Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-05
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
woMAN's SPHERE.

wOMAN'S SPHERE.
| An Humorous Yet SCRABBLE Discussson OF
This Always Interesting Qusstion.
YES" says Betsey. ..men do adj
mire to have wimmen clingin' to 'em,
Ikea vine to a stately tree. and it is
indeed q sweet view."
$50 it's. so it's" says !. II never
was much of Ginger myself. Still,
iffemales want to cling, hain't no OBJ
lection. But" says l, in reasonable
tones. ''as have said more'n hun
bred times. if men think wimmen are
obleeged to be vines. they ought to
feel obieeged to make trees of them
selves. for 'em to run up ON. But
they won't; some of 'em. they will not
be trees, they seem to be sot againstit.
And. as l have said. what if vine
hain't no tree convenient to cling to?
Or if she has. what if the tree she
clings to happens to tall, through in
herent rottenneSs at. the core, thunder
and lightnin' or etcetery? If the string
breaks, what is to become of the
creeper. if it can't do nothin' but
Creep" Says l: at is all well enough
for a rich woman to set in a velvet
gown with her feet on the warm hearth
and wonder what makes the poor
drunkard's wife down in the street
shiver. Let her be but once with her
bare feet in the snow, and she'd find
out 1t hain't the rich. happy. comfort
able clingers am talkin' in behalf of.
but the poor shiverers outside who
hain't nothin' to cling to-
"Women's speah''-began Betsey.
"Women's speah:' says l, inter-
ruptin' her in majestic tone, before
which Betsey quailed imperceptibly.
"Women's sphere is where she can do
the most good. If God had meant
that wimmen should be nothin' but
mems shadders, He would have made
costs and fantoms of 'em ut once. But
havin' made 'em flesh and blood. with
brains and souls. believe He meant
'em to be used to the best advantage"
Josiah Aliens wife," says Betsey.
Il think your views are uronieous. We
can not think alike about clingin', we
also differ in our views about caur-
kusses. When l consider that 'lections
and caurkusses come once every yeah.
then comes home The solemn feelin',
how wearin' it would be for female
to drop all her domestic labohs and
avocations. and be present at them.
Josiah Aliens wife, let us sposen the
case; sposen woman is a-washin'
or churnin' buttah, how could she
leave this laboh to go and vote?"
Says l. with so impatient gesture
that broke off thread and had to tie
it on again: You are goin' over the
same old ground agin of woman's
time" Says 1: ''Wimmen can drop
all their domestic labors and 90 to
fairs-town fairs and country fairs
and State fairs if she can get to 'em.
She will be on the ground in time to
see the first punkin and bedquilt car
ried on to it. and she will stay to see
the last horse trot his last trot; she
can find time for picnics and pleasure
excursions and celebrations and Fourth
Of July, that last all day-and it would
take about half minute to vote.
But" says /, in the most grand and
noble tone had used yet, "men hain't
took by the eoat-collar and dragged
off to caurkusses and 'lections; they
don't 90 unless they are mind to.
and don't suppose wimmen would he
drove there like flock of sheep.
''They wouldn't want to 90, only
when some great law was up concern-
ing right and wrong, or her own ilD-
trinsick interests, as givin' a mother a
equal right to her children. right she
earnt naturally, deed God Himself
stamped with the great seals of fear
and agony. Or bein' taxed without
representation, which breaks the old
Constitution right in two in the mid
lie every time it is done. Or concernin'
equal pay for equal labor l s'pose
every female clerk and teacher and
operator, who have half-starved on
about one-third what men get for doin'
tire same work. would be on hand.
Likewise. concernin' temperance, 1
s'pose every dEunkard's wife and
mother and girl would go to the pole,
that could get there. Poor things!
under the Legislator they have en-
ioyed the right Of sufferin'; s'posen it
lets 'em enjoy the right of suffragin' a
spell. Mebbe they would find it as
easy if not easier Prom my Qpias-