Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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PHASE of European
life that never fails to
Impress visitors from
the United States Is
the extent to which
women labor In the
fields, In many In
stances working side
by side with the men
and In others either
performing ti e greater
•hare of the toll or, mayhap, appar
ently doing It all while the masculine
memberB of the household are no
wfccre to be seen. This state of tilings
Is not confined to any one section or
dlylslon of the Old World, either
From the west of Ireland where th*'
tourist sees women helping with tie
Kraln harvests and aiding In the cut
ting of the peat all the way to Itussiu
•where the peasant women are callei
upon to perform every sort of labor
Jn the fields, the same story is tolii
by the sights which meet the eye it
every rural district.
The Americans who have rather ad
vanced Ideas as to the toil which wo
men should be
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permitted to per
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to their greatest
•urprlse In some
of tho more prim
Stive provincoB of
central Europe
where It In no un
common Bight to
nee a women
"hitched" to i
plow hb It were.
elde by Bide with
« horse or other
animal, while her
liege lord trudges
behind guiding
the plow How
ever a rival of
this state of
things la to he
seen occanlomilly
In Holland where
a mother and her daughters may he seen on the
towpath dragging a barge or canal boat along
by means of i heavy rope whilo tho hefty head
of the household sits comfortably at the tiller
of the craft
It must he admitted however that few of the
Huropean women who work in the Holds appear
In the least discontented with their lot To be
suro the explanation !n many cares may bo found
In the lact that they know no other life and
seemingly give nary a thought to the possibilities
of an easier existence Their mothers and thoir
grandmothers before them went Into the fields
In this wise and with a proverbial adherance to
precedent and custom they accept the responsi-
bilities as h matter of course. \t the same time
there are some of these wom< n who have given
thought to tho subject without having the ponder
Ing make any difference in their mental attitude
On the contrary some of thorn grow actually ag
gresslvo In their contention that tt Is the duty of
a wife to be her husband's life partner and co
worker In fact as well as In name and that If the
husband's occupation Is tilling th* soil she should
lend a hand In tho field work Just as she would
expect to stand for hours dally behind the counter
If her helpmate were a small shopkeeper.
Field work by women In tho United State.- Is
not so common an occurrence as It is on tho
other side of the Atlantic, but neither is It sufll
cJently unusual to cause much comment and It
has Increased greatly both In volume and va
rlety in recent years There la the difference
though that work In the Held as performed by
*ruch American women as engage In It docs not
savor of drudgery as does much of that abroad
and furthermore It Is engaged In for the most
part, purely because of personal preference That
Is there Is no masculine compulsion figuring in
the matter nor Is Amerir an f lrmcr's wife or
daughter misled by tho fallacy that she is not
doing her aharo If he does not perform manual
labor In the fields under Mi'.tlv: ' on
About the only circumstances in which we find
the women of ur farming communities going
Into tho field not exactly through a choice of
their own Is at harvest, season when there Is a
scarcity f labor It sometimes happen
farmers, particularly those In tin more 1
sections of tho west and middle west, fine
possible to Becuro, for love or money, the
harvest hands <nid rather than <o the ripened
grain lost for luck of harvester- their wiv< hi, h1h-
ters mid daughters have, all -(lit to th< m for
it, come to the rescue and performed the work of
men In tho hardest field In not a f<>\v Instances
women volunteer* 1 i/e under such circumstances
donned in> n's clothing and the almost unanimous
verdict Ik that the advantage from tho standpoint
of utility more than ounfec ba'.ui. < any detriment
In appearances
But, a> has been Raid, most of the American
women who ar« today working in the fields are
doing so purely because they prefer it to some
other weans of making livelihood. This Is true
fj*5 berry pickers who if the7 chose could
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taking up "claims" and In a surpris-
ing number of cases of late these wo-
men have "worked" these claims and
developed them Into fine farms with
very little outside help. A recent casa
in point was that of three former
school teachers who, entirely by their
own exertions, successfully carried
out a "homesteading" project fifteen
miles from the nearest habitation.
Farmer women too. are doing more
work In the fields than ever before,
for all that the easier circumstances
of the prosperous twentieth century
farmer has brought automobiles and
pianos and telephones and a host of
home comforts that might naturally
be expected to take the minds of the
women folk off such things as farm
work. In this sphere, too, the explana-
tion of the presence in the fields of
many women who are not driven
there by necessity Is found In the fas-
cination of earning "one's own
money." It has been the custom from
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earn nearly as much as seamstresses or clerks In
stores and it is true likewise of the Increasing
number of women who are engaging in truck gar-
dening and fruit raising and like occupations.
However, perhaps the most interesting phase of
tho whole situation is tho vast Increase among
tho women In tho fields of those who are not
only there on their own initiative but who are
also proprietors as It were rather than hired la-
borers or even co-workers who subscribe to the
policy of family co-operation.
The present "back to the soil" movement Is no
doubt responsible in great measure for the In-
crease in this class of women in the fields, and
Influence has likewise been exerted by the grow-
ing realization that a woman can woo health
quite as effectually by farm work close to nature
(provided, of course, she does not overtax her
strength) as she can by sitting all day on a hotel
portico at the most famous of health resorts. We
see varied manifestations of this new fever of
American women to get into the fields for pleas-
ure as well as profit. On the one hand we have
the spectacle of women who must needs be self
supporting, buying and working,- often without
any malo help whatever, small truck and poul-
try farms located sufficiently near some large city
to insure a good market for tho produce of the
farm at first hand and mayhap without the pay-
ment of a slice to the commission merchant,
providing the woman farmer can cultivate her
own circle of customers To go to the other ex-
treme we see at every government "land open-
ing. unmarried women In increasing numbers
LET THINGS GO
The ability to rest Is an art. Most women either
rush and tear at things all day long and never
give their overstrained nerves a rest or they are
Indolent and Indulge In an afternoon sleep which
makes them dull. A cat nap of a quarter of an
hour after luncheon Is the best beauty preserva
11v.j possible But sleeping Is not always resting.
Neither is doing nothing. A change of view or
occupation Is often the greatest rest and. If the
art of relaxation has been mastered, sitting wlVi
the hands limply In the lap, with tho head resting
against the back of the chair and the feet on a
footstool will remove the strain from tired nerves.
Many women find going to the theater a rest,
and others make a habit of keeping a little knit-
ting or crochet work hi'.ndy and can quite dismiss
the rares of the day as soon as the fingers start
making music with the needles. Blessed indeed
Is she who can sit down In the midst of dirt and
confuslou to finish a good book. There Is a house-
keeping horror w ho cannot see any brightness In
a ray of sunshine while thero Is a layer of dust on
tho piano. She makes one shudder at the very
name of "order" and by her uncomfortable pas-
sion for tidiness causes John to look a half hour
"©e^alue
of Personal
Work
time out of mind for the average farmer to allow
to his wife the "butter and egg money" but of
late years when both these commodities hav«
mounted on more than one occasion to fancy prices
the Income has swelled so remarkably as to prove
a revelation to the farm mistresses. Women who
had only spending money heretofore from thts
source suddenly found themselves with lndepea-
dent bank accounts of their own.
The to be expected sequel was the result. Th«
women of the farms receiving such object lessons
of the profits that might be theirs if they took up
these "side lines" In real earnest have lost no time
In exploring the possibilities of the situation. Many
a rural housewife who formerly kept a dozen chick-
ens now l as hundreds with an equipment of Incu-
bators and all the other aids to such activities. Bee
keeping has likewise had a boom and so has the
raising of pigeons, the cultivation of early and
late vegetables under glass and numerous other
kindred activities which, though making no undue
strain upon a woman's strength, and materially to
the bulk of her poeketbook. Not a few of the
"abandoned farms" of New England which have
lately been rejuvenated owe tho transformation to
women who have worked out their salvation
through a Bort of intensive farming In which more
often than not the fair sex have had little assis-
tance for, be it known, hired help Is as scarce in
some of the farming sections of New England as
It ts many hundreds of miles farther west.
An Interesting side light on the situation Is that
our up-to-date agricultural colleges are now fitting
girls for work in the fields or anywhere else on the
farms In these Institutions the young women are
studying side by side with their brothers all the
way through and gaining a clearer Insight than
has heretofore been possible into the practical side
of farm husbandry it is a decided innovation, this
plan of teaching the young women, from a scientific
basis, all that can be put to use on a farm,—Inside
or outside the farm house Under this scheme the
farm girl acquires knowledge relative to the soli,
plant growth and animal life, in short she learns
(from practical demonstration as well as out cf
books) all that can be taught about field agricul-
ture, dairy practice, etc, as well as the mysteries
of cookery and dressmaking and home manage-
ment Incidentally it may he noted that much at
tention is being devoted to fruit raising, an occu-
pation which seems to be proving attractive to a
great number of the feminine recruits who have
lately taken to tilling the soil as a means of liveli-
hood
lor his slippers and sigh lor the io?t ease of hl9
bachelor den.
Make yourself comfortable and everybody
around you—that Is a good password for this life
There is altogether too much said In encourge-
ment of "temperament" and "nerves." It |« well
to have them, just as It Is well to have teeth and
eyes and feet, but they are to serve and not
dominate us. I.earn to rest your tired nerv.r mi'
years and the chief knows that another ten jean
relax from housekeeping carao.
■ji^ ACH one of us as a crea-
kV ture of God has a part to
do In life. Mine may be a
much more obscure part
than yours, yet I am ac-
countable to God for my
part. God does not expect those with
j one talent to do what those with five
j talents will accomplish. We are all
here for a purpose and If we will an-
swer the purpose of our creation we
j must give God our hearts and make a
full and complete surrender to him,
for "out of the heart are the issues of
life."
If we would have success In doing
personal work we must ourselves be
thoroughly converted. Jesus said to
Peter. "When thou are converted,
strengthen thy brethren."
In doing personal work It Is neces-
sary that we lay aside all sin and
worldliness and let God lead our way.
If we will not let him have his own
way, our power will be crippled and
men will be lost that we might have
been instrumental In saving.
We must have a working knowl-
edge of the Bible. "For the word of
God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder
of bouI and spirit, and of the Joints
and marrow, and Is a dlscerner of the
thoughts and Intents of the heart"
(Heb. 4:12). In Jer. 23:29 we read,
"Is not my word like as a fire? saith
the Lord; and like a hammer that
bieaketh the rock in pieces?" It is
able to melt and break hearts. Oh,
Christian friends, how very essential
it is to know the Word of God. It Is
| the Instrument upon which we must
rely In doing personal work.
Prayer Not All-Sufficient.
We will be prayerful. We may be
free from sin and we may have the
I Bible knowledge, but, unless we are
i closely connected with the power-
house of God, all our efforts will be
; vain.
We must pray to God to lead us to
the right person to do personal work.
It would not be wise to speak to every
one we meet. We must pray to God
to show us Just what to say to those
to whom he leads us. "Study to show
thyself approved unto God, a work-
man that needeth not be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth"
(II Tim 2:15). After all when we
have studied the blessed word, we
need God's guiding hand at all times.
We must pray God to give power to
! that which he has given us to do. We
need not only a message from God but
power from him to send the message
home. Sometimes in doing personal
work we reason and plead with men
and even give them the Word of God,
but they will not be moved. Why?
Soon we will see that we are trying to
! save them In our strength and as soon
as we see the wrong and look to God
with a sincere and prayerful heart
asking him to take all self away like
the song," the work will become light
aud we can expect good results.
True Love Needed.
Last but not least, lovo is another
Important part In doing personal
work. We may be a praying people,
and we may know the Bible, but un-
less wo have a love for lost souls, our
work will not profit us anything. "And
though 1 bestow all my goods to feed
the poor, and give my body to be
burned, and have not charity, it profit-
eth me nothing. Charity suffereth
; long, and is kind; charity envieth not;
| charity vauntetb not itself, is not
J puffed up." If we have a love for
} souls who we know are on the down-
ward road to ruin, we will find oppor-
tunities to help them. When we are
constrained by love we will not wait
for some one else to do It.
We may not feel the importance of
j persona! work. Look at the vast num-
ber of traveling salesmen In the em-
ploy of business houses. Whera
would their work be If It were not for
the personal effort they put forth.
And how much more necessary It Is
to be personal workers for the great
Master who Is all In all!—Gospel Her-
ald
FEELS LIKE A BOY.
•Incs Doan's Kidney PI I la Cured Him
of Terrible Kidney Tronbie,
Sheldon Smith, Prop. Arlington
House, Woodland, Ca!.. says. "Threa
years I was almost
helpless. Kidney ■
cretions scalded te -
ribly and obliged ma
to arise ten to twelve
times a night. M y
left limb became so
stiff and sore 1 could
hardly walk — just
hobbled around with
a cane. I had almost
t,very complaint that
if'' diseased kidneys pro-
duce, and Doan's Kid-
ney Pills removed them all. At the aga
of 76 I feel like a boy and enjoy health
and comfort. Can anyone wonder at
my gratitude?
Remember tho name—Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
•torekeepers everywhere. Price 60a.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
UNDERTAKING FOR MISSIONARY.
"There are a good many thankless
Jobs."
"Such ns trying to make vegetarians
of the cannibals."
BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT
"When my first baby was six
1 months old he broke out on his head
; with little bumps. They would dry
up and leave a scale. Then It would
| break out agi.in and it spread all over
; his head. All the hair came out and
his head was sealy all over. Then hia
face broke out all over in red bumps
and it kept spreading until it was on
his hands and arms. I bought several
boxes of ointment, gave him blood
| medicine, and had two doctors to treat
| him, but. be got worse all the time. He
had it about six months when a friend
told me about Cuticura. 1 sent and
j got a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, a
! cake of Cuticura "Soap and a box of
Cuticura Ointment. In three daya
after using them he began to improve,
j He began to take long naps and to
stop scratching his head. After taking
two bottles of Resolvent, two boxes of
Ointment and three cakes of Soap b«
! wa3 sound and well, and never bad
( any breaking out of any kind. His
| bair came out in little curls all over
his head. I don't think anything else
| would have cured him except Cuticura.
j "I have bought Cuticura Ointment
1 and Soap several times since to use
for cuts and sores and have never
known them to fail to cure what I put
: (hem on. I think Cuticura Is a great
^ remedy and would advise any one to
use it. Cuticura Soap is the best that
I I have ever used for toilet purposes."
(Signed) Mrs. F. E. Harmon, K. F. D.
| 2, Atoka, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1910.
Any man can get into a fight, but
| sometimes it takes a certain amount
| of courage to keep out of one.
) lie happy. I'-e Red Cross Ball Blue;
hitter (hni liquid blue. Delight*
the laundrt:
All grocers.
j Many a man who is his own mas-
j ter might better be serving some
j other
Lew •<" Sincle Binder straight 5a rigar.
You pay 10c for cigars not so good.
Even love may ripen Into fiiend-
j ship.
A Prayer.
Our Heavenly Father, we thank
thee for the wealth of thy provision
for us; for the riches of nature, but
far more for the untold treasures of
redeeming grace. Lord Jesus Christ,
we find all these In thee. It Is thy
vitalizing touch that brings us Into
sympathy with 'all things; with na-
ture, with men, and with God. In thy
light we see light; we come to under-
stand. it Is thyself we hunger for.
We pray for greater Intimacy with
thee, and through thee with the heav-
enly father Spirit of God. who dwell-
est in Jesus Christ, take possession of
our breasts. Search out and sanctify
every remotest corner of our nature.
Fill our souls with reverence and holy
trust, and bring us at last to our
heavenly hotqe to be with Christ tor-
evermore
QUICKLY
REGULATED
A POOR
APPETITE
Requisite First Step.
Nothing can make good men and
women that does not take them first
as individuals and go to the very roots
of their beginning They need to be
put right In their fundamental rela
tlonships, impressed with a sense of
their duty to God and man and fur-
nished with an adequate motive power.
—Rev W U. Taylor. Presbyterian,
Hrches er N Y
Loss of Appetite always
rrjeans— stomach weak-
ness—and this requires
Hosteller's
Stomach Bitters
immediately. It tones,
strengthens and invig-
orates the entire diges-
tive system. Try it and
see for yourself.
YOU'LL FIND IT EXCELLENT
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1911, newspaper, July 6, 1911; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108302/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.