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A WORD WITH THE WOMEN
(By Elia W Peattie)

A lady who refuses to smile with me at the man who waters the lawn as a [divertisement?] sends the following.

'Behold the man' He holds the end of the garden hose. He has a love for the beautiful home, which, without a well-kept lawn for his children to romp upon, is far from a perfect home.

Elia W Peattie has chosen a good subject, but has taken the wrong side.

'Tis sad to see the neglected yards in our city. I know a man who has a block of dwellings for rent but rents only under contract that the occupants must cut and water the grass. I wish every landlord would do the same Mrs. Peattie finds fault with the men for sprinkling as she thinks it interferes with the social conversation of the family. There is a time for all things and certainly plenty of time for the faintly after the grass watered. [A?] for the pitiful sight of an unkept lawn, where there is no real enjoyment so-[c?], where husband is wedded to the newspaper, and with heels higher than his head pipe in his mouth and coat off is seen on the front porch, but sadder still, perhaps is not seen at home at all in the evening. He has no interest in keeping his lawn on beautifying his home. There is no attraction there.

Where your treasure is there will your heart [be also lie?] love the telegraph and barber poles in front of the hotels. They are tall. He can get his feet higher. Oh what a love of a husband! Much better learn to gracefully hold the end of the garden hose. But Mrs. Peattie says the wife pouts or sulks while the husband sprinkles. Well if that is the case, we would not censure the men for neglect but the wife who is no more womanly to sulk for this cause she is not worthy of a kind husband. But I can't agree with Mrs. Peattie on this. Most women love a nice lawn and do not detest the garden hose, but with myself, rejoice every day and say with me 'Oh such a blessing is the water. Just think! We [?] use all we want, and the flowers, Oh, so grateful, and reward us by more flowers the next day, than we can pick [?] the sick and suffering, who receive with delight the beautiful bouquet'

All halo the man and the garden [?]

What was Byron's idea of glory? Was [?] to die upon the field of battle and [?] [?] [?] [-ed?] wrong in the [?]

A WORD WITH THE WOMEN
(By Elia W Peattie)

A lady who refuses to smile with me at the man who waters the lawn as a [divertisement?] sends the following.

'Behold the man' He holds the end of the garden hose. He has a love for the beautiful home, which, without a well-kept lawn for his children to romp upon, is far from a perfect home.

Elia W Peattie has chosen a good subject, but has taken the wrong side.

'Tis sad to see the neglected yards in our city. I know a man who has a block of dwellings for rent but rents only under contract that the occupants must cut and water the grass. I wish every landlord would do the same Mrs. Peattie finds fault with the men for sprinkling as she thinks it interferes with the social conversation of the family. There is a time for all things and certainly plenty of time for the faintly after the grass watered. [A?] for the pitiful sight of an unkept lawn, where there is no real enjoyment so-[c?], where husband is wedded to the newspaper, and with heels higher than his head pipe in his mouth and coat off is seen on the front porch, but sadder still, perhaps is not seen at home at all in the evening. He has no interest in keeping his lawn on beautifying his home. There is no attraction there.

Where your treasure is there will your heart [be also lie?] love the telegraph and barber poles in front of the hotels. They are tall. He can get his feet higher. Oh what a love of a husband! Much better learn to gracefully hold the end of the garden hose. But Mrs. Peattie says the wife pouts or sulks while the husband sprinkles. Well if that is the case, we would not censure the men for neglect but the wife who is no more womanly to sulk for this cause she is not worthy of a kind husband. But I can't agree with Mrs. Peattie on this. Most women love a nice lawn and do not detest the garden hose, but with myself, rejoice every day and say with me 'Oh such a blessing is the water. Just think! We [?] use all we want, and the flowers, Oh, so grateful, and reward us by more flowers the next day, than we can pick [?] the sick and suffering, who receive with delight the beautiful bouquet'

All halo the man and the garden [?]

What was Byron's idea of glory? Was [?] to die upon the field of battle and [?] [?] [?] [-ed?] wrong in the [?]