THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 21, 1912.
AUTHOR BELIEVES IN CONSERVATION
OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA
Kata Douglas Wiggia Urgei That Girl Be Trained in Agriculture, Thereby Fitting Them Better forater Re
sponsibilities of Life Uselessness of Untrained Woman Is Pointed Out.
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author of many well-known to
rle. rrcosnlxs fully tne Importance ot
!? problem of conervlng- lor the
roui.try a Ursa proportion of lt
I'ounr people and of directing them to
lppreciate the dig-nlty and Independence
sf farrrlna and profesaion.
-1 bellee.- Mrs. WiKVln ald. "that
Ih schools should co-operate with the
Lepartroeni of Agriculture and the
rartou tate and county authorities.
nd that sufficient land be set aside
or donate adjacent to these schools to
permit the plaiting of small tracts
Cor planting.
"I believe a course In elementary
izrtculture should be : -cht. and a
natural demonstration of cultivation
should be given, with prises for the
ht result. 1 a I no hlleve to further
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these plans, the Government should
furnish water, the Department of Agri
culture should supply the seeds and
exper; Instructors. .
Wesaesi I rgrd I Fares. '
"I firmly believe In agriculture for
women, and think It a field which pro
misee far more health and happiness
than the majority of occupations and
professions for women.
"I am probably one of the largest
land owners In Maine and own many
thousands of acres scattered through
that state, and my home. Qalllcote, In
Hollls. comprises several hundred acres
which I oversee personally, and am
always on the look-out for opportun
ities to Improve, not only my land, but
the conditions of my tenants. For sev
eral years I have given a large num
ber of my tenants a chance to attend
an agricultural school at my expense.
I believa women are natural con
servers, and will become apostles of
conservation of the soil In the future.
"For years the fertile corn sones of
Maine produces rich crops, with little
cultivation, but today the soil has be
come depleted. The qualities removed
from the soil by the crop, must be
put back In the shape of nitrogen and
phosphates, and I am now demonstrat
ing what can be done by supplying. I
am very fortunate In having a mana
ger who is an advocate of progressive
farming, and we are accomplishing
wonders on mv Maine estate. Mv other
farms comprise some of the most pro
ductive in the state.
"I am also & great advocate of a
course in motherhood and home-making
for girls, to be Introduced into
our school systems In America. I be
lieve that there is practically noth
ing on the farm which a woman cannot
do. Even though a girl never marries,
the knowledge, insight and skill thus
gained by the study of agriculture, and
this course in motherhood and home
making can never be wasted. The high
est use to which he could apply her
trained powers would undoubtedly be
making of her own home, but falling
she would be valuable anywhere.
For Instance, there Is many a girl
who has been left a farm or estate by
some relative, who is entirely depen
dent upon the services of a care-taker,
and knows absolutely nothing regard
ing the tilling of her land, or when and
how crops should be planted or reapeo,
as the case may be; and In the majority
of canes this girl is cheated unmerci
fully by those in her employ,, for she
Is entirely at their mercy.
"How much better it would be for
this girl to enter a school of agri
culture, or to take one of the courses
on aRrlculture In our puhllo schools,
and thereby learn the rudiments, so as
to understand thoroughly the workings
of her farm.
Stale l'red Aid.
"I am tremendously In earnest over
this school Idea and the agriculture
courses for women, and I firmly be
lieve that the state snouia ao every
thing for the child, that the parent
cannot do, or will not do. I do not
know which is more to blame parent
or child when a girl growa up in
irrnon.ibllitY and selfishness. I have
talked to thousands of girls of 13 or
14. in the high schools ot New lorn
WardlelKh and Washington Irving, and,
having seen the flushed Interest, the
hriirht. fiiff eyes of these girls, I
know that they are suseeptible to good
influence and training.
"What happens to them between
that time and the age when they be
come young women or wives without
any Idea of responsibility 7
T think anv girl of moderate In
telligence can learn to cook well with
in three months after her marriage.
The thing which Is most Important for
her to learn is a sense of responsibility.
which will make her eager to ao wnai
ever she can to be a real help-mate In
the real sense of the worn.
Girls Are Advised.
"Perhaps I knew more of the country
girl than any of the city girls, though
to tell the truth I can't see that they
differ widely In faults or virtues. My
home Is In Hollis. Maine, and for years
I have given up what time and energy
I could to the development ot num.,
Buxton and Bar Mills. I organised a
Dorcas Society, really a sort of village
beautiful association, and library, and
we have Just taken up the question of
training girls. I have also Issued a
Dorcas cook-book, and at the end 1
have written two or three pages, tel
ling girls what they should do to beau
tify their homes, plant and cultivate
their land.
"There are actually girls who do
not. know how to arrange the flowers
for the table, yet it cannot be eaid
that they give their time to the culti
vation of their minds. The girl of to
day has not even the accomplishments
of the old-fashioned woman. She doesn't
draw, paint, play the harp or speak any
language dui ner
girls do? They go to the matinee, I
was told, wearing exaggerated, over-
expensive clothes, with neir hair rat
ted and padded out of all human semblance.
With real mother-or-peari opera
glasses and a box or cnocoiaies m
their lap. "I replied, "to complete the
picture of all the paraphernalia of
extravagance."
Kacltlnar City L"e Harmful.
"I don't think that there la any doubt
that the city girls get too much ex
citement, too much amusement, not
always of the" right or best character,
but, of course, that depends upon the
class of girl and upon the Judgment of
the parent.' Yet without training how
can one expect such a little creature
to develop Into a real woman a real
wlfeT "But the man who marries her
must admire her as she is," I have
been told.
"To this I replied, 'He may hope that
she will change and that she will de
velop, and really the love of a man,
who Is her superior as a human be
ing, sometimes works wonders In a
woman's character. t develops her
almost as much as the love of her
children, but so many girls don't want
to develop. They are dull not with
stupidity, but with arrested develop
ment." "I am pretty awkward with my
hands because my activities are in
other lines, but I am sure it you or I
had been placed on a ranch at 20, we
should have fitted ourselves to every
thing a ranch woman has to do. We'd
be ashamed to be 'drones in the hives,'
to receive always and never give any
thing. Our generation modifies and
adopts the Ideals of another. In Ameri
ca, perhaps every decsde shows some
change, some modification, but surely
girls do not want to get away from
being a helpmate and the maker and
beautiner of countless little and great
things." '
WOMEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED FAME
NOW ATTRACTING EYES OF WORLD
Mrs. Belmont May Be Victim of "Black Hand" Gang Duchess of Aberdeen Opposes Home Enle for Ireland
Two Blind Poetesses Exchange Greetings at Advanced Age.
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NEW TORK. April 20. (Special.)
It Is reported that Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont has been receiving
threatening letters lately and for this
reason has left her home In New York
and Is keeping out of sight. The let
ters are supposed to be the work of a
crank, but on account of the present
epidemic of "black-hand" work, the po
lice are investigating the matter. One
of the letters contained a crisp new
10 bill, a cable form filled out and a
message. The cable was addressed to
Mrs. Pankhurst and read; "Easter
Greetings A great financier In whom
I have the greatest confidence assures
me that practical measures are being
considered by world's financiers that
promise better conditions within a
year. Stop Inefficient warfare. Remem
ber the heroism of a battalion of women
In China, Mrs. Belmont." In the mes
sage Mrs. Belmont was ordered to send
the cable or she would lose her life.
The Duchess of Abercorn is leading
one branch ot the movement In Ulster
against home rule for Ireland. Re
cently she presided at a meeting at
which 30,000 women pledged themselves
to oppose an Irish Parliament. Before
her marriage the Duchess was Lady
Mary Anna Curxon. daughter or the
first Earl Howe. Her husband holds
a title in eacn OI ins mreo kiiibuuiub,
nd is also a Duke of France.
Mrs. Pethlck Lawrence, the suffrage
leader. Is said to be getting thin In
prison. But as the militant, suffra
gettes delight in being martyrs, ahe
roust enjoy the results of her Impris
onment. Mrs. Lawrence and her hus
band are co-editors of the paper. Votes
for Women, which has an enormous cir
culation. Whether It Is a circulation
on which to base rates for advertising
Is a question. The followers of the
movement agree to sell so many copies
of the paper each, and It Is said that
most of them, rather than take the
trouble of selling their share, pay for
them and pocket the loss. Mrs. Law
rence Is regarded as, next to Mrs.
Pankhurst. the leader of the militant
movement.
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Miss Sophonizba P. Breckenridge,
professor of civics at the Chicago Uni
versity, is second vice-president of the
National Suffrage Association. She is
a native of Kentucky and a member of
the well-known Breckenridge family of
that state. She is Intensely interested
In the problems of working girls.
Two blind poetesses met the other
day in Jersey City. One was Fanny
Crosby, who has Just celebrated her
92d birthday, and the other was Alice
Holmes, who is 91. They have been
friends for many years. Neither was
born blind. Miss Crosby lost her sight
when an Infant and Miss Holmes be
came blind when she was 9 years old.
Miss Crosby has gained fame by writ
ing many hymns. Miss Holmes is known
as "the blind poetess of New Jersey."
Miss Crosby seems in excellent health,
and she has always-been of a happy
disposition, so old age sits lightly on
her. She lives in Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. "Jack" Cudahy has started the
fashion of cane carrying for the women
of Pasadena, : Cal. Mrs. Cudahy has
frequently appeared of late on the
street attired in the height of fashion
and carrying a gold-headed ebony
walking stick.
The Angelns.
Century.
"The Angelus" Is to me the most per
sistent effort Millet ever made to ex
press himself. It has more of him In
It than any other of his works. The
value of this picture to me lies in the
attitudes and character of the figures
as an effort to express a very noble
sentiment that of a soul retiring Into
itself, or self-communion. For a name
he chose that which signified an action
of the most beautiful, related appro
priateness. The figures may be regard
ed quite Independent of any connection
with the landscape, simply as works of
art, as you would two statues. Tou
may say this of nearly all of Millet's
figures, but this man and woman have
a kind of privacy, or reserve, that Is
more Impressive than any of the others.
I cannot define it.
Segregation of the Abnormal.
Century.
Segregation of the abnormal, even
In its first crude form, served a great
purpose. It taught the educators that
the most important thing in school was
not the curriculum, but the child. It
demonstrated that the great concern
of education, of society Itself, is not
the normal child, but the child who is
different from his fellows. In fact, it
is not too much to say that the most
important discovery in the history of
modern education Is the backward
child. When we have isolated this
child from his normal brother and sis
ter, when we have studied him suffi
ciently, found out what he is and how
to deal with him, we shall have gone
far toward solving the whole problem
of education. ,
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