Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-21
WH1TyL1NGs FROM THE
PINE BOX.

think a woman's place isat home and
if she tends to that it is about all she
can do 'thout votin'. Them's my
sentiments every time gentlemen" and
he lazily brushed the whittlings from
his clothes, closed his knife ami saun-
tered OH to the next corner to hear the
gossip there.
y bright looking young maj was
passing Just as the above was uttered
and stopped in front OF the crowd OF
loo1crs who were left industriously
cutting away at the CRY goods boxes
chat served as q place OF resort for the
o,tcrs Of the town. Said the
Young man; 81 should think his wife
would have her hands full, for she
has to earn the living for her family
OF six children. and board her own
husband who has never been known
to earn more than his own clothes and
tobacco. His wife has bought and
paid for their home by her earnings
at the washtub. She is educating her
children, keeps them wholesome and
clean, and if they follow her example
will be a blessing to the country. He
is simply a boarder who don't even
pay his board. He can just write his
name while his wife reads my moth
c,:s papers to her Older children as
they gather around her after her day
of toll. And there's Jones, whose
wife has taught school every winter.
since they came here. and the money
she earns goes a long way toward
kccpin. the wolf from the door. She
does her house work besides, and then
in summer helps out doors. She
certainly has her hands full; And
then there's Smith who had bad luck
and got tangled up with a mortgage
by buying too much machinery, and
it seemed as though they must lose
their farm. Smith was s. discouraged
he felt like giving up, but his plucky
little wife. who had been the mother
of thirteen children, made good but
ter, and size and the girls looked after
the garden. They carried their but
ter. poultry, and produce to u distant
city where they could get the best
price. and by this means raised money
enough to set the table and clothe the
family, allowing the boys and then
father to turn all the money from
* BPS over on that mortgage which
is wei! nigh paid OIL. Mrs. Smith
even paid the taxes. Now If these
women had simply staid at home and
nllcd what is commonly meant by
':woman's sphere" that is, cooking
the food, washing the dishes, and do
ing the sewing Of the family, where
would the home have been? I have
no doubt those women would have
gladly confined themselves to those
houscwifcly occupations, and would
lave enjoyed beng cared for as Mother
says every woman does. What arc
YOU going to do about the poor souls
who have 10 home, and through no
fault OF their own? Some Of them
making shirts for six cents apiece and
lind their own thread and buttons.
AsI understand women who want
the ballot; it is net that they may
go out from their homes, but as a
means Of protection to that place SO
dear TO American people. You might
just as wei! insist that every MANS
place was Oh Il farm and that every.
man should learn to farm, as that
woman has no sphere outside the
Kitchen.
"Thcy talk about a woman's sphere,
AS though it had Il limit,
.Ih"rc,,s not a place in earth or heaven.
There's not a taskt to mankind given.
There's not Il bltsSiny or IL woe,
There's not a whisperyes or no.
There's not ~ lie or death or birth,
That is G feathers weight of worth.
WITHOUT Il WOllltu Ill H.
1t will be no more work for a wo-
ma to cast her ballot than to drop her
letter in the post Office or buy her rail-
road ticket. and l should be proud to
walk to the polls with my mother
and sister, who have taught me about
all the good in me-" And this young
Knight of the new Chivalry stepped
off like n of royal blood and left the
members of the Pine Box Committee
looking after him in establishment, fol,
in his %carncstncss the young maj had
hardly taken time to breathe, and left
no time for an answer. The supper
bell rang, and they adjourned to meet
again in the evening i'll the corner
store, and stare modest womcn out of
co%untcnancc Willie they were making
their purchases, at the same time
causing her to wish that such men
saw their duty plain enough to find
a sphere at home evenings.
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