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Feminine Worker of Home
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. hand" u lmpoeelbUlty. Therefore fh must have tb
knowlwSrt of bow to farm, how to haftdls.and tnsxktt
' her cropi, the milk. Butter, etc, at least M well her
male competitor; but by her Jaraln ah mut volv th
power to get work done by her "hired help," that the
mala fanner finds so difficult to do even when he la right
there In the barn or field working hlmaelf and boaslng the
Job. giving the actual servica- of hla own hands toward
expediting and enforcing hla success, : ,
This, however,: is not very different from any other
' business so far as woman is concerned, for she has to
arrange her Ufa and business always to meet these factsi
and la a way H tends such " test to her work, and a
glory to her success, when she attains It, that it must
of necessity b a case of brains over matter.
'.TV . Thar la much 'in farm life that appeals to feminine
nature and adds interest to woman's work as a farmer.
- The overseeing and cara of young animals, watching their
growth and development. Is a constant delight to her, ? No
one who has nofdone it can appreciate .the satisfaction
and pleasure of a well-run poultry yard and- the inter
est aroused by the peculiarities of the individual fowls.
TThere i a positive Joy in having a flock of fine hens with
feet to be fed. and to reaUse . that thir well-being U
' brought aoout try your own care. : . -- - -i
-a sense of work welt 4one come'When the-youltrr It "
dressed and the eggs arranged in neat carrier for mar
. ketlng. Bur the crowning delight comes to the woman
farmer when the balanoe is struck at the end of the year,
i , ' with a check to the credit of her patience and skiU -; - :
-Women are well adapted to the detail wbrk of the
farm, such as the careful and artlstib arrangement of
fruits and vegetables for market; they ere paat maStera
in the art of ploklngrand sorting berries, tying asparagus,
etc., and do such work with a skill that is politely called
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under ffrsd ft.fbukes Junervsion
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ClOME ' women, whether or no, must"
i " work. . That being the case , what is
the best occupation for them? v '
, One who knows who has been thor
oughly through 4he mill recommends farm
ing. Unlike city labor, it provides a home,
J woman can earn her own living, without
giving up any of the ideals and aspirations
inherent in the feminine heart. . ,; ' ;
'-The-o(fice-workerrthe-teacherrthearlist
her children with happiness and ease, but can continue
to give them herself the best education, praotlcal and
Ideal, that is possible, r,;;. ;.-Vv; y;.;Ar
-1 Just by sharing her dally life and work with her
children, while earning the bread and butter they are to
rat, she has at hand all -e are attempting to give our
boys and girls of nature study, agriculture, laws of sani
tation, morality and healthV:' fV -V?
A second reason why farming Is a good business for a
woman is that, if she has health and determination, the is',
sure of, a living; she can always keep the wolf from the
door and preserve her independence, even if it' Is at the
cost of bard work, privation and loneliness. If she has
children she- can feed them and house them by her own .
enort, and tfie local scbooi near ner rarm win give mem
ine woman farmer may be and should be dainty and be
coming, but it can be cheap, and should be simple, "plain
as a pikestaff." Shirtwaists and shdrt skirts are the
most appropriate costume ,f or her work, and the active
woman farmer will not have leisure or desire to. necessi
tate an extensive wardrobe other than this. ' r i
' ' Any farm that Is not a barren waste will produce
enough to pay its taxes and repairs, so that the farmer is
sure of her rent at least, and that her roof and the edu
cation of her children are assured her if she can keep
the farm going at all.-' ;...; --
One may be VPOor as poverty" on a farm, but If one
has what boys call "sand,:' no one else need know It, and
to the woman who is supporting herself this means a
great deal, for sometimes it seems that it la all the sweet-,
enlng "the bread of independence" has.
L3$ than ten years ago when one met a woman run-
I ' t ' , f - , . v.: . Keep pace wiin tneir associates ana companiona. rrm
and a thousand and One Others find apartment me is les expensive and on a more healthful scale In
Ktj J ,:L1. UL..1L?.:'"11:L every wy thaa the life of the cities. The temptations
Itje and Stngle blessedness tneir natural Siaie.. M& opportunities to spend money, the chance of illness
Others, tf they marry, usually either pve -up
their occupations ' or do. without children.
On the other hand, the female farmer is
burdened by none of the restrictions that. nor,
row her city sister's life, f Out in the open,
with a tleasant home and. a fair living as
sured, she can nol only farm for herself but
for others .ife far her ma; be just ast pleas
ant as she knows how to make it;
a aood common school education . at no cost bo her but V nine a. farm. m fit thut it n f "takinar un
achool tax. . , , - .-, the white man's burden," that she wftgjrylngjto save
Bothherelf and her feh!ldrencandreas and-livein a the-JHeces of some home" that, without her effort, would
Simpler, cheaper way than they could in a town, and yet be destroyed, because death or Ill-health had claimed the
keep pace witn tneir associates ana companions, rarm father, brother or husband whose business it had been.
Today it is dinerent. . The woman farmer is no longer
a saddened, heartbroken creature, fighting against great
odds to keep body and soul together, but she Is usually
an alert, educated, practical person,-full of business and,
knowing her buslneiw, capable of carrying it on by her
brains rather than with her muscles; for it Is upon her
brains that. the woman farmer must depend to make up
for her lack of "brawn and muscle.'' vjt Is this, perhaps,
that is the most difficult proposition the woman farmer
has to meet, for farming is a business which requires
brains, of course, but should by all means have a "man
behind the plow," as the average woman's physique, to
say nothing of her costume,-makes her being a "full
and Its consequent expenses are less, the need to travel
to avoia tne summer neat oDTiBiea.' -
Indeed, on the principle alone that "a penny saved is a
'penny earned," one can easily see that the woman farmer
Is in a better buainess than ner town slater, whose food,
pleasures and clothes all cost more money, and whose
very business In most oases largely depends on her cos
tume and the "style" which she must maintain at a high
price. '-. ." ' " ' ' .;
On a farm all this is. done away with., The costume of
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fTHE reasons why farming Is a good occupation
I 'for women seem so plain and manifold that It
,,J,J; should hardly be necessary to state them, but
' . here are a. lew as. they appear to a - woman ....
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if'armlng opens a wide field of employment to women,
with the cUance of leading useful, happy lives while earn
ing their daily bread, and takes tfiem from the "avenues"
and aliy-rreaoy so crowded by their brothersinto the
open, . wiiere thty can breathe pure air. and are notj,?;X
- hemmed in oy the conventions and surroundings necessary
la the business Ufo of a woman la the city. - -
There is an Instinctive longing m every woman to have
a borne, a place of her own, be it only a room where aha
may have her "things," where her personality gives "the v
a'mospbere," and where on entering she has a conscious- "
i tfs that "this is mine." It Is this instinct or desire that
jften causes the woman with a good salary -and an tide-
pendent career before her to throw It all to the winds '
and many in the hope that she may have "a home of her
'own.''.' ' ;- "-
Indeed, this having a home, not Just a. place where she
may sleep and eat, is essential to the normal woman. It
Is part of her very being. But 4n no business except -tunning
Is the home part of the establishment - '
All farm We centers and throbs about the farmhouse.
It is a co-operative business, the farm for the iiome and
the home for the farm. This in itself is a sufficient reason
w ny terming is a good business for women for In it they
cn be satisfied, -happy in their work and . contented in
tneir surroundings.
H has been said that all women are in character
"either cat" or cows," and if there Is any truth In this ' :
the farm Alls the needs of both. Certainly the woman,
like the cat, objects to "a strange garret," and on her
farm she has a familiar "garret" in ner home. ,-. .,
Agalft, like, the cow, she is at her best in the open air,
surrounded by peace and plenty, where her own efforts
support her and give reason Jor her existence, where f
si: la uefnl and beautiful and content and where the '
pursuit of her business does not prevent her performing
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i tible in a way no ordinary business would permit
Farming as a business Is, as possible for a mother as
fr her syinster sister. The woman farmer may have her
fiilldren with her constantly. They can, from earliest
Infancy, he her eompaolons. In bt very pursuit of her
L isiners she can enter into their lives and education, keep
t oni iboiit her In an atmosphere of sunshine and fresh "
sir, cf purity of thought and high idea that to the
worrafl Ss-lth an office la an Impossibility.
'ihe woman farmer who loves her surroundings and
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that most women will adopt tba Egyptian erase for,
the Improvement of tneir pgurea That is, because
It It' said that the women of Egypt were so heautif ul
because they weTe euch good dancers. - .
The -exerclsearequlred by these wonderful terpsl
chorean flxures tend to nreserve the health and (cul
tivate grace and agility. , That Is the reason students
"feminine knack." "Ih dairy work, too, women seem t
excel, and one may find them all through the country
running dairy farms, producing milk, cream, ' butter,
cheese and "certified milk" with a precision and care
which reads "success."'
-: ' There are other things that a woman farmer dan do
in conjunction with her farm business that may materially
add to her income. ' : f I
fine ma take boarders, and thus use much of her
farm -produce right at home and at a good profit Dr
liannah Morris i a woman .farmer of Chester county,
i-a., who may be said to have "won her spurs" on these.'
lines, tibe bougnt a tarm some few years since that was
much run-down and in poor condition, and Is now lb a .
position where she says it is a Paying. oroDoeitton. In
connection with her farm Doctor Morris runs her old-"
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ci laiflrea L in . lhaiature . as-Javisbl y -eerretrndin r-
'tt.iy ivitui at her woik may not only he the mother of
'HAT will be the nextweraze devised by the -
czars pt classw dancing! That is
questioa being aBked by lovers and'
, ' ponents of that art all the world over.
Modem dances' of all kinds are tabooed and the
demand has leen for those of manv Tears aco.
wiitch- iiarr com "doW
from Elssler, Cerito, Taglioni, and which were one
time considered remarkably will not satisfy the
public taste. They are nottold encugh; "r
HAT the art of dancing such as was practiced
I in Eiryrt durine- Tharaoh's time is to be re-
ftf th oVi n.V.na.T: ,. V v, . .,7, T i Ci . conuection witn nenarm uocior miorns runs ner oia i.
orinwifi feoH'J? ton fafmhouse as a boarding house. Thus
whin th WtiLJ f. fl!.w Jhi $ ?.ood TftU"r e house may be made producer as well aw the bar.n.
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ability. .' . i. . .
There is one woman in Pennsylvania who is a farm
manager as well as an active fanner.- She has had as
many as live farms under her care at one time, kept '
the accounts, etc., and managed tnem ."like a man1';
but this is another branch ef the business, and needs
a special personality to make it w success as well
as the training that is ah essential to successful. far
tng. , " .'; -'' - v. -. .
Dr. John K. Mitchell's place, "Reculver Farm," nes
West Chester, has been managed by Mrs. Georgs la
Foulke for several years, ,
' It Is run in conjunction with Mrs. Foulke's own
place, which is in tne immediate neighborhood. The
barn, which is one of the finest in Chester county, was
built under-Mrs. Foulke's supervision, and Is a model -for
light, ventilation and convenience. The dairy, too,
is up to date in ail particulars, and it is a pleasure to
visit it, with its modern appliances and sanitary meth
ods, yet keeping its cool, delightful sprlnghouse and
whitewashed walls, r
Mrs Emily - Roberts, on her farm, near Malvern,
produces "certified milk," and has a large and flour
ishlng business, of which she is the head. '
Many , other Instances could be cited- of women
farmers who are successful; and it is this possibility
of success which makes one-feel that farming is a
business for women, for after all success la the tel rea.
on for any one's going into any business. From a finan
cial point of view farming does not promise great success .
to men or women, but it has many alluring and
desirable sides to it lor every one. In spite of these,
however, the woman who undertakes It must be pre
pared for loneliness, hard work and exposure ot all
To be even a little successful, she must know her
work and love her work. She must be satisfied to
make' her home her business, and be contented with
small - profits In- money, A woman- farmer ' has hsr
work "cut out .forher'Jtf sha.,njaaoJmaks. ttH
'tf airrsheTuusE suporvUe'wlUiout ceasing, and remem
ber that it is a business which must be learned from
books and experience, but that the latter is a very
hard and expensive teach--
secret ; of - the sraceful ' vnllitiona Wnmu
The pictures here pfesented show: the dance as It""'
wa first put on at Munich. It made an Instant hit '
there, and may soon travel through the continent to
a America, ', - :. . - . .:t-r , '. - . . : -.- .
-. Ajccheologlsta, , historians, artiste and poets i have
been kept busy lately to satisfy the publlo demand
that, to be modern, the dance has to be old. And
through their mutual Jove of art they have combined
a ? series of faithful reproductions of the ancient
dances. They found much to help them in the price
less treasures and records scattered throughout the
museums of the world, and particularly those of Italy,
The costumes, or the lack of costume, for these dances
will no doubt create as much attention as the danoes
themselves. -j.-. .... , . : ., , .
However, the harking back to Pharaoh will by no" '
means put a damper , on the Greek exponent They
are continually digging up new novelties. Among
, their revivals this year will ! be the warriors', or
Pyrrhic, dance, which was named after Pyrrhus be- '
cause he took . part In it at the funeral of his father.
Achilles. ' . j-.-, r ;.i
The Bacohts dance la another of the famous ones.
It tbpk place at vintage, time. This dance was divided
into three , distinct types the solemn, composed of
Blow, gliding steps; the festive, in quick, bounding
movements, and the mixed dance. The latter resem
bled parts of the other-. two. -v :-.; r..,-'v:"
The rustic dance, in which little children will take '
part, also promises' to win favor. It was invented by
Pan, and was executed by children crowned with
flowers and with garlands of oak leaves falling from
the-hair to the left shoulder. and twining round the
"body tobowaTst -..-..!-. ,,'- ''- - K
The dance of innocence may be presented with
some variations. This was originally performed by
nude girls ' before the temple of . Diana - in Iiacede-1
monia. Another Important Greek dance was that
whlch the weifd ' priests of Rhea, by the sound of
ltemeilrttnMB-fee-h-he--eaeh!ngr)f arms, ntsr-
vived will no doubt Drove of Interest to those
rhnjTjyheTWraeert3TV6TUtrohs"exlltblted .." fnrmad over th JnfAtit Zeus while a-uardina' him from
In the Greek dances. For it Is said that the latter, the cruelty of his father, Chfonos. It was known as
excel the former In charm, lurthermore. It U hinted i the 'dance of Curate, or Corybantea