The women of the Grange cultivate the true spirit of hospitality. All who come enter into and share their family life. Neighborly kindness to the sick and sorrowing is abundantly expressed in farm communities. While not a trained nurse, the modern woman on the farm informs herself as to the approved methods of caring for the sick and relieving accidental hurts. In the Grange women learn to co-operate in many ways, and the lesson is broadening and beautifying their lives and homes.
All honor to this true woman upon the farm as she sits enthroned among her jewels—the sturdy sons and daughters who will rise up and call her blessed!
"Yes, after the strife and weary tussle
When life is done, and she lies at rest,
The nation's brain and heart and muscle,
Her sons and daughters shall call her blest.
"And I think the sweetest joy of heaven,
The rarest bliss of eternal life.
And the fairest crown of all, will be given
Unto the wayworn farmer's wife."
COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY—PILLARS OF HERCULES—ON LINE OF O. R. & N. CO.
