Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-27
FROM THE CUTTINGS.
NELLIE BUR.
(Continued.)
CHAPTER IL

II have three, just three reasons" said Mr..
Cutting, gazing approyingy at his boot, (Which
consider sufficiently good to justify me in taking the
opposition that | do this new movement which
few political cranks and soured females have put
on foot, for the complete emancipation of the
female race, as they say
"Give us these reasons, Cutting" said farmer
Jones, knocking the ashes from his pipe
Mr.. Cutting now stood his prop and support, the
hoe against the fence, Strengthened himself to his
full height, raised his right index finger and as
suming the important air of an orator, said:
"Well, firstly, object to giving women the
ballot, because she has not time to spend dabbling
in politics. Women have their home duties to
tend to, and no doubt you know, as well as l do,
that woman's work is never done. Then she has
the children to care for, and where she is going to
find time to fuss in politics without neglecting her
more important duties, cannot see. Then Sec
ondly, women are not competent to take part in
politics.
''What do women know about the tariff, | should
like to know" said Mr.. Cutting, tapping the top
board on the fence right under farmer Jones nose.
"Women know nothing and care nothing for that
all important, most serious phase of politics, the
tariff question. was reading my wife an unan-
swerable tariff argument the other night, and when
was about half through she said, ooh, bosh! turn
over the leaf and see if you can't find that notice
about the Prohibition meeting l told her she
was pretty looking thing to talk about voting
when she hadn't a respectable amount of interest
in the protection of the infant industries of her
native land, to hear good speech through, and
she said if she had hand in making laws she
would vote for law that would protect Silas
brakes infants from tie hunger and cold and
blows and kicks which they get, and which are
caused by the whisky selling, government protected
saloonkeeper on the corner. She is just like
woman. Can't see two feet in front of her nose"
81 reckon you're about right said farmer
Jones, splitting on glossy green leaf at his feet and
cycling the result approvingly.
''But hear my third reason" resumed Mr.. Cut
ting. 81 think women are too good to come in
contact with politics. l do, for fact. Politics
are not fit for women to mix up with Take my
wife for instance, should blush to think of her in
politics. Just see here,' and Mr.. Cutting tapped
the top board of the fence under farmer Jones'
nose again; but before he had made his little point
he grabbed his hoe and went at the waiting corn
~ don't see anything" said farmer Jones.
'Look down the road and you'll see Sall-NIrs.
Cutting-my wife coming, and by the way she
drives she must have had the horses shod."
AS farmer Jones was not very fond of ladies'
society in general and the society of Mrs. Cutting
in particular, he did not wait for her to drive up
before he started for home.
Mrs. Cutting drew up in front of the gate and
called pleasantly, "Isaac, will you put up the
horses, please?
GLOW do you expect Pm ever going to get this
cornfeld hoed, if you keep calling me away to do
something else," said Mr.. Cutting.
Mrs. Cutting voice had lost its pleasant ring as
she replied eff it takes you as long to hoe the
last half as it has the first you will make better
Roadway getting down the weeds with an ak than
hoe;" and tying the horses to the fence she went
into the house.
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