Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-01-12
W0MAN'S DEPARTMENT.
WOMAN'S SPHERE.
An Humorous Yet Sensible Discussion o.
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An humorous Yet Sensible Discussion of
This Always Interesting Question.
YES" says Betsey, ''men do adj
mire to have wimmen clingin' to 'em,
like vine to stately tree, and it is
indeed sweet view"
$50 it's, so It's" says I. 81 never
was much of a Ginger myself. Still,
if females want to cling, l hain't no OBJ
lection But" says ], in reasonable
tones, "as | have said more'n a hum
dred times, if men think wimmen are
obleeged to be vines, they ought to
feel obleeged 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 | have said, what if vine
hain't no tree convenient to cling TOP
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 etceteryP If the string
breaks, what is to become of the
crecper, if it can't do nothin' but
crecp?" Says |: at is all well enough
for n rich woman to set in velvet
gown with her feet on the warm hearth
and wonder what makes the poor
drunkarl's wife down in the street
SILVER. Let her be but once with her
bare feet in the snow, and she'd find
ut. 1t hain't the rich, happy, comfort
able clingers l am talkin' in behalf of,
but the poor shivcrers outside who
hahn nothin' TO cling to-
"Women's speah' began Betsey
"W omen's speah!' says |, inter-
ruptin' her in a majestic tone, before
which Betsey quailed imperceptibly,
"Women's sphere is where she can do
the most good. If God had meant
that wimmcn should be nothin' but
mems shadders, He would have made
costs and fantoms of 'em at once. But
havin' made EN- flesh and blood, with
brains and souls, believe He meant
EN- to be used to the best advantage"
Josiah Aliens wife, says Betsey,
81 think your views are uronieous. We
can not think alike about clingin', we
also differ in our views about caur-
kusscs. When | 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 voteP"
Says |, with so impatient gesture
that | broke off a thread and had to tie
it on again: you are goin' over the
same old ground agin of woman's
time" Says l; "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 bcdquilt 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 a minute to vote.
But" says !, in the most grand and
noble tone had used yet, ''men hahn
took by the coat-collar and dragged
off to caurkusses and 'lections; they
don't so unless they are mind to,
and | don't suppose wimmcn would be
drove there like flock of sheep.
''They wou,aii't want 70 go. only
when some great law was up concern.
ing right and wrong, or her own in.
trinsick interests, as givin' mother Q
equal right to her children, right SHE
earnt naturally. a deed God Himself
stamped with the great seals of feal
and agony. Or bcin' taxed without
representation, which breaks the ole
Constitution right in two in the mid
die every time il is done. Or concernin
equal pay for equal labor. | s'pos.
every female clerk and teacher ant
operator, who have halt-staryed OF
about one-third what men getfor dom
the same work, would be on hand
Likewise, concernin' temperance,
s'pose every drunkard's wife ant
mother and girl would go to the pole
that could get there. Poor things
under the Legislator they have en-
joyed the right of sufferin'; s'posen i
lets 'em enjoy the right of suflragin' ;
spell. Mebbe they would find it a
easy if not easier. From "My Opin
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