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What Can Be Done 
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T HE R. N.-Y. is closer to its readers 
than any other paper in the coun¬ 
try. We make that statement without 
reserve after having for years read the 
thousands of letters which come to us 
from troubled and puzzled readers. Most 
of these questions can be answered by 
individuals. There are others which re¬ 
quire a discussion or a wider experience 
than any one person can give. We can¬ 
not print all such questions, but now and 
then there comes one covering a new line 
of thought, and we print it to develop a 
discussion. 
A Prisoner as a Farm Hand. 
I am interested in a man who is now 
in jail—soon to be set free. He is a 
highly educated man of naturally good 
character. When he is set free this man 
wants a place on some farm where he 
can work and learn fruit growing and 
poultry keeping, and thus make a new 
start. I am satisfied that he is sincere 
in this, and that if he could find such a 
place, removed from the temptation of 
drink, that he would do well. There 
ought to be a chance for such men to get 
a new hold on life. Do you know of 
anyone who would take him? w. a. 
We do not. It is a hard case, for such 
a man ought to have his chance, but most 
people who live on lonely farms would be 
afraid of this record. 
The Right Man Wanted. 
T have a farm in a Southern State 
which I have tried for some time to han¬ 
dle satisfactorily by proxy. The natives 
are not very energetic and I have had 
one or two tenants who took little inter¬ 
est. Like many other land owners, I 
most desire to have the place kept up 
and pay expenses. Many of us think we 
have opportunities for middle-aged 
Northern people who would like a change 
of climate, but we do not know how to 
reach such people. r. H. 
Schoolboys Want Work. 
A number of the boys in our city school 
would like to work on farms this Sum¬ 
mer—to earn something and learn prac¬ 
tical farming. Where would they be 
most likely to find such employment? 
Are not farmers desirous of obtaining 
such help? CITY TEACHER. 
Our experience is that most practical 
farmers do not desire this kind of help. 
It would be hard to place these boys on 
farms where they could really learn much 
about farming and be worth much more 
than their board. We know that some 
city people imagine these young men 
would relieve the labor situation, but as 
a rule they barely earn their board. 
There ought to be places where such boys 
could learn, but they must pay for other 
forms of knowledge. 
A Home With Childless People. 
I have been reading the letter of the 
lady with the two girls and $400, and 
1 saw the answers in Tiie R. N.-Y. from 
the people. I have $500 and am alone, 
I would like to make myself a home in 
country too. I am not for sale in the 
marriage line. My age is 33. I would 
like to make my home with an old child¬ 
less couple living on a farm, Christian 
people wanted; can furnish good recom¬ 
mendation. I will go South or West. 
Pennsylvania. c. A. n. 
We have had several letters from elder¬ 
ly people who would like a companion. 
No doubt there are others like the sen¬ 
sible woman who writes this note. The 
problem is to bring the two together and 
have them satisfied, yet if this could be 
done many a worthy person could find 
a home and many a farm home could be 
kept going. 
Let Women Vote- 
I FIND on page 773 an item on wom¬ 
en voting, by W. L., which is headed 
“A Man’s Sensible Opinion,” but I 
fail to see the sense, if by sense is meant a 
reasonable argument. The writer says 
he is opposed to woman suffrage, but if 
it can be shown that a majority of wom¬ 
en want to vote he will withdraw opposi¬ 
tion and help them ; also that he should 
consider it an outrageous injustice to 
compel them to do that which they do not 
want to do, because a minority want it 
done. Woman suffrage is either a good 
or a bad thing. If a good thing, then 
any woman who wants the privilege 
ought to have it. If it is bad numbers 
cannot make it good, only add to the evil. 
I do not understand that the extension 
of the election franchise to men ever 
depended upon proof that a majority of 
men wanted it. It was claimed to be a 
good and just thing to grant the privilege 
to those who wanted it, but no one is 
compelled to rote if he does not want- to 
do so. All the women suffragists ask is 
that those women who want to vote shall 
have the privilege. The talk about com¬ 
pulsion is all bosh. 
Massachusetts. mo\roe siorse. 
B ELLE OF THE BALL.—The little 
picture herewith, taken from the 
Chicago Tribune, comes near the 
political truth. Illinois women have the 
ballot. At the ball she is overrun by 
Belle of the Ball. 
suitors—politicians who want her vote. 
Miss Ohio and her sisters Iowa. Michi¬ 
gan and the rest are wall flowers—no one 
paying attention to them. 
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Selling Property Without Wife’s 
Consent. 
My husband sold some property a year 
ago without my consent, even though I 
had several hundreds invested in it. I 
have not learned any particulars about 
same and do not know what he got for 
it; he never tried to settle up my share 
nor have I seen one cent of it. He has 
left us now and also three minor children 
dependent upon strangers or my own peo¬ 
ple. Is there not a dower right after 10 
years of married life, so that a wife 
should be entitled to a little? A. h. 
Connecticut. 
If you were married since 1S77 you 
have no dower right in your husband’s 
property, nor does he acquire a right of 
courtesy in yours, and neither must join 
in the deeds of the other. Although you 
have no dower right in the land sold by 
your husband and have no claim against 
the buyer, you would have the claim, of 
course, against your husband for the 
amount you contribute toward it. 
Will as to Joint Property. 
The deed to our property is a joint one, 
myself and wife, our savings bank ac¬ 
count is a joint one, payable to either of 
us in case of death, my insurance policies 
are made out to my wife, our household 
furniture and personal effects are worth 
$1,000, free from debt. Is it necessary 
for me to have a will? Being fixed as it 
is would it be necessary for my wife to 
go through any process of law to hold this 
property? Will you give me the exact 
law on this question? G. B. 
New York. 
It does not seem necessary that you 
should have a will if you are sure that 
all the property of any value that you 
have is in the joint names of yourself 
and wife. This would seem to be the 
case with all the property you name ex¬ 
cept the household furniture, and it 
would be well in regard to this to give 
your wife a bill of sale, which, there 
being no creditors, you may do. This 
would take the form of a gift, and may 
legally and properly be done. Where 
there are no large creditors and no gen¬ 
eral active business is being done the 
procedure you have outlined above is a 
good one for a man and wife to pursue 
in regard to the disposition of their 
property, and in case of your death there 
is nothing your wife would have to do to 
retain possession of the property. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 333 WEST 30TH ST., NEW YORK 
