Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-13
will ! again ask you to make all the sac
riHces, or struggle alone with high prices
aud hard times"
The Women Sufragists and Mrs.
Hayes.
lCinoinnati Saturday Night

lCinoinnati Saturday Night
A committee FROM the Women 8
Suffrage Convention. which has been
in session at Washington. called upon
the President, the other day, to ex-
change views with him on the subject
of women's voting, and to demand
why he ignored the women Of the
country in his annual messages. They
also had some resolution tn present.
The President listened attentively,
and then asked il they wouldn't like
to see Mrs. Hayes. Now female cur
losity ~ as strong among women's
rights women as it is with any other
department Of the sex. They had
never met Presidents wife in their
lives and were naturally curious TO see
what she had on. So they suspended
their talk about the female ballot and
polygamy in Utah, at once, intimating
that it would give them sincere pleas
ure to be presented 10 Mrs. HAYES.
After that lady had been introduced
the President asked her 10 show the
ladies around the White House, which
like the dutiful wife she is. she pro-
ceeded to do, the President pretend
ing that he had got 10 60 TO the post
office, or somewhere and would be
right back. Then he slipped hastily
out, chuckling to himself over the cs-
cape be had made.
| The committee wanted TO see the
White House, Of course. none of them
| knowing, IN the event OF women :
suffrage being established, when they
might be called upon to reside there,
as Presidentess or Vice Presidentcss
of the United States, and it would De
good opportunity 10 sound Mrs.
| Hayes on the subject of female bal
lot-box, too. Mrs. Hayes march ed
them from one department OF the
house 10 another, pointing out the i'm
proyements that had been made in
housekeeping, apparently not hearing
the attempts some Of the committee
were making TO draw her out on the
woman question.
AS they entered the kitchen q Sc
we're female. with voice hoarse from
much speaking in the convention
asked Mrs. Hayes, abruptly, Would
/ you deny 10 women the same political
range that is enjoyed BY tyrant man Z"
You want TO see the range, YOU
say" said Mrs. Hayes, innoseutly.
"Step right this way. II roast and
stews-vou ladies' know how 10 stew,
d0n't you-and bakcs Two dozen
Inince pies at 4 time. | make the pies
myself. ~ "a Ia ha snra tho s,ooh
doesn't put any cider in them. Cider
| doesn't agree with Rutherford.
The sui!ragists admired the cooking
facilities presented, although a little
out Of their range, when q tall woman
with corkscrew curls asked Mrs
Hayes if she had ever made anv study
Of the interior domestic life Of Turkey.
''Roasts turkey splendidly, | can
tell you. replied the Presidents wife,
rapturously, throwing open an oven
door. The old rule is, roast n
quarter Of an hour for every pound =,
but my this oven does the business
in jify."
They moved into the laundry. One
impressible female threw up her hands
and exclaimed, "Did great Washing
="
Certainly" interrupted Mrs. Hayes
''our help did great washing here
this very morning-Monday, YOU
know"
The susceptive female looked some.
what disgusted as she said, Il was
not alludlng 10 the doubtless neces-
sary but quite unpoetic operation Of
cleansing the family linen, but was
thinking Of the time when the noble
Washington trod these halls, the god
like George, who, had he been alive
to-day, would not have turned a deaf
ear TO the appeal of twenty millions
of down-trodden females r
The chairwoman of the committee
wrung her hands and exclaimed, as she
leaned against a wash tub. Must
we always remain stationary"
"Oh, yes" said Mrs. HAYES,
these stationary wash tubs are very
convenient No family should be
without them" Then she showed
them a patent clothes pin, warranted
to hold on no matter by what patent
the clothes were made; and new
waffle iron, waffle nice for the purpose
intended and stove-lid litter that
could also be used for corkscrew, on
" thev had no use for corkscrew,
at the White House.
with your hclp," whispered keen
looking suffragist. in spectacles. 1--WE
can sweep the whole country"
"Sweep," said Mrs. H., 81 am
glad you spoke Of it. Inear!y forgot
it. Let me show you the latest im-
provement for sweeping carpet. 1t
is roller, you perceive. A noiseless
one, thereby doing away with the chief
objection to the rolling carpet sweep
ers. Good idea, isn't it,?
At this point 4 stout. red-faced
woman, with an umbrella under her
arm, planted herself right in front of
Mrs. Hayes and demanded to know
if she didn't think that women should
have the ballot-box.
Mrs. Hayes couldn't see any reas-
on why women shouldn't have the
ballot-box if she wanted it, after cleo
ton was over and there was no fur
ther use for it-at least, not immed-
istely-she could bring it back again
when another election came on. But
it did appear to her that there were
plenty of other boxes to choose from,
unless it be box at the theatre, and
that she never would countenance.
The committee shifted with their noses
and hastily started for the door, al
though Mrs H. urged them to 90 up
in the nursery and inspect the latest
improved baby,jumper.
The Chicago Interior has discharged
disagreeable Duty. This was the way of
It: One good brother, who lived half a
thousand miles east Of us. not only would
not pay Us, but insulted US. and moved