Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-02-05

the world wants than she is, and it
pays him accordingly. The world will
pay for what ii needs, or thinks it
needs, either in the way of food or
clothing. The girl on the farm can
not produce as much of this, no mat
ter how hard she works. and there
fore does not get the pay The
[ world will pay at "A high rate for
its amusements also movies, for ex-
ample, and theaters and more's the
pity. when we take into considera-
/ ton the low class of much of it.
/ II the farmer would give his wife
/ the rest which she needs and to
which she is entitled turn over the
home to the girl who is of age. and
/ pay her the salary he would have to
/ pay a good housekeeper in the city,
she would be entitled to nearly as
/ high wage as her brother, if she
could run the home as it should be
run for a well-ordered home is
comfort that can not be measured
by dollars, and is a necessity to first
class work on the farm or anywhere
else.
Tho closing sentence in the letter
quoted gives the real reason why so
many of the brightest country girls
come to the city. They want a bank
account, money they have earned
themselves, and which they can use
as they please They have the same
ambition as their brothers, and
sometimes higher ambition They
love the feeling of independence.
They want to carve out a career for
themselves and they don't like to
stay around home, posing a3 a can
dtdate for matrimOny" Really, down
in their hearts, they want to marry,
but not till the right fellow comes
along. and he sometimes seems long
in coming
We are in thorough sympathy with
this desire for independence, and
also with this desire to have a home
with congenial life-partner There
is nothing else in this world quite
50 good as happy home. But mere
is what generally happens: The
bright girl goes to town, and leaves
the country all the poorer for that.
She may succeed in one of many
ways in which bright girls succeed
For some time, often for many years.
she is happy. But the more energy
and interest she puts into her work,
the less likelihood there is OF her
having home of her own. She
loses gradually the home making in
stinct, or, if not, there is no time
hor strength to crafty it by having
a place of her own. The application
to her work necessary TO success IN
manner compels her. All the while
she Is a potential wife and mother.
and will never realize her supreme
happiness in life otherwise. She
will miss that mexprcssible sweet
ness that belongs to wifehood and
motherhood; for that sweetness
grows out of the sacrifices which
wives and mothers must make. if
made in the right spirit
We are willing to concede chat
married life is not always success.
that there is unspoken and often an
speakable misery in many homes.
and often in the homes of the
wealthy. We are simply trying to
point out to strong, resolute gins
that even if they succeed in getting
a bank account (and this is more
difficult matter than appears at first
Sight). they fall short OF realizing
the best that is possible for them.
Such a girl may succeed in the city,
il she keeps her health, and in sue
ceeding may miss the highest hap
piness. The weakling falls prey to
the hardships or temptations of the
city, and fails at the start The posi-
ton of the girl in this industrial age
is much harder than that of her
brother, and from causes with which
she had nothing to Wallaaas'
Farmer