us -.urr4r
~ 1fHuffr'nus said Sire Herbart. n
Nl Imu.t!n"gusly in no part.
or f'' world AND the farm women e ,.
LONGER 20 ha considered au uudisr1ysrsl
entity