Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1914 — ARE OF THE EARTH’S BEST [ARTICLE]

ARE OF THE EARTH’S BEST

Deserved Tribute to the Women of Whom It Is Said They Are “Agreeableto Live With.” ’ "I feel of so little use in these progressive days,” said a woman of mature years. “The woman of today is full of stimulating ideas. She is identified with important movements. She makes the most of her talents, but ll—canI — I—can do nothing. It seems as if I have so much to take up my time and yet I never do accomplish anything that will ever count in the vast scheme of things.” “You have the rarest talent that the world boasts and you-make the most of it every day,” replied the visitor. ■“You are agreeable to live with.” Agreeable live with! Unassuming phrase; with what a powerful reach! With domestic squalls so flagrant, divorce rampant, “incompatibility" a household word, the woman who is agreeable to live with is a mighty factor in the press of progress. She brightens the atmosphere about her at a time when there seems much effort expended to make people good, but little to make them happy. Such a woman has the gift of divinity. She glorifies the commonplace. She nourishes the nation. It is splendid to uplift, to be artistic, to head world movements, but there Is little that so becomes a Woman as to be agreeable to live with. It is a way in which those who tarry at home may keep step with their more conspicuously progressive sisters. —Mother's Magazine. o'