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mar the outside fortunes of a family, but the social standing gen- 

 erally depends on the wife. It is her prerogative to invite the 

 guests and this right should never be invaded. 



It has been said the negro of the South will never be a better 

 man until he has a better mother. The farmer's wives must be- 

 come civilized and enlightened if they would bring their families 

 to a higher plane. " The fault is in ourselves, not in our stars, 

 dear Brutus," and life on the farm, like life anywhere, is mostly 

 what we make it. 



