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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

Some can stand it longer than others
not different. They must have some.
thing to do, and the man who imposes
a life of idleheSS upon his wife, be.
lieving he is thereby contributing to
her happiness, is making blunder
that he will pay well for in after
years. l grant that his intentions are
good, but they are of the same charac-
ter as those used in certain quarters
for paving material, and unless the
wife is an invalid or is exceptionally
constituted his object, prompted by
love as it may be, will not lie attained,
because nature has implanted in every
normal human mind strong and over
whelming desire for action. The
world must be kept moving. and it's up
to us to turn the crank The labor of
woman is as necessary to progress as
Is that of man, and it doesn't matter
whether it is your wife or my wife or
the hodcarrier's wife-each has def
mite duty to perform and will find
her greatest happiness in its perform,
ance.
Now. don't go Off half cooked. I
don't want to see your wife scrubbng
the front steps. although If 1t is neces.
sary even that probably would do her
no harm. wouldn't have her do any,
thing but that which she is physically
able to do and wants to DO. Mind what
! say nOw-wants to do. The fact tia.
81 many women are useless dolls IS
mainly due to foolish young husbands
Ike yourself who force their wives to
life of inaetion. If given their own
way they would choose labor of some
character, and 90 per cent Of them,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
l Just dare yOM!

without it, but because she wanted to-,
because she would have been unhappy
otherwise, and | dare you to say that
your Anna May is any better than my
wife-I just dare you! No. John; let
her work; let her do just as much as
she pleaseS to do in reason. 1t won't
hurt her-thpre is no better exercise in
the world than housework-and it will
make her better wife and, please
God, better mother when the time
comes.
1t is true there are some wonderland
it pains me to see the number growing
larger all the time-who have a strong
aversion to domestic labor. | don't be-
lieve Anna May is one of them; but. If
she is, let her follow her bent if it
does not destroy your domestic rela-
tons. There is no more pitiable object
on earth than a woman of energy and
talent compelled to live life of mae
ton because her little tin god of hus-
band would consider himself diSgracpd
if she We're to do little honorable work
on her own account. Don't be that kind
of chump. It's pure and unadnlter-
ated selliShnesS. That's all there is to
it. If you love your wife, give her free
DOM Let her do the work that pleases
her best, for therein lies her greatest
happiness. But keep her at home; keep
her at home. draw the line there. If
her ambition takes her beyond the por-
tai for her labor, employ housekeep-
er, but preserve the hons. 1t is her
haven and yours. There is no satisfac-
tory substitute for it. 1t attains its
highest glory when the wife is it's head
and directing force, when her life Is
mainly devoted to it's welfare; bUt,
whether or no, it is home, and nothing
else will serve. Your affartionate dad,
JOS SNEED
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

'''''''' exercised for
their own good However there are
not many women who need check
rein in the matter of work. They
are good deal like us men in
that respect. Most Of us believe in
temperance when ii comes to labor,
and some Of us are total abStainers.
But. whether men or women, we are
all better off If we perform a reason
able amount OF good. honest work ev-
cry day. and fortunately the ones of
either sex who are content to do moth
ing are comparatively few.
Idleness Menace.
Your wife must have something to
do. and your silly pride should not
stand in the way of the doing. Idle
ness provides more cases for the di-
V0rce courts than any other single
agency, 1t doesn't usually appear in
the evidence under that name, but it's
responsible just the same Most fire.
quently it is disguised as inc0mpati.
bility of temperament, which means
that Mrs. Jones has sat in an easy
chair and lolled away her happiness,
Discomfort invariably accompanies in
action. and in its train are the other
mental and physical ills which make
life unbearable to herself and bring
misery to her mate. Yet if that same
woman were given something to do
something that she felt compelled to
do, either by duty or from the sheer
love Of it. the mere occupation would
remove the shadows from her mind
bring the blood coursing through her
veins, redden her cheeks and brighten
her eyes, substitute smile for a frown
and give that Zest to life and love
which is the handspring of happiness
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

she would infinitely prefer the labors
Of home, with its cares and its joys.
to the triump!ls Of her profession.
The home is the hest place for the
development and exercise of a wom-
ans talents for numerous reasons, most
Of which are entirely obvious. Wheth-
er it is an original gift to the sex or
the result of the training Of thousands
mains that she shines with greatest
brillianCy in the domestic atmosphere,
and here she should be allowed to spar
kle unShadOWed. The majority of wO-
en- realize their duties and responsible
tiles and desire to fulfill them. They
know that they can hest be fulfilled in
the home, and if let alone they will de-
rive the greatest amount of satisfac-
ton and contentment from the per-
Torrance of the tasks which home
service brings to them.
| don't believe that woman should
be drudge. don't believe that she
should be required or allowed to do
more than she wants to do. When her
work ceases to be pleasure, then II
has passed the limit Of eXpediency and
defeats its most important object
Where the line should he drawn de.
ponds entirely upon her temperament
and her physical strength. Some wo
men can do jOyfully and with benefit
to themselves an amount of labor that
would destroy others. and there are
some women, lie some men, whose
excess energy carries them far beyond
their physical powers. Too much work
Is as bad as idleness There is a golden
mean, and instead of trying to prevent
Anna May from doing any work at all
You should exercise your authority or
your influence, whichever you please
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
The Making Of a
Successful Husband
By CASPAR S. YOST.

In Spite of the More or Less Pop
uIar Belief That Married Women
Work Too Hard. the Fact Remains
That There Is No Real Happiness
Without Occupation. ~ ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

the influence of
that laugh pour
ed through the
open windows
of the city hall.
But that isn't
what / wanted
to tell you about.
Mrs. Schroeder
believed in the
GoSpel of work.
She was never
idle. From suli.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

own household.
Why, my boy,
there never was
a happier wo-
man than your
mother, and she
has w ork e d,
worked b Il r d.
all her married
life, not because
she had to, for
I've a | W a Y s
made enough to
take care of her
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

to call it, to
keep her from
doing too much.
I say this be-
cause I've got
an idea that
she's a hustler.
and, while hus-
tiers are admi-
rabIe people as
a rule. they need
q little restraint
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

Sic assaulted dirt. up to sunset and
after she was busy, Everything abou;
her little house ShOne like new silver
from the repeated scrubbing and polish
inc she gave it. She assaulted dirt with
the vehemence Of an American and the
thoroughness Of Teuton Rest was a
luxury she disGained, and yet she was
always healthy and always happy,
How is it, Mrs. Schroeder" she was
often asked. that you are so happy all
the time?"
"Ach, Colt" she would exclaim. with
that irresistible laugh. Il hat no time
for anyt'ings udder."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
impelled by divinely given instinct,
would say housekeeping.
But Not Drudgery.

Among my acQuaintances is a young
man who has your idea very deeply
impressed. When he was married,
three or four years ago. he took his
beautiful wife to a boarding house and
has kept her there ever since. She
pleaded for home, but he would not
have her soil her hands. The inactiv-
ity of a boarding house was to her
unbearable. She has Il very fine voice
end rare dr'matic talent. He reluc-
family consehted to allow her to give
music lessons. Now her income Is lar.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
Copyright, 10 by c. S. Yost.l

Copyright, 10 by c. S. Yost.l
N RY DEAR JOHN-YOur letter
EVH reminds me of German wO.
man who lived in the little
town Of Missouri where | was
raised. She was cheerful individual!
Of the Mrs. Wigs type. AMI she had a
laugh that wou!l roll across the vii
lage like peal Of spring thunder. Its
reverberatons were infectious, and nc
matter how worn and tired. no matter
how troubled, my fellow citizens would
be, they would echo q smile. and peace
and contentment would settle down
upon the whole community. Why. I've
seen town meetings Of the most violent
character turned into love feaSts by
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07
Sounds Very Well Indeed.

You say your wife shall never work
if You can help it." That sounds quite
heroic and locks very We'll on papel
out it's ridiculous if you 00n mean it
md u serious mistake if YOU do. Ii
isn't orr. NAL with you. have heard
it great many times i'll my life. Some
If the men who said it did their best
20 live Up to il, and some OF them Slc.
-eetel 10 the sorrow OF their wives,
but there were several who afterWarl
Naj1e their wives work like slaves ana
occasionally beat them. Between the
pampered and miserable doll and the
per@ecuted ana equally miserable house
hold slave there is happy medium.
ana ii isn't hard to find it.
There is an Oil axiom that there is
no excellence without great labor" and
it is equally true that there is no hap
piness without occupation. Work of
some description is as necessary to
our mental as food to our physical
we'll being. We somehow cherish the
delusion that we'll financed likeness is
the acme of earthly bliss, and yet when
we get a two weeks vacation. n
matter how well filled our pockets. we
begin to feel weary of it at the end OF
the first week and are impatient to get
back into the harness before our tin,
is up. Some can stand it longer than
others, but there are mighty few who
can contentedly do nothing for any,
considerable period of time.
oh but you're talking about men.'
| hear you say, "Women are differ,
ent." That's just where you're wrong
my boy. Women in this respect are
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

No, my boy, let Anna May do what,
ever she wants to do within the bounds
of her capacity. If she takes pleasure
in housework. don't hinder her. There
Is nothing degrading about it. On the
contrary. there is no more honorabla
employment for wife, and there /;
none by which she can add SO much t.
the peace and contentmeut of the home
and to the happiness Of her husband,
her children and herself. Talk as the
advanced woman" may about the en-.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-08-07

ger than his
own a brilliant
future is open
to her, and yet
she continues to
plead for a
home, just Il lit
tie fiat where
she could do all
the work her
self, where he
and she would
be all in all to
each other: Size
just had to do
something. but
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18
Kerns

From Wednesdays Daily.
r. Il. jefferson, who was sick last
week. is able 10 be up aga.n.
Adolph Heiser fell through a barn
floor In Manknto on Tuesday of last
week, while unloading haS. He was
taken to hospital where II was
found that he had dislocated his
shoulder. He went home Wednesday
hut will be unable to work for some
time
Oscar Door has just put stnnch-
ions in HIS barn and improved II in
ether ways.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Busby entertained
Rev. Mr. ami Mrs. Warner John.
son and little son of North Mankato
nj dinner and for the afternoon last
Friday. $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sharp enter.
tanned ~ dinner Sunday in honor OF
Mr. Sharp's birthday. Those pres
ent were REV. George Brown and
Mrs. Brown, David Brown, Mrs. Lind
say and children. .
Mrs. VIII Carter expects to be
well enough to leave the hospital
this week and return to her home
Mrs. Trask Is III.
The Farmers club will have a
special meeting Thursday evening
at eight o'clock, at the home OF
Chester Steel. IL. A. Fuller. an or
ganizer for the American Society
of Equity, viii address the meeting
Paul Sharp and Edgar Anderson
OF North Mankato were rabbit hunt
ing on the lower road Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Armenian entertained
twelve ladies OF the neighborhood
Thursday afternoon I'm honor of Mrs
Sarah Peterson The time was spent
I'm hemming towels and nice refresh
ments were served Each lady gavs
Mrs Peterson a fancy plate. Mrs
Peterson was married last evening
at eight O'clock at the German Lu
theran church to Mr.. Fred Hahn oi
lie Sueur The compile will reside near
lie Sueur.
Mrs. Robert Busby was happily
surprised Saturday evening by q
number of her relatives and friends
the occasion being her birthday. The
guests took nice refreshments and
took a number OF lovely. gifts Ia
Mrs. Busby. The evening was spent
in visiting and playing games.
The Sunday school will have a
Christmas tree at the church prob
ably on Christmas night, as Miss
Marietta Kanen will have tree al
the Hebron school house on Christ
mas eve, and number OF the young
people hope To attend both exer
cises.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18
Kasota
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Several Kasota young people at
tended the show in ST. Peter Mon
day evening.
Arthur Hammer is quite i'll with
pneumonia.
Master Charles Adams was absent
from school last week because of
illness.
Bert French made business trip
to Mankato on Monday.
Mrs. c. w. Meyers will entertain
the Larkin club, at her home this
afternoon. !. NJ.
Henry Weiberg visited with friends
at Belle Plain over Sunday.
Mira. w. r. Skipton left Tuesday
to visit relatives in Ohio.s
Mrs. Klein, who is staying with
her daughter, Mrs. William st. John,
has been quite sick for several days.
J. z. Davies was a Mankato caller
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Oscar Miller and Mrs. Clay
ton Miller spent last Friday at the
Frank Komers' home.
Swenson & Youngren will give
moving picture shows at the village
VII oddg anu
of this week.
Mrs. Stanley Mellich was a guest
OF friends near Nicollet on Tuesday
and "Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. J. August Peterson returned
home last Saturday from Bemidji,
where she was called by the serious
illness OF her brother.
Mrs. OFT of Mountain Lake was a
visitor at the Peter Evert home the
first of the week. -
Mrs. August Johnson left last Fri
day for Chicago TO visit during the
holidays with relatives and friends.
Richard Schultz has returned from
Wells, where he spent a few days
with relatives. ....,
At a recent meeting of the w. O.
w. lodge. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: c. c.,
c. N. Warrant; A. L., William Jar
dine: banker. Charles r. Swenson;
escort, l.. Leverson: clerk, Gates
Yoongren; Waterman. Charles Aim:
sentry. f. B. Nelson: physician, w.
II. Powell: manager. Harry Stock.
ton.
Ella Vulcan of Belgrade visited at
the Theodore Anderson home the first
of the week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18
Smiths Mil
From Wednesdays palIy.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Frederic Truman. who has been
visiting at the home of his mother,
in Auburn. has returned.
Joe Muellerleile and family were
In st. Clair Sunday.
Ellen Block was In GAINESVILLE last
Wednesday
Mr.. Beceue. who underwent an
operation Monday in the hospital AT
Mankato. is doing we'll
A program will be given In the
Lutheran church on Christmas even.
ing
John Muellerleile was in James.
Vile Saturday.
Edwin Hall purchased a colt from
r.. T'rahms.
Gust Aberham and family were
quests Of friends in st. Clair Thurs
day. rs -. IL
Miss Elsie Quasi has been work
ing for the past two weeks at the
home OF Mrs. n. Trains.
Ernest Fellows was In Mankato
on business Monday.
A program and box social win be
given In the Smiths Mil school
house on Friday evening. The pro
gram viii begin at eight O'Clock
Everyone is invited
F. Truman was a GAINESVILLE visitor
Monday.
Everyone who goes rabbit hunting
is having the best OF luck.
Mrs. Jones and her son, Ray will
start for Texas tfiis week 10 spend
the Christmas holidays with the for
mer's mother who lives there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18
South Bend
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily.
There was party at Charles Mel.
sons home Sunday night.
Albert Herbert has installed a
Coleman lighting system in his resi-.
dence here.
Mr.. Levi is getting along nicely
after his recent operation in Ro-
chester.
Ray Melvin has purchased a Har.
ley-Davidson motor cycle.
ID. T. Bowen is making a prolonged
visit at Lee Sorrei's farm here.
. A yard party was held Sunday at
John A. Gustafson's cottage. Tea
was served and a very enjoyable
time was had -
Earl Anderson Is confined in the
Emmanuel hospital I'm Mankato. His
thumb was amputated Tuesday
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18
Crowd Of the Hungry
Lined Up For Places
Continued From Page one.

Oohtinued pFUH rase one.
Polzin and Patrick Jordan are said
to be ready to take the position II
either can get IL. Madison Lake,
It Is reported, has two candidates,
also reported that there are a dozen
others.
Deputy oil Inspector.
Another state job which is looked
upon with much interest by men
who would serve the public is that
of deputy oil inspector for this
county. August Blissenbach, It Is
said, would not decline a reappoint-
ment. Frank Simons of Mapleton
is also talked of for the position.
Street gossip has II that there are
dozen who would be glad to serve
the state in this capacity.
No position is looked upon with
greater interest than the postmaster
ship. The, relative strength of
Charles +. Wise, Lee Champlin,
Charles r. Taylor and p. K. Wiser
is question exciting no little de.
bate and comment. A. ]. Veigel,
the present incumbent, Is a repub-
lican, and mis- term expires early
next March.
Municipal Judgeship.
The time Is not far distant when
Judge w. l.. Comstock win resign
from the municipal bench in order
to assume his higher office of state
district Judge. There are two can
didates for this position, Walter A.
Plymat. who has been handling the
municipal court, business as special
Judge during Judge Comstock's i'll
! ness, and Attorney Benjamin Tay-
Tor. II is not expected that Judge
Comstock will resign the municipal
judgeship until Il is time for him
To qualify as district Judge. This
appointment, of course, would be
good only until the beginning OF
the term after the coming spring
municipal election. II is considered.
however, that whoever Is appointed
by the governor will have consid.
cradle strength at the election by
reason OF the mere fact of being I'm
possession OF the bench.
Thomas Foley Is still night ser
geant at the police station, though
he was elected last fall to the county
not hold the position for many days
more. Mayor Meyer persists in re-
fusing 10 say who will be appointed
in Mr. Foley's place, remarking that
there are several candidates.
Two Appointments Decided.
According to authoritative demo
| cratic sources. two appointments have
been decided upon by Goyernor-elect
Hammond and will be announced
shortly after his return to st Paul
from Washington. These are:
Commissioner OF insurance, Neil
NJ. Cronin of Minneapolis.
Executive clerk. Herman E. Sam
uelson of st. Paul.
In addition Mr.. Hammond will not
disturb for the present the following
republican officials whose terms ex.
tend to January 1. 1917:
Albert II. Turritin. state superin-
tendent of banks.
Andrew e. Fritz. public examiner.
l.. V. Klein of Minneapolis and
John Ryan are candidates for the
position of fire marshal.
l. w. Postlewaite Of Mankato is
reported to be a candidate for bank
examiner.
A redhot postoffice fight, is said
to be on at Madison Lake. The
applicants are Patrick Lyons, the
present incumbent. and Charles
Reinsberg, son OF Julius Reinsberg,
the democratic warhorse OF that vii.
lage
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-18
Dec. 1925 Jan

Dec. 1925 Jan 1.
Citation for Fearing on Final Ac.
count and for Distribution.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth, I'm Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate of James
Hendley, Decedent.
The State OF Minnesota TO All
Persons Interested in the Above En-
titled Matter: Whereas Henry +.
Iiendley has fled I'm this court his
final account of his administration
of the estate o. the above named
decendent. together with his petition.
praying for the adjustment and allow.
ance or said final account and for
distribution of the residue OF said
estate to the persons thereunto en-.
titled: II is Ordered, that said petit.
tion be heard. and that all persons
interested in said matter be and
appear before this court on the 9Th
day of January 1915. at ten o'clock
"a. m, at the Probate Court Rooms
In the Court House. at Mankato. In
said County. and then and there, or
as soon thereafter as said matter
can be heard. show cause. II any
hey have. why said petition should
not be granted; and that this. cita-
ton be served by the publication
thereof in The Mankato Free Press.
according to law.
Witness the Honorable Evan
Hughes, Judge of said Court. and the
seal OF said Court, this 18th day OF
December 1914
Cseal). EVAN HUGHES.
Judge.
C. o. Daley,
Attorney for Petitioner.