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    "ocrText": "0.\n-4-\nWhen we speak of plantation days, or western pioneer days, or\npilgrim days, we realize what a relatively easy time we women have\nnow. - except those early years of young married life when a young mother\nhas her hands more than full.\nNo more could the story be told of the seven strapping sons who\nbegan to worry over their mother's failing strength. She didn't seem\nto have as much energy as she used to when she chopped the kindling for\nthe wood stove. So the boys held a council to see what they could do\nto help mother. Finally they came up with a perfect solution - they\ndecided to buy her a new axe!\nToday we don't have to split the wood or make the fire - we turn\na switch and in a short time the frozen foods are cooked and on the table -\nand mighty good too!\nThere is no doubt that we have more free time - time to flitter\naway, or time to stand at slot machines as they do in Las Vegas - or\ntime for church work, hospital work, Community Fund, Red Cross,\nSalvation Army - and innumerable other worthy causes.\nWe are told by women of other countries that we have intelligent\nhusbands - and I think we do - maybe I'd prefer to say - understanding\nhusbands - they are, by and large, proud of the accomplishments of their\nwomen in church and community service. I always feel too, that family\nconversation is enriched by the mothers who are engaged in worthwhile\nprojects and bring discussion of these things to the family dinner\ntable."
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