Charlevoix county herald., 1914-12-12
.JIN SrlITH
Observation-Disclosures Success

were not made for the Michigan "pine
! barrens."
Mother saw them coming, and her
heart said: 80 dear here comes some
more city folk" and then her lips
smiled and she said: Perhaps we
can help them"
She was just going to knead her
bread, and it was ready, SO that, visit
ors or no visitors, it had to be done,
but she stepped out on the porch as
father said: Mother, here are some
of our new neighbors, and just
brought them up to get acquainted.
If you'll take care of the ladies for a
little while I'll take Mr.. Smith around
the farm and show him what our sand
can do"
"Come right IN, said Mother, "you
will have to excuse me for just few
moments while l get my bread ready
for the oven, and then we can have
a nice visit Will you be seated on
the porch while work ?"
80, may | see you make the
bread ?" said Mrs. Smith eagerly. 81
do want to learn so much" q
"Why surely" said Mother, "sit
right down there, and you can watch,
me-"
Mrs. Smiths eager eyes noted ev-
cry movement and many question
she asked about the yeast, and why
the dough had to rise, and how long
it took to bake it.
Mother knew by intuition that this
woman knew little of real farm work,
but she assumed that she knew it all
while she was giving her her first les
son in bread-making.
When the dough was ready for the
oven the ladies went out on the porch
to visit, for they were becoming well
acquainted.
Margie saw a lamb and ran off to
pet it, leaving the two women alone"
"Im so unhappy this morning" said
Mrs. Smith, as her eyes filled with
tears, and she began to tell how they
had lived in hotels and flats, and had
taken their meals out all their mar
ried life and that she didn't know the
simplest thing about cooking. She
had never even done her own sewing,
and now she had come to farm, and
she realized that she could not do her
part to help her husband create the
new home, and she did not know what
to do.
Mother said in a soothing tone:
"Why don't you come to school, and
learn how to farm ?"
"Me go to a SCHOOL," cried Mrs.
Smith.
"Why yes, we have some fifty fam
lilies now, and many of them didn't
know any more than you do when
they came, but they are getting on
nicely"
"Do tell me about it," said Mrs.
Smith. 81 never knew there was such
a Mace until this morning"
"Well, there was not until little
while ago, but Father has worked for
years developing this land, and hop
ing in some way he would be able TO
help just such people as you. At last
the bankers, manufacturers, and city
men began to realize that if they were
really going TO prosper, the farms
had to be made to produce better
crops, and they just asked Father if
he wouldn't spend some of their
money and conduct school.
He was as happy as tenyear-
old boy with a new knife, and every
family that graduates and locates on
a farm of their own really seems to
be like our children"
"Have you room enough for one
more family?" asked Mrs. Smith in
an anxious voice.
81 suppose there is always room
for one more, at least Father says so,
and if the bankers will furnish the
money for another house | guess we
can take you in. We have enough
land-it is not that-but if we keep
on we will have to have another
! teacher"
"May come too? ?" said Mrs. Smith.
"Bless your heart, yes, of course
you can" replied Mother. Come
right along"
The large brown loaves were tested
by knocking on the bottom, and a
clean broom splint, and pronounced