The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-04-28
WOMAN WORKERS
ON THE FARM
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! for a hard pushed housekeeper to use,
I nothing here need be said except this:
) Never does n see a man rustling for
I "cobs" to keep his pet engines going!
! These same women, likewise, bring
I their supply of water from some dis
tant point outside, perhaps, (no small
task, by the way, with all used" wa
: ter to carry out AGAIN. at a fearful
I expenditure of time, strength and en-
! ergy. Blu the good old days" of
I grandmothers are past, and their an
! cient "make-shifts" and self-sacrific-
I ing ways are no longer acceptable to
the women of this generation. We are
living in the most complex era of thu
world, at a time when it is almost inn
possible to make a living and
live; with every department of labor
strained to almost the breaking point,
the workers everywhere weary and dis
%couraged. Yet however CALLING ones
tasks may be, neither environment nor
chains can stay the flights of immortal
thought, which, traverse freely the
passages of yonder worlds of light, for
is it not, indeed, a matter of ones own
choosing to dwell amid the stars Or
mud?
Thus, as we ponder the vexed prob
! lens of our present day civilization,
especially the multiform duties of the
farm house, to which many are seek
ing a solution and speedy transfer
from the prosy highway of care, econo
my and continual servitude, over onto
Easy Street." it becomes apparent
that the ROO of the trouble has not yet
been tapped. The very first 'snag' we
run against in our scrutiny of the mat
ter is this truthful fact that seldom
is a house nowadays to be found,
with the slightest regard for the com
fort and convenience of its inmates.
What is the reason thereof? Just this:
Our builders are men, who know little
and care less, for feminine require
ments, and, so rarely bother themsel-
yes to see the handy" side of the
housing problem Thus, il too often
happens that in a majority of house
holds the necessary supplies and work
ing tools have to be continually gath
cred from remote parts, or from some
outside building. where they are stored
for lack of convenient placements. and
it follows as a sequence, that by the
time a body gets her tools" together,
where wanted, and later on put back"
in place, her strength is spent and we
might add, her patience, likewise. The
beauty of accomplishment in any voca-
tion consists in having all needful APP
paratus right at hand" and until
houses are planned with this objective
in view, housekeeping will never be-
come as it should, a pleasure to the
worker. And as no two women APP
pear to want the same thing the sam
way, il should be the unquestioned
right of each, to help plan and super
wise the construction of whatever piece
of architecture is to be her home.
Have the kitchen, above all other
rooms, bright, cheerful and well ven
tilated. Properly built-in devices, of
the right sort, are a boon. The correct
placing of windows is a fine, but APP
parently lost" art. How many rooms
one finds dim and shadowy because of
the wrong position, or insufficient win
dows to give the needful distribution
Of light effects. How many houses
there are in which il is well nigh i'm
possible to hang a mirror anywhere
upon its walls so a person can clearly
see into its depths. How quickly a
gloomy" room dampens ones ardor
and causes the spirits to sink zero
I ward. Whereas, a lightsome, well APP
: pointed room %enlivens, and tends to
I promote optimism. Furthermore, won
: derful results would ensue if the larg-
( er pieces of furniture had measured
! spaces allotted them in the plans" of
( the building. There would then be no
insists" or awkward wall spaces, for
I each specific article would slide COM
! pactly into position just where ant
I ed.
AS each mentality travels it's own
orbit, the differing tastes and pet hob
bies" of We "wimmen" folks should be
allowed free expression. They are
harmless. Why shouldn't she have the
trifles she wants, and not be kept wait
ing one decade after another for some
simple thing dear Il her feminine
heart. The wife of a comparatively
rich and successful business man, who
shall be nameless, greeted a caller one
morning, with enthusiasm, and with
childish delight exhibited a small cup
beard newly built in the wall of her
room Said she Il have waited for this
cupboard seventeen years.
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