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mean woman. Such a woman ought to be obliged to do her 

 own work, and take in washing besides. 



There is hardly an excuse in these days of dairy conveniences 

 for a woman making 30 pounds of butter per week with a dash- 

 churn and working the butter with her hands. 



Our farmers' wives have a right to good, comfortable, sunny 

 homes if they can afford them. There is great inconsistency in 

 an uncomfortable, pinched home for a hard working wife and 

 family, and a large bank account that swells with its yearly 

 deposits. 



They have a right to beautiful homes and beautiful surround- 

 ings. There is nothing that wealth can bring that is too fine or 

 too enjoyable for the woman who has worked for a living if her 

 tastes are so inclined and her purse permits. We wish for 

 every working woman a just reward for her toils. After all it 

 is the little every day rights and wrongs that have the most to 

 do with our happiness. But is it not a blessing for woman a s 

 well as man that our happiness does not depend upon the pos- 

 session of much land and a pile of gold? Of course, it takes 

 money to supply women the necessaries of life, and what woman 

 would not like to possess at least the pile of gold? — but it could 

 only add to our happiness. 



Many of our farmers are wealthy, but the large majority of 

 us have to be content with what is termed well-to-do homes and 

 surroundings. Our enjoyment of life is not in proportion to our 

 wealth, but in the ability to enjoy what is about us. 

 "However high be placed ambition's goal, 

 Man's daily life must most refresh the soul. 

 The precious things that make existence sweet, 

 Spontaneous spring like grass beneath our feet! 

 The small events of each succeeding day, 

 'Tis these that make the greensward of our way. 

 The plants of fortune bloom but here and there, 

 Life's humbler green outreacheth everywhere. 

 And happy he to whom contentment brings, 

 The sense of beauty seen in common things." 



