The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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possible, but the working people, the 
workers of moderate moons, are never 
ungrateful, but to show their gratitude 
they must tin it t hr inset res, in just such 
kindly service as they were showing on 
this dismal night. After it was over, the 
girl and I found ourselves in wet dark¬ 
ness, with about two miles of dark and 
muddy road between ns and Hope Farm. 
We got our folks on the 'phone and found 
that they had trouble with a flat tire and 
the car wns helpless. Finally, some good 
Samaritan brought us home, and here we 
are. after our baked beans and baked 
apples, none the worse for our adventure. 
I bought two little dresses at the picnic 
—one white with red spots, the other a 
checker of pink and white. As a rule 
my investments of this sort are quite 
severely criticised, but in this case I 
seem to have hit it right. Rose and Rita 
have donned these little dresses at once, 
and they are parading their new and fine 
feathers before us in great style. But 
fhe«e are fine little birds, regardless of 
their feathers. 
***** 
And now T wish that T could sit here 
and see the fire leaping up to frame the 
words “farm success.” I would like to 
tell you about profits, hut we all know 
better than that. The income taxes on my 
farm income will not help Unde Sam 
this year. In truth, it will be the worst 
financial season we have had in 10 years, 
and through no apparent fault of our 
own. Only two crops seem to have paid. 
Our potatoes were the best we have ever 
had. but the price is ridiculous. The 
other success is the child crop. I think 
we have produced about 17.1 lbs. of 
sound, healthy child. 1 do not know how 
to figure a price on that, so I cannot bal¬ 
ance my hook fully, but we can stand the 
temporary ruin of tomatoes and sweet 
corn and apples so long as the child crop 
prospers. And I must not forget those 
three Southerners that have spent the 
Summer with us—cotton, peanut* and 
sweet potatoes. Here on October 10 they 
are still thriving. A light frost nipped 
the cotton tips, but the plants are un¬ 
injured. I may gpt the beginning of lint 
yet. As for the sweet potatoes, we have 
dug a few. They are of fair size and good 
quality. There will evidently lie a fair 
crop of Spanish peanuts. T. know more 
about growing these crop now. and an¬ 
other year 7 think I can improve on this 
experience. Cotton in Bergen Co., X. J.. 
is something of a novelty, I admit, and 
there will never he any money in it. 
There is. however, some fun in watching 
such things develop. But I notice that 
one by one our folks have all drifted 
away to bed. T am left to put out the 
cat, close the piano, lock the door and at¬ 
tend to the fire. I have clear instruction 
as to what to do. rt. w. c. 
The First Woman Senator 
Mrs. TV, H. Felton has been appointed 
a Senator from Georgia to succeed the 
late Senator Watson. She is described 
as “a woman who has lived to be s 7 and 
still retains her optimism over the out¬ 
look for human control in America.” 
The following interview with Senator 
Felton has been printed, and we repeat 
it as a fair statement from a remarkable 
woman: 
“Good laws and good lawmakers we 
already have. I shall not strive to win 
glory in statesmanship. If only I can 
aid in making men and women live 
cleaner, sweeter and more wholesome 
lives, 1 shall be well satisfied.” 
Mrs. Felton's hair is as white as snow 
and her face wrinkled, but despire her 
age she is very active. She possesses a 
magnetic personality. Although retir¬ 
ing in her manner, the “Grand old woman 
of Georgia," as she is known throughout 
the South, talks as fluently as she writes 
and does not hesitate to express her 
views on important issues of the day. 
"I am not interested in the fast dis¬ 
appearing Uapper type of girl.” she 
smiled as she removed her gold-rimmed 
glasses, “but 1 am interested in the mod¬ 
ern young woman. The light of a new 
day is growing brighter for women in 
America, and with their advancement we 
shall see a generally advanced type of 
citizen. 
“A strong nation is dependent upon its 
women and the manner in which the 
women of this country grasp their oppor¬ 
tunities will decide most of the great 
issues of the future. 
“Women’s entry into political affairs is 
t’ e most romantic development in this 
country's history. It comes about be¬ 
cause utir great problems today arc social 
and economic, and this js work in which 
women are needed. 
“I am thankful for the good laws that 
we have now, but even more important 
are the greater laws that society must 
observe if we are to have a strong citi¬ 
zenry. We must have more thought of 
the simple, sweet virtues of life, men 
and women must be good because they 
want to be good. 
“1 see a better citizenry coining to 
America only through efforts to improve 
our living standards. The working man 
must have a living wage, lie must not 
be forced too much iu competition with 
unskilled labor from abroad. There must 
he every encouragement.” 
Senator Felton declared that the legis¬ 
lation this country most needs todav is 
that gained at “the knees of the mothers 
of America—laws that are greater than 
laws." 
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