Milford chronicle., 1929-09-13
WOMEN In RURAL CLUBS

WOMEN In RURAL CLUBS
A committee on rural cooperation
has been formed by the General Fed.
Grafton of Women's Clubs, which is
working to establish woman's
club in every county in each state in
the country. Excellent progress is
being made in many states. Arkan.
sas, for instance, has 40 Of the
states rs counties organized with
country women's clubs.
Rural life was hard on the women
of a former day. They toiled and
struggled in their simple homes
with far too little variety. They were
usually about exhausted by the time
a day was over, and had no energy
with which to go around socially
Yet if they could have braced up and
ioined some useful organization
they would have learned much about
how to improve their working ano
home conditions, and they would
have had better courage to face life's
difticulties, and inspiring Thoughts
would have come into their lives.
Today such clubs. of farm and ru-
ro1 women have become a power IN
country life. The women from tne
lonely homes do not feel so solitary
when they get out to these pleasant
meetings, and come in contact WIN
their neighbors. They hear able ao-
drosses, S and feel more in touch with
uoodorn life. and no longer feel $50
lated and remote.
Morv of these women are very
oI1 educated and intelligent tney
can write papers and give talks tna'
1,o,,1d be.creditable to any organlza-
49, onvwbere. Country life develops
.oon,e .. with a keen sense of humo[,
,who see the incongruities OIL 1ne
wor,d about them, who can make 'ne
W.. mol - aousing comments on modern
4.aoncias 4li who see the faults anu
soih1os Of modern society more cieat
=, .hon those who are in the tnlcA
~ ao;o, events. There is a great
ol OF SO ~ bright talk when these coun-
~ ~, women get together ana sne
- town folks of Delaware admit a,'o .ras
thew have to keep very Wiue
TO keep up with them
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WHY HUSBANDS LEAVE hOMn
Tbe question is frequently s'E.1's,, asheu
.swhv girls leave home" OF ~ w. hs
W.. wy lave homer" 1t might also Dc p,
DCso u,,od "wby husbands leave home!
~ To- anyone who reads the newSpa
nors carefully must note the nan' %
pels @ .rhore families are deserted
n~onahIv r'.o the majority of such cases
,aUer get into print. Many women
are so humiliated by such a distress
ng experience, that they struseis
,1ong the best they can ana @'oiU
notoriety. ,- Cor
II seems a pretty mean trick tor
man to cooperate in bringing
lock of children into the worlo' anu
Ion l when the burden of caring for
his family becomes too mucn u
iron out of sight. The charity So
,ieties do a fine piece of work "nen
how holm trace such men down anu
,rins them home, and put thelr
,oses up against the grindstOne
gain. - c,i+
Men who get discouraged and qult
bould reflect on what a wonderlul
hing If is to bring children into tne
rorld and how those children IN
-, ,oars will take hold and lift the
,rden from their parents, and very
ikely provide for their declining
ears. -
One can only guess as to VINO 10
esponsible in the majority OF cases
or such domestic tragedies. Some
,omen provoke them by nagging
avs But the affection of women
,r their children is so strong thelr
assion for maintaining home Is
o intense, that it seems likely that
\ the majority of cases it was the
IAN who was the more unstable
lember.
There are still many men in Del
ware who are just plain lazy. The
lea of working day after day and
eeing the money all eaten up by
amily, becomes specter they can
OF stand. Such fellows should new
r have married. Girls should be
fraid of a young man who fails to
how industry. The boy who does
ot like to work is poor depend
nee as a breadwinner.
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ONE OF THE QUEER TRAITS of
uman nature is the love of pure de-
tructiveness. For instance, there
re people so constituted that they
njoy going into some public park
r pleasure resort, and smashing the
eats placed there for the comfort
nd convenience of the people. 1t
GEMS to them a brilliant and hu-
norous act to show their indepen-