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us to a considerable degree, but in my own experience, and 

 from my observation, I find that there is more or less 

 drudgery connected with every kind of business or profes- 

 sion in life. Now, I do not like to work in certain lines of 

 miy profession, and I am working just as hard as I can to 

 get into a position where I shall not have to do these things. 

 I do things in my business every day that I do not like to 

 do. Every merchant does it. He denies himself a great 

 miany of the social pleasures which all men and women en- 

 joy. I do not believe there is a profession in the world 

 where there is not drudgery. I cannot enjoy working 

 around in the strawberry bed all day. While there are a 

 great many pleasant things in this business, on the other 

 hand there is much of drudgery. But the best things of life 

 come through this drudgery, and it is best to take it just as 

 it comes to us. It is best to sacrifice some personal feeling 

 in order to acquire that standing that money alone gives. 

 Money means power; power in political circles, power in 

 business circles, power to do those good things that every 

 good man wants to do, power to clothe our wives and chil- 

 dren as we want to clothe them, power to have the books 

 we want to read, power to cover our walls with beautiful 

 pictures, and power to do all those things which will ennoble 

 our minds and fit us for a more perfect enjoyment of life. 



Pres. Smith — This has been a very interesting discussion, 

 but I believe we are now ready for the next paper, if Mrs. 

 HoUister will please come forward. 



LIFE OF WOMEN ON FARMS, AS IT IS, AND AS IT 



SHOULD BE. 



By MRS. ALURA COLLINS HOLLISTER. 



As it is, it is a little discouraging to look at, and it is small 

 wonder that farmers' wives feel just a little as if theirs is 

 the hardest lot in the world. Many farmers feel that they 

 have a hard time, too, and farmers' sons are repelled from the 

 farm because the work seems so hard, so unremitting. Yet 



