The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-06-12
Wbisky-heads VS.. Praying Women
rFrom The workingman.1


From The WorkingmRn.l
MR.. EDITOR:-Since the women have
commenced their labor of love and
prayers for fallen man, and the redemp-
tion of the land from the curses of
drinking saloons and the traffic in al
cOholie liquOrs-the dens where poverty,
crime, shame, misery and disgrace is
dealt out by the glass, the quart, the
gallon and the barrel-I scarcely pick
up paper which does not contain lee
ture to women, drawn by some be-
rummed brain Of a sapient knight of the
quill, intended to teach women how TO
cure drunkenness, and consequently all
the ills il entails upon us and society in
general. Unfortunately their prescrip-
tions do not reach those for whom they
are intended-the wOmen-the female
portion of the family-the drinking sa-
loon-keepers and rum-holes getting all
the niekels that should 20 TO pay for
family comforts and papers. Thank
God, my husband does not drink, and
papers are plenty at my house. 1 see
their labored efforts on that subject. ]
think I can see more than they imagine.
l fiatteT myself that / can smell their
breath while they are nOdding over the
paper on which they write, aud II any
Of our readers wish to get q full sniff
of a similar Odor-one not adulterated
by parched corn, aniseed, cloves, OF
parched coffee, they can do 80 by pass
ing up the valley west OF Judges
Spring, when the distillery in that To-
cality is in full blast, with a hundred
hogs roofing in the mash andswill which
runs through that bottom.
make home pleasant" they seem to
think is the exclusive province OF
women.
"Make home pleasant ~ or course
she is expected, by such brutes, to do
this. Yes, she must "make home pleas
ant" under any and all circumstances.
She is expected to sit, from day 10 day,
over few embers in mid-winter, gazing
at empty dishes with an equally empty
stomach, while her deleetable lord sits
nQddiug, slObbering and hic-coughing.
and with thiekening tongue delighting
other husbands with the rehearsal OF
vulgar yarns about women, in the bar
room of some licensed den OF infamy !
Oh, yes, if they are to be believed, these
dens have been established by philan-
thrOpists for the special benefit OF poor
unfortunate men whose wives do not
"make home pleasant"
This is all very nice, and the poor
miserable sot who cannot make some
bad fix; but how about those who
have no wife and those who never pro-
vlded homes for their wives, as well rs
lhose others who take the money their
wives have earned over the wash-tub
ana spend it in the dram-shops ? or
SouIse such men expect their wives TO
make home pleasant-n
ihey say we must i'alwavs meet then,
Win a smile" This has been 40 lone
sung tIlal ~ IS no new song I'm tho cars
OF wives. Must meet him with a
smile !! Who? The stupid. staggar-
ing, drunken creature called bnsIss,sd
the creature so full of whisl-v rs'H'lui s,,I G''i
that he would not know a snila Sra,'s oeeI
boot-jack. Would that not be . ,,';.l ,,1ul q
able effort to make home nIes.nsN.' s,,se', :,
Would it not be lively evidence ~
fool casting pearls before swine9 VI
Oh, yes, how thoughtful these solo
of the press and worshipers OF d. ,o,,9
shops are of their inflated stomach
Bless their dear, red-eyed souls FOR fhe
suggestion to shave a good warm meal
ready when they come home, and a
kind word for them at the door, aud n
kiss, too, TO boot" Would that not be
Jolly? Just think OF kissing a man