Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-06-11
4 REPLY.

4 REPLY.
EDITOR REvIEw:-Dear sir, / read
with deep interest the article contained
in your issue of the 21st under the
heading "No True woman's Duty"
The tone of it leads me to infer that
slight difference of opinion exists be-
tween the writer of it and Mrs. Adair
as to what constitutes a ssTrue Wo-
mans Duty" The interest of the
writer is shown in the sentence. where
the women are entreated in Gods
name, to ignore the appeal Of Mrs
Adair, and the strength Of the authors
convictions can be measured by SEN
tence near the close which states "I
sincerely hope that these words will
find their way to the minds of any
lady readers and after due considera-
tion l am positive you will agree with
me-" The earnest appeal to temper
ance women issued by Mrs. Adair, this
writer disposes of with the brief SER
tence 'sThis is all humbug." The de.
sire upon the part of said writer is to
prevent these women from exposing
themselves to the danger Of being in.
suited, and scorned, jeered, and scofed
at and perhaps cursed if they should
attempt to work at the polls. on elec-
ton day. It is enough to sadden the
heart of every lover of his country, and
cause him to tremble for the purity Of
the ballot box, to look at the picture
this writer has drawn. The article
says sLadies your kind husband would
not care to see you at the polls amid a
crowd of shouting, noisy men, besotted
wretches, staggeringdrunkards aad pro-
fame swearers." I agree with "Orsini"
who would not. Shades of the Pilgrim
Fathers has it come to thisl The very
atmosphere of such places, "Orsini'
says is vile and poisonous. Is the
''aroma" that exhales from the stag
gering drunkards and besotted wretches
who surround the ballot box to help
make the men who make the laws to
govern good people if so Let us be silent
for a few days, on the subject of shun-
dred years of progress" and the great
work of moral reform about which our
tireless orators have said so much
"Orsini" would not have the pure
minded women of our county inhale
the deadly miasma of such places.
'Orsini" evidently believes in wonanly
women, gentle, refined and pure, stages
at home. Those women who begin at
Jerusalem in the work Of moral reform
and make that home type of the
Heavenly home, the new Jerusalem.
Full many home in this our favored
land sparkles with the presence of such
a jewel; may their tribe increase. At
the same time may we not indulge the
hope that Mrs. Thompson, Miss Will
lard and many others who labored in
the temperance crusade were true wom-
en- and retained their purity notwith-
standing they went forth to plead
with man in the very places where
drink was sold and where the sur
roundings to say the least we're not In
viting and these women did not be-
long to that class Of manly women
whose masculine boldness and cheek
of brass fills us with unutterable dis
gust. The Women Of the crusade were
not of that persuasion had they have
been nothing would have saved them |
from the grossest insult, that they
were insulted in some instances is true
but there were also many instances in
which the saloon keepers would not
allow their customers to utter a disre-
specful word in their presence such is
the force of a pure heart and the
strength of a holy purpose, that the
vilest men can perceive the differen ce |
sometimes by those who are actuated
by a love of notoriety and those who
are not. Whatever may be said touch
ing the wisdom of the course of those |
women there can be no questions of the
results of their labors, those who have
studied the methods of work adopted |
by the w. G. 7. U. and the marvellous
talent displayed in perfecting their Or
ganization, the completeness of tie
plans for every department of labor
will not say again that woman has not |
developed genius. for business. There
is not in this land to-day any society
for its object the uplifting of the race,
better equipped or oficered than the |
w. G. 7. q. it is with its tens of thou