FARMERS' VACATIONS 



and children, for children are impression- 

 able and change easily, and the wife has 

 still her housewifely tasks, which are 

 changed only by being lightened, while her 

 hunger for social interests leads her quickly 

 to form new friends and to take a vigorous 

 hand in church and lodge affairs. In these 

 interests it is hard for the husband to follow 

 her. Man's nature is less adaptable. I have 

 yet to find the retired farmer who has been 

 able to cultivate a taste for receptions and 

 dinner parties. 



All this tends to mar the harmony of the 

 family. When, usually by the third year, 

 the man decides to move back to his old 

 farm, there is apt to be an unpleasant sit- 

 uation. Of course, the wife is willing to 

 go for her husband's sake, even though it be 

 against her inclination, but you may expect 

 open rebellion on the part of the children. 

 It is a rare thing for a family to pass through 

 this crisis without being in some degree 

 broken up. 



Of course, there are exceptions to this 

 state of affairs. The farmer may find in 



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