THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
the best of the results. There is really no more rea- 
son why a woman should not ride a reaper than why 
she should be debarred from running a lawn-mower. 
Every country woman should know how to harness 
a horse, to drive skilfully, and then to care for her 
pet when he brings her home to the stable. 
Fortunately, there is a collateral drift toward an 
interchange of employments. Men are taking up 
house work quite as rapidly as women are going 
into professions and into business occupations. It 
is not only the woman’s right to engage more gen- 
erally in out-door work, but her rights include a 
part in the recreations and the games. A woman’s 
sewing balcony is possible with many country 
homes. It is healthful, restful, and stimulating. 
My wife’s balcony opens from the chamber by 
double doors, and is furnished with a hammock as 
well as table and chairs. One of my live arbors also 
is the private room of the mother of the fold, 
where she can do her private writing as well as 
reading, and where, perhaps, she may instruct her 
children. You suggest that the children are all at 
school? Ina wisely-ordered country home a large 
share of right education must be supervised by the 
mother and father. These acres of ours are 
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