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The Essay (-unrimmd from page 28 women are finally being acceptedlin the labour force since two and one-half million women are working outside the home in Canada and more than half of these are married. Between 1958 and 1968 the number of working Wives rose from forty-three to fiftysfive percent. There are several reasons why women do go back to work: they may Want to get out of the kitchen and away from the sometimes monot- onous household tasks. they may want more money for luxuries, or they may want to put themselves more in touch with the outside world. to once more get in the swing of things. Whatever their reason. women have proven themselves to he as capable as men and in some cases more capable. But there are chalâ€" lenges â€" including equal pay for equal work and combining household duties with “out of the home“ duties. which sometimes requires a great deal of readjustment. Then too urban women do have the advan- tage over rural women in seeking employment. As for me, a homemaker living on a farm, here in the centre of this great “Breadâ€"basket of the World", I have no desire to go back to my former career. There are so many interest- ing things to do on a farm, that they are in themselves a challenge to me. And it‘s always nice to have a few spare moments, to sit and read. to gaze at the starry skies1 or just to take time to think. Whether women join the labor force or whether they remain at home, the task of raisâ€" ing a family here in this second century will become a challenge to us. For more and more, outside influences are making it harder to bring up your family as you may like to. This new morality, based on free love, can under- mine l‘amily life. Then, too, there are tempta- tions, such as drugs, pills, alcoholism. And it will take courage. on the part of women to in- still in the minds of their Children that which is right and that which is wrong. We must keep our moral standards high, so as to set an ex- ample to our children to build even a richer life than we ourselves have had. . In one of the streets in Johannesburg, a city tn South Africa, there stands a monument ded- leatted to all the horses that had lost their lives during the Boer war. On it is carved the figure of a horse. Kneeling in front of the horse is a man with outstretched arms and holding in his hands a bucket. as if he were offering the horse a drink of water. The inscription below it reads, “The greatness of a nation consists not so much in the number of its people or the extent of its territory but in the extent a tice of its compassion.” This, to“, lenge to women in this second cent xii} we do our part in having compassit Mn m‘h: fellow Canadians, regardless of the up MI: gion or creed. A shining example r' .Etts n th" sewing machine project of the 5. Mm; Homemakers‘ Clubs. Teachers we um “M by the Extension Division to Com Wu“ H! Indians, where the Indian women I» [Mm to sew. Upon completion of a Com machine was presented to each. .makers’ Clubs were involved in ‘ providing machines and financial Life will be brighter and days those who were given the opportu themselves â€" because somebody . cause someone had compassion . fortunate than herself. \L‘h lit! Following compassion, the chall a: int. . erance opens a wide field of toht tum. ‘ ance is the cordial and positive effo ulidet. stand another’s beliefs, practices halnk Without necessarily .accepting thet Eere m this country, made up of people i lien-m races and religions, of different uph 3;, ud- ucation and experience, it is nece In he broad-minded. We must realize e\ mm is entitled to his opinions and we mi an In other people‘s views. The meaning e lcn Commandments is as real to people alas environment as it was in the days e Lg' r!- tian culture. It has been said that h: Hum on small hinges and so do people‘s It lin little things that your tolerance Slit My last challenge to women 15 th :‘lwgt of change. Progress can never be I mili- out change. But we must be able 1- nlc it the change is constructive. The t; m change are blowing here in this gr; ml at hope, in this her second century. We . \lw“ remain clear or are there storms l" vl [lit horizon? Who shall say? In closing I quote the lines of the ‘ .et t-l' Serenity". A prayer for all Canadi. with“ who iove this True North, strong and God grant me the Serenity to ;. ' tlk‘ things I cannot change, Courage to «. .c “if things I can. and the wisdom to kno- i: kill' ference. il- * * I took a day to search for God. And found Him not. But as I [rod By rocky ledge, through woods unmlt Just where one scarlet lily flamed. I saw His footprint in the sod. Blis “11”” 'k * *