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may be profitable, but not usually so on 
the larger farm. The system which will 
have to come sooner or later is the co¬ 
operative store in town or city supplied 
and owned by a group of farmers! This 
.store can take what these farmers pro¬ 
duce. sort and grade the goods properly 
.and sell them at retail. The farmers 
could then deliver their goods without 
bothering with retail trade and still have 
the benefit of retail prices. 
Thk “Woman (Mtizen” tells of two 
Massachu-setts Avomen, Miss Mary Daw¬ 
son and Miss IVIary I‘orter, who have 
given up their dairy farm and gone to 
France to help the army. These two 
women ran a dairy farm at a profit until 
high-priced grain drove them out, then 
they sold their cow«, and seeded the en¬ 
tire farm to A\ inter rye. That needs no 
attention as the cows do, until harvest, 
.and so these Avomen may leave the farm 
for active service until the time comes to 
come b.ack and cut the rye. Thi.s is 
better than to liaA'e the farm unoccupied, 
and AV(' find that a good man.v farms la 
and temperance lines especially it seems but too 
that many women should be interested, 
and their votes should count for good. 
AA'e find that many of the Western States 
where women have voted for some time 
are in the “dry” list. There are many 
Avomen in rural communities Avho Avill 
not feel it a Avoman’s place at the polhs, 
and Avill never vote. Others Avill A'ote as 
their conscience dictates, and still others, 
unmarried ones perhaps, Avill vote for the 
novelty of it, and their intere.st Avill .soon 
dbate. I.ast will come the up-to-djite 
thinking Avoman, Avho Avill study for Inu-- 
self and vote for what she thinks is the 
greatest go<xl to the greatest number. 
As a rule I do not think that the general 
trend of the A'otes AA’ill be materialI.\’ 
cbanged, and of course the cost Avill be 
much increased. JtRS. i.. j. FARiiEK. 
OsAvego Co.. N. Y. 
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What Children Need 
I am much interested in one child in 
the picture. Fig. 4G. Will you tell me 
the uaiue of the place in Avhich that 
school is? I refer to the little girl in the 
The Memory of Lincoln Still Survives 
WOMAN AND HOME 
A Faithful Friend 
Most people lun e re.-id the' poem by 
0 Walter Scott, in which he tells the story 
of the faithful dog that guarded the de.id 
body of his master on the mountainside. 
Fifty years ago every pupil in the public 
schools, and particularly in the country, 
knew this poem and could quote portions 
of it. Today it is difficult to find a per¬ 
son of middle age Avho ever read the poem. 
It Avill richly repay every one of our read¬ 
ers to find this poem and read it careful¬ 
ly, no matter Avhether he is a dog lovm- 
or a dog hater. AVe speak of this in con¬ 
nection with an incident related as fol- 
loAAS in a recent issue of the AA'heeling 
(W. Va.) “Intelligencer.” The poem 
which folloAvs was Avritteii by one of our 
people after reading this pathetic’story : 
F.AJTnKUL AFTER DE.ATII. 
I One of the most pathetic incidents that 
I bas come to notice lately happened yes¬ 
terday on the Island. 
On Zane St., near Aladison school dur¬ 
ing the afternoon a dog Avas killed Avhile 
playing with another dog in the stri'ct. 
The animal Avas struck by an automobile 
and throwm against the curbstone. 
The other dog ran up, sniffed at the 
bod.v of his dead companion and Avho 
knoAvs what he said in the canine tongue, 
but he got no rej)ly. 
He kept smelling around and must 
IniA'e finally realized that his friend had 
passed to the happy place Avhere .all good 
canines go Avhen they lea\e this Avorld. 
so he. like a human mourner, sat <lown 
by his dead friend and took up a self- 
imposed duty as a guard over the body. 
At midnight he Avas stilt at his po.st 
and Avill probably stay there until the 
body is removed by ofiicials for burial. 
A MOI'KXER. 
Taa'o happy jdayful. little dogs 
AVere romping in the street; 
A man in stylish auto togs 
One pupp.v chanced to meet. 
The big machine hit doggie hard. 
And knocked him to the curb; 
The other ran to see his “iiarfl"— 
(’ould not his sleep disturl). 
“Dear little pal”—I’m sure he .said—- 
A'ou’re lying here all stiff and dead 
Y'ou’re lying here all stiff and dead 
AA’here recently you sttxKl. 
How many times Ave’ve cha.sed along 
On sunny afternoons. 
And listened to the children’s song— 
Their gay and happy tunes. 
I’ll play no more, de.ar loving friend. 
Hut ait besidi' youi’ form : 
I’ll guard my i>al unto the end. 
Through darkest night or storm. 
How <‘an I sa.v to you fnrcircll .— 
My comriide bright and gay—- 
H’his rushing Avorld <-au never tell 
All that to you I’d say. 
But Avhen some auto hits me. too. 
Or dog liiw gets my hide, 
“I’ll come, dear friend, and play Avith 
you; 
In peace we’ll then abide.” 
-ATRGI.\I.\ AVEf.l.S C.AKATX. 
There has been much iuUuest in the 
iiccount of a day’s Avork by .T. A*. Mac¬ 
donald. Many farmers’ Avives ha\'e won¬ 
dered Avho this fortunate farm woman 
i.s—-who gets up at eight o’clock and has 
tea in bed! Some of them have Altie- 
donald doAvn as the model husband, l.et 
us break the neAvs gently, but the Avornan 
in question i.s Macdonald’s mother. He 
describes himself as “a confirmed old 
bachelor’liand adds : 
“Hrobabl.v if the ‘Avoman’ Avere m.v 
wife I would IniA-e her up at five like Mi-. 
Hock well.” 
Sorry to break (ioAvn any of these ideal 
pictures of farm character (there are not 
too many of tlnmi) but the imxlel hus¬ 
band is yi't to be found. 
♦ 
’I'll.AT is a sensibh* h'tter from Mrs. 
'■‘'o( il on iiage 210 about tre sale of eggs 
.-••id other farni i»roduce. A good many 
< ity people avIio knoAV nothing of fana 
I'onditions seem to think every farmer 
can and should drop everything to make 
a small retail sale. It is A’ery easy to 
criticise but, as Mrs. AA’ood |)oints' out, 
there is another side to it. Retail selling 
or peddling is a business by itself and 
it takes a good shan* of a farmer’s time 
to attend to it. In a rushing season 
Avhen every hand is needed right in the 
field the average farmer cannot afford to 
take the time to deliA'er small orders. At 
such times it pays him better to do a 
wholesale business and deliver in larger 
lots. Ou siimH nl.aces the retail business 
XcAv l-higlaud liaA’c been handled in much 
the same Avay. ’I'he coavs have gone, but 
the farm Avill still supply its share of 
food. 
Women and the Ballot 
I have takt'ii time to ask a fcAv of the 
)»rominent club Avomen and suH'ragists of 
the toAvn Avhat their vicAvs of the subject 
of Avomen’s votes Avere. One directly 
turiu'd to her husband and asked him 
AA-hat he thought the effect of Avomen’s 
ballots Avould be on the general trend of 
the country s A’oti's. Another said she did 
not think the Avomen AA'ould take the in¬ 
terest noAv Avhich they othei-Avi.se would 
on account of the Avar, as many Avere so 
busy AA’ith Red (’ross AA’ork. Another, one 
of our brightest club women, said that 
she AA'as sori-y the burden A)f voting had 
been thrust upon us, but she believes that 
AA-e should accept the responsibility and 
register and vote as our consciences dic¬ 
tate. 
Personally I have taken no part in the 
campaign for suffrage, and perhaps have 
not taken the interest in it that I should 
have done. I think every Avoman should 
consider it a duty to register and vote to 
the besb of her knowledge, Along scho^'l 
middle of the front roAv, Avith her arms 
folded. She looks as though a .story-book 
or a few paper dolls might do her good. 
Poor little thing. I Avant -to Avrite to the 
teacher of the .school and get the child’s 
name and address and see if I could make 
a smile come to that little face. I haA'C 
been » teacher in the luiblic schools of 
XcAv York (’ity, and I knoAV that type of 
t^l'ild. MRS. A. ic. T. 
That is just the Avay thousands of these 
good women feel. This reference is to 
the group of school children sIioaa'u on 
page 105. The true teacher knoAvs Avhat 
it means for a little one to groAv up with¬ 
out play or without laughter. Too many 
parents still think that the child should 
begin to act and feel like a little old man 
or woman early in life, and never change. 
Nothing could bo Avorse for the child than 
such a start in life. 
Beating the Political Carpet 
The cartoon on page 22.3 has more of 
prophetic truth than many thoughtless 
people imagine. We expect to see a 
State cleaning carried out much after the 
plan pictured. Surely the State carpet 
needs beating. It was supposed to make 
soft and easy Avalking for all the people, 
many politicians and grafters 
have been standing on it—croAvding the 
plain people off. The result is that the 
carpet is full of dust and mud—more or 
less dry. It has suited the men for .some 
year.s—at least Avhile they may not like 
it they have neA'cr mustered up the coui-- 
age and energy required to rip up that 
carpet and make those Avho are re¬ 
sponsible for its condition beat the dust 
out of it. Hut I'.OAv comes AA'oman as a 
full citizen—Avit’a a Aote Avhich counts 
for just as much as any man’s. Her 
instincts as a housekeeper are all for 
cleaning things up and making the home 
AA'hat it ought to be. f>hc AA'ill feel just 
that Avay about her j)olitical home. When 
these politicians come around as SAveet as 
honey, telling her boAV fine and useful 
she is, she Avill make them prove their 
Avords by a practical test. She Avill make 
them take up that car])et, hang it out in 
the aiu and beat the dust out of it, and 
the Aveapon that Avill drive them to it is 
the ballot I ^lanv a big man Avill look at 
that picture, and remember hoAV ht' h.-is 
played the ])art of car|)(*t cle.amu* Avhlh* 
a Avoman perhaps half his size told him 
Avhere to hit and kept him at it. No 
man could have nuide him stay by the job, 
but long experience had taught him that 
the AA'oman must be obeyed. Dur belief 
is that th(' politician Avill i»erform just 
that AA'a.v for the Avoman in politics. We 
think the Avoman Avith the ballot Avill, on 
the Avhole, use her ncAV poAver as Avisely 
and efiectiA'ely as the AA'oman avIio suc¬ 
ceeds in the great job of harmoniziu-c 
.-ind directing a family. ’riiousands of 
men avIio Avorked against suffrage Avill live 
to thank the Avomen for their help in 
clean politics. 
A Widow’s Warning 
I read The R. N.-Y. from cover to 
cover, and am glad to be a subscriber, 
but I AA'ouhl like to .see a “Mother’s Help” 
column Avith h'tters from farm Avomen 
with families telling Iioaa' they manage 
their AA'ork, AA',a.shiugs, and getting of 
meals in these times of scarcity and high 
pi-ices. I have a f.-imily of 10 children to 
Avork for, all but the three babies attend¬ 
ing the rural scIuaoI. ^ Tludr father dii-d 
scAeial months ago; no insurance, only a 
s”tony farm home, heavily mortgaged. I 
hjiA e come to tlu* end of iua' resources. 
M hat Avouhl you women r('a(lers do iii 
m.A place? I ;im utterly discouraged. 
Fray take Avarniug. all yoti f,-irmers’ 
Avives. and .see to it that your husbands 
carry life insurances, .so that you need 
not \Aant the neces.sities of life AA'hen In* 
i.s- called UAA'ay. The grief and lonelines.s 
is hard enough to bear. Avithout the 
horror of an empty cupboard in the deiith 
of M inter. M e kept up a life insui-ance 
for years, only to have it “go broke” a 
couple of years ago, Avhen the rates Avere 
prohibitive for us, Ave thought. Others 
may think the same, but take my ad¬ 
vice ,‘ind insure and keej) insured if you 
have any dependents. AtRs. At. s. 
Piling Soiled Dishes 
I Avas much interested in Dr. Crane’s 
“Practical Di.shwashing.” ixige ,S2, and. 
agree AA'ith most of it, but take isstie with 
him most decidedly when he isays that 
“many person.s deliberately double (he 
dishwashing by soiling the clean bottoms 
by liiling one dish on another, but the ap- 
l)arent saA'ing in handling is more than 
covered by the increased Avork in doing 
twice the Avashing aftei-Avards.” With the 
dining table in one room and kitchen sink 
in another. Iioav about the extra steps that 
must be taken to keep the bottom of each 
dish clean? In nearly 50 years’ experi¬ 
ence, with a family ranging from tAvo to 
.>0, with meals sei-A'ed ceremoniously or 
in ordinary home fashion, I find a very 
decided saving in time, labor and strength 
by piling dishes of one kind together, as 
far as possible, carefully scraping them 
first Avith a flat knife. It i.s no small part 
of the saving that one is thus enabled to 
Avash the dishes systematically, as it is 
nearly impossible to do Avith a table full 
of dishes of all soi-ts set haphazard. The 
extra soil, in hot soapsuds, doesn’t take 
any perceptible time to remove. The 
elimination of unnecessary steps is the 
main thing that busy housekeepers must 
look out for, A. Ai. 15 . 
Maine. 
